7th Critics' Choice Television Awards

7th Critics' Choice Television Awards
7th Critics' Choice Television Awards
Date	December 11, 2016
Location	Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California
Country	United States
Presented by	Broadcast Television Journalists Association
Hosted by	T.J. Miller
Highlights
Most awards	The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (4)
Most nominations	Game of Thrones ; The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (6)
Best Comedy Series	Silicon Valley
Best Drama Series	Game of Thrones
Website	www.criticschoice.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	A&E
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The 7th Critics' Choice Television Awards ceremony, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA), honored the best in primetime television programming from January 1, 2016, to November 10, 2016, and was held on December 11, 2016, at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, California.^[1] It was broadcast on A&E and hosted by T.J. Miller.^[2]

The nominations were announced on November 14, 2016.^[3] Channelwise, HBO lead with 22 nominations, followed by ABC and Netflix with 12 each. The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story won four awards, becoming the biggest winner of the night, followed by Saturday Night Live and Westworld, each of them with two.

Winners and nominees[]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:

Donald Glover, Best Actor in a Comedy Series winner

Kate McKinnon, Best Actress in a Comedy Series winner

Louie Anderson, Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner

Jane Krakowski, Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner

Bob Odenkirk, Best Actor in a Drama Series winner

Evan Rachel Wood, Best Actress in a Drama Series winner

John Lithgow, Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner

Thandiwe Newton, Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner

Courtney B. Vance, Best Actor in a Movie/Limited Series winner

Sarah Paulson, Best Actress in a Movie/Limited Series winner

Sterling K. Brown, Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Limited Series winner

Regina King, Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Limited Series winner

Alec Baldwin, Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series winner

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series winner

Anthony Bourdain, Best Reality Show Host winner

Best Series
Best Comedy Series	Best Drama Series
Silicon Valley (HBO) Atlanta (FX) Black-ish (ABC) Fleabag (Prime Video) Modern Family (ABC) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Veep (HBO)	Game of Thrones (HBO) Better Call Saul (AMC) The Crown (Netflix) Mr. Robot (USA) Stranger Things (Netflix) This Is Us (NBC) Westworld (HBO)
Best Movie/Limited Series	Best Animated Series
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) All the Way (HBO) Confirmation (HBO) Killing Reagan (Nat Geo) Roots (History) The Night Manager (AMC)	BoJack Horseman (Netflix) Archer (FX) Bob's Burgers (Fox) The Simpsons (Fox) Son of Zorn (Fox) South Park (Comedy Central)
Most Bingeworthy Show ^[4]
Outlander (Starz) Bates Motel (A&E) Catastrophe (Prime Video) Game of Thrones (HBO) Mr. Robot (USA) Stranger Things (Netflix)
Best Acting in a Comedy Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Donald Glover as Earnest "Earn" Marks – Atlanta Anthony Anderson as Andre "Dre" Johnson, Sr. – Black-ish Will Forte as Phil Miller – The Last Man on Earth Bill Hader as Various Characters – Documentary Now! Patrick Stewart as Walter Blunt – Blunt Talk Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman – Transparent	Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton / Various Characters – Saturday Night Live Ellie Kemper as Kimmy Schmidt – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer – Veep Tracee Ellis Ross as Dr. Rainbow "Bow" Johnson – Black-ish Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Fleabag – Fleabag Constance Wu as Jessica Huang – Fresh Off the Boat
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Louie Anderson as Christine Baskets – Baskets Andre Braugher as Captain Raymond Holt – Brooklyn Nine-Nine Tituss Burgess as Titus Andromedon – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy – Modern Family Tony Hale as Gary Walsh – Veep T.J. Miller as Erlich Bachman – Silicon Valley	Jane Krakowski as Jacqueline White – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy – Modern Family Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer – Veep Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett – Mom Judith Light as Shelly Pfefferman – Transparent Allison Williams as Marnie Marie Michaels – Girls
Best Acting in a Drama Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill – Better Call Saul Sam Heughan as Jamie Fraser – Outlander Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson – Mr. Robot Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings – The Americans Liev Schreiber as Ray Donovan – Ray Donovan Kevin Spacey as President Frank Underwood – House of Cards	Evan Rachel Wood as Dolores Abernathy – Westworld Caitriona Balfe as Claire Fraser – Outlander Viola Davis as Professor Annalise Keating, Esq. – How to Get Away with Murder Tatiana Maslany as Various Characters – Orphan Black Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings – The Americans Robin Wright as First Lady Claire Underwood – House of Cards
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
John Lithgow as Winston Churchill – The Crown Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister – Game of Thrones Kit Harington as Jon Snow – Game of Thrones Michael McKean as Chuck McGill – Better Call Saul Christian Slater as Mr. Robot – Mr. Robot Jon Voight as Mickey Donovan – Ray Donovan	Thandiwe Newton as Maeve Millay – Westworld Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart – The Good Wife Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen – Game of Thrones Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister – Game of Thrones Maura Tierney as Helen Solloway – The Affair Constance Zimmer as Quinn King – UnREAL
Best Acting in a Movie/Limited Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Courtney B. Vance as Johnnie Cochran – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Bryan Cranston as President Lyndon B. Johnson – All the Way Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes – Sherlock: The Abominable Bride Cuba Gooding Jr. as O. J. Simpson – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Tom Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine – The Night Manager Tim Matheson as President Ronald Reagan – Killing Reagan	Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Olivia Colman as Angela Burr – The Night Manager Felicity Huffman as Leslie Graham – American Crime Cynthia Nixon as Nancy Reagan – Killing Reagan Lili Taylor as Anna Blaine – American Crime Kerry Washington as Anita Hill – Confirmation
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Sterling K. Brown as Christopher Darden – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Lane Garrison as Frederick Murray – Roots Frank Langella as Senator Richard Russell Jr. – All the Way Hugh Laurie as Richard Onslow Roper – The Night Manager John Travolta as Robert Shapiro – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Forest Whitaker as Henry (Fiddler) – Roots	Regina King as Terri LaCroix – American Crime Elizabeth Debicki as Jed Marshall – The Night Manager Sarah Lancashire as Madge – The Dresser Melissa Leo as Lady Bird Johnson – All the Way Anna Paquin as Nancy Holt – Roots Emily Watson as "Her Ladyship" – The Dresser
Best Guest Performing
Best Guest Performer – Comedy	Best Guest Performer – Drama
Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump – Saturday Night Live Christine Baranski as Dr. Beverly Hofstadter – The Big Bang Theory Larry David as Various Characters – Saturday Night Live Lisa Kudrow as Lori-Ann Schmidt – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Liam Neeson as Himself – Inside Amy Schumer	Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan – The Walking Dead Mahershala Ali as Remy Danton – House of Cards Lisa Bonet as Marisol – Ray Donovan Ellen Burstyn as Elizabeth Hale – House of Cards Michael J. Fox as Louis Canning – The Good Wife Jared Harris as King George VI – The Crown
Reality & Variety
Best Structured Reality Series	Best Unstructured Reality Series
Shark Tank (ABC) Chopped (Food Network) Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo) Penn & Teller: Fool Us (The CW) Project Runway (Lifetime) Undercover Boss (CBS)	Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN) Chrisley Knows Best (USA) Deadliest Catch (Discovery) Ice Road Truckers (History) Intervention (A&E) Naked and Afraid (Discovery)
Best Talk Show	Best Reality Show Host
The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS) The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)	Anthony Bourdain – Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Ted Allen – Chopped Tom Bergeron – Dancing with the Stars Nick Cannon – America's Got Talent Carson Daly – The Voice RuPaul – RuPaul's Drag Race
Best Reality Series – Competition
The Voice (NBC) The Amazing Race (CBS) America's Got Talent (NBC) MasterChef Junior (Fox) RuPaul's Drag Race (CBS) Skin Wars (GSN)

Shows with multiple wins[]

The following shows received multiple awards:

Awards	Series
4	The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
2	Saturday Night Live
2	Westworld

Shows with multiple nominations[]

The following shows received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Series
6	Game of Thrones
6	The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
5	The Night Manager
5	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
4	All the Way
	House of Cards
	Mr. Robot
	Roots
	Veep
3	Better Call Saul
	The Crown
	Killing Reagan
	Modern Family
	Outlander
	Ray Donovan
	Saturday Night Live
	Westworld
2	American Crime
	The Americans
	America's Got Talent
	Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
	Atlanta
	Chopped
	Confirmation
	The Dresser
	Fleabag
	The Good Wife
	RuPaul's Drag Race
	Silicon Valley
	Stranger Things
	Transparent
	The Voice

References[]

^ Lincoln, Ross A.; Grobar, Matt (December 11, 2016). "2016 Critics' Choice Awards: 'La La Land' Leads With 8 Wins Including Best Picture; Donald Glover Unveils Lando Calrissian 'Stache". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
^ Petski, Denise (August 18, 2016). "Critics' Choice Awards Moving To December; T.J. Miller Returning As Host". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
^ Lincoln, Ross A. (November 14, 2016). "Critics' Choice TV Nominations Unveiled". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
^ Gettell, Oliver (December 12, 2016). "Critics Choice Awards 2016: Outlander wins most bingeworthy". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 12, 2016.

External links[]

22nd Annual Critics' Choice Awards – Winners

[1] Lincoln, Ross A.; Grobar, Matt (December 11, 2016). "2016 Critics' Choice Awards: 'La La Land' Leads With 8 Wins Including Best Picture; Donald Glover Unveils Lando Calrissian 'Stache". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 11, 2016.

[2] Petski, Denise (August 18, 2016). "Critics' Choice Awards Moving To December; T.J. Miller Returning As Host". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 18, 2016.

[3] Lincoln, Ross A. (November 14, 2016). "Critics' Choice TV Nominations Unveiled". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 15, 2016.

[4] Gettell, Oliver (December 12, 2016). "Critics Choice Awards 2016: Outlander wins most bingeworthy". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 12, 2016.

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