8th Critics' Choice Television Awards

8th Critics' Choice Television Awards
8th Critics' Choice Television Awards
Date	January 11, 2018
Location	Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California
Country	United States
Presented by	Broadcast Television Journalists Association
Hosted by	Olivia Munn
Highlights
Most awards	Big Little Lies (4)
Most nominations	Feud: Bette and Joan (6)
Best Comedy Series	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Best Drama Series	The Handmaid's Tale
Website	www.criticschoice.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	The CW
	← 7th; Critics' Choice Television Award; 9th →;

The 8th Critics' Choice Television Awards ceremony, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA), honored the best in primetime television programming from 2017, and was held on January 11, 2018, at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, California.^[1]^[2] It was broadcast on The CW and hosted by Olivia Munn.^[3]

The nominations were announced on December 6, 2017. Netflix led with 20 nominations, followed by HBO with 15.^[4]^[5]

Winners and nominees[]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:

Ted Danson, Best Actor in a Comedy Series winner

Rachel Brosnahan, Best Actress in a Comedy Series winner

Walton Goggins, Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner

Mayim Bialik, Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner

Sterling K. Brown, Best Actor in a Drama Series winner

Elisabeth Moss, Best Actress in a Drama Series winner

David Harbour, Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner

Ann Dowd, Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner

Ewan McGregor, Best Actor in a Movie/Limited Series winner

Nicole Kidman, Best Actress in a Movie/Limited Series winner

Alexander Skarsgård, Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Limited Series winner

Laura Dern, Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Limited Series winner

Best Series
Best Comedy Series	Best Drama Series
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Black-ish (ABC) GLOW (Netflix) Modern Family (ABC) Patriot (Amazon)	The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) American Gods (Starz) The Crown (Netflix) Game of Thrones (HBO) Stranger Things (Netflix) This Is Us (NBC)
Best Limited Series	Best TV Movie
Big Little Lies (HBO) American Vandal (Netflix) Fargo (FX) Feud: Bette and Joan (FX) Godless (Netflix) The Long Road Home (NatGeo)	The Wizard of Lies (HBO) Flint (Lifetime) I Am Elizabeth Smart (Lifetime) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO) Sherlock: The Lying Detective (PBS)
Best Animated Series
Rick and Morty (Adult Swim) Archer (FX) Bob's Burgers (Fox) BoJack Horseman (Netflix) Danger & Eggs (Amazon) The Simpsons (Fox)
Best Acting in a Comedy Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Ted Danson as Michael – The Good Place Anthony Anderson as Andre "Dre" Johnson, Sr. – Black-ish Aziz Ansari as Dev Shah – Master of None Hank Azaria as Jim Brockmire – Brockmire Thomas Middleditch as Richard Hendricks – Silicon Valley Randall Park as Louis Huang – Fresh Off the Boat	Rachel Brosnahan as Miriam "Midge" Maisel – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Kristen Bell as Eleanor Shellstrop – The Good Place Alison Brie as Ruth "Zoya the Destroya" Wilder – GLOW Sutton Foster as Liza Miller – Younger Ellie Kemper as Kimmy Schmidt – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Constance Wu as Jessica Huang – Fresh Off the Boat
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Walton Goggins as Lee Russell – Vice Principals Tituss Burgess as Titus Andromedon – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Sean Hayes as Jack McFarland – Will & Grace Marc Maron as Sam Sylvia – GLOW Kumail Nanjiani as Dinesh Chugtai – Silicon Valley Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett – Modern Family	Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler – The Big Bang Theory Alex Borstein as Susie Myerson – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Betty Gilpin as Debbie "Liberty Belle" Eagan – GLOW Jenifer Lewis as Ruby Johnson – Black-ish Alessandra Mastronardi as Francesca – Master of None Rita Moreno as Lydia Riera – One Day at a Time
Best Acting in a Drama Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Sterling K. Brown as Randall Pearson – This Is Us Paul Giamatti as Charles "Chuck" Rhoades Jr. – Billions Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates – Bates Motel Ian McShane as Mr. Wednesday – American Gods Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill – Better Call Saul Liev Schreiber as Ray Donovan – Ray Donovan	Elisabeth Moss as Offred / June Osborne – The Handmaid's Tale Caitriona Balfe as Claire Randall Fraser – Outlander Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart – The Good Fight Claire Foy as Elizabeth II – The Crown Tatiana Maslany as Various Characters – Orphan Black Robin Wright as Claire Underwood – House of Cards
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
David Harbour as Jim Hopper – Stranger Things Bobby Cannavale as Irving – Mr. Robot Asia Kate Dillon as Taylor Amber Mason – Billions Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister – Game of Thrones Delroy Lindo as Adrian Boseman – The Good Fight Michael McKean as Chuck McGill – Better Call Saul	Ann Dowd as Aunt Lydia – The Handmaid's Tale Gillian Anderson as Media – American Gods Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen – Game of Thrones Cush Jumbo as Lucca Quinn – The Good Fight Margo Martindale as Audrey Bernhardt – Sneaky Pete Chrissy Metz as Kate Pearson – This Is Us
Best Acting in a Movie/Limited Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Ewan McGregor as Emmit and Ray Stussy – Fargo Jeff Daniels as Frank Griffin – Godless Robert De Niro as Bernard Madoff – The Wizard of Lies Jack O’Connell as Roy Goode – Godless Evan Peters as Kai Anderson – American Horror Story: Cult Bill Pullman as Detective Harry Ambrose – The Sinner Jimmy Tatro as Dylan Maxwell – American Vandal	Nicole Kidman as Celeste Wright – Big Little Lies Jessica Biel as Cora Tannetti – The Sinner Alana Boden as Elizabeth Smart – I Am Elizabeth Smart Carrie Coon as Gloria Burgle – Fargo Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford – Feud: Bette and Joan Reese Witherspoon as Madeline Martha Mackenzie – Big Little Lies
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Alexander Skarsgård as Perry Wright – Big Little Lies Johnny Flynn as Young Albert Einstein – Genius Benito Martinez as Luis Salazar – American Crime Alfred Molina as Robert Aldrich – Feud: Bette and Joan David Thewlis as V.M. Varga – Fargo Stanley Tucci as Jack L. Warner – Feud: Bette and Joan	Laura Dern as Renata Klein – Big Little Lies Judy Davis as Hedda Hopper – Feud: Bette and Joan Jackie Hoffman as Mamacita – Feud: Bette and Joan Regina King as Kimara Walters – American Crime Michelle Pfeiffer as Ruth Madoff – The Wizard of Lies Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Nikki Swango – Fargo
Reality & Variety
Best Unstructured Reality Series	Best Structured Reality Series
Born This Way (A&E) Ice Road Truckers (History) Intervention (A&E) Live PD (A&E) Ride with Norman Reedus (AMC) Teen Mom (MTV)	Shark Tank (ABC) The Carbonaro Effect (truTV) Fixer Upper (HGTV) The Profit (CNBC) Undercover Boss (CBS) Who Do You Think You Are? (TLC)
Best Talk Show	Best Reality Show Host
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) Ellen (NBC) Harry (Syndicated) The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo)	RuPaul – RuPaul's Drag Race Ted Allen – Chopped Tyra Banks – America's Got Talent Tom Bergeron – Dancing with the Stars Cat Deeley – So You Think You Can Dance Joanna and Chip Gaines – Fixer Upper
Best Reality Series – Competition
The Voice (NBC) America's Got Talent (NBC) Chopped (Food Network) Dancing with the Stars (ABC) Project Runway (Lifetime) RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)

Shows with multiple wins[]

The following shows received multiple awards:

Awards	Series
4	Big Little Lies
3	The Handmaid's Tale
2	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Shows with multiple nominations[]

The following shows received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Series
6	Feud: Bette and Joan
5	Big Little Lies
5	Fargo
4	GLOW
3	American Gods
	Black-ish
	Game of Thrones
	Godless
	The Good Fight
	The Handmaid's Tale
	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
	This Is Us
	The Wizard of Lies
2	American Crime
	American Vandal
	America's Got Talent
	Better Call Saul
	The Big Bang Theory
	Billions
	Chopped
	The Crown
	Dancing with the Stars
	Fixer Upper
	Fresh Off the Boat
	The Good Place
	I Am Elizabeth Smart
	Master of None
	Modern Family
	RuPaul's Drag Race
	Silicon Valley
	The Sinner
	Stranger Things
	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

References[]

^ Tapley, Kristopher (January 11, 2018). "'Shape of Water,' 'Big Little Lies,' 'Handmaid's Tale' Top Critics' Choice Awards". Variety. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
^ Nolfi, Joey (January 11, 2018). "Critics' Choice Awards winners 2018: Full list". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
^ Hipes, Patrick (January 3, 2018). "Olivia Munn To Host Critics' Choice Awards". Deadline. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
^ Dixon, Marcus (December 6, 2017). "Critics' Choice TV Awards nominations 2018: Full list led by Netflix, 'Feud: Bette and Joan,' 'Big Little Lies'". Gold Derby. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
^ Tapley, Kristopher (December 6, 2017). "Netflix, FX's 'Feud' Lead Critics' Choice TV Nominations". Variety. Retrieved December 6, 2017.

External links[]

23rd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards – Winners

[1] Tapley, Kristopher (January 11, 2018). "'Shape of Water,' 'Big Little Lies,' 'Handmaid's Tale' Top Critics' Choice Awards". Variety. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

[2] Nolfi, Joey (January 11, 2018). "Critics' Choice Awards winners 2018: Full list". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

[3] Hipes, Patrick (January 3, 2018). "Olivia Munn To Host Critics' Choice Awards". Deadline. Retrieved January 3, 2018.

[4] Dixon, Marcus (December 6, 2017). "Critics' Choice TV Awards nominations 2018: Full list led by Netflix, 'Feud: Bette and Joan,' 'Big Little Lies'". Gold Derby. Retrieved December 6, 2017.

[5] Tapley, Kristopher (December 6, 2017). "Netflix, FX's 'Feud' Lead Critics' Choice TV Nominations". Variety. Retrieved December 6, 2017.

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