6th Critics' Choice Television Awards

6th Critics' Choice Television Awards
Date	January 17, 2016
Location	Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California
Country	United States
Host	T. J. Miller
Official website	www.criticschoice.com/television-awards/
Television/Radio coverage
Network	A&E

The 6th Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA), honoring the best in primetime television programming from June 1, 2015, until December 31, 2015, took place on January 17, 2016, at the Santa Monica Airport's Barker Hangar in California. This year marked the first time the awards were presented with the movie awards.^[1] The ceremony was simulcast live on A&E and Lifetime.^[1]

The nominations were announced on December 14, 2015. ABC, HBO and FX each received 15 nominations. Fox received 12 nominations.^[1] Actor and comedian T. J. Miller hosted the ceremony.^[2]

Winners and nominees

Best Series
Best Drama Series	Best Comedy Series
Mr. Robot (USA) Empire (Fox) The Knick (Cinemax) The Leftovers (HBO) Penny Dreadful (Showtime) Rectify (Sundance) UnREAL (Lifetime)	Master of None (Netflix) Black-ish (ABC) Catastrophe (Amazon Video) Jane the Virgin (The CW) The Last Man on Earth (Fox) Transparent (Amazon Video) You're the Worst (FX)
Best Movie/Miniseries	Best Animated Series
Fargo (FX) Childhood's End (Syfy) Luther (BBC) Saints & Strangers (National Geographic) Show Me a Hero (HBO) The Wiz Live! (NBC)	BoJack Horseman (Netflix) Bob's Burgers (Fox) South Park (Comedy Central) Star Wars Rebels (Disney XD) The Simpsons (Fox)
Best Acting in a Comedy Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman – Transparent Anthony Anderson as Andre "Dre" Johnson, Sr. – Black-ish Aziz Ansari as Dev Shah – Master of None Will Forte as Phil Miller – The Last Man on Earth Randall Park as Louis Huang – Fresh Off the Boat Fred Savage as Stewart Sanderson – The Grinder	Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Bunch – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Aya Cash as Gretchen Cutler – You're the Worst Wendi McLendon-Covey as Beverly Goldberg – The Goldbergs Gina Rodriguez as Jane Villanueva – Jane the Virgin Tracee Ellis Ross as Dr. Rainbow Johnson – Black-ish Constance Wu as Jessica Huang – Fresh Off the Boat
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Andre Braugher as Raymond Holt – Brooklyn Nine-Nine Jaime Camil as Rogelio de la Vega – Jane the Virgin Jay Duplass as Joshua Pfefferman – Transparent Neil Flynn as Michael Heck, Jr. – The Middle Keegan-Michael Key as Mark Rodriguez – Playing House Mel Rodriguez as Patsy De La Serda – Getting On	Mayim Bialik as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler – The Big Bang Theory Kether Donohue as Linsay Jillian – You're the Worst Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett – Mom Judith Light as Shelly Pfefferman – Transparent Niecy Nash as Denise Ortley – Getting On Eden Sher as Sue Heck – The Middle
Best Acting in a Drama Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson – Mr. Robot Hugh Dancy as Will Graham – Hannibal Clive Owen as Dr. John W. Thackery – The Knick Liev Schreiber as Ray Donovan – Ray Donovan Justin Theroux as Kevin Garvey, Jr. – The Leftovers Aden Young as Daniel Holden – Rectify	Carrie Coon as Nora Durst – The Leftovers Shiri Appleby as Rachel Goldberg – UnREAL Viola Davis as Professor Annalise Keating, J.D. – How to Get Away with Murder Eva Green as Vanessa Ives – Penny Dreadful Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon – Empire Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones – Jessica Jones
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Christian Slater as Mr. Robot – Mr. Robot Clayne Crawford as Ted Talbot, Jr. – Rectify Christopher Eccleston as Matt Jamison – The Leftovers Andre Holland as Dr. Algernon Edwards – The Knick Jonathan Jackson as Avery Barkley – Nashville Rufus Sewell as John Smith – The Man in the High Castle	Constance Zimmer as Quinn King – UnREAL Ann Dowd as Patti Levin – The Leftovers Regina King as Erika Murphy – The Leftovers Helen McCrory as Evelyn Poole – Penny Dreadful Hayden Panettiere as Juliette Barnes – Nashville Maura Tierney as Helen Solloway – The Affair
Best Acting in a Movie/Limited Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Idris Elba as DCI John Luther – Luther Wes Bentley as Det. John Lowe – American Horror Story: Hotel Martin Clunes as Arthur Conan Doyle – Arthur & George Oscar Isaac as Nick Wasicsko – Show Me a Hero Vincent Kartheiser as William Bradford – Saints & Strangers Patrick Wilson as State Trooper Lou Solverson – Fargo	Kirsten Dunst as Peggy Blomquist – Fargo Kathy Bates as Iris – American Horror Story: Hotel Sarah Hay as Claire Robbins – Flesh and Bone Alyvia Alyn Lind as Dolly Parton – Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors Rachel McAdams as Ani Bezzerides – True Detective Shanice Williams as Dorothy Gale – The Wiz Live!
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jesse Plemons as Ed Blomquist – Fargo David Alan Grier as Cowardly Lion / Farmhand #2 – The Wiz Live! Ne-Yo as Tin Man / Farmhand #1 – The Wiz Live! Nick Offerman as Karl Weathers – Fargo Raoul Trujillo as Massasoit – Saints & Strangers Bokeem Woodbine as Mike Milligan – Fargo	Jean Smart as Floyd Gerhardt – Fargo Mary J. Blige as Wicked Witch of the West – The Wiz Live! Laura Haddock as Megan Cantor – Luther Cristin Milioti as Betsy Solverson – Fargo Sarah Paulson as Sally McKenna and Billie Dean Howard – American Horror Story: Hotel Winona Ryder as Vinni Restiano – Show Me a Hero
Best Guest Performing
Best Guest Performer – Comedy	Best Guest Performer – Drama
Timothy Olyphant as Himself – The Grinder Ellen Burstyn as Shirley Stabler – Mom Anjelica Huston as Vicky – Transparent Cherry Jones as Leslie Mackinaw – Transparent Jenifer Lewis as Ruby – Black-ish John Slattery as Claude Dumet – Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	Margo Martindale as Ruth Eastman – The Good Wife Richard Armitage as Francis Dolarhyde – Hannibal Justin Kirk as Joseph Bucher – Manhattan Patti LuPone as Joan Clayton – Penny Dreadful Marisa Tomei as Mimi Whiteman – Empire B. D. Wong as Whiterose – Mr. Robot
Reality & Variety
Best Unstructured Reality Series	Best Structured Reality Series
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN) Cops (Spike) Deadliest Catch (Discovery) Intervention (A&E) Naked and Afraid (Discovery) Pawn Stars (History)	Shark Tank (ABC) Antiques Roadshow (PBS) Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo) MythBusters (Discovery) Project Greenlight (HBO) Undercover Boss (CBS)
Best Talk Show	Best Reality Show Host
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) The Graham Norton Show (BBC America) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)	James Lipton – Inside the Actors Studio Ted Allen – Chopped Phil Keoghan – The Amazing Race Jane Lynch – Hollywood Game Night Jeff Probst – Survivor Gordon Ramsay – Hell's Kitchen
Best Reality Series – Competition
The Voice (NBC) The Amazing Race (CBS) Chopped (Food Network) Face Off (Syfy) MasterChef Junior (Fox) Survivor (CBS)

Multiple nominations and wins

The following shows received multiple nominations: Nominations Series 8 Fargo 6 The Leftovers Transparent 5 The Wiz Live! 4 Black-ish Mr. Robot Penny Dreadful 3 American Horror Story: Hotel Empire Jane the Virgin Luther Rectify Saints & Strangers Show Me a Hero The Knick UnREAL You're The Worst 2 Chopped Fresh Off the Boat Getting On Hannibal Inside the Actors Studio Master of None Mom Nashville Survivor The Amazing Race The Grinder The Last Man on Earth The Middle

The following two shows received multiple awards: Nominations Series 4 Fargo 3 Mr. Robot

See also

• 21st Critics' Choice Awards

References

1. Guglielmi, Jodi (December 14, 2015). "Critics' Choice Awards Mad About Mad Max: Fury Road as Nominations Are Announced". people.com. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
2. Evans, Greg (December 11, 2015). "Silicon Valley Star T.J. Miller To Host Critics' Choice Awards". deadline.com. Retrieved December 14, 2015.