{"id":4959,"date":"2013-05-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2013\/05\/22\/hbo-fx-lead-critics-choice-tv-awards\/"},"modified":"2013-05-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T00:00:00","slug":"hbo-fx-lead-critics-choice-tv-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/hbo-fx-lead-critics-choice-tv-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO &amp; FX Lead Critics&#8217; Choice TV Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">BEVERLY HILLS: HBO has scored the most nominations for the third annual Critics&#8217; Choice Television Awards, with 21 nods, followed closely by FX, which landed 19. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">The most-nominated series are <em>The Big Bang Theory <\/em>and <em>American Horror Story: Asylum<\/em>, with six each. <em>Parks and Recreation <\/em>and <em>Top of the Lake <\/em>each scored five. <em>The Americans<\/em>, <em>Breaking Bad<\/em>, <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>, <em>The Good Wife<\/em>, <em>Louie<\/em>, <em>New Girl<\/em> and <em>Political Animals <\/em>each received four nominations. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Up for best comedy are <em>The Big Bang Theory<\/em>, <em>Louie<\/em>, <em>The Middle<\/em>, <em>New Girl<\/em>, <em>Parks and Recreation <\/em>and <em>Veep<\/em>. For best actor in a comedy, the nominees are Don Cheadle for <em>House of Lies<\/em>, Louis C.K. for <em>Louie<\/em>, Jake Johnson for <em>New Girl<\/em>, Jim Parsons for <em>The Big Bang Theor<\/em><em>y<\/em>, Adam Scott for <em>Parks and Recreation <\/em>and Jeremy Sisto for <em>Suburgatory<\/em>. The female nominees are Laura Dern for <em>Enlightened<\/em>, Zooey Deschanel for <em>New Girl<\/em>, Lena Dunham for <em>Girls<\/em>, Sutton Foster for <em>Bunheads<\/em>, Julia Louis-Dreyfus for <em>Veep <\/em>and Amy Poehler for <em>Parks and Recreation<\/em>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Drama series contenders are <em>The Americans<\/em>, <em>Breaking Bad<\/em>, <em>Downton Abbey<\/em>, <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>, <em>The Good Wife <\/em>and <em>Homeland<\/em>. <em>Breaking Bad<\/em>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldscreen.com\/articles\/display\/39174\">Bryan Cranston<\/a> is up for best actor in a drama, along with Damian Lewis for <em>Homeland<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldscreen.com\/articles\/display\/38984\">Andrew Lincoln<\/a> for <em>The Walking Dead<\/em>, Timothy Olyphant for <em>Justified<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldscreen.com\/articles\/display\/37679\">Matthew Rhys<\/a> for <em>The Americans <\/em>and Kevin Spacey for <em>House of Cards<\/em>. The actress category recognizes Claire Danes for <em>Homeland<\/em>, Vera Farmiga for <em>Bates Motel<\/em>, Julianna Margulies for <em>The Good Wife<\/em>, Tatiana Maslany for <em>Orphan Black<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldscreen.com\/articles\/display\/27449\">Elisabeth Moss<\/a> for <em>Mad Men <\/em>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldscreen.com\/articles\/display\/37679\">Keri Russell<\/a> for <em>The Americans<\/em>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">The nominees for best movie or mini-series are <em>American Horror Story: Asylum<\/em>, <em>Behind the Candelabra<\/em>, <em>The Crimson Petal and the White<\/em>, <em>The Hour<\/em>, <em>Political Animals<\/em> and <em>Top of the Lake<\/em>. The performance nominations went to, on the male side, Benedict Cumberbatch for <em>Parade&#8217;s End<\/em>, Matt Damon and Michael Douglas for <em>Behind the Candelabra<\/em>, Toby Jones for <em>The Girl<\/em>, Al Pacino for <em>Phil Spector <\/em>and Dominic West for <em>The Hour<\/em>. On the female side it is Angela Bassett for <em>Betty &amp; Coretta<\/em>, Romola Garai for <em>The Hour<\/em>, Rebecca Hall for <em>Parade&#8217;s End<\/em>, Jessica Lange for <em>American Horror Story: Asylum<\/em>, Elisabeth Moss for <em>Top of the Lake <\/em>and Sigourney Weaver for <em>Political Animals<\/em>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Up for best reality series are <em>Duck Dynasty<\/em>, <em>The Moment<\/em>, <em>Pawn Stars<\/em>, <em>Push Girls<\/em>, <em>Small Town Security <\/em>and <em>Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan<\/em>. Best reality competition series up for the award are <em>Chopped<\/em>, <em>Face Off<\/em>, <em>Shark Tank<\/em>, <em>So You Think You Can Dance<\/em>, <em>Survivor <\/em>and <em>The Voice<\/em>. <br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&ldquo;This year&rsquo;s nominations reflect the expanding definition of television, with nominated programs and performances representing new platforms as well as broadcast and cable,&rdquo; said Joey Berlin, the president of the Broadcast Television Journalists Association. &ldquo;As evidenced by nominations for the third annual Critics&rsquo; Choice Television Awards, television continues to be a rich and diverse source of high-quality entertainment.&rdquo;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEVERLY HILLS: HBO has scored the most nominations for the third annual Critics&#8217; Choice Television Awards, with 21 nods, followed closely by FX, which landed 19. The most-nominated series are The Big Bang Theory and American Horror Story: Asylum, with six each. Parks and Recreation and Top of the Lake each scored five. The Americans, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HBO &amp; FX Lead Critics&#039; Choice TV Awards<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"HBO &amp; FX Lead Critics&#039; Choice TV Awards . BEVERLY HILLS, May 22: HBO has scored the most nominations for the third annual Critics&#039; Choice Television Awards, with 21 nods, followed closely by FX, which landed 19. . 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