{"id":5000,"date":"2013-06-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2013\/06\/11\/big-bang-theory-breaking-bad-top-critics-picks\/"},"modified":"2013-06-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T00:00:00","slug":"big-bang-theory-breaking-bad-top-critics-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/big-bang-theory-breaking-bad-top-critics-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Bang Theory, Breaking Bad Top Critics&#8217; Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">BEVERLY HILLS: The Critics&#8217; Choice Television Awards last night recognized <em>The Big Bang Theory <\/em>as the best comedy series, while <em>Breaking Bad <\/em>notched up a number of wins on the drama side. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">While <em>The Big Bang Theory <\/em>won for best comedy series, performance nods went to <em>Louie<\/em>&#8216;s Louis C.K. and <em>Veep<\/em>&#8216;s Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Supporting comedy nods were awarded to Simon Helberg for <em>The Big Bang Theory <\/em>and <em>The Big Big<\/em> <em>Theory<\/em>&#8216;s Kaley Cuoco and <em>The Middle<\/em>&#8216;s Eden Sher, in a tie. Best guest performer in a comedy was Patton Oswalt for his turn on <em>Parks and Recreation<\/em>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">For the best drama series, it was a tie between <em>Breaking Bad <\/em>and <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>, though <em>Breaking Bad<\/em>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldscreen.com\/articles\/display\/39174\">Bryan Cranston<\/a> took the win for best actor in a drama. Tatiana Maslany of <em>Orphan Black <\/em>won in the category for best actress. The winners for supporting actor and actress in a drama were <em>Southland<\/em>&#8216;s Michael Cudlitz and <em>Parenthood<\/em>&#8216;s Monica Potter, respectively. Jane Fonda was recognized as best guest performer in a drama for <em>The Newsroom<\/em>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">In the movie or mini-series category, <em>Behind the Candelabra <\/em>was the night&#8217;s big winner, with star Michael Douglas also being honored. Elisabeth Moss won for best actress in the category for <em>Top of the Lake<\/em>. <em>American Horror Story: Asylum <\/em>swept the supporting performance categories, with wins for Zachary Quinto and Sarah Paulson. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">There was a tie for best reality series, between <em>Push Girls <\/em>and <em>Duck Dynasty<\/em>. <em>The Voice <\/em>was named best reality competition series. <em>Dancing with the Stars<\/em>&#8216; Tom Bergeron was chosen as the best reality host. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">The competition also recognized several programs as the most exciting new series. These were <em>The Bridge<\/em>, <em>Marvel&#8217;s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, <em>Masters of Sex<\/em>, <em>The Michael J. Fox Show<\/em>, <em>Ray Donovan <\/em>and <em>Under the Dome<\/em>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEVERLY HILLS: The Critics&#8217; Choice Television Awards last night recognized The Big Bang Theory as the best comedy series, while Breaking Bad notched up a number of wins on the drama side. While The Big Bang Theory won for best comedy series, performance nods went to Louie&#8216;s Louis C.K. and Veep&#8216;s Julia Louis-Dreyfus. 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