# 5th Critics' Choice Television Awards

The 5th Critics' Choice Television Awards ceremony, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA), honored the best in primetime television programming from June 1, 2014, to May 31, 2015, and was held on May 31, 2015, at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was broadcast live on A&E.
The nominations were announced on May 6, 2015. Channelwise, HBO received a total of 27 nominations and FX came in second with 16. On May 13, 2015, Cat Deeley was announced as host. Seth MacFarlane received the Critics' Choice Louis XIII Genius Award.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:
Best Series :
| Best Comedy Series | Best Drama Series |
| Silicon Valley (HBO) Broad City (Comedy Central) Jane the Virgin (The CW) Mom (CBS) Transparent (Amazon Video) Veep (HBO) You're the Worst (FX) | The Americans (FX) Empire (Fox) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Good Wife (CBS) Homeland (Showtime) Justified (FX) Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) |
| Best Movie | Best Limited Series |
| Bessie (HBO) Killing Jesus (Nat Geo) Nightingale (HBO) A Poet in New York (BBC America) Stockholm, Pennsylvania (Lifetime) | Olive Kitteridge (HBO) 24: Live Another Day (Fox) American Crime (ABC) The Book of Negroes (BET) The Honourable Woman (SundanceTV) Wolf Hall (PBS) |
| Best Animated Series | Most Exciting New Series (All Honored) |
| Archer (FX) Family Guy (Fox) Phineas and Ferb (Disney Channel) Robot Chicken (Adult Swim) The Simpsons (Fox) South Park (Comedy Central) | American Crime Story (FX) Aquarius (NBC) Blindspot (NBC) Minority Report (Fox) The Muppets (ABC) Scream Queens (Fox) Supergirl (CBS) UnREAL (Lifetime) |
| Most Bingeworthy Show ||
| The Walking Dead (AMC) American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX) Empire (Fox) Game of Thrones (HBO) Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) Vikings (History) ||
| 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 Will Forte as Phil Miller – The Last Man on Earth Johnny Galecki as Dr. Leonard Hofstadter – The Big Bang Theory Chris Messina as Dr. Danny Castellano – The Mindy Project Thomas Middleditch as Richard Hendriks – Silicon Valley | Amy Schumer as Various Characters – Inside Amy Schumer Ilana Glazer as Ilana Wexler – Broad City Lisa Kudrow as Valerie Cherish – The Comeback Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer – Veep Gina Rodriguez as Jane Villanueva – Jane the Virgin Constance Wu as Jessica Huang – Fresh Off the Boat |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| T.J. Miller as Erlich Bachman – Silicon Valley Tituss Burgess as Titus Andromedon – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Jaime Camil as Rogelio de la Vega – Jane the Virgin Adam Driver as Adam Sackler – Girls Tony Hale as Gary Walsh – Veep Cameron Monaghan as Ian Gallagher – Shameless | Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett – Mom Mayim Bialik as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler – The Big Bang Theory Carrie Brownstein as Various Characters – Portlandia Judith Light as Shelly Pfefferman – Transparent Melanie Lynskey as Michelle Pierson – Togetherness Eden Sher as Sue Heck – The Middle |
| Best Acting in a Drama Series ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman – Better Call Saul Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates – Bates Motel Charlie Hunnam as Jax Teller – Sons of Anarchy Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens – Justified Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings – The Americans Aden Young as Daniel Holden – Rectify | Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon – Empire Viola Davis as Professor Annalise Keating, J.D. – How to Get Away with Murder Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates – Bates Motel Eva Green as Vanessa Ives – Penny Dreadful Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick – The Good Wife Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings – The Americans |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut – Better Call Saul Christopher Eccleston as Matt Jamison – The Leftovers Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder – Justified Ben Mendelsohn as Danny Rayburn – Bloodline Craig T. Nelson as Zeek Braverman – Parenthood Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson – Homeland | Lorraine Toussaint as Yvonne "Vee" Parker – Orange Is the New Black Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart – The Good Wife Joelle Carter as Ava Crowder – Justified Carrie Coon as Nora Durst – The Leftovers Mae Whitman as Amber Holt – Parenthood Katheryn Winnick as Lagertha – Vikings |
| Best Acting in a Movie/Limited Series ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| David Oyelowo as Peter Snowden – Nightingale Michael Gambon as Howard Mollison – The Casual Vacancy Richard Jenkins as Henry Kitteridge – Olive Kitteridge James Nesbitt as Tony Hughes – The Missing Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell – Wolf Hall Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer – 24: Live Another Day | Frances McDormand as Olive Kitteridge – Olive Kitteridge Aunjanue Ellis as Aminata – The Book of Negroes Maggie Gyllenhaal as Nessa Stein – The Honourable Woman Felicity Huffman as Barbara "Barb" Hanlon – American Crime Jessica Lange as Elsa Mars – American Horror Story: Freak Show Queen Latifah as Bessie Smith – Bessie |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Bill Murray as Jack Kennison – Olive Kitteridge Jason Isaacs as Ben McKay – Stockholm, Pennsylvania Elvis Nolasco as Carter Nix – American Crime Jonathan Pryce as Thomas Wolsey – Wolf Hall Cory Michael Smith as Kevin Coulson – Olive Kitteridge Finn Wittrock as Dandy Mott – American Horror Story: Freak Show | Sarah Paulson as Bette and Dot Tattler – American Horror Story: Freak Show Khandi Alexander as Viola – Bessie Claire Foy as Anne Boleyn – Wolf Hall Janet McTeer as Dame Julia Walsh – The Honourable Woman Mo'Nique as Ma Rainey – Bessie Cynthia Nixon as Marcy Owens – Stockholm, Pennsylvania |
| Best Guest Performing ||
| Best Guest Performer – Comedy | Best Guest Performer – Drama |
| Bradley Whitford as Marcy May – Transparent Becky Ann Baker as Loreen Horvath – Girls Josh Charles as Coach – Inside Amy Schumer Susie Essman as Bobbi Wexler – Broad City Peter Gallagher as Larry Brown – Togetherness Laurie Metcalf as Mary Cooper – The Big Bang Theory | Sam Elliott as Avery Markham – Justified Walton Goggins as Venus Van Dam – Sons of Anarchy Linda Lavin as Joy Grubeck – The Good Wife Julianne Nicholson as Dr. Lillian DePaul – Masters of Sex Lois Smith as Betty Turner – The Americans Cicely Tyson as Ophelia Harkness – How to Get Away with Murder |
| Reality & Variety ||
| Best Reality Series | Best Reality Series – Competition |
| Shark Tank (ABC) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN) Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel) Married at First Sight (A&E) MythBusters (Discovery Channel) Undercover Boss (CBS) | Face Off (Syfy) The Amazing Race (CBS) America's Got Talent (NBC) Dancing with the Stars (ABC) MasterChef Junior (Fox) The Voice (NBC) |
| Best Talk Show | Best Reality Show Host |
| The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) The Graham Norton Show (BBC America) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC) | Cat Deeley – So You Think You Can Dance Tom Bergeron – Dancing with the Stars Anthony Bourdain – Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Phil Keoghan – The Amazing Race James Lipton – Inside the Actors Studio Betty White – Betty White's Off Their Rockers |

## Shows with multiple wins

The following shows received multiple awards:
| Series | Network | Category | Wins |
| Olive Kitteridge | HBO | Limited | 3 |
| Better Call Saul | AMC | Drama | 2 |
| Silicon Valley | HBO | Comedy | 2 |
| Transparent | Amazon Prime Video | Comedy | 2 |

## Shows with multiple nominations

The following shows received multiple nominations:
| Program | Network | Category | Nominations |
| Justified | FX | Drama | 5 |
| Olive Kitteridge | HBO | Limited | 5 |
| American Horror Story: Freak Show | FX | Limited | 4 |
| The Americans | FX | Drama | 4 |
| Bessie | HBO | Movie | 4 |
| The Good Wife | CBS | Drama | 4 |
| Transparent | Amazon Prime Video | Comedy | 4 |
| Wolf Hall | PBS | Limited | 4 |
| American Crime | ABC | Limited | 3 |
| The Big Bang Theory | CBS | Comedy | 3 |
| Broad City | Comedy Central | Comedy | 3 |
| Empire | Fox | Drama | 3 |
| The Honourable Woman | Sundance TV | Limited | 3 |
| Jane the Virgin | The CW | Comedy | 3 |
| Orange Is the New Black | Netflix | Drama | 3 |
| Silicon Valley | HBO | Comedy | 3 |
| Stockholm, Pennsylvania | Lifetime | Movie | 3 |
| Veep | HBO | Comedy | 3 |
| The Amazing Race | CBS | Reality – Competition | 2 |
| Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | CNN | Reality | 2 |
| Bates Motel | A&E | Drama | 2 |
| Better Call Saul | AMC | Drama | 2 |
| The Book of Negroes | BET | Limited | 2 |
| Dancing with the Stars | ABC | Reality – Competition | 2 |
| Game of Thrones | HBO | Drama | 2 |
| Girls | HBO | Comedy | 2 |
| Homeland | Showtime | Drama | 2 |
| How to Get Away with Murder | ABC | Drama | 2 |
| Inside Amy Schumer | Comedy Central | Comedy | 2 |
| The Leftovers | HBO | Drama | 2 |
| Mom | CBS | Comedy | 2 |
| Nightingale | HBO | Movie | 2 |
| Parenthood | NBC | Drama | 2 |
| Sons of Anarchy | FX | Drama | 2 |
| Togetherness | HBO | Comedy | 2 |
| 24: Live Another Day | Fox | Limited | 2 |
| Vikings | History | Drama | 2 |
* ↑ Previously categorized as Comedy

## Presenters

* Shiri Appleby
* Scott Bakula
* Chris Colfer
* Terry Crews
* Tracee Ellis Ross
* Anna Faris
* Johnny Galecki
* Max Greenfield
* Angie Harmon
* Josh Holloway
* Gillian Jacobs
* Allison Janney
* Jake Johnson
* Michael Mando
* Olivier Martinez
* Ben McKenzie
* Bob Odenkirk
* Sarah Paulson
* Bill Paxton
* Chelsea Peretti
* Timothy Simons
* Charlize Theron
* Matt Walsh
* Constance Zimmer