# 1st Critics' Choice Television Awards

The inaugural Critics' Choice Television Awards ceremony, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA), honored the best in primetime television programming from June 1, 2010, to May 31, 2011, and was held on June 20, 2011, at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was live-streamed on VH1's website and was televised on ReelzChannel in an edited format two days after the ceremony occurred. Cat Deeley served as the host of the ceremony. The winners were announced on June 20, 2011. Danny DeVito received the Critics' Choice Television Icon Award.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:
Best Series :
| Best Comedy Series | Best Drama Series |
| Modern Family (ABC) 30 Rock (NBC) Archer (FX) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Community (NBC) Glee (Fox) Louie (FX) The Middle (ABC) The Office (NBC) Parks and Recreation (NBC) | Mad Men (AMC) Boardwalk Empire (HBO) Dexter (Showtime) Friday Night Lights (NBC / Audience Network) Fringe (Fox) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Good Wife (CBS) Justified (FX) The Killing (AMC) The Walking Dead (AMC) |
| Most Exciting New Series (All Honored) ||
| Alcatraz (Fox) Awake (NBC) Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (ABC) Falling Skies (TNT) New Girl (Fox) Ringer (The CW) Smash (NBC) Terra Nova (Fox) ||
| Best Acting in a Comedy Series ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper – The Big Bang Theory Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy – 30 Rock Steve Carell as Michael Scott – The Office Louis C.K. as Louie – Louie Charlie Day as Charlie Kelly – It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Joel McHale as Jeff Winger – Community | Tina Fey as Liz Lemon – 30 Rock Courteney Cox as Jules Cobb – Cougar Town Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton, RN – Nurse Jackie Patricia Heaton as Frankie Heck – The Middle Martha Plimpton as Virginia Chance – Raising Hope Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope – Parks and Recreation |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson – How I Met Your Mother Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy – Modern Family Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson – Parks and Recreation Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett – Modern Family Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir – Community Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker – Modern Family | Busy Philipps as Laurie Keller – Cougar Town Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy – Modern Family Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney – 30 Rock Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester – Glee Eden Sher as Sue Heck – The Middle Sofía Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett – Modern Family |
| Best Acting in a Drama Series ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Jon Hamm as Don Draper – Mad Men Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson – Boardwalk Empire Kyle Chandler as Eric Taylor – Friday Night Lights Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan – Dexter William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher – Shameless Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens – Justified | Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick – The Good Wife Connie Britton as Tami Taylor – Friday Night Lights Mireille Enos as Det. Sarah Linden – The Killing Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson – Mad Men Katey Sagal as Gemma Teller Morrow – Sons of Anarchy Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham – Fringe |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| John Noble as Dr. Walter Bishop – Fringe Alan Cumming as Eli Gold – The Good Wife Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder – Justified Shawn Hatosy as Det. Sammy Bryant – Southland Michael Pitt as Jimmy Darmody – Boardwalk Empire John Slattery as Roger Sterling, Jr. – Mad Men | Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris – Mad Men (TIE) Margo Martindale as Mags Bennett – Justified (TIE) Michelle Forbes as Mitch Larsen – The Killing Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Schroeder – Boardwalk Empire Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma – The Good Wife Chloë Sevigny as Nicolette Grant – Big Love |
| Reality/Variety ||
| Best Reality Series | Best Reality Series – Competition |
| Hoarders (A&E) (TIE) The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo) (TIE) Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) Sister Wives (TLC) Undercover Boss (CBS) | American Idol (Fox) The Amazing Race (CBS) Dancing with the Stars (ABC) Project Runway (Lifetime) RuPaul's Drag Race (Logo) Top Chef (Bravo) |
| Best Talk Show | Best Reality Show Host |
| The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Chelsea Lately (E!) The Ellen DeGeneres Show (NBC) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) | Mike Rowe – Dirty Jobs Tom Bergeron – Dancing with the Stars Cat Deeley – So You Think You Can Dance Ty Pennington – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Ryan Seacrest – American Idol |

## Shows with multiple wins

The following shows received multiple awards:
| Series | Network | Category | Wins |
| Mad Men | AMC | Drama | 3 |

## Shows with multiple nominations

The following shows received multiple nominations:
| Series | Network | Category | Nominations |
| Modern Family | ABC | Comedy | 6 |
| Mad Men | AMC | Drama | 5 |
| Boardwalk Empire | HBO | Drama | 4 |
| The Good Wife | CBS | Drama | 4 |
| Justified | FX | Drama | 4 |
| 30 Rock | NBC | Comedy | 4 |
| Community | NBC | Comedy | 3 |
| Friday Night Lights | NBC/Audience | Drama | 3 |
| Fringe | Fox | Drama | 3 |
| The Killing | AMC | Drama | 3 |
| The Middle | ABC | Comedy | 3 |
| Parks and Recreation | NBC | Comedy | 3 |
| American Idol | Fox | Reality – Competition | 2 |
| The Big Bang Theory | CBS | Comedy | 2 |
| Cougar Town | ABC | Comedy | 2 |
| Dancing with the Stars | ABC | Reality – Competition | 2 |
| Dexter | Showtime | Drama | 2 |
| Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | ABC | Reality | 2 |
| Glee | Fox | Comedy | 2 |
| Louie | FX | Comedy | 2 |
| The Office | NBC | Comedy | 2 |