# 4th Critics' Choice Television Awards

The 4th Critics' Choice Television Awards ceremony, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA), honored the best in primetime television programming from June 1, 2013, to May 31, 2014, and was held on June 19, 2014, at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California. The nominations were announced on May 28, 2014. The ceremony was hosted by comedian and actor Cedric the Entertainer and was broadcast live on The CW. Ryan Murphy 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 |
| Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Broad City (Comedy Central) Louie (FX) Silicon Valley (HBO) Veep (HBO) | Breaking Bad (AMC) The Americans (FX) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Good Wife (CBS) Masters of Sex (Showtime) True Detective (HBO) |
| Best Movie | Best Miniseries |
| The Normal Heart (HBO) An Adventure in Space and Time (BBC America) Burton & Taylor (BBC America) Killing Kennedy (Nat Geo) Sherlock: His Last Vow (PBS) The Trip to Bountiful (Lifetime) | Fargo (FX) American Horror Story: Coven (FX) Bonnie & Clyde (A&E / History / Lifetime) Dancing on the Edge (Starz) The Hollow Crown (PBS) Luther (BBC America) |
| Best Animated Series | Most Exciting New Series (All Honored) |
| Archer (FX) Adventure Time (Cartoon Network) Family Guy (Fox) Phineas and Ferb (Disney Channel) The Simpsons (Fox) South Park (Comedy Central) | Extant (CBS) Gotham (Fox) Halt and Catch Fire (AMC) The Leftovers (HBO) Outlander (Starz) Penny Dreadful (Showtime) The Strain (FX) |
| Best Acting in a Comedy Series ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper – The Big Bang Theory Louis C.K. as Louie – Louie Chris Messina as Dr. Danny Castellano – The Mindy Project Thomas Middleditch as Richard Hendriks – Silicon Valley Adam Scott as Ben Wyatt – Parks and Recreation Robin Williams as Simon Roberts – The Crazy Ones | Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer – Veep Ilana Glazer as Ilana Wexler – Broad City Wendi McLendon-Covey as Beverly Goldberg – The Goldbergs Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope – Parks and Recreation Emmy Rossum as Fiona Gallagher – Shameless Amy Schumer as Various Characters – Inside Amy Schumer |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Andre Braugher as Capt. Ray Holt – Brooklyn Nine-Nine Keith David as Command Sergeant Major Donald Cody – Enlisted Tony Hale as Gary Walsh – Veep Albert Tsai as Bert Harrison – Trophy Wife Christopher Evan Welch as Peter Gregory – Silicon Valley Jeremy Allen White as Phillip "Lip" Gallagher – Shameless | Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett – Mom (TIE) Kate Mulgrew as Galina "Red" Reznikov – Orange Is the New Black (TIE) Mayim Bialik as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler – The Big Bang Theory Laverne Cox as Sophia Burset – Orange Is the New Black Kaley Cuoco as Penny – The Big Bang Theory Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow, RN – Nurse Jackie |
| Best Acting in a Drama Series ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Matthew McConaughey as Det. Rustin "Rust" Cohle – True Detective Bryan Cranston as Walter White – Breaking Bad Hugh Dancy as Will Graham – Hannibal Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates – Bates Motel Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings – The Americans Michael Sheen as Dr. William Masters – Masters of Sex | Tatiana Maslany as Various Characters – Orphan Black Lizzy Caplan as Dr. Virginia Johnson – Masters of Sex Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates – Bates Motel Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick – The Good Wife Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings – The Americans Robin Wright as Claire Underwood – House of Cards |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman – Breaking Bad Josh Charles as Will Gardner – The Good Wife Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder – Justified Peter Sarsgaard as Ray Seward – The Killing Jon Voight as Mickey Donovan – Ray Donovan Jeffrey Wright as Dr. Valentin Narcisse – Boardwalk Empire | Bellamy Young as First Lady Melody "Mellie" Grant – Scandal Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart – The Good Wife Anna Gunn as Skyler White – Breaking Bad Annet Mahendru as Nina Sergeevna – The Americans Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier – The Walking Dead Maggie Siff as Dr. Tara Knowles-Teller – Sons of Anarchy |
| Best Acting in a Movie/Miniseries ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Billy Bob Thornton as Lorne Malvo – Fargo David Bradley as William Hartnell – An Adventure in Space and Time Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes – Sherlock: His Last Vow Chiwetel Ejiofor as Louis Lester – Dancing on the Edge Martin Freeman as Lester Nygaard – Fargo Mark Ruffalo as Ned Weeks – The Normal Heart | Jessica Lange as Fiona Goode – American Horror Story: Coven Helena Bonham Carter as Elizabeth Taylor – Burton & Taylor Minnie Driver as Maggie Royal – Return to Zero Whoopi Goldberg as Viola – A Day Late and a Dollar Short Holliday Grainger as Bonnie Parker – Bonnie & Clyde Cicely Tyson as Mrs. Carrie Watts – The Trip to Bountiful |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Matt Bomer as Felix Turner – The Normal Heart Warren Brown as Justin Ripley – Luther Martin Freeman as Dr. Watson – Sherlock: His Last Vow Colin Hanks as Officer Gus Grimly – Fargo Joe Mantello as Mickey Marcus – The Normal Heart Blair Underwood as Ludie Watts – The Trip to Bountiful | Allison Tolman as Deputy Molly Solverson – Fargo Amanda Abbington as Mary Watson – Sherlock: His Last Vow Kathy Bates as Delphine LaLaurie – American Horror Story: Coven Ellen Burstyn as Olivia Foxworth – Flowers in the Attic Jessica Raine as Verity Lambert – An Adventure in Space and Time Julia Roberts as Dr. Emma Brookner – The Normal Heart |
| Best Guest Performing ||
| Best Guest Performer – Comedy | Best Guest Performer – Drama |
| Uzo Aduba as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren – Orange Is the New Black Sarah Baker as Vanessa – Louie James Earl Jones as Himself – The Big Bang Theory Mimi Kennedy as Marjorie Armstrong – Mom Andrew Rannells as Elijah Krantz – Girls Lauren Weedman as Doris – Looking | Allison Janney as Margaret Scully – Masters of Sex Beau Bridges as Provost Barton Scully – Masters of Sex Walton Goggins as Venus Van Dam – Sons of Anarchy Joe Morton as Rowan "Eli" Pope – Scandal Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni – The Good Wife Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell – Game of Thrones |
| Reality & Variety ||
| Best Reality Series | Best Reality Series – Competition |
| Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Fox / Nat Geo) Deadliest Catch (Discovery) Duck Dynasty (A&E) MythBusters (Discovery) Top Gear (History) Undercover Boss (CBS) | Shark Tank (ABC) The Amazing Race (CBS) Project Runway (Lifetime) Survivor (CBS) Top Chef (Bravo) The Voice (NBC) |
| Best Talk Show | Best Reality Show Host |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC) Conan (TBS) The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) The Ellen DeGeneres Show (NBC) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) | Neil deGrasse Tyson – Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey Tom Bergeron – Dancing with the Stars Carson Daly – The Voice Cat Deeley – So You Think You Can Dance Gordon Ramsay – MasterChef RuPaul – RuPaul's Drag Race |

## Shows with multiple wins

The following shows received multiple awards:
| Program | Network | Category | Wins |
| Fargo | FX | Miniseries | 3 |
| Orange Is the New Black | Netflix | Comedy | 3 |
| Breaking Bad | AMC | Drama | 2 |
| Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey | Fox/National Geographic | Reality | 2 |
| The Normal Heart | HBO | Movie | 2 |

## Shows with multiple nominations

The following shows received multiple nominations:
| Program | Network | Category | Nominations |
| The Big Bang Theory | CBS | Comedy | 5 |
| Fargo | FX | Miniseries | 5 |
| The Good Wife | CBS | Drama | 5 |
| Masters of Sex | Showtime | Drama | 5 |
| The Normal Heart | HBO | Movie | 5 |
| The Americans | FX | Drama | 4 |
| Breaking Bad | AMC | Drama | 4 |
| Orange Is the New Black | Netflix | Comedy | 4 |
| Sherlock: His Last Vow | PBS | Movie | 4 |
| American Horror Story: Coven | FX | Miniseries | 3 |
| An Adventure in Space and Time | BBC America | Movie | 3 |
| Louie | FX | Comedy | 3 |
| Silicon Valley | HBO | Comedy | 3 |
| The Trip to Bountiful | Lifetime | Movie | 3 |
| Veep | HBO | Comedy | 3 |
| Bates Motel | A&E | Drama | 2 |
| Bonnie & Clyde | A&E/History/Lifetime | Miniseries | 2 |
| Broad City | Comedy Central | Comedy | 2 |
| Burton & Taylor | BBC America | Movie | 2 |
| Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey | Fox/National Geographic | Reality | 2 |
| Dancing on the Edge | BBC America | Miniseries | 2 |
| Game of Thrones | HBO | Drama | 2 |
| Luther | BBC America | Miniseries | 2 |
| Mom | CBS | Comedy | 2 |
| Parks and Recreation | NBC | Comedy | 2 |
| Shameless | Showtime | Comedy | 2 |
| Scandal | ABC | Drama | 2 |
| Sons of Anarchy | FX | Drama | 2 |
| True Detective | HBO | Drama | 2 |
| The Voice | NBC | Reality – Competition | 2 |
* ↑ Previously categorized as Drama

## Presenters

* Christina Applegate
* Fred Armisen
* Scott Aukerman
* Demián Bichir
* Danielle Brooks
* Carrie Brownstein
* Lizzy Caplan
* Josh Dallas
* Kat Graham
* Max Greenfield
* Kathy Griffin
* Tony Hale
* Colin Hanks
* Angie Harmon
* Colton Haynes
* Diane Kruger
* Natasha Lyonne
* Elisabeth Moss
* Kunal Nayyar
* Adam Pally
* Jim Parsons
* Laura Prepon
* Matthew Rhys
* Gina Rodriguez
* Emmy Rossum
* Isaiah Washington
* Shane West