# 43rd People's Choice Awards

The 43rd People's Choice Awards, honoring the best in popular culture for 2016, were held on January 18, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, and were broadcast live on CBS. The ceremony was hosted by Joel McHale.
On November 15, 2016, the nominees were announced. The movie Captain America: Civil War received the most nominations of the year with seven. The TV series Grey's Anatomy and actor Kevin Hart each received five nominations and singer, Britney Spears and Zootopia received four nominations. The biggest winner of the evening was Spears, who won a total of four awards, and Ellen DeGeneres, who won three and became the most awarded person in the show's history.

## Performers

* Fifth Harmony – "Work from Home"
* Blake Shelton – "Every Time I Hear That Song"

## Nominees

The full list of nominees was announced on November 15, 2016.

### Movies

| Favorite Movie | Favorite Action Movie |
| Finding Dory Captain America: Civil War Deadpool Suicide Squad Zootopia | Deadpool Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Captain America: Civil War Suicide Squad X-Men: Apocalypse |
| Favorite Comedic Movie | Favorite Dramatic Movie |
| Bad Moms Central Intelligence Ghostbusters How to Be Single Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising | Me Before You Deepwater Horizon Miracles from Heaven Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Sully |
| Favorite Movie Actor | Favorite Movie Actress |
| Ryan Reynolds Robert Downey Jr. Tom Hanks Kevin Hart Will Smith | Jennifer Lawrence Scarlett Johansson Anna Kendrick Melissa McCarthy Margot Robbie |
| Favorite Action Movie Actor | Favorite Action Movie Actress |
| Robert Downey Jr. Chris Evans Liam Hemsworth Ryan Reynolds Will Smith | Margot Robbie Scarlett Johansson Jennifer Lawrence Zoe Saldana Shailene Woodley |
| Favorite Comedic Movie Actor | Favorite Comedic Movie Actress |
| Kevin Hart Zac Efron Ryan Gosling Chris Hemsworth Dwayne Johnson | Melissa McCarthy Kristen Bell Anna Kendrick Kristen Wiig Rebel Wilson |
| Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor | Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress |
| Tom Hanks Ben Affleck George Clooney Chris Pine Mark Wahlberg | Blake Lively Amy Adams Emily Blunt Julia Roberts Meryl Streep |
| Favorite Animated Movie Voice | Favorite Family Movie |
| Ellen DeGeneres – Finding Dory as Dory Jason Bateman – Zootopia as Nick Wilde Ginnifer Goodwin – Zootopia as Judy Hopps Kevin Hart – The Secret Life of Pets as Snowball Bill Murray – The Jungle Book as Baloo | Finding Dory Alice Through the Looking Glass The Jungle Book The Secret Life of Pets Zootopia |
| Favorite Thriller Movie | Favorite Movie Icon |
| The Girl on the Train The Conjuring 2 Nerve The Purge: Election Year The Shallows | Johnny Depp Tom Cruise Tom Hanks Samuel L. Jackson Denzel Washington |
| Favorite Year-End Blockbuster |
| Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Doctor Strange Moana Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Sing |

### Television

| Favorite TV Show | Favorite Network TV Comedy |
| Outlander The Big Bang Theory Grey's Anatomy Stranger Things The Walking Dead | The Big Bang Theory Black-ish Jane the Virgin Modern Family New Girl |
| Favorite Network TV Drama | Favorite Network TV Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Grey's Anatomy Chicago Fire Empire How to Get Away with Murder Quantico | Supernatural Arrow The Flash Once Upon a Time The Vampire Diaries |
| Favorite Cable TV Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show | Favorite TV Crime Drama |
| The Walking Dead American Horror Story: Roanoke Orphan Black Shadowhunters Teen Wolf | Criminal Minds The Blacklist Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Lucifer NCIS |
| Favorite Comedic TV Actor | Favorite Comedic TV Actress |
| Jim Parsons Tim Allen Anthony Anderson Matthew Perry Andy Samberg | Sofía Vergara Kaley Cuoco Zooey Deschanel Anna Faris Gina Rodriguez |
| Favorite Dramatic TV Actor | Favorite Dramatic TV Actress |
| Justin Chambers Scott Foley Terrence Howard Taylor Kinney Jesse Williams | Priyanka Chopra Viola Davis Taraji P. Henson Ellen Pompeo Kerry Washington |
| Favorite TV Crime Drama Actor | Favorite TV Crime Drama Actress |
| Mark Harmon LL Cool J Chris O'Donnell Tom Selleck Donnie Wahlberg | Jennifer Lopez Sophia Bush Mariska Hargitay Lucy Liu Pauley Perrette |
| Favorite Cable TV Comedy | Favorite Cable TV Drama |
| Baby Daddy Atlanta It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Real Husbands of Hollywood Younger | Bates Motel The Americans Mr. Robot Pretty Little Liars Queen Sugar |
| Favorite Cable TV Actor | Favorite Cable TV Actress |
| Freddie Highmore Adam DeVine Zach Galifianakis Kevin Hart Rami Malek | Vera Farmiga Ashley Benson Hilary Duff Lucy Hale Keri Russell |
| Favorite Premium Drama Series | Favorite Premium Comedy Series |
| Orange Is the New Black Homeland House of Cards Narcos Power | Fuller House The Mindy Project Shameless Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Veep |
| Favorite Premium Sci-Fi/Fantasy Series | Favorite Premium Series Actor |
| Outlander Game of Thrones Luke Cage Stranger Things Westworld | Dwayne Johnson Aziz Ansari Joshua Jackson Nick Jonas Kevin Spacey |
| Favorite Premium Series Actress | Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor |
| Sarah Jessica Parker Claire Danes Jane Fonda Julia Louis-Dreyfus Taylor Schilling | Sam Heughan Jensen Ackles Andrew Lincoln Tyler Posey Ian Somerhalder |
| Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress | Favorite Competition TV Show |
| Caitriona Balfe Millie Bobby Brown Emilia Clarke Lauren Cohan Jennifer Morrison | The Voice America's Got Talent American Ninja Warrior Dancing with the Stars MasterChef |
| Favorite Daytime TV Host | Favorite Daytime Talk Show Hosting Team |
| Ellen DeGeneres Dr. Phil Steve Harvey Rachael Ray Kelly Ripa | Good Morning America The Chew The Talk Today The View |
| Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host | Favorite Actor In A New TV Series |
| Jimmy Fallon Stephen Colbert James Corden Jimmy Kimmel Conan O'Brien | Matt LeBlanc Kevin James Kiefer Sutherland Milo Ventimiglia Damon Wayans |
| Favorite Actress In A New TV Series | Favorite Animated TV Show |
| Kristen Bell Jordana Brewster Minnie Driver Mandy Moore Piper Perabo | The Simpsons American Dad! Bob's Burgers Family Guy South Park |
| Favorite New TV Comedy | Favorite New TV Drama |
| Man with a Plan American Housewife The Good Place The Great Indoors Kevin Can Wait | This Is Us Bull Designated Survivor The Exorcist Timeless |

### Music

| Favorite Male Artist | Favorite Female Artist |
| Justin Timberlake Drake Shawn Mendes Blake Shelton The Weeknd | Britney Spears Adele Beyoncé Ariana Grande Rihanna |
| Favorite Group | Favorite Breakout Artist |
| Fifth Harmony The Chainsmokers Coldplay Panic! at the Disco Twenty One Pilots | Niall Horan Alessia Cara The Chainsmokers DNCE Zayn |
| Favorite Male Country Artist | Favorite Female Country Artist |
| Blake Shelton Luke Bryan Sam Hunt Tim McGraw Keith Urban | Carrie Underwood Kelsea Ballerini Miranda Lambert Reba McEntire Dolly Parton |
| Favorite Country Group | Favorite Pop Artist |
| Little Big Town The Band Perry Florida Georgia Line Lonestar Zac Brown Band | Britney Spears Adele Ariana Grande Sia Justin Timberlake |
| Favorite Hip-Hop Artist | Favorite R&B Artist |
| G-Eazy DJ Khaled Kendrick Lamar Kanye West Wiz Khalifa | Rihanna Beyoncé Drake Usher The Weeknd |
| Favorite Song | Favorite Album |
| "Can't Stop the Feeling!" by Justin Timberlake "No" by Meghan Trainor "One Dance" by Drake feat. Kyla and Wizkid "Pillowtalk" by Zayn "Work" by Rihanna feat. Drake | If I'm Honest – Blake Shelton Anti – Rihanna Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande Lemonade – Beyoncé Views – Drake |

### Digital

| Favorite Social Media Celebrity | Favorite Social Media Star |
| Britney Spears Stephen Amell Kim Kardashian Lady Gaga Shakira | Cameron Dallas Baby Ariel Nash Grier Liza Koshy Jacob Sartorius |
| Favorite YouTube Star | Favorite Comedic Collaboration |
| Lilly Singh Shane Dawson Miranda Sings Tyler Oakley PewDiePie | Ellen DeGeneres and Britney Spears Mall Mischief James Corden's Carpool Karaoke with Adele Lip Sync Battle with Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum Conan O'Brien's Ride Along with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart Saturday Night Live with Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon |
| CBS.com's Favorite Digital Obsession | Favorite Video Game |
| Mannequin Challenge 360° & VR Facebook Live Pokémon Go Snapchat Lenses | Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Overwatch Titanfall 2 Watch Dogs 2 Dishonored 2 |