1st Critics' Choice Television Awards

1st Critics' Choice Television Awards
Presented by	Various
Host	Cat Deeley
Date	June 20, 2011 (2011-06-20)
Location	Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles
Country	United States
Official website	http://criticschoice.com/static/ccta
Television coverage
Network	ReelzChannel
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The 1st Critics' Choice Television Awards, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA), honored the best in primetime television programming from June 1, 2010 until May 31, 2011, and took place on June 20, 2011 at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, California.^[1] It was live streamed on VH1's website and will be televised in the United States on the ReelzChannel in an edited format two days after the awards are handed out.^[2][3] Cat Deeley served as the host of the show.^[4][5] The winners were announced on June 20, 2011.^[6]

Nominees and winners

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Series
Best Drama Series	Best Comedy Series
Mad Men Boardwalk Empire Dexter Friday Night Lights Fringe Game of Thrones The Good Wife Justified The Killing The Walking Dead	Modern Family Archer The Big Bang Theory Community Glee Louie The Middle The Office Parks and Recreation 30 Rock
Most Exciting New Series
Alcatraz Apartment 23 Awake Falling Skies New Girl Ringer Smash Terra Nova
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 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 Acting in a Drama Series
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
John Noble as Walter Bishop – Fringe Alan Cumming as Eli Gold – The Good Wife Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder – Justified Shawn Hatosy as Dan Sullivan – Southland Michael Pitt as Jimmy Darmody – Boardwalk Empire John Slattery as Roger Sterling – Mad Men	TIE: Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris – Mad Men and Margo Martindale as Mags Bennett – Justified 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 Nicki Grant – Big Love
Best Acting in a Comedy Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Jim Parsons as 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 – 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 Acting in a Comedy Series
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 Reality Series	Best Reality Series – Competition
TIE: Hoarders and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Sister Wives Undercover Boss	American Idol The Amazing Race Dancing with the Stars Project Runway RuPaul's Drag Race Top Chef
Best Talk Show	Best Reality Show Host
The Daily Show Chelsea Lately The Ellen DeGeneres Show Jimmy Kimmel Live! The Oprah Winfrey Show	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

References

1. ^ "The Critics' Choice Television Awards". Broadcast Television Journalists Association. http://criticschoice.com/static/ccta. Retrieved 2011-06-08. 
2. ^ O'Neil, Tom (2010-06-06). "'Modern Family' leads nominations for new Critics' Choice TV Awards". Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2011/05/cat-deeley-to-host-new-critics-choice-tv-awards.html. Retrieved 2011-06-08. 
3. ^ Ausiello, Michael (2010-06-06). "Mad Men, Fringe, Good Wife, Modern Family, Community, Justified Lead Critics Choice Kudos". TVLine. http://www.tvline.com/2011/06/mad-men-fringe-modern-family-community-critics-choice-awards/. Retrieved 2011-06-08. 
4. ^ O'Neil, Tom (2010-05-31). "Cat Deeley to host new Critics' Choice TV Awards". Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2011/06/critics-choice-tv-awards-news.html. Retrieved 2011-06-08. 
5. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2010-05-31). "Critics' Choice Television Awards Land TV, Online Distribution, Tap Host". Deadline.com. http://www.deadline.com/2011/05/critics-choice-television-awards-land-tv-online-distribution-tap-host/. Retrieved 2011-06-09. 
6. ^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (2011-06-20). "Critics' Choice TV Award Winners Include Stars from Fringe, Justified, Cougar Town". TVLine. http://www.tvline.com/2011/06/critics-choice-television-awards-winners/. Retrieved 2011-06-20.