The Critics Choice Television Awards were accolades that were presented annually by the Critics Choice Association (CCA). They were established in 2011, and the first ceremony was held on June 20, 2011, and streamed live on VH1.com. The fourth ceremony was televised live on June 19, 2014, on The CW. In October 2014, the A&E Network was granted exclusive rights to broadcast the television and film awards in 2015 and 2016. The final ceremony was in 2015, after which it was combined with the film awards and once again became the Critics' Choice Awards.
History The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) was founded in 2011 as an offshoot of the Broadcast Film Critics Association. The Awards were produced by executive producer Bob Bain.
According to the acting president of the BTJA, Joey Berlin, the Critics' Choice Television Awards were launched "to enhance access for broadcast journalists covering the television industry. Just as the Critics' Choice Movie Awards has been established as an important part of the annual movie awards season, we are confident that the Critics' Choice Television Awards will play a similar role for the television industry."
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Criticism Following the announcement of the partnership with Entertainment Weekly prior to the 7th Critics' Choice Television Awards in November 2016, several high profile members of the Broadcast Television Journalists Association left the organization, including Michael Ausiello of TVLine, Maureen Ryan of Variety, Ken Tucker of Yahoo! TV, and Michael Schneider of IndieWire. In an article Schneider published shortly after his resignation titled, he wrote: "The idea that Entertainment Weekly would be the preferred media outlet for an awards show decided by journalists from many outlets is unusual. (It would be like CNN being named the official partner of the Presidential Debates, even though they're moderated and covered by representatives from multiple news organizations.)" Following the mass exodus of television critics, the Broadcast Television Journalists Association lost 15%–30% of its membership. This caused the majority of the membership to be made up of internet journalists instead of television critics. During the 7th Critics' Choice Television Awards the fact that several critically acclaimed shows were snubbed such as The Americans, Rectify, The Night Of and You're the Worst in favor of shows with very little to no critical support such as Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, and House of Cards was credited, and widely criticized, due to this change.
Award ceremonies # Date Venue Host Network 1st June 20, 2011 The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills Cat Deeley ReelzChannel 2nd June 18, 2012 3rd June 10, 2013 Retta Ustream 4th June 19, 2014 Cedric the Entertainer The CW 5th May 31, 2015 Cat Deeley A&E
Superlatives Multiple winners 6 awards Jean Smart 3 awards Allison Janney Bob Odenkirk Sarah Paulson Sarah Snook 2 awards
Uzo Aduba Tom Bergeron Alex Borstein Rachel Brosnahan Mayim Bialik Andre Braugher Sterling K. Brown Louis C.K. Jennifer Coolidge Bryan Cranston Billy Crudup Kieran Culkin Julia Louis-Dreyfus Giancarlo Esposito Bill Hader Christina Hendricks Regina King Margo Martindale Tatiana Maslany Thandiwe Newton Jim Parsons Jason Sudeikis Jeffrey Tambor Hannah Waddingham Henry Winkler
Multiple nominees 10 nominations Christine Baranski 8 nominations Walton Goggins Allison Janney Keri Russell 7 nominations Sterling K. Brown Matthew Rhys Jean Smart 6 nominations Betty Gilpin Regina King Jessica Lange Elisabeth Moss Bob Odenkirk 5 nominations Tom Bergeron Ellen Burstyn Carrie Coon Cat Deeley Julia Garner Freddie Highmore Bill Hader Julianna Margulies Timothy Olyphant Jim Parsons Eden Sher 4 nominations
Anthony Anderson Kathy Bates Mayim Bialik Andre Braugher Louis C.K. Bryan Cranston Kaley Cuoco Claire Danes Julia Louis-Dreyfus Margo Martindale Tatiana Maslany Sarah Paulson Amy Poehler RuPaul Adam Scott Rhea Seehorn Sarah Snook Henry Winkler Robin Wright 3 nominations
Uzo Aduba Gillian Anderson Aziz Ansari Christina Applegate Alison Brie Jonathan Banks Alex Borstein Rachel Brosnahan Emilia Clarke Olivia Colman Billy Crudup Benedict Cumberbatch Viola Davis Kaitlyn Dever Peter Dinklage Vera Farmiga Anna Gunn Melanie Lynskey Matthew Macfadyen Thomas Middleditch Audra McDonald Nick Offerman Martha Plimpton Danny Pudi Issa Rae RuPaul Julia Roberts John Slattery Jeremy Strong Jeremy Allen White Constance Wu
2 nominations
Ted Allen Caitriona Balfe Julie Bowen Tituss Burgess Ty Burrell Jaime Camil Bobby Cannavale Helena Bonham-Carter Don Cheadle Jodie Comer Jennifer Coolidge Kieran Culkin Hugh Dancy Zooey Deschanel Ann Dowd Lena Dunham Kirsten Dunst Christopher Eccleston Idris Elba Giancarlo Esposito Will Forte Sutton Foster Claire Foy Martin Freeman Eva Green Max Greenfield Tony Hale Jon Hamm Christina Hendricks Taraji P. Henson Tom Hiddleston Charlie Hunnam Jane Krakowski Dan Levy Eugene Levy Damian Lewis Jenifer Lewis Judith Light Laura Linney Rami Malek Kelly Macdonald Matthew Macfadyen Joel McHale Wendi McLendon-Covey Janet McTeer Annie Murphy Thandiwe Newton John Noble Sandra Oh Catherine O'Hara Ed O'Neill Randall Park Aaron Paul Evan Peters Diana Rigg Gina Rodriguez Emmy Rossum Katey Sagal Amy Schumer Ryan Seacrest Maggie Siff Jason Sudeikis Jeffrey Tambor Cicely Tyson Hannah Waddingham Dominic West Casey Wilson Patrick Wilson Aden Young Constance Zimmer
See also
List of American television awards
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