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 SeriesBest Comedy SeriesBest Drama SeriesModern 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) | valign="top" |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) |- !colspan="2"|Most Exciting New Series (All Honored) |- | valign="top" colspan="2"| 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)
!colspan="2"|Best Acting in a Comedy Series |- !Best Actor !Best Actress |- | valign="top" |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 – CommunityTina 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 RecreationBest Supporting ActorBest Supporting ActressNeil 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 FamilyBusy 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 FamilyBest Acting in a Drama SeriesBest ActorBest ActressJon 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 – JustifiedJulianna 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 – FringeBest Supporting ActorBest Supporting ActressJohn 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 MenChristina 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 LoveReality/VarietyBest Reality SeriesBest Reality Series – CompetitionHoarders (A&E) (TIE) The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo) (TIE) Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) Sister Wives (TLC) Undercover Boss (CBS) | valign="top" |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 |- | valign="top" |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) | valign="top" |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 AMCDrama 5 Boardwalk Empire HBO 4 The Good Wife CBS Justified FX 30 RockNBCComedy Community 3 Friday Night Lights NBC/AudienceDrama Fringe Fox The Killing AMC The Middle ABCComedy Parks and Recreation NBC American Idol Fox Reality – Competition 2 The Big Bang Theory CBSComedy Cougar TownABC Dancing with the Stars Reality – Competition Dexter Showtime Drama Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ABC Reality Glee FoxComedy Louie FX The Office NBC
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