The 1st Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards, presented by the Hollywood Critics Association, took place through a virtual ceremony on YouTube on August 29, 2021. However, due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County and the US, the ceremony was delayed a week and the broadcast was originally supposed to be held at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles on August 22, 2021.
The nominations were announced via a livestream on July 8, 2021, by Mckenna Grace and Brooklynn Prince on the organization's official YouTube channel. Ted Lasso led the nominations with 8, followed by The Handmaid's Tale and WandaVision with 7 each. Channelwise, HBO and NBC led the nominations with 29 each, followed by Netflix with 28.
The HCA TV Awards also became the first television awards organization to separate streaming programs from broadcast network/cable shows, electing to give the streaming platforms their own separate category in comedy and drama, with the exception of the limited series/tv movie field, which isn't divided by platform.
Ted Lasso won the most awards of the night with four total, followed by The Crown with three.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.
Programs
Streaming Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Cobra Kai (Netflix) Girls5eva (Peacock) Hacks (HBO Max) Mythic Quest (Apple TV+) The Flight Attendant (HBO Max) The Mandalorian (Disney+) Bridgerton (Netflix) Servant (Apple TV+) The Boys (Prime Video) The Crown (Netflix) The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) Kid 90 (Hulu) 1971: The Year Music Changed Everything (Apple TV+) American Murder: The Family Next Door (Netflix) Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (Netflix) Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults (HBO Max) Murder Among the Mormons (Netflix) Pink: All I Know So Far (Prime Video) The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness (Netflix) Unsolved Mysteries (Netflix) Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix) 8:46 – Dave Chappelle (Netflix) A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (HBO Max) The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion (HBO Max) Friends: The Reunion (HBO Max) Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist (Prime Video) RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1) Indian Matchmaking (Netflix) Nailed It! (Netflix) Queer Eye (Netflix) Selena + Chef (HBO Max) Top Chef (Bravo) WandaVision (Disney+) Hamilton (Disney+) Small Axe (Prime Video) The Queen's Gambit (Netflix) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Harley Quinn (HBO Max) Animaniacs (Hulu) Big Mouth (Netflix) Bob's Burgers (Fox) Invincible (Prime Video)
Broadcast Network / Cable Young Rock (NBC) Black-ish (ABC) Mr. Mayor (NBC) Superstore (NBC) Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBC) Resident Alien (Syfy) Breeders (FX) Chad (TBS) Everything's Gonna Be Okay (Freeform) Shameless (Showtime) New Amsterdam (NBC) Big Sky (ABC) Law & Order: Organized Crime (NBC) Superman & Lois (The CW) The Good Doctor (ABC) This Is Us (NBC) Cruel Summer (Freeform) Gangs of London (AMC) Lovecraft Country (HBO) Perry Mason (HBO) Pose (FX) Yellowstone (Paramount Network) Welcome to Chechnya (HBO) 30 for 30 (ESPN) Allen v. Farrow (HBO) I'll Be Gone in the Dark (HBO) RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (VH1) The Vow (HBO) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO) Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) Saturday Night Live (NBC) The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) The Masked Singer (Fox) Celebrity Family Feud (ABC) Holey Moley (ABC) Shark Tank (ABC) The Voice (NBC) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Euphoria specials (HBO) Fargo (FX) I May Destroy You (HBO) The Undoing (HBO) Your Honor (Showtime)
Acting
Streaming Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso as Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Ed Helms – Rutherford Falls as Nathan Rutherford (Peacock) Michael Douglas – The Kominsky Method as Sandy Kominsky (Netflix) Rob McElhenney – Mythic Quest as Ian Grimm (Apple TV+) Tom Ellis – Lucifer as Lucifer Morningstar (Netflix) Jean Smart – Hacks as Deborah Vance (HBO Max) Cristin Milioti – Made for Love as Hazel Green-Gogol (HBO Max) Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant as Cassie Bowden (HBO Max) Hailee Steinfeld – Dickinson as Emily Dickinson (Apple TV+) Renée Elise Goldsberry – Girls5eva as Wickie (Peacock) Brett Goldstein – Ted Lasso as Roy Kent (Apple TV+) Brendan Hunt – Ted Lasso as Coach Beard (Apple TV+) Danny Pudi – Mythic Quest as Brad Bakshi (Apple TV+) Jeremy Swift – Ted Lasso as Leslie Higgins (Apple TV+) Nick Mohammed – Ted Lasso as Nathan Shelley (Apple TV+) Patton Oswalt – A.P. Bio as Principal Ralph Durbin (Peacock) Ray Romano – Made for Love as Herbert Green (HBO Max) Hannah Einbinder – Hacks as Ava Daniels (HBO Max) (TIE) Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso as Rebecca Welton (Apple TV+) (TIE) Juno Temple – Ted Lasso as Keeley Jones (Apple TV+) Kaitlin Olson – Hacks as Deborah "DJ" Vance Jr. (HBO Max) Kathleen Turner – The Kominsky Method as Dr. Roz Volander (Netflix) Paula Pell – Girls5eva as Gloria (Peacock) Rosie Perez – The Flight Attendant as Megan Briscoe (HBO Max) Josh O'Connor – The Crown as Charles, Prince of Wales (Netflix) Anthony Mackie – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as Sam Wilson / Falcon / Captain America (Disney+) Karl Urban – The Boys as William "Billy" Butcher (Prime Video) Pedro Pascal – The Mandalorian as The Mandalorian (Disney+) Regé-Jean Page – Bridgerton as Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings (Netflix) Emma Corrin – The Crown as Diana, Princess of Wales (Netflix) Aya Cash – The Boys as Klara Risinger / Liberty / Stormfront (Prime Video) Olivia Colman – The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II (Netflix) Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid's Tale as June Osborne / Offred (Hulu) Sarah Paulson – Ratched as Nurse Mildred Ratched (Netflix) Rupert Grint – Servant as Julian Pearce (Apple TV+) Bradley Whitford – The Handmaid's Tale as Commander Joseph Lawrence (Hulu) Daniel Brühl – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as Helmut Zemo (Disney+) Giancarlo Esposito – The Boys as Stan Edgar (Prime Video) Giancarlo Esposito – The Mandalorian as Moff Gideon (Disney+) Tobias Menzies – The Crown as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Netflix) Wyatt Russell – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as John Walker / Captain America / U.S. Agent (Disney+) Gillian Anderson – The Crown as Margaret Thatcher (Netflix) Alexis Bledel – The Handmaid's Tale as Dr. Emily Malek (Hulu) Ann Dowd – The Handmaid's Tale as Aunt Lydia Clements (Hulu) Ming-Na Wen – The Mandalorian as Fennec Shand (Disney+) Samira Wiley – The Handmaid's Tale as Moira Strand (Hulu) Yvette Nicole Brown – Big Shot as Sherilyn Thomas (Disney+) Yvonne Strahovski – The Handmaid's Tale as Serena Joy Waterford (Hulu)
Broadcast Network / Cable Ted Danson – Mr. Mayor as Neil Bremer (NBC) Alan Tudyk – Resident Alien as Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle (Syfy) Anthony Anderson – Black-ish as Andre "Dre" Johnson Sr. (ABC) Joseph Lee Anderson – Young Rock as Rocky Johnson (NBC) Martin Freeman – Breeders as Paul Worsley (FX) Jane Levy – Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist as Zoey Clarke (NBC) Daisy Haggard – Breeders as Ally Grant (FX) Robin Thede – A Black Lady Sketch Show as Various Characters (HBO) Stacey Leilua – Young Rock as Ata Johnson (NBC) Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish as Dr. Rainbow "Bow" Johnson (ABC) Nico Santos – Superstore as Mateo Fernando Aquino Liwanag (NBC) Alex Newell – Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist as Mo (NBC) Corey Reynolds – Resident Alien as Mike Thompson (Syfy) Dwayne Johnson – Young Rock as Himself (NBC) John Clarence Stewart – Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist as Simon (NBC) Skylar Astin – Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist as Max Richman (NBC) Mary Steenburgen – Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist as Maggie Clarke (NBC) Alice Wetterlund – Resident Alien as D'Arcy Bloom (Syfy) Ana Tuisila – Young Rock as Lia Maivia (NBC) Holly Hunter – Mr. Mayor as Arpi Meskimen (NBC) Lauren Ash – Superstore as Dina Fox (NBC) Vella Lovell – Mr. Mayor as Mikaela Shaw (NBC) Billy Porter – Pose as Pray Tell (FX) Christopher Meloni – Law & Order: Organized Crime as Detective Elliot Stabler (NBC) Freddie Highmore – The Good Doctor as Dr. Shaun Murphy (ABC) Jonathan Majors – Lovecraft Country as Atticus "Tic" Freeman (HBO) Matthew Rhys – Perry Mason as Perry Mason (HBO) Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us as Randall Pearson (NBC) Michaela Jaé Rodriguez – Pose as Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista (FX) Chiara Aurelia – Cruel Summer as Jeanette Turner (Freeform) Jurnee Smollett – Lovecraft Country as Letitia "Leti" Lewis (HBO) Mandy Moore – This Is Us as Rebecca Pearson (NBC) Mariska Hargitay – Law & Order: SVU as Captain Olivia Benson (NBC) Olivia Holt – Cruel Summer as Kate Wallis (Freeform) Michael K. Williams – Lovecraft Country as Montrose Freeman (HBO) Courtney B. Vance – Lovecraft Country as George Freeman (HBO) Dylan McDermott – Law & Order: Organized Crime as Richard Wheatley (NBC) Jason A. Rodriguez – Pose as Lemar Khan (FX) Jeffrey Dean Morgan – The Walking Dead as Negan (AMC) John Carroll Lynch – Big Sky as Rick Legarski (ABC) John Lithgow – Perry Mason as Elias Birchard "E.B." Jonathan (HBO) Tzi Ma – Kung Fu as Jin Shen (The CW) Tatiana Maslany – Perry Mason as Sister Alice McKeegan (HBO) Brooke Smith – Big Sky as Merrilee Legarski (ABC) Catherine Zeta-Jones – Prodigal Son as Vivian Capshaw (Fox) Dominique Jackson – Pose as Elektra Evangelista (FX) Hannah Zeile – This Is Us as teenage Kate Pearson (NBC) Indya Moore – Pose as Angel Vasquez-Evangelista (FX) Kelly Reilly – Yellowstone as Beth Dutton (Paramount Network) Wunmi Mosaku – Lovecraft Country as Ruby Baptiste (HBO)
Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Television Movie Colman Domingo – Trouble Don't Last Always as Ali Muhammad (HBO) Bryan Cranston – Your Honor as Michael Desiato (Showtime) Chris Rock – Fargo as Loy Cannon (FX) Hugh Grant – The Undoing as Jonathan Fraser (HBO) Joel Edgerton – The Underground Railroad as Arnold Ridgeway (Prime Video) Leslie Odom Jr. – Hamilton as Aaron Burr (Disney+) Paul Bettany – WandaVision as Vision (Disney+) Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen's Gambit as Beth Harmon (Netflix) Cynthia Erivo – Genius: Aretha as Aretha Franklin (Nat Geo) Elizabeth Olsen – WandaVision as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch (Disney+) Kate Winslet – Mare of Easttown as Marianne "Mare" Sheehan (HBO) Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You as Arabella Essiedu (HBO) Thuso Mbedu – The Underground Railroad as Cora Randall (Prime Video) Zendaya – Trouble Don't Last Always as Rue Bennett (HBO) Evan Peters – Mare of Easttown as Detective Colin Zabel (HBO) Bill Camp – The Queen's Gambit as Mr. Shaibel (Netflix) Courtney B. Vance – Genius: Aretha as C. L. Franklin (Nat Geo) Daveed Diggs – Hamilton as Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson (Disney+) John Boyega – Small Axe as Leroy Logan (Prime Video) Randall Park – WandaVision as Jimmy Woo (Disney+) William Jackson Harper – The Underground Railroad as Royal (Prime Video) Kathryn Hahn – WandaVision as Agnes / Agatha Harkness (Disney+) Jean Smart – Mare of Easttown as Helen Fahey (HBO) Jessie Buckley – Fargo as Oraetta Mayflower (FX) Julianne Nicholson – Mare of Easttown as Lori Ross (HBO) Kat Dennings – WandaVision as Darcy Lewis (Disney+) Marielle Heller – The Queen's Gambit as Alma Wheatley (Netflix) Teyonah Parris – WandaVision as Monica Rambeau (Disney+)
Honorary Awards Legacy Award – Cobra Kai Virtuoso Award – Bo Burnham Impact Award – New Amsterdam TV Icon Award – Marta Kauffman Pop Culture Icon Award – Tom Ellis TV Breakout Star Award – Thuso Mbedu Spotlight Award – Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Most wins
+ Wins by series Wins Series 4 Ted Lasso 3 The Crown 2 Hacks Mare of Easttown Pose WandaVision Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
+ Wins by network/platform Nominations Network 7 HBO 6 NBC 5 Apple TV+ Netflix 3 Disney+ HBO Max 2 FX
Most nominations