The 4th Critics' Choice Real TV Awards, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association and NPACT, which recognizes excellence in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms, were held on June 12, 2022, at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, making it the first in-person ceremony since the 1st in 2019. Nominations were announced on May 16, 2022. Of the nominated programs, Top Chef received the most nominations, with five. Top Chef also won the most awards, with three wins.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:
Programs Best Competition Series Best Competition Series: Talent/VarietyRuPaul's Drag Race (VH1) (tie) Top Chef (Bravo) (tie)The Amazing Race (CBS) Chopped (Food Network) The Great British Baking Show (Netflix) Making It (NBC)
|valign="top"|Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Prime Video)Dancing with the Stars (ABC) Finding Magic Mike (HBO Max) Legendary (HBO Max) Next Level Chef (Fox) The Voice (NBC) |- !style="width:50%"| Best Unstructured Series !style="width:50%"| Best Structured Series |- |valign="top" |RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (VH1)Couples Therapy (Showtime) The Kardashians (Hulu) The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo) The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans (Paramount+) We're Here (HBO) |valign="top"|How To with John Wilson (HBO)Catfish: The TV Show (MTV) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network) Dr. Pimple Popper (TLC) Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted (National Geographic) Sketchbook (Disney+) |- !style="width:50%"| Best Culinary Show !style="width:50%"| Best Game Show |- |valign="top" |Top Chef (Bravo)Cooking with Paris (Netflix) Crime Scene Kitchen (Fox) The Great British Baking Show (Netflix) Is It Cake? (Netflix) Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines (Magnolia) |valign="top"|Jeopardy! (Syndicated)Family Game Fight! (NBC) Holey Moley (ABC) The Price Is Right (CBS) Supermarket Sweep (ABC) Weakest Link (NBC) |- !style="width:50%"| Best Travel/Adventure Show !style="width:50%"| Best Business Show |- |valign="top" |Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix)The Amazing Race (CBS) Alone (History) Family Dinner (Magnolia) The World According to Jeff Goldblum (Disney+) The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals (Netflix) |valign="top"|Shark Tank (ABC)American Greed (CNBC) Bar Rescue (Paramount+) Million Dollar Wheels (Discovery+) Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) Undercover Boss (CBS) |- !style="width:50%"| Best Animal/Nature Show !style="width:50%"| Best Crime/Justice Show |- |valign="top" |Critter Fixers: Country Vets (National Geographic)Crikey! It's the Irwins (Discovery) Eden: Untamed Planet (BBC America) Growing Up Animal (Disney+) Penguin Town (Netflix) The Wizard of Paws (BYU TV) |valign="top"|Secrets of Playboy (A&E)911 Crisis Center (Oxygen) Cold Justice (Oxygen) Heist (Netflix) Rich & Shameless (TNT) Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller (National Geographic) |- !style="width:50%"| Best Sports Show !style="width:50%"| Best Relationship Show |- |valign="top" |Cheer (Netflix)30 for 30 (ESPN) Bad Sport (Netflix) Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team (CMT) Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO) Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers (Prime Video) |valign="top"|Love is Blind (Netflix)90 Day Fiancé (TLC) La Máscara del Amor (Estrella TV) Love on the Spectrum (Netflix) My Mom, Your Dad (HBO Max) The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On (Netflix)
!style="width:50%"| Best Lifestyle: Home/Garden Show !style="width:50%"| Best Lifestyle: Fashion/Beauty Show |- |valign="top" |Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles (Bravo)Celebrity IOU (HGTV) Fixer Upper: Welcome Home (Magnolia) Houses with History (HGTV) Married to Real Estate (HGTV) Rock the Block (HGTV) |valign="top"|Project Runway (Bravo)Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star (Netflix) Love, Kam (SurvivorNetTV) Making the Cut (Prime Video) My Unorthodox Life (Netflix) The Hype (HBO Max) |- !style="width:50%"| Best Limited Series !style="width:50%"| Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series |- |valign="top" |We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime)Abraham Lincoln (History) Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes (Netflix) Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer (Netflix) Sparking Joy with Marie Kondo (Netflix) Theodore Roosevelt (History) |valign="top"|RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)Dancing with the Stars (ABC) The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo) The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans (Paramount+) Top Chef (NBC) The Voice (Bravo) |- !style="width:50%"| Best Show Host !style="width:50%"| Male Star of the Year |- |valign="top" |Padma Lakshmi – Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (Hulu) and Top Chef (Bravo)Mayim Bialik – Jeopardy! (Syndicated) Daniel "Desus Nice" Baker and Joel "The Kid Mero" Martinez – Desus & Mero (Showtime) Trevor Noah – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) John Oliver – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) RuPaul – RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1) |valign="top"|Robert Irvine – Restaurant: Impossible'' (Food Network) Jeff Goldblum – The World According to Jeff Goldblum (Disney+) Trevor Noah – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) Phil Rosenthal – Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix) RuPaul – RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1) Stanley Tucci – Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (CNN) |- !style="width:50%"| Female Star of the Year !style="width:50%"| Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Programming by a Network or Streaming Platform |- |valign="top" | Selena Gomez – Selena + Chef (HBO Max) Samantha Bee – Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) Kelly Clarkson – The Kelly Clarkson Show (Syndicated), The Voice (NBC), and American Song Contest (NBC) Joanna Gaines – Fixer Upper: Welcome Home (Magnolia) and Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines (Magnolia) Padma Lakshmi – Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (Hulu) and Top Chef (Bravo) Sandra Lee – Dr. Pimple Popper'' (TLC)HBO Max Discovery+ Hulu Netflix TLC Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction ProgrammingThe Intellectual Property Corporation Bunim/Murray Productions Kinetic Content Raw TV Sharp Entertainment World of Wonder
Most major nominations Programs that received multiple nominations are listed below, by number of nominations per work and per network:
+ Shows that received multiple nominations Nominations Show Network 5 Top Chef Bravo 4 RuPaul's Drag Race VH1 3 The Voice NBC2 The Amazing Race CBS The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Comedy Central Dancing with the Stars ABC Dr. Pimple Popper TLC Fixer Upper: Welcome Home Magnolia Jeopardy! Syndicated Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines Magnolia Somebody Feed Phil Netflix The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Bravo The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans Paramount+ Restaurant: Impossible Food Network Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi Hulu The World According to Jeff Goldblum Disney+
+ Nominations by network Nominations Network 20 Netflix 11 Bravo 7 NBC 6 HBO Max5 ABC VH14 Hulu HBO HGTV CBS Magnolia TLC Food Network3 Prime Video Paramount+ Showtime Discovery+ History Disney+ National Geographic2 Fox Comedy Central Oxygen
Most major wins
+ Wins Show Network3Top Chef Bravo2RuPaul's Drag Race VH1
+ Wins by network Wins Network 5 Bravo 3 Netflix 2 HBO Max VH1
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