The winners were announced Thursday night for the 2014 Critics’ Choice TV Awards. The Broadcast Television Journalists Association honors dramas, comedies, reality TV and talk shows.
Orange is the New Black and Fargo came away as the big winners of the night, with three awards each. OITNB won for Best Comedy Series, with Kate Mulgrew winning Best Supporting Actress — but it was a tie with Mom‘s Allison Janney. (Janney also won for her role on Masters of Sex.) Fargo took home the top honor in the miniseries category.
Breaking Bad may be over, but the AMC drama is still winning awards left and right, including two Critics’ Choice TV Awards for Best Drama Series and Supporting Actor (Aaron Paul). Tying for second with Breaking Bad is the Ryan Murphy-directed HBO film The Normal Heart (Murphy was the honoree of the Louis XIII Genius Award) and Cosmos.
Other winners include The Big Bang Theory, True Detective and Scandal.
Also, it was announced earlier in the month that seven shows are being recognized as the Most Exciting New Series, including this summer’s Halle Berry-starring sci-fi drama Extant and Gotham, which premieres in the fall.
Here is the complete list of winners:
Best Drama Series
Breaking Bad
Best Actor in a Drama Series
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
Best Actress in a Drama Series
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Bellamy Young, Scandal
Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series
Allison Janney, Masters of Sex
Best Comedy Series
Orange is the New Black
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series — Tie
Allison Janney, Mom
Kate Mulgrew, Orange is the New Black
Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series
Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black
Best Movie
The Normal Heart
Best Miniseries
Fargo
Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries
Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo
Best Actress in a Movie or Miniseries
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven
Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries
Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart
Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries
Allison Tolman, Fargo
Best Reality Series (Non-Competition)
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Best Reality Series (Competition)
Shark Tank
Best Reality Host
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Best Talk Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Best Animated Series
Archer
Louis XIII Genius Award
Ryan Murphy
Most Exciting New Series
Extant
Gotham
Halt and Catch Fire
The Leftovers
Outlander
Penny Dreadful
The Strain
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Staff Writer, BuddyTV
Jeff Dodge, a graduate of Western Washington University, has been a TV news editor for many years and has had the chance to interview multiple reality show stars, including Randy Jackson, Nick Cannon, Heidi Klum, Mel B and John Cena.
