‘Abbott Elementary’ leads the list of nominees in the TV categories for the Critics Choice Awards.
The mockumentary sitcom – which stars the likes of Quinta Brunson, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Janelle James – has been nominated for six awards in total, including Best Comedy Series, Best Actress In A Comedy Series, Best Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series and Best Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series.
Quinta, 32, will compete with Christina Applegate, Kaley Cuoco, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Devery Jacobs and Jean Smart for the Best Actress In A Comedy Series gong.
Chris Perfetti and Tyler James Williams have both been nominated for the Best Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series award alongside Brandon Scott Jones, Leslie Jordan, James Marsdenm and Henry Winkler.
Similarly, Janelle and Sheryl have been nominated in the Best Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series category.
Elsewhere, ‘Better Call Saul’ has received five nominations in total, including Best Drama Series.
Bob Odenkirk – who plays the part of Saul Goodman on the show – has been nominated for the Best Actor In A Drama Series gong, while Giancarlo Esposito, Carol Burnett and Rhea Seehorn have also been nominated for awards.
Meanwhile, ‘Gaslit’, ‘Reservation Dogs’ and ‘The Good Fight’ have all been nominated for four gongs each.
The winners will be announced on January 15, when the star-studded Critics Choice Awards gala will be staged at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
Ed Martin, the co-president of the Critics Choice Association TV Branch, is already looking to the ceremony.
He said: “As we embark on holding the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards, we are amazed by the wealth of remarkable television programs that were considered to become this year’s nominees.
“Clearly, the industry has rebounded in a big way. We look forward to honouring the year’s finest shows and performances at the upcoming awards ceremony.”
Critics Choice Awards nominations:
Best Actor In A Drama Series:
Jeff Bridges – The Old Man
Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
Antony Starr – The Boys
Best Actress In A Drama Series:
Christine Baranski – The Good Fight
Sharon Horgan – Bad Sisters
Mandy Moore – This Is Us
Kelly Reilly – Yellowstone
Best Supporting Actor In A Drama Series:
Andre Braugher – The Good Fight
Ismael Cruz Córdova – The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Giancarlo Esposito – Better Call Saul
John Lithgow – The Old Man
Matt Smith – House of the Dragon
Best Supporting Actress In A Drama Series:
Milly Alcock – House of the Dragon
Carol Burnett – Better Call Saul
Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus
Audra McDonald – The Good Fight
Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul
Best Actor In A Comedy Series:
Matt Berry – What We Do in the Shadows
Keegan-Michael Key – Reboot
Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White – The Bear
D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – Reservation Dogs
Best Actress In A Comedy Series:
Christina Applegate – Dead to Me
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant
Renée Elise Goldsberry – Girls5eva
Devery Jacobs – Reservation Dogs
Best Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series:
Brandon Scott Jones – Ghosts
Leslie Jordan – Call Me Kat
James Marsden – Dead to Me
Chris Perfetti – Abbott Elementary
Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary
Best Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series:
Paulina Alexis – Reservation Dogs
Marcia Gay Harden – Uncoupled
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
Annie Potts – Young Sheldon
Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary
Under the Banner of Heaven
Best Movie Made For Television:
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Best Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television:
Ben Foster – The Survivor
Andrew Garfield – Under the Banner of Heaven
Samuel L. Jackson – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Daniel Radcliffe – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Sebastian Stan – Pam and Tommy
Ben Whishaw – This is Going to Hurt
Best Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie Made for Television:
Julia Garner – Inventing Anna
Lily James – Pam and Tommy
Amber Midthunder – Prey
Michelle Pfeiffer – The First Lady
Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout
Best Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television:
Murray Bartlett – Welcome to Chippendales
Domhnall Gleeson – The Patient
Matthew Goode – The Offer
Paul Walter Hauser – Black Bird
Ray Liotta – Black Bird
Best Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television:
Claire Danes – Fleishman Is in Trouble
Dominique Fishback – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Melanie Lynskey – Candy
Niecy Nash-Betts – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Juno Temple – The Offer
Best Foreign Language Series:
Extraordinary Attorney Woo
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Fortune Feimster: Good Fortune
Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel
Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual
Nikki Glaser: Good Clean Filth
Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special
Would It Kill You to Laugh? Starring Kate Berlant and John Early
