25th Annual Critics’ Choice Award Television Nominees Released

The 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards television nominations are out and two top sff shows did well.

 HBO’s Watchmen picked up four nominations overall, including Drama Series, Drama Actress for Regina King, Supporting Drama Actor for Tim Blake Nelson and Supporting Drama Actress for Jean Smart.

Game of Thrones also registered four appearances on the ballot: Drama Series, with Kit Harington up for Actor in a Drama Series, Peter Dinklage for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and Gwendoline Christie for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

The Critics’ Choice Television Awards are accolades that are presented annually by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association. They were established in 2011.

The Critics’ Choice Awards gala will broadcast live on The CW Television Network on Sunday, January 12.

The full list of 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards television nominations follows the jump.

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35th Annual Critics’ Choice Award Movie Nominations

Genre work was paid little attention in the 35th Annual Critics’ Choice Award movie nominations outside the Best Sci-Fi or Horror Movie, Best Action Movie, and Best Visual Effects categories, although Joker popped up in some others, most notably a Best Actor nod for Joaquin Phoenix.

The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards is an awards show presented annually by the American-Canadian Broadcast Film Critics Association. Up for Best Sci-Fi or Horror Movie are Ad Astra, Avengers: Endgame, Midsommar, and Us.

Genre also made a strong showing in the Best Animated Feature category — Abominable, Frozen II, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, I Lost My Body, Missing Link, and Toy Story 4

The Irishman, another gangster drama from superhero disdainer Martin Scorsese, picked up the most film nominations with 14, including best picture, director, acting ensemble as well as best actor (Robert De Niro) and supporting actor (Al Pacino and Joe Pesci).

The Critics’ Choice Awards gala will broadcast live on The CW Television Network on Sunday, January 12.

The full list of film nominations follows the jump.

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2019 Critics’ Choice Awards

The Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association presented the 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards winners in Santa Monica, CA on January 13.

Sff movies made a weak showing – Black Panther won only two of the 11 awards it was up for, Best Visual Effects and Best Costume Design. In two genre-dominated specialty categories, Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie went to the post-apocalyptic horror film A Quiet Place, and Best Animated Feature was won by Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

On the TV side genre was almost entirely shut out, apart from Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner Thandie Newton (Westworld).

The complete list of winners follows the jump.

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2019 Critics’ Choice Awards Nominees

Mary Poppins Returns

The 2019 Critics’ Choice Awards nominations were announced December 10. The Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association jointly present these awards honoring the best achievements in film and television. The winners will be revealed January 11 during a ceremony aired live on The CW Network.

FILM NOMINATIONS

Best Picture

  • Black Panther
  • BlacKkKlansman
  • The Favourite
  • First Man
  • Green Book
  • If Beale Street Could Talk
  • Mary Poppins Returns
  • ROMA
  • A Star Is Born
  • Vice

Best Actor

  • Christian Bale, Vice
  • Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
  • Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate
  • Ryan Gosling, First Man
  • Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
  • Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Viggo Mortensen, Green Book

Best Actress

  • Yalitza Aparicio, ROMA
  • Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
  • Glenn Close, The Wife
  • Toni Collette, Hereditary
  • Olivia Colman, The Favourite
  • Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
  • Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Supporting Actor

  • Mahershala Ali, Green Book
  • Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
  • Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
  • Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born
  • Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
  • Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther

Best Supporting Actress

  • Amy Adams, Vice
  • Claire Foy, First Man
  • Nicole Kidman, Boy Erased
  • Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
  • Emma Stone, The Favourite
  • Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

The rest of the categories follow the jump.

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2018 Critics’ Choice Awards

The Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association announced the 2018 Critics’ Choice Award winners in a ceremony at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica.

Here are the winners of genre interest:

FILM

BEST PICTURE

  • The Shape of Water

BEST DIRECTOR

  • Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  • Jordan Peele, Get Out

 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

  • Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau, Jeff Melvin, The Shape of Water

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

  • War for the Planet of the Apes

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

  • Coco

BEST ACTION MOVIE

  • Wonder Woman

BEST SCI-FI OR HORROR MOVIE

  • Get Out

BEST SONG

  • “Remember Me” from Coco

BEST SCORE

  • Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water

TELEVISION

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

  • Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory, CBS

BEST DRAMA SERIES

  • The Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

  • Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

  • David Harbour, Stranger Things, Netflix

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

  • Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu

BEST ANIMATED SERIES

  • Rick and Morty, Adult Swim

Also, Gal Gadot received the #SeeHer Award presented by the Association of National Advertisers in conjunction with The CW Network.  Gadot accepted the award from her Wonder Woman director, Patty Jenkins.