Critics Choice TV Nominations 2015
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 2:30PM
NATHANIEL R in AHS, Archer, Carrie Coon, Emmy, Eva Green, Julianne Nicholson, Penny Dreadful, TV

The BFCA's sibling, the BTJA (Broadcast Television Journalist Association) has released their nominations for the 2014/2015 television season. Let it serve as your annual reminder that for as much as the world likes to complain about official industry-insider nominations each year, sometimes critics don't improve it a whole lot. I mean this is a whole separate organization and they still can't bother to nomination RuPaul for reality television categories? The Shade of It All. They're still nominating Jessica Lange for American Horror Story even though she looked fairly bored to be there this year doing the same ole thing (faded has been beauty desperate to hold on to her glory) in a show that's meant to give its actors new characters to play each year. They also skipped on Mad Men's final season which is pretty unforgiveable if you ask me given how excellent it's been. But perhaps with the nominations hitting this early, they voted before they had seen much of it. 

The best thing I can say for them is that they don't seem to be trying to predict the Emmys at all (witness the low showing for Game of Thrones and Modern Family for example) which we can only hope will happen one of these years with the BFCAs in relation to the Oscars. Their nominations, which you've already guessed horrify me beyond a surprise nod for horrified Eva Green are after the jump...

BEST COMEDY SERIES

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Shameless... still a "comedy" (sigh)

Yay, Titus Burgess. But not nominating Kimmy Schmidt herself is whack. 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

How is Carrie Brownstein supporting in Portlandia? Isn't she one of only two leads or did the show drastically reconfigure itself this season? (I haven't seen it recently)

BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A COMEDY SERIES

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

BEST LIMITED SERIES


BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

BEST DRAMA SERIES

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

billy magnussen & carrie coon in The Leftovers

This would be such a tough call for me. Carrie Coon or Lorraine Toussaint? Ouch, my heart. Both so deserving.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

I may be the only person who doesn't love Ben Mendelsohn on Bloodline. He was just too unpleasant for me without the entertainment value that allows truly unlikeable characters to be intensely watchable. 

GUEST PERFORMER IN A DRAMA SERIES

I can't get behind them ignoring Masters of Sex in most categories but thankfully Julianne Nicholson's wondrous work was cited. 

BEST REALITY SERIES

BEST REALITY COMPETITION SERIES

BEST REALITY SERIES HOST

No RuPaul? Sashay Away. Aint nobody got time for that. 

BEST ANIMATED SERIES


Can Archer & Bob's Burgers just have all the prizes retroactively and in perpetuity?

BEST TALK SHOW

Are there any talk shows not hosted by middle aged white dudes? 

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