2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards

The 2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards ceremony, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA), honored the best in primetime television programming from June 1, 2011, until May 31, 2012, and was held on June 18, 2012, at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California.^[1][2] The nominations were announced on June 5, 2012.^[3]

2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards
Date	June 18, 2012 (2012-06-18)
Location	The Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles
Country	United States
Presented by	Broadcast Television Journalists Association
Highlights
Most awards	Breaking Bad Homeland Modern Family Parks and Recreation Sherlock (2)
Most nominations	Community (6)
Best Comedy Series	Community
Best Drama Series	Homeland
Website	www.criticschoice.com
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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:

Louis C.K., Best Actor in a Comedy Series winner

Zooey Deschanel, Best Actress in a Comedy Series co-winner

Amy Poehler, Best Actress in a Comedy Series co-winner

Ty Burrell, Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner

Julie Bowen, Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner

Bryan Cranston, Best Actor in a Drama Series winner

Claire Danes, Best Actress in a Drama Series winner

Giancarlo Esposito, Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner

Christina Hendricks, Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner

Benedict Cumberbatch, Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries winner

Julianne Moore, Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries winner

Paul Rudd, Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series winner

Lucy Liu, Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series winner

Tom Bergeron, Best Reality Show Host co-winner

Cat Deeley, Best Reality Show Host co-winner

Best Series
Best Comedy Series	Best Drama Series
Community (NBC) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Girls (HBO) Modern Family (ABC) New Girl (Fox) Parks and Recreation (NBC)	Homeland (Showtime) Breaking Bad (AMC) Downton Abbey (PBS) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Good Wife (CBS) Mad Men (AMC)
Best Movie/Miniseries	Best Animated Series
Sherlock (PBS) American Horror Story (FX) Game Change (HBO) The Hour (BBC America) Luther (BBC America) Page Eight (PBS)	Archer (FX) Adventure Time (Cartoon Network) Bob's Burgers (Fox) Family Guy (Fox) Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Adult Swim / Cartoon Network)
Most Exciting New Series (All Honored)[4]
The Following (Fox) The Mindy Project (Fox) Nashville (ABC) The Newsroom (HBO) Political Animals (USA)
Best Acting in a Comedy Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Louis C.K. as Louie – Louie Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan – House of Lies Larry David as Himself – Curb Your Enthusiasm Garret Dillahunt as Burt Chance – Raising Hope Joel McHale as Jeff Winger – Community Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper – The Big Bang Theory	Zooey Deschanel as Jessica Day – New Girl (TIE) Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope – Parks and Recreation (TIE) Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath – Girls Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer – Veep Martha Plimpton as Virginia Chance – Raising Hope Ashley Rickards as Jenna Hamilton – Awkward
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy – Modern Family Max Greenfield as Schmidt – New Girl Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson – Parks and Recreation Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir – Community Jim Rash as Craig Pelton – Community Damon Wayans Jr. as Brad Williams – Happy Endings	Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy – Modern Family Alison Brie as Annie Edison – Community Cheryl Hines as Dallas Royce – Suburgatory Gillian Jacobs as Britta Perry – Community Eden Sher as Sue Heck – The Middle Casey Wilson as Penny Hartz – Happy Endings
Best Acting in a Drama Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Bryan Cranston as Walter White – Breaking Bad Kelsey Grammer as Tom Kane – Boss Jon Hamm as Don Draper – Mad Men Charlie Hunnam as Jax Teller – Sons of Anarchy Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody – Homeland Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens – Justified	Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison – Homeland Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley – Downton Abbey Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick – The Good Wife Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson – Mad Men Emmy Rossum as Fiona Gallagher – Shameless Katey Sagal as Gemma Teller Morrow – Sons of Anarchy
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Giancarlo Esposito as Gus Fring – Breaking Bad Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister – Game of Thrones Neal McDonough as Robert Quarles – Justified John Noble as Dr. Walter Bishop – Fringe Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman – Breaking Bad John Slattery as Roger Sterling, Jr. – Mad Men	Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris – Mad Men Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart – The Good Wife Anna Gunn as Skyler White – Breaking Bad Regina King as Det. Lydia Adams – Southland Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Schroeder – Boardwalk Empire Maggie Siff as Dr. Tara Knowles – Sons of Anarchy
Best Acting in a Movie/Miniseries
Best Actor	Best Actress
Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes – Sherlock Kevin Costner as Devil Anse Hatfield – Hatfields & McCoys Idris Elba as Det. John Luther – Luther Woody Harrelson as Steve Schmidt – Game Change Bill Nighy as Johnny Worricker – Page Eight Dominic West as Hector Madden – The Hour	Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin – Game Change Gillian Anderson as Miss Havisham – Great Expectations Patricia Clarkson as Mia Knowles – Five Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon – American Horror Story Lara Pulver as Irene Adler – Sherlock Emily Watson as Janet Leach – Appropriate Adult
Best Guest Performing
Best Guest Performer – Comedy	Best Guest Performer – Drama
Paul Rudd as Bobby Newport – Parks and Recreation Becky Ann Baker as Loreen Horvath – Girls Bobby Cannavale as Lewis – Modern Family Kathryn Hahn as Jennifer Barkley – Parks and Recreation Justin Long as Paul Genzlinger – New Girl Peter Scolari as Tad Horvath – Girls	Lucy Liu as Officer Jessica Tang – Southland Dylan Baker as Jerry Boorman – Damages Jere Burns as Wynn Duffy – Justified Loretta Devine as Adele Webber – Grey's Anatomy Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni – The Good Wife Chloe Webb as Monica Gallagher – Shameless
Reality & Variety
Best Reality Series	Best Reality Series – Competition
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel Channel) Hoarders (A&E) Kitchen Nightmares (Fox) Pawn Stars (History) Sister Wives (TLC) Undercover Boss (CBS)	The Voice (NBC) The Amazing Race (CBS) Chopped (Food Network) The Pitch (AMC) Shark Tank (ABC) So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)
Best Talk Show	Best Reality Show Host
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC) Conan (TBS) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) The View (ABC)	Tom Bergeron – Dancing with the Stars (TIE) Cat Deeley – So You Think You Can Dance (TIE) Nick Cannon – America's Got Talent Phil Keoghan – The Amazing Race RuPaul – RuPaul's Drag Race

Shows with multiple wins

The following shows received multiple awards:

Series	Network	Category	Wins
Breaking Bad	AMC	Drama	2
Homeland	Showtime
Modern Family	ABC	Comedy
Parks and Recreation	NBC
Sherlock	PBS	Movie/Miniseries

Shows with multiple nominations

The following shows received multiple nominations:

Program	Network	Category	Nominations
Community	NBC	Comedy	6
Breaking Bad	AMC	Drama	5
Mad Men
Parks and Recreation	NBC	Comedy
Girls	HBO		4
The Good Wife	CBS	Drama
Modern Family	ABC	Comedy
New Girl	Fox
Game Change	HBO	Movie/Miniseries	3
Homeland	Showtime	Drama
Justified	FX
Sherlock	PBS	Movie/Miniseries
Sons of Anarchy	FX	Drama
The Amazing Race	CBS	Reality – Competition	2
American Horror Story	FX	Movie/Miniseries
The Big Bang Theory	CBS	Comedy
Downton Abbey	PBS	Drama
Game of Thrones	HBO
Happy Endings	ABC	Comedy
The Hour	BBC America	Movie/Miniseries
Luther
Page Eight	PBS
Raising Hope	Fox	Comedy
Shameless	Showtime	Drama
Southland	TNT
So You Think You Can Dance	Fox	Reality – Competition