3rd Critics' Choice Television Awards

Breaking Bad (AMC) (tie)
Game of Thrones (HBO) (tie)

• The Americans (FX)
• Downton Abbey (PBS)
• The Good Wife (CBS)
• Homeland (Showtime)

The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

• Louie (FX)
• The Middle (ABC)
• New Girl (FOX)
• Parks and Recreation (NBC)
• Veep (HBO)

Behind the Candelabra (HBO)

• American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
• The Crimson Petal and the White (Encore)
• The Hour (BBC America)
• Political Animals (USA Network)
• Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel)

Archer (FX)

• Adventure Time (Cartoon Network)
• Phineas and Ferb (Disney Channel)
• Regular Show (Cartoon Network)
• The Simpsons (FOX)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Cartoon Network)

• The Bridge (FX)
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC)
• Masters of Sex (Showtime)
• The Michael J. Fox Show (NBC)
• Ray Donovan (Showtime)
• Under the Dome (CBS)

Louis C.K. as Louie – Louie

• Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan – House of Lies
• Jake Johnson as Nick Miller – New Girl
• Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper – The Big Bang Theory
• Adam Scott as Ben Wyatt – Parks and Recreation
• Jeremy Sisto as George Altman – Suburgatory

Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer – Veep

• Laura Dern as Amy Jellicoe – Enlightened
• Zooey Deschanel as Jessica Day – New Girl
• Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath – Girls
• Sutton Foster as Michelle Simms – Bunheads
• Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope – Parks and Recreation

Simon Helberg as Howard Wolowitz – The Big Bang Theory

• Max Greenfield as Schmidt – New Girl
• Alex Karpovsky as Ray Ploshansky – Girls
• Adam Pally as Max Blum – Happy Endings
• Chris Pratt as Andy Dwyer – Parks and Recreation
• Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir – Community

Kaley Cuoco as Penny – The Big Bang Theory (tie)
Eden Sher as Sue Heck – The Middle (tie)

• Carly Chaikin as Dalia Oprah Royce – Suburgatory
• Sarah Hyland as Haley Dunphy – Modern Family
• Melissa Rauch as Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz – The Big Bang Theory
• Casey Wilson as Penny Hartz – Happy Endings

Bryan Cranston as Walter White – Breaking Bad

• Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody – Homeland
• Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes – The Walking Dead
• Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens – Justified
• Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings – The Americans
• Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood – House of Cards

Tatiana Maslany as Various Characters – Orphan Black

• Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison – Homeland
• Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates – Bates Motel
• Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick – The Good Wife
• Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson – Mad Men
• Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings – The Americans

Michael Cudlitz as John Cooper – Southland

• Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut – Breaking Bad
• Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Ser Jaime Lannister – Game of Thrones
• Noah Emmerich as Stan Beeman – The Americans
• Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder – Justified
• Corey Stoll as Peter Russo – House of Cards

Monica Potter as Kristina Braverman – Parenthood

• Jennifer Carpenter as Debra Morgan – Dexter
• Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen – Game of Thrones
• Anna Gunn as Skyler White – Breaking Bad
• Regina King as Det. Lydia Adams – Southland
• Abigail Spencer as Amantha Holden – Rectify

Michael Douglas as Liberace – Behind the Candelabra

• Benedict Cumberbatch as Christopher Tietjens – Parade's End
• Matt Damon as Scott Thorson – Behind the Candelabra
• Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock – The Girl
• Al Pacino as Phil Spector – Phil Spector
• Dominic West as Hector Madden – The Hour

Elisabeth Moss as Det. Robin Griffin – Top of the Lake

• Angela Bassett as Coretta Scott King – Betty & Coretta
• Romola Garai as Bel Rowley – The Hour
• Rebecca Hall as Sylvia Tietjens – Parade's End
• Jessica Lange as Sister Jude Martin / Judy Martin – American Horror Story: Asylum
• Sigourney Weaver as Elaine Barrish Hammond – Political Animals

Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Thredson – American Horror Story: Asylum

• James Cromwell as Dr. Arthur Arden / Hans Grüper – American Horror Story: Asylum
• Peter Mullan as Matt Mitcham – Top of the Lake
• Sebastian Stan as Thomas "T.J." Hammond – Political Animals
• David Wenham as Det. Al Parker – Top of the Lake
• Thomas M. Wright as Johnno Mitcham – Top of the Lake

Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters – American Horror Story: Asylum

• Ellen Burstyn as Margaret Barrish – Political Animals
• Sienna Miller as Tippi Hedren – The Girl
• Lily Rabe as Sister Mary Eunice McKee – American Horror Story: Asylum
• Imelda Staunton as Alma Reville – The Girl
• Alfre Woodard as Louisa "Ouiser" Boudreaux – Steel Magnolias

Patton Oswalt as Garth Blundin – Parks and Recreation

• Melissa Leo as Laurie – Louie
• David Lynch as Jack Dall – Louie
• Bob Newhart as Professor Proton – The Big Bang Theory
• Molly Shannon as Eileen – Enlightened
• Patrick Wilson as Joshua – Girls

Jane Fonda as Leona Lansing – The Newsroom

• Jim Beaver as Sheriff Shelby Parlow – Justified
• Martha Plimpton as Patti Nyholm – The Good Wife
• Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni – The Good Wife
• Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell – Game of Thrones
• Jimmy Smits as Nero Padilla – Sons of Anarchy

Duck Dynasty (A&E) (tie)
Push Girls (Sundance Channel) (tie)

• The Moment (USA Network)
• Pawn Stars (History)
• Small Town Security (AMC)
• Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan (BBC America)

The Voice (NBC)

• Chopped (Food Network)
• Face Off (Syfy)
• Shark Tank (ABC)
• So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)
• Survivor (CBS)

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

• Conan (TBS)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show (NBC)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
• Marie (Hallmark Channel)

Tom Bergeron – Dancing with the Stars

• Cat Deeley – So You Think You Can Dance
• Gordon Ramsay – Hell's Kitchen/MasterChef
• RuPaul – RuPaul's Drag Race
• Ryan Seacrest – American Idol
• Kurt Warner – The Moment