1st Critics' Choice Television Awards

1st Critics' Choice Television Awards
Date	June 20, 2011 (2011-06-20)
Location	Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles
Country	United States
Presented by	Broadcast Television Journalists Association
Host	Cat Deeley
Official website	http://www.criticschoice.com/television-awards/
Television/Radio coverage
Network	ReelzChannel

The 1st Critics' Choice Television Awards, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA), honored the best in primetime television programming from June 1, 2010 until May 31, 2011, and took place on June 20, 2011 at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, California. It was live streamed on VH1's website and will be televised in the United States on the ReelzChannel in an edited format two days after the awards are handed out. Cat Deeley served as the host of the show. The winners were announced on June 20, 2011. Danny DeVito received the Critics’ Choice Television Icon Award.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Series
Best Comedy Series	Best Drama Series
Modern Family (ABC) 30 Rock (NBC) Archer (FX) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Community (NBC) Glee (FOX) Louie (FX) The Middle (ABC) The Office (NBC) Parks and Recreation (NBC)	Mad Men (AMC) Boardwalk Empire (HBO) Dexter (Showtime) Friday Night Lights (NBC / Audience Network) Fringe (FOX) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Good Wife (CBS) Justified (FX) The Killing (AMC) The Walking Dead (AMC)
Most Exciting New Series (All Honored)
Alcatraz (FOX) Awake (NBC) Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (ABC) Falling Skies (TNT) New Girl (FOX) Ringer (The CW) Smash (NBC) Terra Nova (FOX)
Best Acting in a Comedy Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper – The Big Bang Theory Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy – 30 Rock Steve Carell as Michael Scott – The Office Louis C.K. as Louie – Louie Charlie Day as Charlie Kelly – It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Joel McHale as Jeff Winger – Community	Tina Fey as Liz Lemon – 30 Rock Courteney Cox as Jules Cobb – Cougar Town Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton – Nurse Jackie Patricia Heaton as Frankie Heck – The Middle Martha Plimpton as Virginia Chance – Raising Hope Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope – Parks and Recreation
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson – How I Met Your Mother Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy – Modern Family Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson – Parks and Recreation Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett – Modern Family Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir – Community Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker – Modern Family	Busy Philipps as Laurie Keller – Cougar Town Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy – Modern Family Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney – 30 Rock Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester – Glee Eden Sher as Sue Heck – The Middle Sofía Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett – Modern Family
Best Acting in a Drama Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Jon Hamm as Don Draper – Mad Men Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson – Boardwalk Empire Kyle Chandler as Eric Taylor – Friday Night Lights Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan – Dexter William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher – Shameless Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens – Justified	Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick – The Good Wife Connie Britton as Tami Taylor – Friday Night Lights Mireille Enos as Det. Sarah Linden – The Killing Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson – Mad Men Katey Sagal as Gemma Teller Morrow – Sons of Anarchy Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham – Fringe
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
John Noble as Dr. Walter Bishop – Fringe Alan Cumming as Eli Gold – The Good Wife Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder – Justified Shawn Hatosy as Det. Sammy Bryant – Southland Michael Pitt as Jimmy Darmody – Boardwalk Empire John Slattery as Roger Sterling, Jr. – Mad Men	Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris – Mad Men (tie) Margo Martindale as Mags Bennett – Justified (tie) Michelle Forbes as Mitch Larsen – The Killing Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Schroeder – Boardwalk Empire Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma – The Good Wife Chloë Sevigny as Nicolette Grant – Big Love
Best Reality Series	Best Reality Series – Competition
Hoarders (A&E) (tie) The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo) (tie) Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) Sister Wives (TLC) Undercover Boss (CBS)	American Idol (FOX) The Amazing Race (CBS) Dancing with the Stars (ABC) Project Runway (Lifetime) RuPaul's Drag Race (Logo) Top Chef (Bravo)
Best Talk Show	Best Reality Show Host
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Chelsea Lately (E!) The Ellen DeGeneres Show (NBC) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) The Oprah Winfrey Show (CBS)	Mike Rowe – Dirty Jobs Tom Bergeron – Dancing with the Stars Cat Deeley – So You Think You Can Dance Ty Pennington – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Ryan Seacrest – American Idol

Shows with Multiple Wins

The following shows received multiple awards:

Wins	Series
3	Mad Men

Shows with Multiple Nominations

The following shows received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Series
6	Modern Family
5	Mad Men
4	30 Rock
	Boardwalk Empire
	The Good Wife
	Justified
3	Community
	Friday Night Lights
	Fringe
	The Killing
	The Middle
	Parks and Recreation
2	American Idol
	The Big Bang Theory
	Cougar Town
	Dancing with the Stars
	Dexter
	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
	Glee
	Louie
	The Office