2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards

2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards
Date	June 18, 2012 (2012-06-18)
Location	Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles
Country	United States
Official website	http://www.criticschoice.com/television-awards/

The 2nd Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA), honoring the best in primetime television programming from June 1, 2011 until May 31, 2012, took place on June 18, 2012 at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The nominations were announced on June 5, 2012.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

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)
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 in a Comedy Series	Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series
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
Most Exciting New Series
The Following (FOX) The Mindy Project (FOX) Nashville (ABC) The Newsroom (HBO) Political Animals (USA)

Shows with Multiple Wins

The following shows received multiple awards:

Wins	Series
2	Breaking Bad
	Homeland
	Modern Family
	Parks and Recreation
	Sherlock

Shows with Multiple Nominations

The following shows received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Series
6	Community
5	Breaking Bad
	Mad Men
	Parks and Recreation
4	Girls
	The Good Wife
	Modern Family
	New Girl
3	Game Change
	Homeland
	Justified
	Sherlock
	Sons of Anarchy
2	The Amazing Race
	American Horror Story
	The Big Bang Theory
	Downton Abbey
	Game of Thrones
	Happy Endings
	The Hour
	Luther
	Page Eight
	Raising Hope
	Shameless
	Southland
	So You Think You Can Dance