Justified and Olive Kitteridge up for top Critics’ Choice TV Awards

Source: philly.com

Hit series JUSTIFIED and OLIVE KITTERIDGE will lead the way at the 2015 Critics’ Choice Television Awards after landing five nominations apiece. Justified will compete with shows like Empire, Game of Thrones and Homeland for Best Drama Series, while its star, Timothy Olyphant, is shortlisted for Best Actor in a Drama Series, alongside Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul), Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) and Matthew Rhys (The Americans), among others. Justified co-stars Joelle Carter and Walton Goggins are also up for supporting awards, while Sam Elliott scores a nod in the Guest Performer category. Other drama acting nominees include Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder), Taraji P. Henson (Empire), Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife), Carrie Coon (The Leftovers), Lorraine Toussaint (Orange Is the New Black) and Mae Whitman (Parenthood). The Best Comedy Series title will be a fight between Veep, Jane the Virgin, Mom, Transparent, You’re the Worst, Silicon Valley and Broad City, while Anthony Anderson (Blackish), Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent), Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory), Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep) have each garnered top comedy acting nods. Meanwhile, Olive Kitteridge will do battle for Best Limited Series and castmates Richard Jenkins, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray and Cory Michael Smith have all landed acting nominations for a movie or limited series. The Voice, Dancing With the Stars and America’s Got Talent are nominated for Best Reality Competition Series, and Best Talk Show will be decided between the likes of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Late Show with James Corden, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The winners, voted for by members of the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, will be unveiled at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California on 31 May (15).