Critics Choice Awards Nominations – Updating Live
Refresh for latest… The film and TV nominees for the 2026 Critics Choice Awards are starting to come in. The Critics Choice Association is unveiling some categories live on cable nets E! and USA Network starting at 9 a.m. PT, and the full list will hit about 9:10 a.m. PT. Deadline will post them all when they are released.
Here are the TV categories revealed so far:
Best Drama Series
Alien Earth
Andor
The Diplomat
Paradise
The Pitt
Pluribus
Severance
Task
Best Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary
Elsbeth
Ghosts
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
The Righteous Gemstones
The Studio
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face
Rose McIver, Ghosts
Edi Patterson, The Righteous Gemstones
Carrie Preston, Elsbeth
Jean Smart, Hacks
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Ted Danson, A Man on the Inside
David Alan Grier, St. Denis Medical
Danny McBride, The Righteous Gemstones
Seth Rogen, The Studio
Alexander Skarsgard, Murderbot
Best Actress in a Drama Series
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Carrie Coon, The Gilded Age
Britt Lower, Severance
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus
Best Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown, Paradise
Mark Ruffalo, Task
Adam Scott, Severance
Billy Bob Thornton, Landman
Noah Wyle, The Pitt
Continuing its combined film and TV awards format, The 3ist annual Critics Choice Awards will be handed out on Sunday, January 4, at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. Running from from 7-10 p.m. ET/PT, the ceremony will air live on E! for a second year in a row and also will air live across USA Network.
Film awards season kicked into gear this week with the Gotham Awards on Monday, the New York Film Critics Circle Awards on Tuesday and the AFI Awards Top 10 list on Thursday. Paul Thomas Anderson’s Leoardo DiCaprio-led One Battle After Another won Best Film at the Gothams and CCAs and made AFI’s list, giving it early Oscar momentum. We also got the Spirit Awards nominations on Wednesday.
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