2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards

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| name = 2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards

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| presenter = Broadcast Television Journalists Association

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| date = {{Start date|2012|6|18}}

| location = The Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles

| country = United States

| most_awards = Breaking Bad
Homeland
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
Sherlock (2)

| most_nominations = Community (6)

| award1_type = Best Comedy Series

| award1_winner = Community

| award2_type = Best Drama Series

| award2_winner = Homeland

| website = {{url|http://www.criticschoice.com}}

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| previous = 1st

| main = Critics' Choice Television Awards

| next = 3rd

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The 2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards ceremony, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA), honored the best in primetime television programming from June 1, 2011, until May 31, 2012, and was held on June 18, 2012, at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California.{{cite web|title=The Critics' Choice Television Awards |publisher=Broadcast Television Journalists Association |url=http://www.criticschoice.com/television-awards/ |access-date=June 6, 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602110331/http://www.criticschoice.com/television-awards/ |archive-date=June 2, 2012 }}{{cite web|title=Critics’ Choice TV Awards: ‘Homeland’, ‘Community’ & ‘Sherlock’ Double Winners|url=https://deadline.com/2012/06/critics-choice-television-awards-2012-winners-288293/|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=June 19, 2012|date=June 18, 2012}} The nominations were announced on June 5, 2012.{{cite web|last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title=Critics’ Choice TV Awards Noms: ‘Community’ At Top Of List |url=https://www.deadline.com/2012/06/community-mad-man-and-parks-rec-lead-critics%E2%80%99-choice-tv-awards-nominations/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=June 19, 2012 |date=June 5, 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927055141/http://www.deadline.com/2012/06/community-mad-man-and-parks-rec-lead-critics%E2%80%99-choice-tv-awards-nominations/ |archive-date=September 27, 2013}}

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:

File:Louis CK 2012 Shankbone.JPG, Best Actor in a Comedy Series winner]]

File:Zooey Deschanel May 2014 (cropped).png, Best Actress in a Comedy Series co-winner]]

File:Amy Poehler (8894155873) (cropped).jpg, Best Actress in a Comedy Series co-winner]]

File:Ty Burrell 2014.jpg, Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner]]

File:Julie Bowen Oct 2014 (cropped).jpg, Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner]]

File:Bryan Cranston by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg, Best Actor in a Drama Series winner]]

File:Claire Danes.jpg, Best Actress in a Drama Series winner]]

File:Giancarlo Esposito by Gage Skidmore.jpg, Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner]]

File:Christina Hendricks at PaleyFest 2014.jpg, Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner]]

File:Benedict Cumberbatch SDCC 2014.jpg, Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries winner]]

File:Julianne Moore (15011443428).jpg, Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries winner]]

File:Paul Rudd (cropped).jpg, Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series winner]]

File:Lucy Liu Comic-Con 2012.jpg, Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series winner]]

File:TomBergeronApr09.jpg, Best Reality Show Host co-winner]]

File:Cat Deeley 2011.jpg, Best Reality Show Host co-winner]]

colspan="2"\|Best Series
class=wikitable style="width=100%"
style="width=50%"\|Best Comedy Series !style="width=50%"\|Best Drama Series
valign="top" \| Community (NBC) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Girls (HBO) Modern Family (ABC) New Girl (Fox) Parks and Recreation (NBC) \| valign="top" \| 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
valign="top" \| Sherlock (PBS) American Horror Story (FX) Game Change (HBO) The Hour (BBC America) Luther (BBC America) Page Eight (PBS) \| valign="top" \| Archer (FX) Adventure Time (Cartoon Network) Bob's Burgers (Fox) Family Guy (Fox) Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Adult Swim / Cartoon Network)
colspan="2"\|Most Exciting New Series (All Honored){{cite web \|url=http://www.criticschoice.com/television-awards/btja-announces-most-exciting-new-series-honorees-to-be-celebrated-at-the-critics%E2%80%99-choice-television-awards/ \|title=2012 // Most Exciting New Series Honorees To Be Celebrated At The Critics’ Choice Television Awards \|last=O'Connell \|first=Sean \|date=June 12, 2012 \|publisher=Broadcast Film Critics Association \|access-date=June 12, 2012 \|archive-date=May 29, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529002338/http://www.criticschoice.com/television-awards/btja-announces-most-exciting-new-series-honorees-to-be-celebrated-at-the-critics%E2%80%99-choice-television-awards/ \|url-status=dead }}
valign="top" colspan="2"\| The Following (Fox) The Mindy Project (Fox) Nashville (ABC) The Newsroom (HBO) Political Animals (USA)
colspan="2"\|Best Acting in a Comedy Series
Best Actor !Best Actress
valign="top" \| 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 \| valign="top" \| *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
valign="top" \| 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 \| valign="top" \| 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
colspan="2"\|Best Acting in a Drama Series
Best Actor !Best Actress
valign="top" \| 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 \| valign="top" \| 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
valign="top" \| 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 \| valign="top" \| 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
colspan="2"\|Best Acting in a Movie/Miniseries
Best Actor !Best Actress
valign="top" \| 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 \| valign="top" \| 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
colspan="2"\|Best Guest Performing
Best Guest Performer – Comedy !Best Guest Performer – Drama
valign="top" \| 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 \|valign="top" \| 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
colspan="2"\|Reality & Variety
Best Reality Series !Best Reality Series – Competition
valign="top" \| Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel Channel) Hoarders (A&E) Kitchen Nightmares (Fox) Pawn Stars (History) Sister Wives (TLC) Undercover Boss (CBS) \| valign="top" \| 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
valign="top" \| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC) Conan (TBS) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) The View (ABC) \| valign="top" \| *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

Shows with multiple wins

The following shows received multiple awards:

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scope="col" style="text-align:center;"\| Series ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"\| Network ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"\| Category ! scope="col" style="width:55px;"\| Wins
Breaking Bad \| AMC \| rowspan="2"\|Drama \| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| 2
Homeland \| Showtime
Modern Family \| ABC \| rowspan="2"\|Comedy
Parks and Recreation \| NBC
Sherlock \| PBS \| Movie/Miniseries

class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" background: #f6e39c;

scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Series

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Network

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Category

! scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Wins

Breaking Bad

| AMC

| rowspan="2"|Drama

| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | 2

Homeland

| Showtime

Modern Family

| ABC

| rowspan="2"|Comedy

Parks and Recreation

| NBC

Sherlock

| PBS

| Movie/Miniseries

Shows with multiple nominations

The following shows received multiple nominations:

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scope="col" style="text-align:center;"\| Program ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"\| Network ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"\| Category ! scope="col" style="width:55px;"\| Nominations
Community \| NBC \| Comedy \| style="text-align:center" \| 6
Breaking Bad \| rowspan="2"\|AMC \| rowspan="2"\|Drama \| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" \| 5
Mad Men
Parks and Recreation \| NBC \| rowspan="2"\|Comedy
Girls \| HBO \| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" \| 4
The Good Wife \| CBS \| Drama
Modern Family \| ABC \| rowspan="2"\|Comedy
New Girl \| Fox
Game Change \| HBO \| Movie/Miniseries \| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \| 3
Homeland \| Showtime \| rowspan="2"\|Drama
Justified \| FX
Sherlock \| PBS \| Movie/Miniseries
Sons of Anarchy \| FX \| Drama
The Amazing Race \| CBS \| Reality – Competition \| rowspan="13" style="text-align:center" \| 2
American Horror Story \| FX \| Movie/Miniseries
The Big Bang Theory \| CBS \| Comedy
Downton Abbey \| PBS \| rowspan="2"\|Drama
Game of Thrones \| HBO
Happy Endings \| ABC \| Comedy
The Hour \| rowspan="2"\|BBC America \| rowspan="3"\|Movie/Miniseries
Luther
Page Eight \| PBS
Raising Hope \| Fox \| Comedy
Shameless \| Showtime \| rowspan="2"\|Drama
Southland \| TNT
So You Think You Can Dance \| Fox \| Reality – Competition

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scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Program

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Network

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Category

! scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Nominations

Community

| NBC

| Comedy

| style="text-align:center" | 6

Breaking Bad

| rowspan="2"|AMC

| rowspan="2"|Drama