'Adolescence' leads TV nominees at the Critics Choice Awards

I begin today's installment of the Critics Choice Awards TV nominees with an excerpt from the press release.

“Adolescence” leads this year’s television nominees with six nominations including a nod for Best Limited Series. The cast was recognized across multiple categories, with Stephen Graham nominated for Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television. Castmates Owen Cooper and Ashley Walters each received nods for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television, while Erin Doherty and Christine Tremarco are both up for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television.

I'm not surprised, since Adolescence swept its categories at the Emmy Awards while The Penguin is not eligible. Let's look at Adolescence's fellow nominees for Best Limited Series.

BEST LIMITED SERIES
Adolescence (Netflix)
All Her Fault (Peacock)
Chief of War (Apple TV)
Death by Lightning (Netflix)
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Peacock)
Dope Thief (Apple TV)
Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu)
The Girlfriend (Prime Video)

Adolescence's competition for this Best Limited Series consists of All Her Fault and Death by Lightning with four nominations each, Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy and Dope Thief with three nominations apiece, Dying for Sex and The Girlfriend tied at two nominations, Chief of War with just this one nomination. The prognosticators at Gold Derby heavily favor Adolescence with every editor and expert plus 98.0% of users picking it to win. All Her Fault is the choice of 0.8% of users, followed by Dying for Sex and Dope Thief tied at 0.6%, while the rest of the field has no user support at all! At least I can pencil in All Her Fault as an early favorite at next year's Emmy Awards.

Other limited series earning acting nominations are Sirens with two nominations for its actresses and Monster: The Ed Gein Story, The Beast in Me, and The Better Sister with one nomination each for their actors and actresses. They're competing against one actor and one actress from movies made for television, which I'm featuring next.

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)
Deep Cover (Prime Video)
The Gorge (Apple TV)
Mountainhead (HBO Max)
Nonnas (Netflix)
Summer of ’69 (Hulu)

Two movies, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy and Mountainhead, have a second nomination for acting. The rest have only this one program nomination. Gold Derby breaks the tie in favor of Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the choice of every expert, 80.0% of editors, and 83.5% of users. Mountainhead sits second in the odds as the pick of the rest of the editors plus 8.3% of users. Nonnas is third with 3.8% user support, followed by The Gorge with 2.6%, Summer of '69 with 1.0%, and Deep Cover with 0.8%. At least Deep Cover can take solace in being a potential leader for next year's Emmys, since most of the rest of the field was already nominated at this year's Emmy Awards and Summer of '69 came out in May, so none of them are eligible.

Follow over the jump for the acting nominations.

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Michael Chernus – Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Peacock)
Stephen Graham – Adolescence (Netflix)
Brian Tyree Henry – Dope Thief (Apple TV)
Charlie Hunnam – Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix)
Matthew Rhys – The Beast in Me (Netflix)
Michael Shannon – Death by Lightning (Netflix)

Emmy winner Stephen Graham leads the Gold Derby odds as the pick of 75% of experts, 80.0% of editors, and 93.6% of users. He's followed by Charlie Hunnam as the choice of the rest of the editors and 3.6% of users and Brian Tyree Henry with the votes of the rest of the experts and 1.0% of users. Matthew Rhys also has the support of 1.0% of users, while Michael Chernus is the choice of 0.6% of users and Michael Shannon only has 0.2% user support.

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jessica Biel – The Better Sister (Prime Video)
Meghann Fahy – Sirens (Netflix)
Sarah Snook – All Her Fault (Peacock)
Michelle Williams – Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu)
Robin Wright – The Girlfriend (Prime Video)
Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)

Since Cristin Milioti is not in the running, Gold Derby thinks this is Michelle Williams' category to win, with every expert, 80.0% of editors, and 78.6% of users voting for her to win. Sarah Snook sits in second with the rest of the editors and 17.5% of users picking her. Oscar winner Renée Zellweger is the choice of 1.6% of users, while the rest of the nominees have 0.8% support each. At least Snook can take solace in being an early leader for this category at next year's Emmys.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Owen Cooper – Adolescence (Netflix)
Wagner Moura – Dope Thief (Apple TV)
Nick Offerman – Death by Lightning (Netflix)
Michael Peña – All Her Fault (Peacock)
Ashley Walters – Adolescence (Netflix)
Ramy Youssef – Mountainhead (HBO Max)

Emmy winner Owen Cooper is a prohibitive favorite as the choice of every expert and editor plus 96.0% of users.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Erin Doherty – Adolescence (Netflix)
Betty Gilpin – Death by Lightning (Netflix)
Marin Ireland – Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Peacock)
Sophia Lillis – All Her Fault (Peacock)
Julianne Moore – Sirens (Netflix)
Christine Tremarco – Adolescence (Netflix)

Emmy winner Erin Doherty is also a prohibitive favorite with every expert and editor along with 95.8% of users voting for her.

That's a wrap for today. Stay tuned to see if I continue with the Critics Choice Awards or switch over to the Golden Globes.

Previous posts about the 2025 Critics Choice Awards

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