'Nobody Wants This' leads comedy nominees at the Critics Choice Awards, but could lose to 'The Studio'

As I promised yesterday, I'm returning with comedy series nominees at the Critics Choice Awards.

BEST COMEDY SERIES
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Elsbeth (CBS)
Ghosts (CBS)
Hacks (HBO Max)
Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
The Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max)
The Studio (Apple TV)

Nobody Wants This leads Best Comedy Series with five nominations, followed by Ghosts and Hacks with four, Abbott Elementary, The Righteous Gemstones, and The Studio with three, Elsbeth with two, and Only Murders in the Building with just this one. Based on The Studio winning a total of thirteen Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series, the Gold Derby odds should favor The Studio and they do. Every editor and expert plus 92.2% of the users selected The Studio to win. It's followed by Hacks with 3.1% user support, Abbott Elementary with 1.7%, Only Murders in the Building with 1.1%, and the rest with less than one percent.

The series earning acting nominations but which missed a program nomination are A Man on the Inside, St. Denis Medical, Murderbot, Poker Face, The Paper, Peacemaker, and Saturday Night Live with one each. Follow over the jump for those and the rest of the acting nominations.

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Ted Danson – A Man on the Inside (Netflix)
David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical (NBC)
Danny McBride – The Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max)
Seth Rogen – The Studio (Apple TV)
Alexander Skarsgård – Murderbot (Apple TV)

Emmy winner Seth Rogen leads the Gold Derby odds as the choice of every editor and expert along with 93.7% of users. He's followed by Alexander Skarsgård with 2.7% user support, Adam Brody with 1.5%, Ted Danson with 1.2%, David Alan Grier with 0.6%, and Danny McBride with 0.4%.

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face (Peacock)
Rose McIver – Ghosts (CBS)
Edi Patterson – The Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max)
Carrie Preston – Elsbeth (CBS)
Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max)

Gold Derby's prognosticators think Emmy form will hold here, too, as every expert, 60% of editors, and 92.5% of users think Emmy winner Jean Smart will win this award, too. Kristin Bell sits in second with 20.0% of editors and 4.0% of users, followed by Carrie Preston with the other 20.0% of editors and 1.0% of users. Natasha Lyonne has slightly more user support at 1.1%, then Rose McIver at 0.8% and Edi Patterson at 0.6%.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ike Barinholtz – The Studio (Apple TV)
Paul W. Downs – Hacks (HBO Max)
Asher Grodman – Ghosts (CBS)
Oscar Nuñez – The Paper (Peacock)
Chris Perfetti – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Timothy Simons – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)

Emmy winner Jeff Hiller from Somebody Somewhere was ineligible, so another actor will win here. Gold Derby thinks it will be Ike Barinholtz, which was one of their top choices to win Outstanding Supporting Actor at the Emmys, with every editor and experts along with 90.1% of users picking him to win. Second time's the charm! The rest of the field has single-digit user support, Paul W. Downs at 3.9%, Chris Perfetti at 2.1%, Oscar Nuñez and Asher Grodman tied at 1.4%, and Timothy Simons at 1.2%.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Danielle Brooks – Peacemaker (HBO Max)
Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (HBO Max)
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Justine Lupe – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Ego Nwodim – Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Rebecca Wisocky – Ghosts (CBS)

Gold Derby thinks this category will return to Emmy form, as every expert, 80.0% of editors, and 89.8% of users think Emmy winner Hannah Einbinder will win here. The remaining 20.0 of editors and 6.1% of users are behind Janelle James, followed by 1.5% supporting Justine Lupe, 1.2% for Danielle Brooks, 0.8% for Ego Nwodim, and 0.6% for Rebecca Wisocky.

That's a wrap for today's installment. Stay tuned for the limited series and TV movie nominations.