Critics Choice Awards 2026: Full List of TV Winners

The 2026 awards season kicked off with the 2026 Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, January 4, but did the show with the most nominations take home the most awards?

Adolescence led all TV shows with six nominations, while Nobody Wants This scored five and All Her Fault, Death by Lightning, Ghosts, Hacks, Severance, The Diplomat, and The Pitt received four each.

Who took home awards during the ceremony, hosted by Chelsea Handler and live from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica? Read on for the full list of 2026 Critics Choice Awards TV winners.

Best Drama Series

Alien: Earth
Andor
The Diplomat
Paradise
The Pitt — WINNER
Pluribus
Severance
Task

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Sterling K. Brown, Paradise
Diego Luna, Andor
Mark Ruffalo, Task
Adam Scott, Severance
Billy Bob Thornton, Landman
Noah Wyle, The Pitt — WINNER

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 — WINNER

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Patrick Ball, The Pitt
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Ato Essandoh, The Diplomat
Wood Harris, Forever
Tom Pelphrey, Task
Tramell Tillman, Severance — WINNER

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Nicole Beharie, The Morning Show
Denée Benton, The Gilded Age
Allison Janney, The Diplomat
Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt — WINNER
Greta Lee, The Morning Show
Skye P. Marshall, Matlock

Best Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary
Elsbeth
Ghosts
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
The Righteous Gemstones
The Studio — WINNER

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 — WINNER
Alexander Skarsgård, Murderbot

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 — WINNER

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Ike Barinholtz, The Studio — WINNER
Paul W. Downs, Hacks
Asher Grodman, Ghosts
Oscar Nuñez, The Paper
Chris Perfetti, Abbott Elementary
Timothy Simons, Nobody Wants This

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Danielle Brooks, Peacemaker
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary — WINNER
Justine Lupe, Nobody Wants This
Ego Nwodim, Saturday Night Live
Rebecca Wisocky, Ghosts

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Best Limited Series

Adolescence — WINNER
All Her Fault
Chief of War
Death by Lightning
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
Dope Thief
Dying for Sex
The Girlfriend

Best Movie Made for Television

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy — WINNER
Deep Cover
The Gorge
Mountainhead
Nonnas
Summer of ’69

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Michael Chernus, Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
Stephen Graham, Adolescence — WINNER
Brian Tyree Henry, Dope Thief
Charlie Hunnam, Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Matthew Rhys, The Beast in Me
Michael Shannon, Death by Lightning

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Jessica Biel, The Better Sister
Meghann Fahy, Sirens
Sarah Snook, All Her Fault — WINNER
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex
Robin Wright, The Girlfriend
Renée Zellweger, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Owen Cooper, Adolescence — WINNER
Wagner Moura, Dope Thief
Nick Offerman, Death by Lightning
Michael Peña, All Her Fault
Ashley Walters, Adolescence
Ramy Youssef, Mountainhead

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Erin Doherty, Adolescence — WINNER
Betty Gilpin, Death by Lightning
Marin Ireland, Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
Sophia Lillis, All Her Fault
Julianne Moore, Sirens
Christine Tremarco, Adolescence

Best Foreign Language Series

Acapulco
Last Samurai Standing
Mussolini: Son of the Century
Red Alert
Squid Game — WINNER
When No One Sees Us

Best Animated Series

Bob’s Burgers
Harley Quinn
Long Story Short
Marvel Zombies
South Park — WINNER
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

Best Talk Show

The Daily Show
Hot Ones
Jimmy Kimmel Live! — WINNER
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Best Variety Series

Conan O’Brien Must Go
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — WINNER
Saturday Night Live

Best Comedy Special

Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life
Caleb Hearon: Model Comedian
Leanne Morgan: Unspeakable Things
Marc Maron: Panicked
Sarah Silverman: PostMortem
SNL50: The Anniversary Special — WINNER