26th Critics' Choice Awards

The 26th Critics' Choice Awards will be presented on March 7, 2021, honoring the finest achievements in film and television in 2020. The ceremony will be broadcast on The CW with Taye Diggs hosting for the third consecutive time. The television series nominations were announced on January 18.[1]

26th Critics' Choice Awards
Date	March 7, 2021
Hosted by	Taye Diggs
Official website	www.criticschoice.com
Television coverage
Network	The CW

Nominees

Television

Best Drama Series Better Call Saul (AMC) The Crown (Netflix) The Good Fight (CBS All Access) Lovecraft Country (HBO)[lower-alpha 1] The Mandalorian (Disney+)[lower-alpha 2] Ozark (Netflix) Perry Mason (HBO) This Is Us (NBC)
Best Actor in a Drama Series Jason Bateman – Ozark (Netflix) Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us (NBC) Jonathan Majors – Lovecraft Country (HBO)[lower-alpha 3] Josh O'Connor – The Crown (Netflix) Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul (AMC) Matthew Rhys – Perry Mason (HBO)	Best Actress in a Drama Series Christine Baranski – The Good Fight (CBS All Access) Olivia Colman – The Crown (Netflix) Emma Corrin – The Crown (Netflix) Claire Danes – Homeland (Showtime) Laura Linney – Ozark (Netflix) Jurnee Smollett – Lovecraft Country (HBO)[lower-alpha 4]
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Jonathan Banks – Better Call Saul (AMC) Justin Hartley – This Is Us (NBC) John Lithgow – Perry Mason (HBO) Tobias Menzies – The Crown (Netflix) Tom Pelphrey – Ozark (Netflix) Michael K. Williams – Lovecraft Country (HBO)[lower-alpha 3]	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Gillian Anderson – The Crown (Netflix) Cynthia Erivo – The Outsider (HBO)[lower-alpha 5] Julia Garner – Ozark (Netflix) Janet McTeer – Ozark (Netflix) Wunmi Mosaku – Lovecraft Country (HBO)[lower-alpha 5] Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul (AMC)
Best Comedy Series Better Things (FX) The Flight Attendant (HBO Max) Mom (CBS) PEN15 (Hulu) Ramy (Hulu) Schitt’s Creek (Pop) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) What We Do in the Shadows (FX)[lower-alpha 6]
Best Actor in a Comedy Series Hank Azaria – Brockmire (IFC) Matt Berry – What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Nicholas Hoult – The Great (Hulu) Eugene Levy – Schitt’s Creek (Pop) Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Ramy Youssef – Ramy (Hulu)	Best Actress in a Comedy Series Pamela Adlon – Better Things (FX) Christina Applegate – Dead to Me (Netflix) Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant (HBO Max) Natasia Demetriou – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)[lower-alpha 7] Catherine O’Hara – Schitt’s Creek (Pop) Issa Rae – Insecure (HBO)
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series William Fichtner – Mom (CBS) Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Daniel Levy – Schitt’s Creek (Pop) Alex Newell – Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBC) Mark Proksch – What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Andrew Rannells – Black Monday (Showtime)	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Lecy Goranson – The Conners (ABC) Rita Moreno – One Day at a Time (Pop) Annie Murphy – Schitt’s Creek (Pop) Ashley Park – Emily in Paris (Netflix) Jaime Pressly – Mom (CBS) Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
Best Limited Series I May Destroy You (HBO) Mrs. America (FX) Normal People (Hulu) The Plot Against America (HBO) The Queen's Gambit (Netflix) Small Axe (Prime Video) The Undoing (HBO) Unorthodox (Netflix)	Best Movie Made for Television Bad Education (HBO) Between the World and Me (HBO) The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel (Lifetime) Hamilton (Disney+) Sylvie's Love (Prime Video) What the Constitution Means to Me (Prime Video)
Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television John Boyega – Small Axe (Prime Video) Hugh Grant – The Undoing (HBO) Paul Mescal – Normal People (Hulu) Chris Rock – Fargo (FX) Mark Ruffalo – I Know This Much Is True (HBO) Morgan Spector – The Plot Against America (HBO)	Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television Cate Blanchett – Mrs. America (FX) Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You (HBO) Daisy Edgar-Jones – Normal People (Hulu) Shira Haas – Unorthodox (Netflix) Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix) Tessa Thompson – Sylvie’s Love (Prime Video)
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television Daveed Diggs – The Good Lord Bird (Showtime) Joshua Caleb Johnson – The Good Lord Bird (Showtime) Dylan McDermott – Hollywood (Netflix) Donald Sutherland – The Undoing (HBO) Glynn Turman – Fargo (FX) John Turturro – The Plot Against America (HBO)	Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television Uzo Aduba – Mrs. America (FX) Betsy Brandt – Soulmates (AMC) Marielle Heller – The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix) Margo Martindale – Mrs. America (FX) Winona Ryder – The Plot Against America (HBO) Tracey Ullman – Mrs. America (FX)
Best Talk Show Desus & Mero (Showtime) Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC/Syndicated) Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)	Best Comedy Special Fortune Feimster: Sweet & Salty (Netflix) Hannah Gadsby: Douglas (Netflix) Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill (Netflix) Marc Maron: End Times Fun (Netflix) Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia (Netflix) Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything (Netflix)
Best Short Form Series The Andy Cohen Diaries (Quibi) Better Call Saul: Ethics Training with Kim Wexler (AMC/YouTube) Mapleworth Murders (Quibi) Nikki Fre$h (Quibi) Reno 911! (Quibi) Tooning Out the News (CBS All Access)

1. Won Best Horror Series at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards
2. Won Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Series at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards
3. Nominated for Best Actor in a Horror Series at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards
4. Won Best Actress in a Horror Series at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards
5. Nominated for Best Actress in a Horror Series at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards
6. Nominated for Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Series at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards
7. Won Best Actress in a Science Fiction or Fantasy Series at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards

Most nominations

Television

Title	Network	No. of Nominations
The Crown	Netflix	6
Ozark
Lovecraft Country	HBO	5
Mrs. America	FX
Schitt’s Creek	Pop
What We Do in the Shadows	FX
Better Call Saul	AMC	4
The Plot Against America	HBO
Mom	CBS	3
Normal People	Hulu
Perry Mason	HBO
The Queen's Gambit	Netflix
Ted Lasso	Apple TV+
This Is Us	NBC
The Undoing	HBO
Better Things	FX	2
Fargo
The Flight Attendant	HBO Max
The Good Fight	CBS All Access
The Good Lord Bird	Showtime
I May Destroy You	HBO
Ramy	Hulu
Small Axe	Prime Video
Sylvie's Love
Unorthodox	Netflix

See also

• 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards

References

1. "Series nominees for the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards have been announced". Critics Choice Association. January 18, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.