TV category nominees for the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards were announced Tuesday.
Start spreading the good news: C&I reader favorites Yellowstone, Reservation Dogs, and Prey were among the honorees Tuesday when the Critics Choice Association announced TV category nominees for the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards.
Yellowstone, the top-rated Paramount Network series co-created by Taylor Sheridan, was nominated in the Best Drama category, while Kelly Reilly (pictured above) loomed large as a Best Actress in a Drama contender for her fiercely effective portrayal of the mercurial Beth Dutton.
Reservation Dogs, the FX on Hulu sitcom recently praised by New York Times television critic James Poniewozik as “by far the best thing on TV in 2022,” nabbed nominations in the categories for Best Comedy, Best Actor in a Comedy (D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai), Best Actress in a Comedy (Devery Jacobs) and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy (Paulina Alexis).
And Amber Midthunder was recognized in the Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television category for her breakout performance as an 18th century Comanche warrior who battles an extraterrestrial huntsman in Prey, the intensely suspenseful Predator prequel that was nominated as Best Movie Made for Television.
Another nomination of note: The late sitcom star and country gospel artist Leslie Jordan was included among the Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy finalists for his work in the Fox sitcom Call Me Kat.
Winners will be revealed at the star-studded Critics Choice Awards gala, which will broadcast live from the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles at 7 pm ET Jan. 15 on The CW. During the program, Jeff Bridges — a Best Actor in a Drama nominee for The Old Man — will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement award.
