[1] The ceremony was hosted by comedian and actor Cedric the Entertainer and was broadcast live on The CW.
[1][2] Ryan Murphy received the Critics' Choice Louis XIII Genius Award.
[3] Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface: Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) Breaking Bad (AMC) The Normal Heart (HBO) Fargo (FX) Archer (FX) Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper – The Big Bang Theory Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer – Veep Andre Braugher as Capt.
Ray Holt – Brooklyn Nine-Nine Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett – Mom (TIE) Kate Mulgrew as Galina "Red" Reznikov – Orange Is the New Black (TIE) Matthew McConaughey as Det.
Rustin "Rust" Cohle – True Detective Tatiana Maslany as Various Characters – Orphan Black Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman – Breaking Bad Bellamy Young as First Lady Melody "Mellie" Grant – Scandal Billy Bob Thornton as Lorne Malvo – Fargo Jessica Lange as Fiona Goode – American Horror Story: Coven Matt Bomer as Felix Turner – The Normal Heart Allison Tolman as Deputy Molly Solverson – Fargo Uzo Aduba as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren – Orange Is the New Black Allison Janney as Margaret Scully – Masters of Sex Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Fox / Nat Geo) Shark Tank (ABC) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC) Neil deGrasse Tyson – Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey The following shows received multiple awards: The following shows received multiple nominations: