'Fargo,' 'Orange Is the New Black' Win Big at Critics' Choice Awards

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Sandra Gonzalez
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'Fargo,' 'Orange Is the New Black' Win Big at Critics' Choice Awards
Actresses Natasha Lyonne, Uzo Aduba, Laverne Cox, Danielle Brooks, and Laura Prepon accept the Best Comedy Series award for "Orange is the New Black" onstage during the 4th Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards. Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty

Fargo and Orange Is the New Black were the two major winners at Thursday's 4th Annual Critics' Choice Awards.

Fargo, which closed out its freshman season on Tuesday, walked away with three awards -- for Best Miniseries, as well as individual awards for Billy Bob Thornton, who played murderous Lorne Malvo, and Allison Tolman, who played good-natured police officer Molly.

Orange also won three trophies, a stunning turn of events for Netflix. Its biggest trophy was Best Comedy Series -- a race that pitted the show against Louie, Silicon Valley, Veep, Broad City and The Big Bang Theory.

Kate Mulgrew, who plays Red, and Uzo Aduba, who plays Crazy Eyes, won honors in the Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series categories.

Breaking Bad, The Normal Heart and Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey each won two awards at the ceremony, held in Los Angeles. Allison Janney took home two prizes -- one for her role in CBS's Mom and another for her guest spot on Showtime's Masters of Sex.

That also made her a winner in the unofficial category of Best Acceptance Speeches. Receiving the award for her role on Masters of Sex, Janney took the stage and said, "I just came." Later, for Mom, she added: "Well, this is the climax of my career."

In all, FX was the network to walk away with the most awards, which are voted on by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association.

A full list of winners is below:

BEST DRAMA SERIES


The Americans

Breaking Bad


Game of Thrones

The Good Wife

Masters of Sex

True Detective

BEST COMEDY SERIES


The Big Bang Theory

Broad City

Louie


Orange Is the New Black 


Silicon Valley

Veep

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES


Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Hugh Dancy, Hannibal


Freddie Highmore, Bates Motel

Matthew McConaughey, True Detective 


Matthew Rhys, The Americans

Michael Sheen, Masters of Sex

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES


Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex

Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife


Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black 


Keri Russell, The Americans

Robin Wright, House of Cards

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES


Louis CK, Louie

Chris Messina, The Mindy Project

Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley


Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory 


Adam Scott, Parks and Recreation


Robin Williams, The Crazy Ones

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES


Ilana Glazer, Broad City

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep


Wendi McLendon-Covey, The Goldbergs


Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer

Emmy Rossum, Shameless

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES


Josh Charles, The Good Wife

Walton Goggins, Justified

Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad 


Peter Sarsgaard, The Killing

Jon Voight, Ray Donovan

Jeffrey Wright, Boardwalk Empire

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES


Christine Baranski, The Good Wife

Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad


Annet Mahendru, The Americans

Melissa McBride, The Walking Dead

Maggie Siff, Sons of Anarchy


Bellamy Young, Scandal

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES


Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine 


Keith David, Enlisted

Tony Hale, Veep

Albert Tsai, Trophy Wife


Christopher Evan Welch, Silicon Valley


Jeremy Allen White, Shameless

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
 (tie)

Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory

Laverne Cox, Orange Is the New Black


Kaley Cuoco, The Big Bang Theory


Allison Janney, Mom 


Kate Mulgrew, Orange Is the New Black 


Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie

BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A DRAMA SERIES


Beau Bridges, Masters of Sex

Walton Goggins, Sons of Anarchy


Allison Janney, Masters of Sex 


Joe Morton, Scandal

Carrie Preston, The Good Wife

Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones

BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A COMEDY SERIES


Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black 


Sarah Baker, Louie

James Earl Jones, The Big Bang Theory

Mimi Kennedy, Mom

Andrew Rannells, Girls

Lauren Weedman, Looking

BEST MINI-SERIES


American Horror Story: Coven


Bonnie & Clyde

Dancing on the Edge

Fargo


The Hollow Crown


Luther

BEST MOVIE


An Adventure in Space and Time

Burton and Taylor

Killing Kennedy

The Normal Heart 


Sherlock: His Last Vow 
The Trip to Bountiful

BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES


David Bradley, An Adventure in Space and Time

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: His Last Vow

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dancing on the Edge


Martin Freeman, Fargo

Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart

Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo 

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES


Helena Bonham Carter, Burton and Taylor


Minnie Driver, Return to Zero

Whoopi Goldberg, A Day Late and a Dollar Short

Holliday Grainger, Bonnie & Clyde

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven 


Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES

Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart 


Warren Brown, Luther

Martin Freeman, Sherlock: His Last Vow


Colin Hanks, Fargo

Joe Mantello, The Normal Heart

Blair Underwood, The Trip to Bountiful

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES


Amanda Abbington, Sherlock: His Last Vow

Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Coven

Ellen Burstyn, Flowers in the Attic


Jessica Raine, An Adventure in Space and Time

Julia Roberts, The Normal Heart

Allison Tolman, Fargo 

BEST REALITY SERIES


Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey 

Deadliest Catch

Duck Dynasty

Mythbusters

Top Gear


Undercover Boss

BEST REALITY SERIES – COMPETITION


The Amazing Race

Project Runway


Shark Tank

Survivor


Top Chef

The Voice

BEST REALITY HOST

Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars


Carson Daly, The Voice

Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance

Gordon Ramsay, MasterChef

RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race


Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey 

BEST TALK SHOW


Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 


The Ellen DeGeneres Show


The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

The Colbert Report 
Conan

BEST ANIMATED SERIES

Archer


Bob’s Burgers

The Simpsons

Family Guy

Phineas and Ferb

Adventure Time

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