2025 Critics Choice Awards TV Predictions

The 31st annual Critics’ Choice Awards will take place tonight (Sunday, January 4th, 2026) and will broadcast live on both coasts on E! and USA Network from 7:00-10:00pm ET/4:00-7:00pm PT. Chelsea Handler returns as the host as the star-studded show will take place at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.

Continuing its combined film and television model to highlight the cinematic, televised and streamed achievements of the year. You can expect the evening to present red carpet coverage, iconic moments and anticipated wins come to fruition. The CCA will also mark the first televised awards show of the year as the 2025 awards season starts to really get into gear. Below are my predictions for who would win in every competitive TV category.

Best Drama Series

• Alien: Earth
• Andor
• The Diplomat
• Paradise
• The Pitt
• Pluribus
• Severance
• Task

Best Actor in a Drama Series

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

Best Actress in a Drama Series

• Bella Ramsey for The Last of Us
• Britt Lower for Severance
• Carrie Coon for The Gilded Age
• Kathy Bates for Matlock
• Keri Russell for The Diplomat
• Rhea Seehorn for Pluribus

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

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

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

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

Best Comedy Series

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

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

• Adam Brody for Nobody Wants This
• Alexander Skarsgård for Murderbot
• Danny McBride for The Righteous Gemstones
• David Alan Grier for St. Denis Medical
• Seth Rogen for The Studio
• Ted Danson for A Man on the Inside

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

• Carrie Preston for Elsbeth
• Edi Patterson for The Righteous Gemstones
• Jean Smart for Hacks
• Kristen Bell for Nobody Wants This
• Natasha Lyonne for Poker Face
• Rose McIver for Ghosts

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

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

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

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

Best Limited Series

• Adolescence
• 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
• Deep Cover
• The Gorge
• Mountainhead
• Nonnas
• Summer of ’69

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

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

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

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

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

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

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

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

Best Foreign Language Series

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

Best Animated Series

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

Best Talk Show

• Hot Ones
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• Late Night with Seth Meyers
• The Daily Show
• 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
• 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

Thanks for reading our article covering our predictions for the 2025 Critics Choice Awards TV categories. Make sure to check out our predictions for the film categories here.