Game of Thrones Season 6 wins big at the Critics Choice Awards
By Ani Bundel
The Critics Choice Awards were yesterday, and Game of Thrones Season 6 walked away with the Best Drama Award, although it lost in a few other categories.
The awards were held in Santa Monica Airport’s Barker Hangar. Despite the controversy that has dogged the awards, not to mention the untimely arrest of host T. J. Miller this past week, the show, which was done in partnership with Entertainment Weekly, went off without a hitch, with Kristian Nairn (Hodor) even doing DJ honors.
While La La Land carried the day at the movies, we here at WiC cared more about the television categories, where Game of Thrones Season 6 was up for several nominations. The good news? GoT carried the all-important Best Drama category. It beat out several heavy hitters, including first-time nominees Westworld, Stranger Things and The Crown, both of which are only in their first season. Also in the category were This Is Us, Better Call Saul and Mr. Robot.
But in the Best Supporting Actor category, Peter Dinklage and Kit Harington were passed over as they were at the Emmys, this time in favor of John Lithgow for his turn as Winston Churchill in The Crown. Lena Heady and Emilia Clarke were both nominated for Best Supporting Actress. They too lost out, to Thandie Newton of Westworld. Game of Thrones also did not win the Most Bingeworthy award, which was voted on by fans. That went to Outlander over on STARZ.
Here is the full list of winners:
BEST ACTION MOVIE
Hacksaw Ridge
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Moonlight
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jane Krakowski – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – Netflix
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Louie Anderson – Baskets – FX
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
Arrival
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Elle
BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Margot Robbie – Suicide Squad
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Eric Heisserer – Arrival
BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
Courtney B. Vance – The People v. O.J. Simpson – FX
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
Sarah Paulson – The People v. O.J. Simpson – FX
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Christine Baranski – The Good Wife – CBS
Emilia Clarke – Game of Thrones – HBO
Lena Headey – Game of Thrones – HBO
Thandie Newton – Westworld – HBO (winner)
Maura Tierney – The Affair – Showtime
Constance Zimmer – UnREAL – Lifetime
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones – HBO
Kit Harington – Game of Thrones – HBO
John Lithgow – The Crown – Netflix (winner)
Mandy Patinkin – Homeland – Showtime
Christian Slater – Mr. Robot – USA Network
Jon Voight – Ray Donovan – Showtime
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Linus Sandgren – La La Land
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
La La Land – David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
BEST EDITING
Tom Cross – La La Land
BEST SCORE
Justin Hurwitz – La La Land
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Madeline Fontaine – Jackie
BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
Jackie
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Jungle Book
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Donald Glover – Atlanta – FX
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live – NBC
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Zootopia
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED
SERIES
Sterling K. Brown – The People v. O.J. Simpson – FX
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR
LIMITED SERIES
Regina King – American Crime – ABC
BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin – Saturday Night Live – NBC
BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jeffrey Dean Morgan – The Walking Dead – AMC
BEST SONG
City of Stars – La La Land
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Damien Chazelle – La La Land (TIE)
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea (TIE)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Viola Davis – Fences
BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
The People v. O.J. Simpson – FX
BEST STRUCTURED REALITY SERIES
Shark Tank – ABC
BEST UNSTRUCTURED REALITY SERIES
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – CNN
BEST REALITY COMPETITION SERIES
The Voice – NBC
BEST REALITY SHOW HOST
Anthony Bourdain – Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – CNN
BEST TALK SHOW
The Late Late Show with James Corden – CBS
BEST ANIMATED SERIES
BoJack Horseman – Netflix
BEST DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle – La La Land
BEST COMEDY
Deadpool
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Evan Rachel Wood – Westworld – HBO
BEST ACTRESS
Natalie Portman – Jackie
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul – AMC
BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul – AMC
Game of Thrones – HBO (winner)
Mr. Robot – USA Network
Stranger Things – Netflix
The Crown – Netflix
This Is Us – NBC
Westworld – HBO
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Silicon Valley – HBO
BEST PICTURE
La La Land