Critics Choice Awards 2025 nominations: Wicked leads the way with 11 including nod for Ariana Grande

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Slow Horses (Apple TV+)

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Sam Reid – Interview with the Vampire (AMC)

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Moeka Hoshi – Shogun (FX / Hulu)

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Brian Jordan Alvarez – English Teacher (FX)

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Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)

Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Natasia Demetriou – What we do in the shadows (FX)

Bridget Everett – Someone Somewhere (HBO | Max)

Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO | Max)

Kristen Wiig – Palm Royale (Apple TV+)

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Paul W. Downs – Hacks (HBO | Max)

Asher Grodman – Spoken (CBS)

Harvey Guillén – What we do in the shadows (FX)

Brandon Scott Jones – Spoken (CBS)

Michael Urie – Shrink (Apple TV+)

Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

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Liza Colón-Zayas – The Bear (FX / Hulu)

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The Penguin (HBO | Max)

Ripley (Netflix)

True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max)

We Were the Lucky Ones (Hulu)

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The Great Lillian Hall (HBO | Max)

It’s in (Netflix)

Music (Prime Video)

Out of My Mind (Disney+)

Rebel Ridge (Netflix)

V/H/S/Beyond (shudder)

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Colin Farrell – The Penguin (HBO | Max)

Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

Tom Hollander – VEUD: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)

Kevin Kline – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)

Ewan McGregor – A Gentleman in Moscow (Paramount+)

Andrew Scott – Ripley (Netflix)

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Cate Blanchett – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)

Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max)

Jessica Lange – The Great Lillian Hall (HBO | Max)

Cristin Milioti – The Penguin (HBO | Max)

Phoebe-Rae Taylor – Out of My Mind (Disney+)

Naomi Watts – VEUD: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)

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Robert Downey Jr. – The Sympathizer (HBO | Max)

Hugh Grant – The Regime (HBO | Max)

Ron Cephas Jones – Genius: MLK/X (National Geographic)

Logan Lerman – We Were the Lucky Ones (Hulu)

Liev Schreiber – The Perfect Couple (Netflix)

Treat Williams – VEUD: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)

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Dakota Fanning – Ripley (Netflix)

Leila George – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)

Betty Gilpin – Three Women (Starz)

Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

Deirdre O’Connell – The Penguin (HBO | Max)

Kali Reis – True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max)

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Citadel: Honey Bunny (Prime Video)

La Máquina (Hulu)

The law according to Lidia Poët (Netflix)

My Brilliant Friend (HBO | Max)

Pachinko (Apple TV+)

Senna (Netflix)

Squid Game (Netflix)

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Hot People (YouTube)

The Daily Show (Comedy Central)

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The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC/syndicated)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

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Ali Wong: Single Lady (Netflix)

Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny (Hulu)

Kevin James: Regardless (Prime Video)

Nikki Glaser: Someday You Will Die (HBO | Max)

Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special (Netflix)

Ramy Youssef: More feelings (HBO | Max)