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Evil, WandaVision and Squid Game are among the nominees for the Critics Choice TV Awards.

“Although the industry is still recovering from the COVID-19 lockdown, you wouldn’t know it from the wealth of amazing television programs our nomination committees pored through to come up with this year’s nominees,” said Critics Choice Association TV Branch president Ed Martin. “We have even more choices than we did before the pandemic, for critics and viewers to embrace. While the streamers continue to break new ground with some wonderfully unexpected offerings, it has been an unusually strong year for all areas of television. We look forward to honouring the year’s finest shows at what promises to be our most exciting awards ceremony yet.”

Genre nominees are:

BEST DRAMA SERIES
“Evil” (Paramount Plus)
“For All Mankind” (Apple TV Plus)
“Squid Game” (Netflix)

BEST COMEDY SERIES
“What We Do in the Shadows” (FX)

BEST LIMITED SERIES
“Midnight Mass” (Netflix)
“The Underground Railroad” (Amazon Prime Video)
“WandaVision” (Disney Plus)

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
“The Map of Tiny Perfect Things” (Amazon Prime Video)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Mike Colter – “Evil” (Paramount Plus)
Lee Jung-jae – “Squid Game” (Netflix)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Katja Herbers – “Evil” (Paramount Plus)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Andrea Martin – “Evil” (Paramount Plus)
Christine Lahti – “Evil” (Paramount Plus)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kayvan Novak – “What We Do in the Shadows” (FX)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Harvey Guillén – “What We Do in the Shadows” (FX)
Brandon Scott Jones – “Ghosts” (CBS)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kristin Chenoweth – “Schmigadoon!” (Apple TV Plus)

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Paul Bettany – “WandaVision” (Disney Plus)
Hamish Linklater – “Midnight Mass” (Netflix)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Thuso Mbedu – “The Underground Railroad” (Amazon Prime Video)
Elizabeth Olsen – “WandaVision” (Disney Plus)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Zach Gilford – “Midnight Mass” (Netflix)
William Jackson Harper – “The Underground Railroad” (Amazon Prime Video)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Kathryn Hahn – “WandaVision” (Disney Plus)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES
“Squid Game” (Netflix)

BEST ANIMATED SERIES
“Q-Force” (Netflix)
“What If…?” (Disney Plus)