Critics' Choice Awards 2014: Orange is the New Black, Breaking Bad and Fargo win big
Other winners included Matthew McConaughey and The Big Bang Theory
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Your support makes all the difference.Netflix original Orange is the New Black was among the big winners at the Critics’ Choice TV Awards in Los Angeles last night.
The US prison comedy won Best Comedy Series, with Kate Mulgrew and Uzo Aduba picking up the Supporting Actress in a Comedy and Guest Performer in a Comedy gongs.
The second season of the hit show dropped on Netflix earlier this month to rave reviews.
Elsewhere, Aaron Paul won Best Supporting Actor in a Drama for his role as Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad, while the crime drama was also awarded Best Drama Series.
Lead actor Bryan Cranston, who played chemistry teacher turned meth manufacturer Walter White, lost out to True Detective’s Matthew McConaughey for the Best Actor in a Drama Series accolade.
The TV remake of the Coen brothers’ Fargo took home the Miniseries award while Billy Bob Thornton won Lead Actor in a Movie/Miniseries.
Other winners included Orphan Black’s Tatiana Maslany for Best Actress in a Drama Series; Normal Heart for Best Movie; The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for Best Talk Show; The Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series; and Scandal’s Bellamy Young for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Winners list in full
Best Drama Series: Breaking Bad
Best Actor In A Drama Series: Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
Best Actress In A Drama Series: Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Best Comedy Series: Orange Is The New Black
Best Lead Actress In A Comedy Series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Best Lead Actor In A Comedy Series: Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Best Movie: The Normal Heart
Best Mini-Series: Fargo
Best Reality Host: Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Best Talk Show: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Best Actress In A Movie Or Mini-Series: Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Best Actor In A Movie Or Mini-Series: Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo
Best Animated Series: Archer
Best Reality Series Competition: Shark Tank
Best Reality Series: Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Critics' Choice Louis XIII Genius Award: Ryan Murphy
Best Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series: Allison Janney, Mom and Kate Mulgrew, Orange Is The New Black
Best Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series: Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine Nine
Best Supporting Actress In A Movie Or Mini-Series: Allison Tolman, Fargo
Best Supporting Actor In A Movie Or Mini-Series: Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart
Best Guest Performer In A Drama Series: Allison Janney, Masters Of Sex
Best Guest Performer In A Comedy Series: Uzo Aduba, Orange Is The New Black
Best Supporting Actor In A Drama Series: Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Best Supporting Actress In A Drama Series: Bellamy Young, Scandal
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