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Critics' Choice Television Award For Best Guest Performer In A Comedy Series
The Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series is one of the award categories presented annually by the Critics' Choice Television Awards (BTJA) (US) to recognize the work done by television actors. It was introduced in 2012. The winners are selected by a group of television critics that are part of the Broadcast Television Critics Association. Winners and nominees 2010s Multiple nominations ;2 nominations * Becky Ann Baker See also * Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series * Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Prime time or the peak time is the block of broadcast programming taking place during the middle of the evening for a television show. It is mostly targeted towards adults (and sometimes families). It is used by the major television networks to ... References {{Critics' Choice Television Awards Critics' Choice Television Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Critics' Choice Television Award
The Critics' Choice Television Awards are accolades that are presented annually by the Critics Choice Association (CCA). They were established in 2011, and the first ceremony was held on June 20, 2011, and streamed live on VH1.com. The fourth ceremony was televised live, for the first time in award history, on June 19, 2014, on The CW. In October 2014, the A&E Network was granted exclusive rights to broadcast the television and film awards in 2015 and 2016. History The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) was founded in 2011 as an offshoot of the Broadcast Film Critics Association. The Awards are produced by executive producer Bob Bain. According to the acting president of the BTJA, Joey Berlin, the Critics' Choice Television Awards were launched "to enhance access for broadcast journalists covering the television industry. Just as the Critics' Choice Movie Awards has been established as an important part of the annual movie awards season, we are confident th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Newhart
George Robert Newhart (born September 5, 1929) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his deadpan and slightly stammering delivery style. Newhart came to prominence in 1960 when his album of comedic monologues, ''The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart'', became a bestseller and reached number one on the ''Billboard'' pop album chart; it remains the 20th-best-selling comedy album in history. The follow-up album, ''The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!'', was also a success, and the two albums held the ''Billboard'' number one and number two spots simultaneously. Newhart later went into acting, starring as Chicago psychologist Robert Hartley in ''The Bob Newhart Show'' during the 1970s, and then as Vermont innkeeper Dick Loudon on the 1980s series ''Newhart''. He also had two short-lived sitcoms in the 1990s, ''Bob'' and ''George and Leo''. Newhart had film roles such as Major Major in ''Catch-22'' and Papa Elf in ''Elf''. He provided the voice of Bernard in the Disney ani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Weedman
Lauren Weedman (born March 5, 1969) is an American actress and comedian, known for her regular role on the HBO television series ''Looking'' (2014–2015), and its subsequent series finale television film, '' Looking: The Movie''. She is also known for her roles in films such as ''Date Night'' (2010) and ''The Five-Year Engagement'' (2012) and for appearing as a guest star on various series such as ''Hung'', ''New Girl'', and ''2 Broke Girls''. She was also a correspondent on ''The Daily Show'' from 2001 to 2002. Weedman has also written and performed several one-woman/spoken word shows, including ''Homecoming Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni or other former members of an organization to celebrate the organization's existence. It is a tradition in many high schools, colleges, and churches in the United States, Canada and Liberia. ...'', ''BUST'', and ''The People's Republic of Portland''. Personal life Weedman was adopted and grew up in Indianapolis, movi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Rannells
Andrew Scott Rannells (born August 23, 1978) is an American film, stage, television and voice actor. Rannells is best known for originating the role of Elder Kevin Price in the 2011 Broadway musical ''The Book of Mormon'' for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. He received his second Tony nomination in 2017 for his performance as Whizzer in the 2016 Broadway revival of ''Falsettos''. Other Broadway credits include ''Hairspray'' (2005), ''Jersey Boys'' (2009), ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' (2010), ''Hamilton'' (2015), and '' The Boys in the Band'' (2018). In the 2010s, he began working as a screen actor; most notably, he starred in the 2012 NBC sitcom '' The New Normal'' and played the recurring role of Elijah in HBO's ''Girls'' (2012–2017). In 2019, he began starring in ''Black Monday'' on Showtime. He has accumulated numerous voice acting credits since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mom (TV Series)
''Mom'' is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, Eddie Gorodetsky and Gemma Baker that aired on CBS from September 23, 2013, to May 13, 2021, lasting eight seasons. Set in Napa, California, it follows dysfunctional mother/daughter duo Bonnie and Christy Plunkett, who, after having been estranged for years while both struggled with addiction, attempt to pull their lives and their relationship together by trying to stay sober and attending Alcoholics Anonymous. It stars Anna Faris and Allison Janney in the leading roles, with Mimi Kennedy, Jaime Pressly, Beth Hall, William Fichtner, Sadie Calvano, Blake Garrett Rosenthal, Matt Jones (actor), Matt Jones, French Stewart, and Kristen Johnston in supporting roles. Filmed before a live audience, the series was produced by Chuck Lorre Productions and Warner Bros. Television. It received acclaim from critics and audiences throughout its run, with major credit given to its writing and performances (with Janney's noted i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimi Kennedy
Mary Claire "Mimi" Kennedy (born September 25, 1948) is an American actress, author, and activist. Best known for her roles in television sitcoms, Kennedy co-starred in numerous short-lived sitcoms before her role as Ruth Sloan on '' Homefront'' (1991–93). She received wider recognition with her roles in the Chuck Lorre created sitcoms; ''Dharma & Greg'' (1997–2002), and '' Mom'' (2013–2021). For her performance in the latter, Kennedy received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series. Kennedy has also appeared in various films, including; '' Pump Up the Volume'' (1990), ''Erin Brockovich'' (2000), '' In the Loop'' (2009), ''Due Date'' (2010), ''Midnight in Paris'' (2011), and ''The Five-Year Engagement'' (2012). Early life Kennedy was born in Rochester, New York, the daughter of Nancy Helen (née Colgan) and Daniel Gerald Kennedy. She got her start in theater with the Rochester Community Players, appearing in Agatha C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is an American actor. He has been described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors for his performances in film, television, and theater, and "one of the greatest actors in American history". With a career spanning six decades, Jones is among the few performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). Jones's voice has been praised as a "a stirring basso profondo that has lent gravel and gravitas" to his projects, including live-action acting, voice acting, and commercial voice-overs. Born with a childhood stutter, Jones has said that poetry and acting helped him overcome the disability. A pre-med major in college, he served in the United States Army during the Korean War before pursuing a career in acting. Since his Broadway debut in 1957, he has performed in several Shakespeare plays including '' Othello'', ''Hamlet'', ''Coriolanus'', and ''King Lear''. Jones made his film debut in Stanley Kubrick's 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Baker (actress)
Sarah Baker is an American actress and comedian, best known for roles in movies such as '' The Campaign'' and ''Mascots'', and TV shows like ''The Kominsky Method'' and ''Louie''. Life and career Baker was born in the Washington, D.C. area and raised in Springfield, Virginia. After graduating from James Madison University with a double major in Theater and English, she moved to Atlanta, Georgia. There, she helped build Whole World Improv Theatre as a performer, and later as a teacher. Moving to Los Angeles, she continued to hone her improvisational and sketch comedy skills at The Groundlings. In 2012, Baker appeared as Mitzi Huggins, wife of Zach Galifianakis' congressional candidate, along with Will Ferrell, in the comedy '' The Campaign''. The Jay Roach-directed film is the highest grossing politically themed movie of all time. In 2014, she played Becky in '' Tammy,'' starring Melissa McCarthy, and directed by Ben Falcone. Baker has also appeared as Pamela Lowi in ''The Goo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crazy Eyes (character)
Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren is a fictional character played by Uzo Aduba on the Netflix series ''Orange Is the New Black''. Warren is portrayed as intelligent, but lacking in social skills, and prone to spiral into emotional outbursts and delusions when agitated due to mental illness. She is a recurring character in season one and a regular character beginning with season two. Aduba won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series for her season one performance. For season two, she received the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series as well as the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series. Her season three performance again won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series. The character is the only role that has received Emmy Award recognition in both t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange Is The New Black
''Orange Is the New Black'' (sometimes abbreviated to ''OITNB'') is an American comedy-drama streaming television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir '' Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison'' (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. Produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television, ''Orange Is the New Black'' premiered on Netflix on July 11, 2013. In February 2016, the series was renewed for a fifth, sixth, and seventh season. Its seventh and final season was released on July 26, 2019. As of 2016, ''Orange Is the New Black'' was Netflix's most-watched as well as its longest-running original series. It was widely acclaimed throughout its run, and has received many accolades. For its first season, the series garnered 12 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uzo Aduba
Uzoamaka Nwanneka Aduba (; born February 10, 1981) is an American actress. She gained wide recognition for her role as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren on the Netflix original series '' Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2019), for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2014, an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2015, and two SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series in 2014 and 2015. She is one of only two actors to win an Emmy Award in both the comedy and drama categories for the same role. In 2020, Aduba played Shirley Chisholm in the Hulu miniseries ''Mrs. America'', for which she won a Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries. Aduba has appeared in films including '' American Pastoral'' (2016), ''Candy Jar'' (2018), ''Miss Virginia'' (2019), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Wilson (American Actor)
Patrick Joseph Wilson (born July 3, 1973) is an American actor who is best known for playing the role of demonologist Ed Warren in the Conjuring Universe (2013–present). He began his career in 1995, starring in Broadway musicals. He is a two-time Tony Award nominee for his roles in ''The Full Monty'' (2000–2001) and ''Oklahoma!'' (2002). He co-starred in the acclaimed HBO miniseries ''Angels in America'' (2003), which he was nominated for both the Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. Wilson has also appeared in films such as ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (2004), ''Hard Candy'' (2005), '' Little Children'' (2006), ''Watchmen'' (2009), ''Insidious'' (2010), ''The A-Team'' (2010), '' Insidious: Chapter 2'' (2013), and as demonologist Ed Warren in the Conjuring Universe (2013–present). He has earned a reputation as a " scream king" due to his frequent casting in horror films. On television, Wilson starred in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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