Second Annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards Nominations
June 8, 2020 in DOCS, MOVIES, News, Press, TV DRAMA, TV REALITY
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NETFLIX LEADS NETWORKS WITH 31 POSSIBLE WINS
JEFF PROBST TO RECEIVE CRITICS CHOICE REAL TV IMPACT AWARD
Critics Choice Real TV Awards Winners to be Announced on Monday, June 29
Los Angeles (June 8, 2020) – The Critics Choice Association (CCA) and nonfiction producers’ organization NPACT unveiled today the nominees for the second annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards, which recognize excellencein nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms. They also announced that “Survivor” host and executive producer Jeff Probst will receive this year’s Critics Choice Real TV Impact Award, for his ongoing contributions to the unscripted television industry.
All Critics Choice Real TV Awards winners will be celebrated via a special press release and announcement on Monday, June 29. Winners in two categories – Female Star of the Year and Male Star of the Year – will be chosen by fan voting, which is now open at criticschoice.com.
Netflix’s “Cheer” and VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race” lead this year’s field with five nominations each. “Cheer” is nominated for Unstructured Series, Sports Show, Limited Documentary Series, Male Star of the Year, and Female Star of the Year, while “RuPaul’s Drag Race” is nominated for Competition Series, Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series, Female Star of The Year, Male Star of The Year, and Show Host.
“Queer Eye” (Netflix) follows closely behind with four nominations, and “Couples Therapy” (Showtime) received three nominations.
Many programs received two nominations, including “A Very Brady Renovation” (HGTV), “Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children” (HBO), “Chasing the Cure” (TNT), “Crikey! It’s the Irwins” (Animal Planet), “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC), “Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich” (Netflix), “Last Chance U” (Netflix), “Lego Masters” (Fox), “Making It” (NBC), “Making the Cut” (Amazon), “Nailed It!” (Netflix), “Shark Tank” (ABC), “Survivor” (CBS), “T-Pain’s School of Business” (Fuse), “Talking Dead” (AMC), “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: Between the Scenes” (Comedy Central), “The Goop Lab” (Netflix), “The Last Dance” (ESPN), “The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez” (Netflix), “The World According to Jeff Goldblum” (Disney+), “Top Chef” (Bravo), “Trial by Media” (Netflix), and “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” (Bravo).
For the second year in a row, Netflix leads the network tally with 31 total nominations.
“Our nominees for the 2020 Critics Choice Real TV Awards reflect the broad range of dynamic unscripted content available on all television platforms,” said CCA TV Branch President Ed Martin. “We are once again honored to bring much deserved attention to the best of reality TV — a genre that continues to entertain and educate us all.”
“Each year of our joint awards program has presented a greater opportunity to highlight the breadth and excellence of nonfiction content, and its unique ability to reflect culture,” said NPACT Interim General Manager Michelle Van Kempen. “We are proud to honor Jeff Probst for his important contributions to our industry, both in front of and behind the camera, and to celebrate the programming and the people who work tirelessly to entertain, inspire and spark important conversation.”
Jeff Probst is a four-time Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Reality Host. He has traveled the world serving as both host and executive producer for “Survivor”. He received an Emmy in 2001 when the show won the first-ever Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Special Class) award. This year marked the 20th anniversary of “Survivor” and its 40th season.
Probst is a New York Times bestselling author of kid’s adventure series, Stranded, as well as a feature film director. In 2002 he wrote and directed “Finder’s Fee,” starring Ryan Reynolds, James Earl Jones, Robert Forster and Matthew Lillard. Most recently, he produced and directed the feature film “Kiss Me,” starring John Corbett, Sarah Bolger, Rita Wilson, Emily Osment, Missy Pyle and Jenna Fisher.
For the Critics Choice Real TV Awards, Bob Bain and Joey Berlin serve as Executive Producers. Michelle Van Kempen is Executive Producer for NPACT.
About The Critics Choice Real TV Awards
The Critics Choice Real TV Awards were launched in 2019 when the CCA (then known as the Broadcast Television Journalists Association) and NPACT joined forces to create a large-scale awards platform dedicated to giving the robust, ever-evolving unscripted genre critical attention and support. The awards celebrate programming across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms, and also recognize industry leaders with special awards highlighting career achievements.
Shows are eligible for nomination if at least three (3) episodes premiered between June 1, 2019 and May 31, 2020 to at least 50% of the total potential U.S. television market.
The Critics Choice Association monitors all awards submissions and selects the nominees in all competitive categories. NPACT leads the selection of non-competitive discretionary awards. A blue-ribbon nominating committee made up of CCA members with expertise in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming determines the nominees. Winners are chosen by a vote of the CCA membership and will be announced to the world on June 29.
About the Critics Choice Association (CCA)
The Critics Choice Association is the largest critics organization in the United States and Canada, representing more than 400 television, radio and online critics and entertainment reporters. It was organized last year with the formal merger of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, recognizing the blurring of the distinctions between film, television, and streaming content. For more information, visit: www.CriticsChoice.com.
About NPACT
NPACT, the trade association for non-fiction production companies doing business in the U.S., includes 100+ member companies comprised of production companies of all sizes, as well as allied services companies. Collectively, NPACT members produce the majority of all nonfiction content for U.S. broadcast, cable television and streaming platforms. NPACT serves as the voice for the non-fiction creative community, providing a forum for producers as they tackle challenges and business issues in this age of media disruption. Visit www.npact.org for more information.
CONTACT
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SLATE PR
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BABYGRANDE PR (for NPACT)
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NOMINATIONS FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE REAL TV AWARDS
Competition Series
LEGO Masters (Fox)
Making It (NBC)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Survivor (CBS)
Top Chef (Bravo)
Competition Series: Talent/Variety
American Idol (ABC)
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
La Voz (Telemundo)
Songland (NBC)
The Voice (NBC)
Unstructured Series
Cheer (Netflix)
Couples Therapy (Showtime)
Intervention (A&E)
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked! (VH1)
We’re Here (HBO)
Structured Series
Encore! (Disney+)
Prop Culture (Disney+)
Queer Eye (Netflix)
Shark Tank (ABC)
The World According to Jeff Goldblum (Disney+)
Business Show
Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back (Fox)
The Profit (CNBC)
Shark Tank (ABC)
T-Pain’s School of Business (Fuse)
Undercover Boss (CBS)
Sports Show
Blackballed (Quibi)
Cheer (Netflix)
Last Chance U (Netflix)
The Last Dance (ESPN)
Peyton’s Places (ESPN+)
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
Crime/Justice Series
Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children (HBO)
The Innocence Files (Netflix)
Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (Netflix)
The Pharmacist (Netflix)
Trial by Media (Netflix)
The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez (Netflix)
Ongoing Documentary Series
Abstract: The Art of Design (Netflix)
The Circus: Inside the Craziest Political Campaign on Earth (Showtime)
Frontline (PBS)
Last Chance U (Netflix)
POV (PBS)
Limited Documentary Series
Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children (HBO)
Cheer (Netflix)
Hillary (Hulu)
Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (Netflix)
The Last Dance (ESPN)
Trial by Media (Netflix)
The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez (Netflix)
Short Form Series
Carpool Karaoke: The Series (Apple)
Comeback Kids (The Dodo)
Creating Saturday Night Live (NBC)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: Between the Scenes (Comedy Central)
The Impossible Row (Discovery)
While Black with MK Asante (Snap)
Live Show
Chasing the Cure (TNT)
Build (Yahoo)
Live PD (A&E)
Talking Dead (AMC)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo)
Interactive Show
Chasing the Cure (TNT)
Enamorándonos (Univision)
Talking Dead (AMC)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo)
Culinary Show
Chopped (Food Network)
Nailed It! (Netflix)
Top Chef (Bravo)
Tournament of Champions (Food Network)
Ugly Delicious (Netflix)
Game Show
25 Words or Less (Fox/Syndicated)
Brain Games (National Geographic)
Cash Cab (Bravo)
Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time (ABC)
Mental Samurai (Fox)
Travel/Adventure Series
Expedition Unknown (Discovery)
Extinct or Alive (Animal Planet)
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted (National Geographic)
The Great Food Truck Race (Food Network)
Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix)
Animal/Nature Show
Dodo Heroes (Animal Planet)
Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet (Nat Geo WILD)
Crikey! It’s the Irwins (Animal Planet)
Serengeti (Discovery)
Seven Worlds, One Planet (BBC America)
Lifestyle: Fashion/Beauty Show
The Goop Lab (Netflix)
Making the Cut (Amazon)
Next in Fashion (Netflix)
Project Runway (Bravo)
Queer Eye (Netflix)
Relationship Show
90 Day Fiancé (TLC)
Are You the One? (MTV)
Black Love (OWN)
Couples Therapy (Showtime)
Love Is Blind (Netflix)
Lifestyle: Home/Garden Show
A Very Brady Renovation (HGTV)
Celebrity IOU (HGTV)
Home (Apple TV+)
Home Town (HGTV)
Selling Sunset (Netflix)
Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series
Making the Cut (Amazon)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Queer Eye (Netflix)
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
A Very Brady Renovation (HGTV)
Crikey! It’s the Irwins (Animal Planet)
Female Star of The Year
Nicole Byer – Nailed It! (Netflix)
Dr. Orna Guralnik – Couples Therapy (Showtime)
Dr. Sandra Lee – Dr. Pimple Popper (TLC)
Gwyneth Paltrow – The Goop Lab (Netflix)
Michelle Visage – RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Monica Aldama – Cheer (Netflix)
Male Star of The Year
Jerry Harris – Cheer (Netflix)
The Fab Five – Queer Eye (Netflix)
Trevor Noah – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: Between the Scenes (Comedy Central)
RuPaul Charles – RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Hasan Minhaj – Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (Netflix)
Kevin Hart – Kevin Hart: What the Fit (YouTube Originals)
Show Host
Will Arnett – Lego Masters (Fox)
RuPaul Charles – RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Jeff Goldblum – The World According to Jeff Goldblum (Disney +)
Nick Offerman and Amy Poehler – Making It (NBC)
Jeff Probst – Survivor (CBS)
Alex Trebek – Jeopardy! (CBS Television Distribution)
Outstanding Achievement In Nonfiction Programming By A Network Or Streaming Platform
A+E Networks
HBO
National Geographic
Netflix
PBS
TLC
Outstanding Achievement In Nonfiction Production
Anvil 1893 Entertainment
Big Fish Entertainment
Florentine Films
Kinetic Content
Raw TV
Smart Dog Media
NOMINEES BY PROGRAM FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL
CRITICS CHOICE REAL TV AWARDS
25 Words or Less (Fox/Syndicated) – 1
Game Show
90 Day Fiancé (TLC) – 1
Relationship Show
A Very Brady Renovation (HGTV) – 2
Lifestyle: Home/Garden Show
Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series
Abstract: The Art of Design (Netflix) – 1
Ongoing Documentary Series
American Idol (ABC) – 1
Competition Series: Talent/Variety
Are You the One? (MTV) – 1
Relationship Show
Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children (HBO) – 2
Crime/Justice Series
Limited Documentary Series
Black Love (OWN) – 1
Relationship Show
Blackballed (Quibi) – 1
Sports Show
Brain Games (National Geographic) – 1
Game Show
Build (Yahoo) – 1
Live Show
Carpool Karaoke: The Series (Apple) – 1
Short Form Series
Cash Cab (Bravo) – 1
Game Show
Celebrity IOU (HGTV) – 1
Lifestyle: Home/Garden Show
Chasing the Cure (TNT) – 2
Live Show
Interactive Show
Cheer (Netflix) – 5
Unstructured Series
Sports Show
Limited Documentary Series
Female Star of The Year
Male Star of The Year
Chopped (Food Network) – 1
Culinary Show
Comeback Kids (The Dodo) – 1
Short Form Series
Couples Therapy (Showtime) – 3
Unstructured Series
Relationship Show
Female Star of The Year
Creating Saturday Night Live (NBC) – 1
Short Form Series
Crikey! It’s the Irwins (Animal Planet) – 2
Animal/Nature Series
Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series
Dancing with the Stars (ABC) – 2
Competition Series: Talent/Variety
Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series
Dodo Heroes (Animal Planet) – 1
Animal/Nature Series
Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet (Nat Geo WILD) – 1
Animal/Nature Series
Dr. Pimple Popper (TLC) – 1
Female Star of The Year
Enamorándonos (Univision) – 1
Interactive Show
Encore! (Disney+) – 1
Structured Series
Expedition Unknown (Discovery) – 1
Travel/Adventure Series
Extinct or Alive (Animal Planet) – 1
Travel/Adventure Series
Frontline (PBS) – 1
Ongoing Documentary Series
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted (National Geographic) – 1
Travel/Adventure Series
Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back (Fox) – 1
Business Show
Hillary (Hulu) – 1
Limited Documentary Series
Home (Apple TV+) – 1
Lifestyle: Home/Garden Show
Home Town (HGTV) – 1
Lifestyle: Home/Garden Show
Intervention (A&E) – 1
Unstructured Series
Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (Netflix) – 2
Crime/Justice Series
Limited Documentary Series
Jeopardy! (CBS Television Distribution) – 1
Show Host
Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time (ABC) – 1
Game Show
Kevin Hart: What the Fit (YouTube Originals) – 1
Male Star of The Year
La Voz (Telemundo) – 1
Competition Series: Talent/Variety
Last Chance U (Netflix) – 2
Sports Show
Ongoing Documentary Series
LEGO Masters (Fox) – 2
Competition Series
Show Host
Live PD (A&E) – 1
Live Show
Love Is Blind (Netflix) – 1
Relationship Show
Making It (NBC) – 2
Competition Series
Show Host
Making the Cut (Amazon) – 2
Lifestyle: Fashion/Beauty Show
Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series
Mental Samurai (Fox) – 1
Game Show
Nailed It! (Netflix) – 2
Culinary Show
Female Star of The Year
Next in Fashion (Netflix) – 1
Lifestyle: Fashion/Beauty Show
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (Netflix) – 1
Male Star of The Year
Peyton’s Places (ESPN+) – 1
Sports Show
POV (PBS) – 1
Ongoing Documentary Series
Project Runway (Bravo) – 1
Lifestyle: Fashion/Beauty Show
Prop Culture (Disney+) – 1
Structured Series
Queer Eye (Netflix) – 4
Structured Series
Lifestyle: Fashion/Beauty Show
Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series
Male Star of The Year
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO) – 1
Sports Show
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) – 5
Competition Series
Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series
Female Star of The Year
Male Star of The Year
Show Host
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked! (VH1) – 1
Unstructured Series
Selling Sunset (Netflix) – 1
Lifestyle: Home/Garden Show
Serengeti (Discovery) – 1
Animal/Nature Series
Seven Worlds, One Planet (BBC America) – 1
Animal/Nature Series
Shark Tank (ABC) – 2
Structured Series
Business Series
Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix) – 1
Travel/Adventure Series
Songland (NBC) – 1
Competition Series: Talent/Variety
Survivor (CBS) – 2
Competition Series
Show Host
T-Pain’s School of Business (Fuse) – 2
Structured Series
Business Series
Talking Dead (AMC) – 2
Live Show
Interactive Show
The Circus: Inside the Craziest Political Campaign on Earth (Showtime) – 1
Ongoing Documentary Series
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: Between the Scenes (Comedy Central) – 2
Short Form Series
Male Star of the Year
The Goop Lab (Netflix) – 2
Lifestyle: Fashion/Beauty Show
Female Star of The Year
The Great Food Truck Race (Food Network) – 1
Travel/Adventure Series
The Impossible Row (Discovery) – 1
Short Form Series
The Innocence Files (Netflix) – 1
Crime/Justice Series
The Last Dance (ESPN) – 2
Sports Show
Limited Documentary Series
The Pharmacist (Netflix) – 1
Crime/Justice Series
The Profit (CNBC) – 1
Business Series
The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez (Netflix) – 2
Crime/Justice Series
Limited Documentary Series
The Voice (NBC) – 1
Competition Series: Talent/Variety
The World According to Jeff Goldblum (Disney+) – 2
Structured Series
Show Host
Top Chef (Bravo) – 2
Competition Series
Culinary Show
Tournament of Champions (Food Network) – 1
Culinary Show
Trial by Media (Netflix) – 2
Crime/Justice Series
Limited Documentary Series
Ugly Delicious (Netflix) – 1
Culinary Show
Undercover Boss (CBS) – 1
Business Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo) – 2
Live Show
Interactive Show
We’re Here (HBO) – 1
Unstructured Series
While Black with MK Asante (Snap) – 1
Short Form Series
NOMINEES BY NETWORK FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL
CRITICS CHOICE REAL TV AWARDS
Netflix – 31
ABC – 6
Bravo – 6
VH1 – 6
Fox – 5
HBO – 5
NBC – 5
Animal Planet – 4
CBS / CBS Television Distribution – 4
Disney+ – 4
HGTV – 4
Showtime – 4
A&E – 3
Discovery – 3
Food Network – 3
National Geographic – 3
PBS – 3
TLC – 3
Amazon – 2
AMC – 2
Apple / Apple TV+ – 2
Comedy Central – 2
ESPN / ESPN+ – 2
Fuse – 2
TNT – 2
BBC America – 1
CNBC – 1
Hulu – 1
MTV – 1
Nat Geo WILD – 1
OWN – 1
Quibi – 1
Telemundo – 1
The Dodo – 1
Univision – 1
Yahoo – 1
YouTube Originals – 1
Snap – 1
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