28th Annual Critics Choice Awards – Press Room The 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards: Series Winners Include Abbott Elementary, Better Call Saul, and The Dropout

The 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards: Series Winners Include Abbott Elementary, Better Call Saul, and The Dropout

Lara Rosales Better Call Saul, Black Bird, Critics Choice Awards, The Dropout

The 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards took place at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, celebrating the best of film and television.

This year’s Critics Choice Awards took place on January 15th, airing on The CW. The ceremony was hosted by Chelsea Handler, making it the first time in four years that Taye Diggs didn’t host.

28th Annual Critics Choice Awards – Press Room
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 15: (L-R) Chris Perfetti, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Quinta Brunson, Lisa Ann Walter, Janelle James, William Stanford Davis and Tyler James Williams, winners of the Best Comedy Series for “Abbott Elementary”, pose in the press room during the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on January 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)

The winners this year include Abbott Elementary, Better Call Saul, and The Dropout which also took home awards for some of the actors on their shows.

See the list of television series winners below, and be sure to let us know what you thought of this year’s awards in the comments.

28th Annual Critics Choice Awards – Press Room
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 15: Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn, and Giancarlo Esposito, winners of the Best Drama Series award for “Better Call Saul”, poses in the press room during the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on January 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)
Television Series Winners — 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards

BEST DRAMA SERIES

  • Better Call Saul (AMC)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

  • Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul (AMC)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

  • Zendaya – Euphoria (HBO)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

  • Giancarlo Esposito – Better Call Saul (AMC)
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

  • Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus (HBO)

BEST COMEDY SERIES

  • Abbott Elementary (ABC)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

  • Jeremy Allen White – The Bear (Hulu)

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

  • Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

  • Henry Winkler – Barry (HBO)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

  • Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

BEST LIMITED SERIES

  • The Dropout (Hulu)

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

  • Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel)

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

  • Daniel Radcliffe – WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

  • Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout (Hulu)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

  • Paul Walter Hauser – Black Bird (Apple TV)
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

  • Niecy Nash-Betts – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES

  • Pachinko (Apple TV)

BEST ANIMATED SERIES

  • Harley Quinn (HBO)

BEST TALK SHOW

  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

BEST COMEDY SPECIAL

  • Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special (Netflix)

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About the Critics Choice Association (CCA): The Critics Choice Association is the largest critics organization in the United States and Canada, representing more than 525 media critics and entertainment journalists. It was established in 2019 with the formal merger of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, recognizing the intersection between film, television, and streaming content.

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By day, Lara Rosales (she/her) is a solo mom by choice and a bilingual writer with a BA in Latin-American Literature known as a Media Relations Expert. By night, she is a TV enjoyer who used to host a podcast (Cats, Milfs & Lesbian Things). You can find her work published on Eulalie Magazine, Geek Girl Authority, W Spotlight, Collider, USA Wire, Mentors Collective, Instelite, Noodle, Dear Movies, Nicki Swift, and Flip Screened.