Nominees for the 28th Critics Choice Awards have been announced and sci-fi did not fare especially well.

Andor, Severance and Prey picked up a pair of nominations each, and The Boys, 1899, Harley Quinn, Star Trek: Lower Decks, What We Do in the Shadows and Station Eleven one each.

NOTE: In horrific error we missed film nominations entirely and sci-fi fared quite well there. Realising this only after winners were announced we'll just point anyone seeing this now to our post on that.

Though Station Eleven's author doesn't regard it as sci-fi and we agree, and What We Do in the Shadows is great but more supernatural than sci-fi.

1899 reportedly includes a late in the series sci-fi twist. Having not had time to watch it ourselves yet we're trusting those reports until we can.

One bright note for sci-fi fans - half of the Best Actor in a Drama Series nominees are from sci-fi shows, so the genre is clearly drawing major talent.

Though there are no sci-fi nominations for Best Actress in a Drama Series.

Science fiction nominations (bolded) follow.

Best Drama Series

• Andor (Disney+)
• Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)
• Better Call Saul (AMC)
• The Crown (Netflix)
• Euphoria (HBO)
• The Good Fight (Paramount+)
• House of the Dragon (HBO)
• Severance (Apple TV+)
• Yellowstone (Paramount Network)

Best Actor in a Drama Series

• Jeff Bridges – The Old Man (FX)
• Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us (NBC)
• Diego Luna – Andor (Disney+)
• Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul (AMC)
• Adam Scott – Severance (Apple TV+)
• Antony Starr – The Boys (Prime Video)

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

• Matt Berry – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
• Bill Hader – Barry (HBO)
• Keegan-Michael Key – Reboot (Hulu)
• Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
• Jeremy Allen White – The Bear (FX)
• D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – Reservation Dogs (FX)

Best Limited Series

• The Dropout (Hulu)
• Gaslit (Starz)
• The Girl from Plainville (Hulu)
• The Offer (Paramount+)
• Pam & Tommy (Hulu)
• Station Eleven (HBO Max)
• This Is Going to Hurt (AMC+)
• Under the Banner of Heaven (FX)

Best Movie Made for Television

• Fresh (Hulu)
• Prey (Hulu)
• Ray Donovan: The Movie (Showtime)
• The Survivor (HBO)
• Three Months (Paramount+)
• Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel)

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

• Julia Garner – Inventing Anna (Netflix)
• Lily James – Pam & Tommy (Hulu)
• Amber Midthunder – Prey (Hulu)
• Julia Roberts – Gaslit (Starz)
• Michelle Pfeiffer – The First Lady (Showtime)
• Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout (Hulu)

Best Foreign Language Series

• 1899 (Netflix)
• Borgen (Netflix)
• Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Netflix)
• Garcia! (HBO Max)
• The Kingdom Exodus (MUBI)
• Kleo (Netflix)
• My Brilliant Friend (HBO)
• Pachinko (Apple TV+)
• Tehran (Apple TV+)

Best Animated Series

• Bluey (Disney+)
• Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
• Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal (Adult Swim)
• Harley Quinn (HBO Max)
• Star Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount+)
• Undone (Prime Video)

Note that the Critics Choice Association do a separate "Super" awards for genre content and we're expecting to nominees for the next ones to be announced early next year.

The Critics Choice Awards will be presented and broadcast on January 15.

[ Main Image: Critics Choice Awards logo. Credit: Critics Choice Association. ]

References

Critics Choice Association (December 6, 2022). Television Nominations Announced for the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards.