Steve Carell and John C McGinley in ‘Rooster (Photograph by Katrina Marcinowski/HBO)
The Office star Steve Carell leads the cast of HBO’s upcoming comedy Rooster, which just dropped the first batch of photos. HBO also announced a March 2026 premiere but didn’t confirm a date or time.
In addition to Carell, the 10-episode first season stars Charly Clive (The Lazarus Project), Danielle Deadwyler (40 Acres), Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso), John C. McGinley (Scrubs), and Lauren Tsai (Legion). Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses created the comedy series and serve as co-showrunners and executive producers. Additional executive producers include Steve Carell, Jeff Ingold, Liza Katzer, Jonathan Krisel, Barbie Adler, Annie Mebane, David Stassen, and Anthony King.
“A comedy set on a college campus centering on an author’s (Carell) complicated relationship with his daughter (Charly Clive),” reads HBO’s very basic description of the 2026 comedy.
Charly Clive and Phil Dunster (Photograph by Katrina Marcinowski/HBO)Danielle Deadwyler and Steve Carell in season 1 (Photograph by Katrina Marcinowski/HBO)Steve Carell and Charly Clive in ‘Rooster’ (Photograph by Katrina Marcinowski/HBO)
Jaime Pressly (Welcome to Flatch, Mom) guest stars as a supermodel on CBS’s Elsbeth season three, episode nine, “Glamazons.” Laura Benanti also guest stars, reprising her role as Nadine Clay on episode nine airing on Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 10pm ET/PT.
“Glamazons” Plot: A fallen ‘90s supermodel (Pressly) returns to New York for a reunion and revenge, leading Elsbeth to sort through old grudges and lies to catch a killer. Meanwhile, Officer Hackett takes her turn in the spotlight. Episode nine was written by Bryan Goluboff and directed by Rob Hardy.
Carrie Preston returns to star as the titular character. Wendell Pierce is also back as Captain C.W. Wagner for the series’ third season.
Emmy Award winner Carrie Preston returns as Elsbeth Tascioni, the cunning yet unconventional consent decree attorney working with the NYPD to track down New York’s most well-heeled murderers utilizing her unique intuitive insight. The critically acclaimed series enters its third season with fresh cases, new characters, and unexpected challenges for Elsbeth and the 11th Precinct, led by her boss, Captain C.W. Wagner (Pierce).
Alberta superfan Todd Pearlman (played by Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll) is back on CBS’s Ghosts season five, episode eight, “The Life and Times of Esther Greene.” Episode eight will air on Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 8:30pm ET/PT.
“The Life and Times of Esther Greene” Plot: Now a successful podcaster, Todd Pearlman returns to profile Sam and Isaac’s book but becomes obsessed with Jay. Meanwhile, Pete tries to get to the bottom of why Alberta changed her name, forcing her to admit a hidden truth.
Season five stars Rose McIver as Sam, Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jay, Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac, and Richie Moriarty as Pete. Danielle Pinnock is Alberta, Asher Grodman is Trevor, Román Zaragoza stars as Sasappis, Rebecca Wisocky plays Hetty, Devan Chandler Long is Thorfinn, and Sheila Carrasco plays Flower.
Ghosts is a single-camera comedy about Samantha and Jay, a cheerful freelance journalist and chef from the city, respectively, who threw both caution and money to the wind when they decided to convert Woodstone Mansion, which Sam inherited, into a bed & breakfast—only to find it was inhabited by the many spirits of deceased residents who now call it home.
The departed souls are a close-knit, eclectic group that includes a saucy Prohibition-era lounge singer (Pinnock); a pompous 18th-century militiaman (Scott Jones); a ‘60s hippie fond of hallucinogens (Carrasco); an overly upbeat ‘80s scout troop leader (Moriarty); a cod-obsessed Viking explorer from 1009 (Chandler Long); a slick ‘90s finance bro (Grodman); a sarcastic and witty native from the 16th century (Zaragoza); and a society woman and wife of a 19th-century robber baron who is Sam’s ancestor (Wisocky), to name a few.
The opening of the B&B and Jay’s new restaurant are a source of intrigue, anxiety, and curiosity among the spirits, but they will gladly put up with the commotion as long as they can continue to interact with a living inhabitant.
Sentimental Value earned eight nominations, followed by Sinners with seven and Hamnet with six. Frankenstein and Wicked: For Good picked up five nominations each. On the television side, Adolescence was nominated for five awards, and Only Murders in the Building and Severance scored four nominations.
Amanda Seyfried, Jacob Elordi, and Jeremy Allen White each earned nominations in film and television categories. And by earning nine nominations, One Battle After Another ties Cabaret and Barbie as the third most nominated films in Golden Globes history. Hamnet‘s six nominations mark the first appearance of a William Shakespeare-inspired project since 1999’s Shakespeare in Love.
2026 Golden Globes Nominees
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
FRANKENSTEIN (Netflix)
HAMNET (Focus Features)
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (NEON)
THE SECRET AGENT (NEON)
SENTIMENTAL VALUE (NEON)
SINNERS (Warner Bros. Pictures)
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
BLUE MOON (Sony Pictures Classics)
BUGONIA (Focus Features)
MARTY SUPREME (A24)
NO OTHER CHOICE (NEON)
NOUVELLE VAGUE (Netflix)
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Warner Bros. Pictures)
BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
ARCO (NEON)
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY CASTLE (Aniplex, Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment)
ELIO (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (Netflix)
LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN (GKIDS)
ZOOTOPIA 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
CINEMATIC AND BOX OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
F1 (Apple Original Films)
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (Netflix)
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING (Paramount Pictures)
SINNERS (Warner Bros. Pictures)
WEAPONS (Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema)
WICKED: FOR GOOD (Universal Pictures)
ZOOTOPIA 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
BEST MOTION PICTURE – NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (NEON) – FRANCE
NO OTHER CHOICE (NEON) – SOUTH KOREA
THE SECRET AGENT (NEON) – BRAZIL
SENTIMENTAL VALUE (NEON) – NORWAY
SIRĀT (NEON) – SPAIN
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB (WILLA) – TUNISIA
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
JESSIE BUCKLEY (HAMNET)
JENNIFER LAWRENCE (DIE MY LOVE)
RENATE REINSVE (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
JULIA ROBERTS (AFTER THE HUNT)
TESSA THOMPSON (HEDDA)
EVA VICTOR (SORRY, BABY)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
JOEL EDGERTON (TRAIN DREAMS)
OSCAR ISAAC (FRANKENSTEIN)
DWAYNE JOHNSON (THE SMASHING MACHINE)
MICHAEL B. JORDAN (SINNERS)
WAGNER MOURA (THE SECRET AGENT)
JEREMY ALLEN WHITE (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
ROSE BYRNE (IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU)
CYNTHIA ERIVO (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
KATE HUDSON (SONG SUNG BLUE)
CHASE INFINITI (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
AMANDA SEYFRIED (THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE)
EMMA STONE (BUGONIA)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET (MARTY SUPREME)
GEORGE CLOONEY (JAY KELLY)
LEONARDO DICAPRIO (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
ETHAN HAWKE (BLUE MOON)
LEE BYUNG-HUN (NO OTHER CHOICE)
JESSE PLEMONS (BUGONIA)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
EMILY BLUNT (THE SMASHING MACHINE)
ELLE FANNING (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
ARIANA GRANDE (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
INGA IBSDOTTER LILLEAAS (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
AMY MADIGAN (WEAPONS)
TEYANA TAYLOR (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
BENICIO DEL TORO (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
JACOB ELORDI (FRANKENSTEIN)
PAUL MESCAL (HAMNET)
SEAN PENN (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
ADAM SANDLER (JAY KELLY)
STELLAN SKARSGÅRD (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
RYAN COOGLER (SINNERS)
GUILLERMO DEL TORO (FRANKENSTEIN)
JAFAR PANAHI (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT)
JOACHIM TRIER (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
CHLOÉ ZHAO (HAMNET)
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
RONALD BRONSTEIN, JOSH SAFDIE (MARTY SUPREME)
RYAN COOGLER (SINNERS)
JAFAR PANAHI (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT)
|ESKIL VOGT, JOACHIM TRIER (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
CHLOÉ ZHAO, MAGGIE O’FARRELL (HAMNET)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT (FRANKENSTEIN)
LUDWIG GÖRANSSON (SINNERS)
JONNY GREENWOOD (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
KANGDING RAY (SIRĀT)
MAX RICHTER (HAMNET)
HANS ZIMMER (F1)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“DREAM AS ONE” –– AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
“GOLDEN” –– KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
“I LIED TO YOU” –– SINNERS
“NO PLACE LIKE HOME” –– WICKED: FOR GOOD
“THE GIRL IN THE BUBBLE” –– WICKED: FOR GOOD
“TRAIN DREAMS” –– TRAIN DREAMS
Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood in ‘The White Lotus’ season 3 (Photograph by Fabio Lovino/HBO)
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
THE DIPLOMAT (NETFLIX)
THE PITT (HBO MAX)
PLURIBUS (APPLE TV)
SEVERANCE (APPLE TV)
SLOW HORSES (APPLE TV)
THE WHITE LOTUS (HBO MAX)
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY (ABC)
THE BEAR (FX ON HULU)
HACKS (HBO MAX)
NOBODY WANTS THIS (NETFLIX)
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING (HULU)
THE STUDIO (APPLE TV)
BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
ADOLESCENCE (NETFLIX)
ALL HER FAULT (PEACOCK)
THE BEAST IN ME (NETFLIX)
BLACK MIRROR (NETFLIX)
DYING FOR SEX (FX ON HULU)
THE GIRLFRIEND (PRIME VIDEO)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
KATHY BATES (MATLOCK)
BRITT LOWER (SEVERANCE)
HELEN MIRREN (MOBLAND)
BELLA RAMSEY (THE LAST OF US)
KERI RUSSELL (THE DIPLOMAT)
RHEA SEEHORN (PLURIBUS)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
STERLING K. BROWN (PARADISE)
DIEGO LUNA (ANDOR)
GARY OLDMAN (SLOW HORSES)
MARK RUFFALO (TASK)
ADAM SCOTT (SEVERANCE)
NOAH WYLE (THE PITT)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
KRISTEN BELL (NOBODY WANTS THIS)
AYO EDEBIRI (THE BEAR)
SELENA GOMEZ (ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING)
NATASHA LYONNE (POKER FACE)
JENNA ORTEGA (WEDNESDAY)
JEAN SMART (HACKS)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
ADAM BRODY (NOBODY WANTS THIS)|
STEVE MARTIN (ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING)
GLEN POWELL (CHAD POWERS)
SETH ROGEN (THE STUDIO)
MARTIN SHORT (ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING)
JEREMY ALLEN WHITE (THE BEAR)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
CLAIRE DANES (THE BEAST IN ME)
RASHIDA JONES (BLACK MIRROR)
AMANDA SEYFRIED (LONG BRIGHT RIVER)
SARAH SNOOK (ALL HER FAULT)
MICHELLE WILLIAMS (DYING FOR SEX)
ROBIN WRIGHT (THE GIRLFRIEND)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
JACOB ELORDI (THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH)|
PAUL GIAMATTI (BLACK MIRROR)
STEPHEN GRAHAM (ADOLESCENCE)
CHARLIE HUNNAM (MONSTER: THE ED GEIN STORY)
JUDE LAW (BLACK RABBIT)
MATTHEW RHYS (THE BEAST IN ME)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE ON TELEVISION
CARRIE COON (THE WHITE LOTUS)
ERIN DOHERTY (ADOLESCENCE)
HANNAH EINBINDER (HACKS)
CATHERINE O’HARA (THE STUDIO)
PARKER POSEY (THE WHITE LOTUS)
AIMEE LOU WOOD (THE WHITE LOTUS)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE ON TELEVISION
OWEN COOPER (ADOLESCENCE)
BILLY CRUDUP (THE MORNING SHOW)
WALTON GOGGINS (THE WHITE LOTUS)
JASON ISAACS (THE WHITE LOTUS)
TRAMELL TILLMAN (SEVERANCE)
ASHLEY WALTERS (ADOLESCENCE)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN STAND-UP COMEDY ON TELEVISION
BILL MAHER (BILL MAHER: IS ANYONE ELSE SEEING THIS?
BRETT GOLDSTEIN (BRETT GOLDSTEIN: THE SECOND BEST NIGHT OF YOUR LIFE)
KEVIN HART (KEVIN HART: ACTING MY AGE)
KUMAIL NANJIANI (KUMAIL NANJIANI: NIGHT THOUGHTS)
RICKY GERVAIS (RICKY GERVAIS: MORTALITY)
SARAH SILVERMAN (SARAH SILVERMAN: POSTMORTEM)
BEST PODCAST
ARMCHAIR EXPERT WITH DAX SHEPARD (WONDERY)
CALL HER DADDY (SIRIUSXM)
GOOD HANG WITH AMY POEHLER (SPOTIFY)
THE MEL ROBBINS PODCAST (SIRIUSXM)
SMARTLESS (SIRIUSXM)
UP FIRST (NPR)
A woman wakes, panicking because her daughter is missing as CBS’s Tracker season three, episode eight gets underway. She runs outside, screaming Aubrey’s name. The action then quickly fast-forwards a year as Colter (Justin Hartley) pulls up in front of a house in Juliet, North Carolina.
(The following is a recap of season three, episode eight and there are spoilers.)
Colter meets with the mother, Sierra (Jessica Sipos), and learns Aubrey hasn’t been seen since going missing. Sierra’s had personal issues, but Colter doesn’t judge her. Colter looks at a photo of Aubrey and Sierra says the dress in it was her daughter’s favorite. Yesterday, that same dress was just hanging on the outdoor clothesline. It’s dirty and ripped, but obviously the same dress.
The police have always assumed Sierra did something to her daughter, and that’s why she called Colter instead of the cops after finding the dress. Sierra confirms she was passed out drunk the night Aubrey disappeared. Aubrey’s blood was found in the house, probably from stepping on glass from Sierra’s broken bottle.
Aubrey’s father died of an overdose before Aubrey was born, and Sierra’s been sober for 10 months. The police never located any suspects, and the town believes she did it. Sierra went as far as going to a psychic to find her daughter, but so far nothing’s turned up.
Colter suggests she call the police now rather than have the discovery be an issue later. The cops show up as Colter walks Sierra through the steps they’ll take, including arresting her for murder. He knows they won’t charge her until after she’s questioned, and that gives him time to find out who left the dress in her yard.
Colter promises to do everything he can to help her through this.
Lead Detective Tyson West (Franco Lo Presti) introduces himself to Colter and it’s obvious he believes Sierra murdered her daughter. He doesn’t expect to find Aubrey alive. Tyson also introduces the former lead detective on the case, Arthur Poness, who’s been brought in to consult. Colter disagrees with their assumption that Sierra put the dress on the clothesline. However, Tyson’s known Sierra for years and thinks she just wants attention. There were never any other suspects.
Tyson takes off to question Sierra, but Arthur sticks around and allows Colter to walk him through what he’s seeing. Colter points out a smudge on the fence and fresh bike tracks, indicating someone rode up on a bike and then climbed the fence into Sierra’s backyard.
Arthur calls Tyson with this new potential evidence as Colter looks around the neighborhood. He spots a security camera pointed in the right direction and rings Randy (Chris Lee) for help. Randy performs a quick search and then links the camera to Colter’s phone. They scan the footage and see the bicyclist. It looks like a kid, and he’s wearing a hoodie with a Captain Calabash logo.
Captain Calabash is a local restaurant and Colter heads over there.
Tyson interrogates Sierra and he firmly believes she killed Aubrey. He shows her a journal, and she admits it’s her 12-step workbook for recovery. In it she wrote that her selfish actions killed Aubrey. Sierra admits she was a bad mom; that’s what she’s trying to own. If she hadn’t been drunk, Aubrey would still be here.
Reenie (Fiona Rene) barges in, introduces herself as Aubrey’s attorney, and stops the interrogation. (Woah, she got there incredibly fast!) After Tyson leaves, Reenie admits the cops have enough to charge her. However, she’s going to try and suppress the journal from evidence. For now, they have to wait for Colter to come up with who planted the dress.
Captain Calabash turns out to be the perfect starting point as an employee confirms the kid on the bike is Spencer. Spencer (Colin O’Brien) flees in a boat, but Colter beats him to the dock. Colter asks about the dress and Spencer claims he found it. He recognized it from the Missing Person’s poster. Spencer didn’t intend to point the finger at Sierra. He found the dress in his backyard and thinks his dad had something to do with Aubrey’s disappearance.
Spencer saw his dad chop his uncle’s fingers off, and lots of people fear his dad. Spencer lives alone with his dad; his mom ran off when he was a kid. He’s obviously scared of his dad but points out the storage shed where he found the dress. Colter checks it out after Spencer warns him to be quick.
Colter calls Tyson with an update, and Tyson confirms Spencer’s dad, Trevor, has a lengthy rap sheet. Plus, he was seeing Sierra at one point. Tyson says they cleared him last year after they confirmed he was on a fishing trip with his buddies.
Tyson grabs backup and heads to Spencer’s as Spencer’s dog barks and pulls on his leash, right outside the shed. Colter notices the hole underneath the shed and that the shed’s locked.
The dog’s so agitated that Spencer leaves the safety of Colter’s truck just as his dad walks up. Trevor (Brett Zimmerman) cocks his shotgun while holding Spencer’s shoulder as they approach Colter. Colter explains he was hired by Sierra to find Aubrey, and Trevor makes a run for it when Colter says they found Aubrey’s dress. Trevor doesn’t make it far before Colter tackles him. Colter punches him in the face, and they wrestle for the gun. Colter wins and holds Trevor at gunpoint as the cops arrive.
A short while later, the place is flooded with cops and police dogs. Trevor’s handcuffed and swears he had nothing to do with Aubrey’s disappearance. Colter shows Tyson where Spencer found the dress. He thinks the dog crawled under the shed, smelled blood, and brought the dress out.
Colter kicks down the shed’s door while Trevor claims it’s his brother, Derek’s. Trevor hasn’t seen Derek for a year, which is the same time Aubrey was last seen. Trevor confesses he beat up his brother after he stole money from him. The money wasn’t his, so Trevor had to clean up the mess by getting out of town. When he returned, Derek was gone.
Tyson and Colter look through the shed and find Aubrey’s shoe and a clump of her hair. A package with a receipt for hair dye leads Colter and Tyson to believe Derek changed Aubrey’s appearance. She might still be alive if he went on the run with her.
It’s been a whole year, but for some reason, Tyson assembles his team at Trevor’s house to start a search for Derek and Aubrey. Arthur’s with the search group and says what we’re all thinking: Derek is probably in Mexico or somewhere else far away from North Carolina. They wonder if Trevor knew Derek took Aubrey and that’s what they fought about, not money.
Tyson’s going through the legal channels to track Derek’s movements, but Colter’s got a much faster way. Arthur apologizes for not looking into Derek and mentions Trevor and Derek used to hang out at a local pub. Tyson heads that way, while Colter finds out from Randy that Derek hasn’t used his credit card or phone since the day after Aubrey went missing. He last pinged at the shoreline two miles from Trevor’s house.
Colter drives to that location and discovers a chain-link fence with an open gate. There are a few rundown boathouses on a dock, and something catches his eye in the water. He uses a hook and pulley to lift up a large crab trap along with a skeleton. The skeleton’s missing two fingers so it’s probably Derek. There’s a small-caliber bullet hole in his forehead, and Colter believes Derek was handing off Aubrey to someone.
The land is owned by Blue Creek Holdings, a trust set up by Arthur Poness. (I knew he was sketchy!) Colter calls Tyson and fills him in on what he found. Tyson insists there’s no way Arthur was involved, but Colter disagrees. Colter warns Tyson not to call anything in; Arthur might have accomplices on the force.
Tyson gets in his car and suddenly Arthur appears, gun drawn.
Colter arrives at Arthur’s house and kicks in the front door. He searches the house and finds a room filled with little girl things. There are photos on the dresser of Arthur and his wife with Aubrey and a kid’s drawing with figures labeled Aubrey, Grandma, and Grandpa. Above their heads are drawings of a male and female angel.
Colter calls Reenie and Sierra and breaks the news that Aubrey’s alive. Sierra doesn’t understand why Arthur would have Aubrey, but then Colter asks if Arthur is Aubrey’s grandfather. She looks just like the photo of Arthur’s son. Sierra confirms Arthur’s son Jason is Aubrey’s father. Because of her lifestyle, she wasn’t sure who the father was at the time. She never told anyone Jason was the father, and Arthur always hated her because of his son’s death.
Colter calls Tyson, but Arthur picks up and tells Colter to let his family go. He promises Aubrey is safe and loved. Arthur was looking into Trevor when he learned Derek had Aubrey and planned to do “unspeakable things.”
Arthur’s wife, Iris, had seen Aubrey at a store and realized she looked just like their son. When Aubrey was taken, Arthur knew Sierra couldn’t take care of her. He refused to take Aubrey back to her mom, so he told Aubrey her mother had died. And 10 months of being sober now doesn’t prove she’s going to be a decent parent.
Arthur claims he’ll just keep running if he needs to. He shoots Tyson and tells Colter he has about 30 minutes before he dies from the gunshot. Arthur wants to make Colter choose between following him or saving Tyson. (Why can’t Colter just call an ambulance for Tyson?)
Colter has Randy pinpoint Tyson’s location and heads that way while telling Randy to call an ambulance. (Colter says he’s 40 minutes away—won’t the ambulance beat him? Also, Arthur said he had 30 minutes to live.) Night’s fallen by the time he gets to the pub, which isn’t in a remote area. Tyson’s just feet away from the parking lot and barely conscious. Colter binds his wound while asking if Arthur has any property. Tyson says he has a boat named Eurydice, just as sirens approach.
Arthur shoots at Colter as he walks toward the boat at the dock. Colter jumps into the water, and Arthur fires a few more shots. Arthur yells at Iris to start the boat, but it’s too late. Colter emerges from the water and disarms Arthur, demanding to know where Aubrey is. Iris tells her husband to stop and asks Aubrey to come out of hiding. They’ve taught her never to let anyone see her, so she’s scared of Colter. Iris and Arthur assure her it’s okay.
Reenie helps facilitate the reunion, since this will be very traumatic for Aubrey. She believed that her mom died last year. Colter joins them with news that Tyson will be okay. Tyson wanted him to apologize to Sierra for ever blaming her.
Colter tells Sierra this isn’t her fault and reminds her she’s there now for Aubrey. That’s what matters. Sierra thinks that Arthur and Iris thought they were doing the right thing for Aubrey, and she doesn’t blame them.
“I suppose sometimes people do the wrong things for the right reasons,” says Colter.
Jeremy Renner as Mike McLusky in ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ season 4 episode 7 (Credit: Jeremy Parsons/Paramount+)
Callahan’s moved out of Ad Seg and into gen pop as Paramount+’s Mayor of Kingstown season four, episode seven opens. He knew the move was coming and isn’t upset, pausing by Kyle’s cell to ask for a thank you. When Kyle (Taylor Handley) remains silent, Callahan insults him and Mike.
(The following is a recap of season four, episode seven and there are spoilers.)
Callahan (Richard Brake) reminds Kyle that if he rejects him, he’s rejecting the protection of the Brotherhood. Mike relied on Callahan and the Brotherhood to stay alive while he was in prison, but Callahan knows Mike wants Kyle to turn down his help. Kyle isn’t scared by Callahan’s threat, and Callahan follows up by saying he doesn’t think Kyle will survive his prison sentence.
Since Kyle is refusing his help, Callahan thinks Kyle should just kill himself now. He won’t make it behind bars without the Brotherhood’s help. Callahan warns that when he gets out—which he’s sure will happen soon—Mike won’t be long for this world.
Meanwhile, Ian (Hugh Dillon) is still reeling from having to save Frank Moses (Lennie James) after a Colombian made it into the station and started shooting. Frank’s currently safe in an interrogation room, and Ian thinks it was a suicide mission. Mike (Jeremy Renner) asks Ian not to cut Frank loose until he tells him to.
Mike meets with Warden Hobbs (Edie Falco), pissed about being set up after agreeing to have Moses arrested. He thinks his leverage with Frank has been burned. Hobbs reminds Mike that Kyle is safe and back in Ad Seg and confirms she has to prove herself to the cartel.
Next up is DA Evelyn Foley (Necar Zadegan) who matches Mike’s mood, angry about her witness going missing. (The witness is currently somewhere in the river.) Evelyn’s certain Mike had something to do with his disappearance. If not, then it was Ian. Mike insists the witness just took off, and now her case is over. Evelyn should just forget about Ian and Robert because Mike’s got a much bigger fish that’ll guarantee she remains Kingstown’s DA. It may even get her a governorship or Senate seat.
“I can gift wrap a whale,” says Mike, adding, “You just got to cut Kyle loose.”
The whale is Frank Moses and Mike swears he can give him to her.
Kevin Jackson (Denny Love) sneaks through the prison but isn’t careful enough to not get caught. He makes up a story that works and finds out what he was after—the time of the next fuel delivery. Jackson returns to the locker room and forces himself to vomit so that he can leave early.
Mike visits Frank at the station after reminding Ian to cut the cameras. Frank accuses him of setting up the ambush, but Mike claims the cartel acted alone. Mike lies and claims the Colombians tried to take out Bunny, so taking out Frank would be their next logical move. (He knows Frank was behind the hit on Bunny but doesn’t want Frank to know he knows.) Mike suggests that Frank burn one of the Colombians’ shipments to bring them out of the shadows. Then, they can slaughter them all.
Ian heads to Robert’s place and Robert (Hamish Allan-Headley) is deeply depressed, sure he’ll never get his job back. He’s certain Evelyn will continue to block his return to KPD. Ian’s still optimistic but Robert is at the “blame Kyle and Mike” stage of anger. Ian suggests Robert needs to let that go, but Robert reminds him Mitch would never have let him take a fall like this.
Ian believes it will pass. Robert thinks only Mike passing will end all the problems in Kingstown.
Jackson reports into Mike with the news that the shipment is tomorrow at 1pm. He also confirms Kyle is back in Ad Seg. Jackson’s worried about Hobbs learning that he’s talking to Mike and working with Bunny. Mike swears he’ll handle the situation if Hobbs discovers what Jackson’s up to.
Callahan’s greeted by a round of applause back in gen pop.
Mike meets up with Ian at the ice rink and Ian’s not sure about Mike’s plans. He asks if they’re happy that Frank survived and Mike confesses that if they hand a case against Frank to Evelyn, Kyle will be released. But Mike hasn’t told Kyle any of this.
Ian warns Mike that Robert’s super unstable right now and is unpredictable. Robert thinks all his problems are because of Mike, and Ian’s not sure what Robert’s going to do. Ian’s concerned Robert has reached his breaking point. Mike thinks they need to cut Robert loose.
Frank’s out of jail and watching as his men load crates into a truck at the warehouse. He and his right-hand man, LJ (Verlon Matthew Brown), reminisce about their early days. LJ believes they’re going to teach the cartel a lesson, but Frank insists it’s about leaving scars.
Taylor Handley as Kyle McLusky in ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ season 4 episode 7 (Credit: Jeremy Parsons/Paramount+)
Mike arrives at Cindy’s with hockey sticks for her kids. They step outside and flirt, and Mike can’t guarantee her job will get any easier. She describes the prison job as “another level,” worse than any of her previous jobs. Mike explains he’s trying to get Kyle out and Cindy promises to tell him.
Frank’s men shoot the cartel’s fuel truck driver and steal all the drugs inside the truck. They torch the truck after everything’s removed.
The following day Cindy whispers Mike’s message to Kyle, and Kyle advises her to stay away from his brother. “Mike’s ‘trying’ gets people killed,” says Kyle. Kyle calls Tracy and she confirms they’re happy and safe at her sister’s place. Her sister seems happy to have them around. Kyle shares the news that Mike’s working on getting him released early, and Tracy suggests he just focus on making it through each day.
Mike calls Hobbs but she doesn’t pick up. Torres (Clayton Cardenas) fills Hobbs in the fuel truck attack, and no one knows if the product went up in flames or was removed before the fire. Hobbs is incredibly nervous about the lost shipment. She’s never lost one before and believes someone told Frank when the shipment was expected at the prison. Hobbs wants the snitch identified today and Torres promises he’s got this.
Mike calls again and forces her to meet him by the river. She swears she doesn’t know what he’s talking about when he brings up the shipment, but Mike suggests that she quit pretending she doesn’t know what’s going on. Mike knows the cartel doesn’t care who takes the blame, as long as someone goes down for losing the shipment. Mike points out that she’s not replaceable; it won’t be her going down. Hobbs confesses she hates doing damage control.
Clayton Cardenas as Torres and Edie Falco as Nina Hobbs in ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ season 4 episode 7 (Credit: Jeremy Parsons/Paramount +)
Hobbs makes it home and takes her gun with her into her house. She’s just shaking off the day, taking deep breaths when Cortez steps out of a closet. He punches her in the stomach before she can react and zip-ties her hands behind her back. She pleads with him that she had nothing to do with it and he pushes her into a bathtub. He holds a phone so she can see the cartel has found her daughter. (She’s not being held; they just know her location.) Cortez pulls out a box cutter and asks who made the mistake. She throws Torres under the bus. Cortez will take care of Torres, but she needs to take care of whoever witnessed Torres’ carelessness.
After he leaves, Hobbs curls into a ball and sobs.
The Brotherhood stages a fight in the mess hall, which distracts the guards. Callahan and one of his men slip into carts that carry the food trays. They’re then wheeled outside and into a waiting food service truck. It’s always there, so it doesn’t draw any extra attention as it drives away from the prison.
Ian and Robert drink at the bar, and Robert reminisces about how many people they’ve killed. Ian’s only pretending to drink as much as Robert while making sure Robert’s glass is full. Robert’s depressed and recalls watching his son at the park today. He claims everything he’s done is for his son.
Ian drives Robert home and Robert can barely walk. He falls back asleep as Ian places him in the driver’s seat. The garage door’s closed, the car’s running, and Ian opens Robert’s driver’s side windows before leaving.
It’s late at night and Mike’s at his office when he gets a call and leaves in a hurry. Bunny’s awake at the hospital and calls himself a “formidable monster.” Bunny wants all the scoop on Frank and the war with the cartel, and Mike explains they need to redirect. “Frank is the one that hit you,” says Mike. Bunny’s partner is actually an assassin who wants to take over his territory. Frank flipped Benny’s driver, Lamar, and the ambush was a setup. Bunny wants to go after Frank, but Mike warns him they need to keep the fact they know Frank’s plans from him.
Bunny’s shocked that Mike wants to take down Frank legally. Mike explains that helping turn Frank in will get Kyle released early. Mike wants to set Frank up and then put him behind bars. Once Frank’s in prison, he’s all Bunny’s.
Paramount+’s School Spirits season two ended with Maddie finally back among the living. Unfortunately, Simon wound up in the ghost world, and that’s where the upcoming third season will pick up the story.
The eight-episode second season wrapped up in March 2025. Season three will premiere on January 28, 2026.
Peyton List returns as Maddie Nears, Kristian Ventura is back as Simon Elroy, Spencer MacPherson plays Xavier Baxter, Kiara Pichardo is Nicole Herrera, and Sarah Yarkin is Rhonda. Nick Pugliese stars as Charley, Rainbow Wedell is Claire Zomer, Josh Zuckerman is Mr. Martin, Ci Hang Ma is Quinn, Miles Elliot is Yuri, and Milo Manheim plays Wally Clark.
Season three adds recurring guest stars Jennifer Tilly as Dr. Hunter-Price, Ari Dalbert as Kyle, and Erika Swayze as Livia. The returning guest cast includes Maria Dizzia as Sandra, Patrick Gilmore as Mr. Anderson, Alex Zahara as Principal Hartman, Ian Tracey as Sheriff Baxter, Jess Gabor as Janet, and Zack Calderon as Diego.
Kiara Pichardo, Erika Swayze, Peyton List, Spencer Macpherson, and Rainbow Wedell in ‘School Spirits’ season 3 (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel/Paramount+)
“Season three of School Spirits plunges Maddie Nears and her friends into a deeper, darker mystery as the veil between worlds grows dangerously thin, delivering twists that challenge everything they thought they knew. After clawing her way back to life, Maddie struggles with terrifying visions and the weight of protecting both the living and the dead while Simon—trapped in the afterlife—becomes obsessed with the secrets buried in Split River High’s scars,” reads Paramount+’s synopsis. “Why have so many people died at Split River High? What was Mr. Martin warning them about? As they search for answers, new dangers and dark secrets begin to surface.”
Nate Trinrud and Megan Trinrud created the series and serve as co-showrunners and executive producers along with Oliver Goldstick.
Kristian Ventura as Simon Elroy in season 3 (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel/Paramount+)Milo Manheim as Wally Clark in season 3 (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel/Paramount+)Peyton List as Maddie Nears in season 3 (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel/Paramount+)Jess Gabor, Sarah Yarkin, Ci Hang Ma, Nick Pugliese and Miles Elliot in season 3 (Photo Credit: David Astora/Paramount+)
The team investigates the murder of a journalist on CBS’s FBI season eight, episode eight. Directed by Ken Girotti, episode eight – “Ratlined” – will air on Monday, December 8, 2025 at 9pm ET/PT.
“Ratlined” Plot: When a journalist is shot while interviewing a prime minister, all fingers point to an assassination attempt, but the team uncovers a deeper conspiracy after the assassin is also targeted. Meanwhile, OA struggles to let Gemma in on the dangers of his job.
Missy Peregrym stars as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki plays Special Agent Omar Adom “OA” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto returns as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, Alana De La Garza is Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille, John Boyd stars as Special Agent Stuart Scola, and Juliana Aidén Martinez plays Eva Ramos.
FBI is a fast-paced drama about the inner workings of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This elite unit brings to bear all their talents, intellect, and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep New York and the country safe. Born into a multigenerational law enforcement family, Special Agent Maggie Bell commits deeply to the people she works with as well as those she protects.
Her partner is Special Agent Omar Adom “OA” Zidan, a West Point graduate via Bushwick who spent two years undercover for the DEA before being cherry-picked by the FBI. Overseeing them is Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille, who operates under intense pressure and has undeniable command authority.
The team also includes Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, the nerve center of the office whose ability to easily relate to and engage with both superiors and subordinates makes him a master motivator, as well as Special Agent Stuart Scola, an Ivy League-educated Wall Streeter-turned-FBI agent. These first-class agents tenaciously investigate cases of tremendous magnitude, including terrorism, organized crime, and counterintelligence.
Sam Elliott as T.L. and Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy in ‘Landman’ season 2 (Photo Credit: Emerson Miller / Paramount+)
Paramount+’s Landman is officially renewed for season three. The renewal announcement came just three episodes into season two, and on the same day that Billy Bob Thornton earned a Critics Choice Awards nomination (Best Actor in a Drama Series).
The streamer reports that season two’s premiere had a 262% jump in viewership over the series’ premiere. It’s also ranked in the top three among all original content for the November 17th week. Season two’s premiere was streamed 9.2 million times over just its first two days in release.
In addition to Billy Bob Thornton, season two stars Oscar nominee Demi Moore, Oscar nominee Andy Garcia, Oscar nominee Sam Elliott, and Ali Larter. Rounding out the ensemble are Jacob Lofland, Michelle Randolph, Paulina Chávez, Kayla Wallace, Mark Collie, James Jordan, and Colm Feore.
“As oil rises from the earth, so do secrets—and Tommy Norris’s (Thornton) breaking point may be closer than he realizes,” reads Paramount+’s synopsis. “Facing mounting pressure from M-Tex Oil, Cami Miller (Moore), and the shadow of his kin, survival in West Texas isn’t noble—it’s brutal. And sooner or later something’s got to break.”
Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace co-created the series and serve as executive producers. Additional executive producers include David C. Glasser, David Hutkin, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, Billy Bob Thornton, Geyer Kosinski, Michael Friedman, and Stephen Kay. Dan Friedkin, Jason Hoch, J.K. Nickell, and Megan Creydt also executive produce. The series is produced by Paramount Television Studios, 101 Studios, and Bosque Ranch Productions.
The 2026 Critics Choice Awards film nominations may have helped to clear up the race for an Oscar Best Picture nomination. The annual Critics Choice Awards is one of the most accurate predictors of the Oscar nominees, and the CCA’s film branch members (of which I’m one) found Sinners to be the best of the best.
Sinners earned 17 nominations, followed by One Battle After Another with 14. Frankenstein and Hamnet each scored 11 nominations, while Marty Supreme, Wicked: For Good, Sentimental Value, and F1 picked up seven nominations.
Adolescence ruled the television categories with six nominations, followed by Nobody Wants This with five. All Her Fault, Death by Lightning, Ghosts, Hacks, Severance, and The Diplomat earned four nominations each.
Winners will be announced during the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards airing live on E! and USA Network on Sunday, January 4, 2026 at 7pm ET/4pm PT. Chelsea Handler returns to host the awards show for the fourth consecutive year.
“We are so excited to kick off awards season in the new year, gathering hundreds of TV, film and streaming stars in one glamorous room for the first major awards show of 2026,” stated CCA CEO Joey Berlin. “Our voters are the critics and entertainment reporters who help audiences find the best of the best every day, all year long. Their collective opinions are the most informed and reliable in the business. We are thrilled to share this incredible group of nominees with audiences around the world today and can’t wait to celebrate this year’s outstanding performances and projects at the Critics Choice Awards on January 4th.”
2026 CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS FILM NOMINEES:
BEST PICTURE Bugonia (Focus Features)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hamnet (Focus Features)
Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Marty Supreme (A24)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sinners (Warner Bros.) Train Dreams (Netflix)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (A24)
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams (Netflix) Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent (Neon)
BEST ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
Emma Stone – Bugonia (Focus Features)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Paul Mescal – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (Neon)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Amy Madigan – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS
Everett Blunck – The Plague (Independent Film Company)
Miles Caton – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Cary Christopher – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Shannon Mahina Gorman – Rental Family (Searchlight Pictures)
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Nina Ye – Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet (Focus Features)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Zach Cregger – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby (A24)
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value (Neon)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar – Train Dreams (Netflix)
Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye Lee – No Other Choice (Neon)
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Will Tracy – Bugonia (Focus Features)
Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell – Hamnet (Focus Features)
BEST CASTING AND ENSEMBLE
Nina Gold – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Jennifer Venditti – Marty Supreme (A24)
Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Francine Maisler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Claudio Miranda – F1 (Apple Original Films)
Dan Laustsen – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Łukasz Żal – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Michael Bauman – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams (Netflix)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Kasra Farahani, Jille Azis – The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Marvel Studios)
Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Jack Fisk, Adam Willis – Marty Supreme (A24)
Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
BEST EDITING
Kirk Baxter – A House of Dynamite (Netflix)
Stephen Mirrione – F1 (Apple Original Films)
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
Andy Jurgensen – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Viridiana Lieberman – The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
Michael P. Shawver – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Kate Hawley – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Malgosia Turzanska – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Lindsay Pugh – Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
Colleen Atwood, Christine Cantella – Kiss of the Spider Woman (Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions)
Ruth E. Carter – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Paul Tazewell – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Flora Moody, John Nolan – 28 Years Later (Sony Pictures)
Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Siân Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox, Mia Neal – The Smashing Machine (A24)
Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat, Jason Collins – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, Laura Blount – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett – Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)
Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Price, Keith Dawson – F1 (Apple Original Films)
Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Alex Wuttke, Ian Lowe, Jeff Sutherland, Kirstin Hall – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Stephane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stéphane Nazé, Guy Williams – Superman (Warner Bros.)
BEST STUNT DESIGN
Stephen Dunlevy, Kyle Gardiner, Jackson Spidell, Jeremy Marinas, Jan Petřina, Domonkos Párdányi, Kinga Kósa-Gavalda – Ballerina (Lionsgate)
Gary Powell, Luciano Bacheta, Craig Dolby – F1 (Apple Original Films)
Wade Eastwood – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
Brian Machleit – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Andy Gill – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Giedrius Nagys – Warfare (A24)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Arco (Neon) Elio (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
In Your Dreams (Netflix)
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS)
Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Animation Studios)
BEST COMEDY
The Ballad of Wallis Island (Focus Features)
Eternity (A24)
Friendship (A24) The Naked Gun (Paramount)
The Phoenician Scheme (Focus Features)
Splitsville (Neon)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)
No Other Choice (Neon)
The Secret Agent (Neon)
Sirāt (Neon)
Belén (Amazon MGM Studios)
BEST SONG
“Drive” – Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin – F1 (Apple Original Films)
“Golden” – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
“I Lied to You” – Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
“Clothed by the Sun” – Daniel Blumberg – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
“Train Dreams” – Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams (Netflix)
“The Girl in the Bubble” – Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
BEST SCORE
Hans Zimmer – F1 (Apple Original Films)
Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Max Richter – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Daniel Lopatin – Marty Supreme (A24)
Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
BEST SOUND
Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John – F1 (Apple Original Films)
Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Greg Chapman – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco, David V. Butler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Laia Casanovas – Sirāt (Neon)
Mitch Low, Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner – Warfare (A24)
Critics Choice Awards Best Drama Nominees
31ST ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS TELEVISION NOMINEES:
BEST DRAMA SERIES Alien: Earth (FX)
Andor (Disney+)
The Diplomat (Netflix)
Paradise (Hulu) The Pitt (HBO Max)
Pluribus (Apple TV)
Severance (Apple TV) Task (HBO Max)
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Sterling K. Brown – Paradise (Hulu)
Diego Luna – Andor (Disney+)
Mark Ruffalo – Task (HBO Max)
Adam Scott – Severance (Apple TV)
Billy Bob Thornton – Landman (Paramount+)
Noah Wyle – The Pitt (HBO Max)
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Kathy Bates – Matlock (CBS)
Carrie Coon – The Gilded Age (HBO Max)
Britt Lower – Severance (Apple TV)
Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us (HBO Max)
Keri Russell – The Diplomat (Netflix)
Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus (Apple TV)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Patrick Ball – The Pitt (HBO Max)
Billy Crudup – The Morning Show (Apple TV)
Ato Essandoh – The Diplomat (Netflix)
Wood Harris – Forever (Netflix)
Tom Pelphrey – Task (HBO Max)
Tramell Tillman – Severance (Apple TV)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Nicole Beharie – The Morning Show (Apple TV)
Denée Benton – The Gilded Age (HBO Max)
Allison Janney – The Diplomat (Netflix)
Katherine LaNasa – The Pitt (HBO Max)
Greta Lee – The Morning Show (Apple TV)
Skye P. Marshall – Matlock (CBS)
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Elsbeth (CBS)
Ghosts (CBS)
Hacks (HBO Max)
Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
The Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max)
The Studio (Apple TV)
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Ted Danson – A Man on the Inside (Netflix)
David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical (NBC)
Danny McBride – The Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max)
Seth Rogen – The Studio (Apple TV)
Alexander Skarsgård – Murderbot (Apple TV)
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face (Peacock)
Rose McIver – Ghosts (CBS)
Edi Patterson – The Righteous Gemstones (HBO Max)
Carrie Preston – Elsbeth (CBS)
Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ike Barinholtz – The Studio (Apple TV)
Paul W. Downs – Hacks (HBO Max)
Asher Grodman – Ghosts (CBS)
Oscar Nuñez – The Paper (Peacock)
Chris Perfetti – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Timothy Simons – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Danielle Brooks – Peacemaker (HBO Max)
Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (HBO Max)
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Justine Lupe – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Ego Nwodim – Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Rebecca Wisocky – Ghosts (CBS)
BEST LIMITED SERIES
Adolescence (Netflix)
All Her Fault (Peacock)
Chief of War (Apple TV)
Death by Lightning (Netflix)
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Peacock)
Dope Thief (Apple TV)
Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu)
The Girlfriend (Prime Video)
BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)
Deep Cover (Prime Video)
The Gorge (Apple TV)
Mountainhead (HBO Max)
Nonnas (Netflix)
Summer of ’69 (Hulu)
BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Michael Chernus – Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Peacock)
Stephen Graham – Adolescence (Netflix)
Brian Tyree Henry – Dope Thief (Apple TV)
Charlie Hunnam – Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix)
Matthew Rhys – The Beast in Me (Netflix)
Michael Shannon – Death by Lightning (Netflix)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jessica Biel – The Better Sister (Prime Video)
Meghann Fahy – Sirens (Netflix)
Sarah Snook – All Her Fault (Peacock)
Michelle Williams – Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu)
Robin Wright – The Girlfriend (Prime Video)
Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Owen Cooper – Adolescence (Netflix)
Wagner Moura – Dope Thief (Apple TV)
Nick Offerman – Death by Lightning (Netflix)
Michael Peña – All Her Fault (Peacock)
Ashley Walters – Adolescence (Netflix)
Ramy Youssef – Mountainhead (HBO Max)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Erin Doherty – Adolescence (Netflix)
Betty Gilpin – Death by Lightning (Netflix)
Marin Ireland – Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Peacock)
Sophia Lillis – All Her Fault (Peacock)
Julianne Moore – Sirens (Netflix)
Christine Tremarco – Adolescence (Netflix)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES
Acapulco (Apple TV)
Last Samurai Standing (Netflix)
Mussolini: Son of the Century (MUBI)
Red Alert (Paramount+)
Squid Game (Netflix)
When No One Sees Us (HBO Max)
BEST ANIMATED SERIES
Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
Harley Quinn (HBO Max)
Long Story Short (Netflix)
Marvel Zombies (Disney+)
South Park (Comedy Central)
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Disney+)
BEST TALK SHOW
The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Hot Ones (YouTube)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo)
BEST VARIETY SERIES
Conan O’Brien Must Go (HBO Max)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO Max)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
BEST COMEDY SPECIAL
Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life (HBO Max)
Caleb Hearon: Model Comedian (HBO Max)
Leanne Morgan: Unspeakable Things (Netflix)
Marc Maron: Panicked (HBO Max)
Sarah Silverman: PostMortem (Netflix)
SNL50: The Anniversary Special (NBC)
