Apple scores top nominations for the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards

Apple TV scored 26 Critics Choice Award nominations, including seven nominations for “F1.”
Apple TV has ben recognized with 26 total nominations across 10 programs for the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards. With a record 19 television nominations, top category nods included seven total nominations for acclaimed film “F1,” following its global release as the highest-grossing sports feature of all time, as well as Best Drama Series for culture-defining phenomena “Severance” and “Pluribus;” Best Comedy Series for “The Studio,” which also recently became the most Emmy-winning freshman comedy in history; Best Limited Series for the Gotham Award-nominated “Dope Thief” and Spirit Award winner “Chief of War”; Best Movie Made for Television for fan-favorite “The Gorge”; and Best Foreign Language Series for Imagen Award-winning “Acapulco.” Beloved drama “The Morning Show” and acclaimed comedy “Murderbot” also scored key acting nods. The winners will be revealed on Sunday, January 4, 2025 in Los Angeles.
Apple Original Films’ “F1” scored seven nominations in total including Best Song for Ed Sheeran, John Mayer and Blake Slatkin’s “Drive”; Best Score by Hans Zimmer; Best Cinematography by Claudio Miranda; Best Editing by Stephen Mirrione; Best Visual Effects by Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Price and Keith Dawson; Best Sound by Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta and Gareth John; and Best Stunt Design by Gary Powell, Luciano Bacheta and Craig Dolby.
Apple TV earned top acting nominations, including Best Actor in a Drama Series for Adam Scott, Best Actress in a Drama Series for Britt Lower, and Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Tramell Tillman for “Severance,” while “Pluribus” lands a Best Actress in a Drama Series nod for lead Rhea Seehorn. “The Studio” scored nominations for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Seth Rogen and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Ike Barinholtz, while “Dope Thief” scored nods for Best Actor in a Limited Series for Brian Tyree Henry and Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series for Wagner Moura. Apple’s global hit and award-winning drama “The Morning Show” lands Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Billy Crudup, Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Nicole Beharie, and Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Greta Lee, while “Murderbot” earns a nod for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Alexander Skarsgård.
These nominations mark Apple’s most recent recognition from the Critics Choice Awards following wins earlier this year for Best Limited Documentary Series and Best Biographical Documentary “Mr. Scorsese” at the Critics Choice Documentary Awards as well as Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Michael Urie in “Shrinking,” and wins for Best Foreign Language Series “Pachinko” and Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series for Paul Walter Hauser for “Black Bird” in 2023. In 2022, “Ted Lasso” swept the top comedy categories for the second consecutive year with four awards in total, including back-to-back awards for Best Comedy Series, Best Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, as well as for Brett Goldstein in the Best Supporting Actor category. The broadly acclaimed, Academy Award-winning Apple Original Film “CODA” was also honored in 2022, with star Troy Kotsur winning Best Supporting Actor, becoming the first Deaf actor to win a Critics Choice Award.
To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have been honored with 649 wins and 2,944 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning and history-making comedies “The Studio” and “Ted Lasso,” and Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”
Apple TV received 26 total nominations for the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards, including:
“F1”
• Best Cinematography — Claudio Miranda
• Best Editing — Stephen Mirrione
• Best Visual Effects — Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Price, Keith Dawson
• Best Stunt Design — Gary Powell, Luciano Bacheta, Craig Dolby
• Best Song — “Drive” by Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin
• Best Score — Hans Zimmer
• Best Sound — Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John
“Severance”
• Best Drama
• Best Actress in a Drama Series — Britt Lower
• Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series — Tramell Tillman
“Pluribus”
• Best Drama
• Best Actress in a Drama Series — Rhea Seehorn
“The Studio”
• Best Comedy
• Best Actor in a Comedy Series — Seth Rogen
• Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series — Ike Barinholtz
“Dope Thief”
• Best Limited Series
• Best Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie Made for Television — Brian Tyree Henry
• Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie Made for Television — Wagner Moura
“Chief of War”
• Best Limited Series
“The Gorge”
• Best Movie Made for Television
“Acapulco”
• Best Foreign Language Series
“The Morning Show”
• Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series — Billy Crudup
• Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series — Nicole Beharie
• Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series — Greta Lee
“Murderbot”
• Best Actor in a Comedy Series — Alexander Skarsgård
All programs are currently streaming on Apple TV.
“F1”
Dubbed “the greatest that never was,” Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) was FORMULA 1’s most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, he’s a nomadic racer-for-hire when he’s approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling FORMULA 1 team that is on the verge of collapse. Ruben convinces Sonny to come back to FORMULA 1 for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world. He’ll drive alongside Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), the team’s hotshot rookie intent on setting his own pace. But as the engines roar, Sonny’s past catches up with him and he finds that in FORMULA 1, your teammate is your fiercest competition — and the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.
“Severance”
In “Severance,” Mark Scout (Adam Scott) leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a severance procedure that surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This daring experiment in “work-life balance” is called into question as Mark finds himself at the center of an unraveling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work … and of himself. In season two, Mark and his friends learn the dire consequences of trifling with the severance barrier, leading them further down a path of woe.
“Pluribus”
“Pluribus” is a genre-bending original in which the most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.
“The Studio”
In “The Studio,” Seth Rogen stars as Matt Remick, the newly appointed head of embattled Continental Studios. As movies struggle to stay alive and relevant, Matt and his core team of infighting executives battle their insecurities as they wrangle narcissistic artists and craven corporate overlords in the ever-elusive pursuit of making great films. With their power suits masking their never-ending sense of panic, every party, set visit, casting decision, marketing meeting and award show presents them with an opportunity for glittering success or career-ending catastrophe. As someone who eats, sleeps and breathes movies, it’s the job Matt’s been pursuing his whole life, and it may very well destroy him.
“Dope Thief”
Based on Dennis Tafoya’s book “Dope Thief,” the series follows long-time Philly friends and delinquents who pose as DEA agents to rob an unknown house in the countryside, only to have their small-time grift become a life-and-death enterprise, as they unwittingly reveal and unravel the biggest hidden narcotics corridor on the Eastern Seaboard.
“Chief of War”
Performed by a predominantly Polynesian cast led by Jason Momoa, “Chief of War” follows the epic and unprecedented telling of the unification and colonization of Hawai‘i at the turn of the 18th century. The ensemble cast includes Luciane Buchanan, Temuera Morrison, Te Ao o Hinepehinga, Cliff Curtis, newcomer Kaina Makua, Moses Goods, Siua Ikale‘o, Brandon Finn, James Udom, Mainei Kinimaka and Te Kohe Tuhaka.
“The Gorge”
Two highly-trained operatives (Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy) are appointed to posts in guard towers on opposite sides of a vast and highly classified gorge, protecting the world from an undisclosed, mysterious evil that lurks within. They bond from a distance while trying to stay vigilant in defending against an unseen enemy. When the cataclysmic threat to humanity is revealed to them, they must work together in a test of both their physical and mental strength to keep the secret in the gorge before it’s too late.
“Acapulco”
In season four, present-day Máximo (Eugenio Derbez) works tirelessly to restore Las Colinas to its former glory before the grand reopening. In 1986, when a competitor claims the number one spot in the annual ranking of Acapulco’s “Best Hotels,” young Máximo (Enrique Arrizon) will do whatever it takes to get back on top and secure Las Colinas’ future.
“The Morning Show”
Season four of “The Morning Show” opens in spring 2024, almost two years after the events of season three. With the UBA-NBN merger complete, the newsroom must grapple with newfound responsibility, hidden motives and the elusive nature of truth in a polarized America. In a world rife with deepfakes, conspiracy theories and corporate cover-ups — who can you trust? And how can you know what’s actually real? Along with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, the star-studded season four ensemble cast includes Billy Crudup, Karen Pittman, Nicole Beharie, Nestor Carbonell, Mark Duplass, Greta Lee, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Aaron Pierre, William Jackson Harper, Boyd Holbrook and returning fan-favorite Jon Hamm.
“Murderbot”
Based on Martha Wells’ bestselling Hugo and Nebula Award-winning book series, “Murderbot” is a sci-fi thriller/comedy about a self-hacking security construct who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients. Murderbot must hide its free will and complete a dangerous assignment when all it really wants is to be left alone to watch futuristic soap operas and figure out its place in the universe.
Apple TV offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all of a user’s favorite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut.
MacDailyNews Take: Congratulations to all of the casts and crews on your Critics Choice Awards nominations!
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