Justified, Broad City, Empire, Mom, 24, Jane The Virgin, Transparent Lead The 2015 Critics Choice Nominations

The critics are out for (new) blood!

Nominations for the fifth annual Critics' Choice Television Awards were announced Wednesday, and the list is chock-full of first-time nominees from rookie hits and established series.

In something of a surprise, FX's Justified parlayed widespread acclaim for its final season into a leading five nominations, including best drama series, lead actor for Timothy Olyphant, supporting actor for Walton Goggins (who's also up for his guest work on Sons of Anarchy), supporting actress for Joelle Carter and guest performer for Sam Elliott.

Following closely behind with four nods apiece were FX's The Americans, CBS' The Good Wife and Amazon's Transparent.

Transparent was one of several freshman series scoring multiple nominations. Others include ABC's How to Get Away With Murder, The CW's Jane the Virgin, HBO's The Leftovers, HBO's Togetherness and Fox's breakout hit Empire (which nabbed nods for best drama series and actress for Taraji P. Henson.

CBS' Mom cracked the best comedy series category for the first time (last year's supporting actress winner Allison Janney is back in contention), as did FX's You're the Worst. Meanwhile, NBC's Parenthood saw its farewell season recognized with two acting nominations (for Craig T. Nelson and Mae Whitman).

In addition to the aforementioned Carter, Henson, Nelson and Whitman, first-time nominees include Eva Green (for Showtime's Penny Dreadful), Viola Davis (for ABC's How to Get Away With Murder), Bob Odenkirk (for AMC's Better Call Saul), Aden Young (for SundanceTV's Rectify), Carrie Coon and Christopher Eccleston (for HBO's The Leftovers), Katheryn Winnick (for History's Vikings), Lorraine Toussaint (for Netflix's Orange Is the New Black), Ben Mendelsohn (for Netflix's Bloodline), Anthony Anderson (for ABC's Blackish), Jeffrey Tambor (for Amazon's Transparent), Will Forte (for Fox's The Last Man on Earth), Constance Wu (for ABC's Fresh Off the Boat), Gina Rodriguez and Jaime Camil (for The CW's Jane the Virgin), Lisa Kudrow (for HBO's The Comeback), Tituss Burgess (for Netflix's The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and Melanie Lynskey (for HBO's Togetherness), among others.

Several of last year's big winners failed to score a nomination this time around. Included in that list are Orphan Black's Tatiana Maslany, Scandal's Bellamy Young, Orange Is the New Black's Uzo Aduba and Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons.

On the movie/limited series front, ABC's struggling American Crime put in a strong showing, as did Fox's well-received revival of 24.

The Broadcast Television Journalists Association — of which TVLine's Michael Ausiello serves on the executive committee and Matt Webb Mitovich is a member — will announce the winners at a Sunday, May 31 awards gala broadcast live on A&E (8/7c).

Scan the complete list of nominations below and then hit the comments and let us know what you think!BEST DRAMA SERIESThe Americans Empire Game of Thrones The Good Wife Homeland Justified Orange Is the New BlackBEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Eva Green, Penny Dreadful

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Keri Russell, The Americans

Taraji P. Henson, Empire

Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel

Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Aden Young, Rectify

Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Charlie Hunnam, Sons of Anarchy

Freddie Highmore, Bates Motel

Matthew Rhys, The Americans

Timothy Olyphant, Justified

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Carrie Coon, The Leftovers

Christine Baranski, The Good Wife

Joelle Carter, Justified

Katheryn Winnick, Vikings

Lorraine Toussaint, Orange Is the New Black

Mae Whitman, Parenthood

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline

Christopher Eccleston, The Leftovers

Craig T. Nelson, Parenthood

Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul

Mandy Patinkin, Homeland

Walton Goggins, Justified

GUEST PERFORMER IN A DRAMA SERIES

Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away with Murder

Julianne Nicholson, Masters of Sex

Linda Lavin, The Good Wife

Lois Smith, The Americans

Sam Elliott, Justified

Walton Goggins, Sons of Anarchy

BEST COMEDY SERIESBroad City Jane the Virgin Mom Silicon Valley Transparent Veep You're the WorstBEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Anthony Anderson, Blackish

Chris Messina, The Mindy Project

Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory

Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley

Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer

Constance Wu, Fresh Off the Boat

Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin

Ilana Glazer, Broad City

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Adam Driver, Girls

Cameron Monaghan, Shameless

Jaime Camil, Jane the Virgin

T.J. Miller, Silicon Valley

Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Tony Hale, Veep

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Allison Janney, Mom

Carrie Brownstein, Portlandia

Eden Sher, The Middle

Judith Light, Transparent

Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory

Melanie Lynskey, Togetherness

BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A COMEDY SERIES

Becky Ann Baker, Girls

Bradley Whitford, Transparent

Josh Charles, Inside Amy Schumer

Laurie Metcalf, The Big Bang Theory

Peter Gallagher, Togetherness

Susie Essman, Broad City

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISIONBessie Killing Jesus Nightingale A Poet in New York Stockholm, PennsylvaniaBEST LIMITED SERIES24: Live Another Day American Crime The Book of Negroes The Honorable Woman Olive Kitteridge Wolf HallBEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

David Oyelowo, Nightingale

James Nesbitt, The Missing

Kiefer Sutherland, 24: Live Another Day

Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall

Michael Gambon, The Casual Vacancy

Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

Aunjanue Ellis, The Book of Negroes

Felicity Huffman, American Crime

Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show

Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman

Queen Latifah, Bessie

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge

Cory Michael Smith, Olive Kitteridge

Elvis Nolasco, American Crime

Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story: Freak Show

Jason Isaacs, Stockholm, Pennsylvania

Jonathan Pryce, Wolf Hall

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

Claire Foy, Wolf Hall

Cynthia Nixon, Stockholm, Pennsylvania

Janet McTeer, The Honorable Woman

Khandi Alexander, Bessie

Mo'Nique, Bessie

Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show

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Anthony Bourdain, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Betty White, Betty White's Off Their Rockers

Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance

James Lipton, Inside the Actors Studio

Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race

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