The Critics' Choice Television Award for Most Exciting New Series was one of the award categories presented annually by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association. It was introduced in 2011 when the event was first initiatedCritics' Choice TV Awards Announce Most Exciting New Series Contenders - CINEMABLEND and last presented in 2016.
Process The winners were selected by a group of television critics that are part of the Broadcast Television Critics Association. Unlike other categories, this award honored all genres and every nominee is a winner. This category was for the most exciting new series of the next television season/year.Critics' Choice Awards Name Supergirl, Minority Report and More as Most Exciting New Shows|TV Guide
Winners
2010s Year Show (all honorees) 2011Andreeva, Nellie (June 9, 2011). Critics’ Choice Awards Honors 8 New Shows, Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 29, 2013.Winners of the First Critics' Choice Television Awards - ComingSoon.net Alcatraz * Awake * Don't Trust the B— in Apartment 23 Falling Skies New Girl Ringer * Smash Terra Nova * 2012O'Connell, Sean (June 12, 2012). BTJA Announces Most Exciting New Series Honorees to be Celebrated at the Critics' Choice Television Awards , criticschoice.com. Retrieved June 29, 2013. The Following The Mindy Project Nashville The Newsroom Political Animals (miniseries) * 2013The BTJA Announces Icon Award Recipient and Most Exciting New Series Honorees (June 10, 2013). criticschoice.com. Retrieved June 29, 2013. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The Bridge Masters of Sex The Michael J. Fox Show * Ray Donovan Under the Dome 2014Andreeva, Nellie (June 9, 2014). Critics’ Choice TV Awards Name Top New Series, Sets Ryan Murphy For Icon Honor, Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 26, 2015. Extant Gotham Halt and Catch Fire The Leftovers Outlander Penny Dreadful The Strain 2015Petski, Denise (May 26, 2015). Critics’ Choice TV Awards’ Top New Series Revealed, Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 26, 2015.A+E Networks American Crime Story Aquarius Blindspot Minority Report * The Muppets * Scream Queens Supergirl UnREAL 2016Prudom, Laura (September 7, 2016). Critics’ Choice Awards Reveal Most Exciting New Series Honorees, Variety.com. Retrieved September 7, 2016. Atlanta Better Things Designated Survivor The Good Place One Mississippi Pitch * This Is Us Westworld
* Shows were not renewed for a second season
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