The winners are in the Critics Choice Real TV Awards 2024!
Ariana Madix, Alan Cumming and Traitors scored big during the sixth annual awards show, which took place on Saturday, June 15, at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
The show, according to a press release, “honors excellence in non-fiction, unscripted and reality programming across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms.” It was first launched in 2019.
Hosted by Randy and Jason Sklar, the event also honored John Walsh with the Career Achievement Award and Tom Bergeron with the Sam Rubin Award.
See all the 2024 Critics Choice Real TV Awards winners below.
Phaedra Parks, Ekin-Su Culculoglu, Mercedes Javid and Trishelle Cannatella at the Critics Choice Real TV Awards held at the Fairmont Century Plaza on June 15 in Los Angeles, California.
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Best competitive series
The Incredible Race (CBS)RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix)Survivor (CBS)Top Chef (Bravo)The Traitors (Peacock) — WINNER
Best Competition Series: Talent Variety
American Idol (ABC) America’s Got Talent (NBC) Dancing With the Stars (ABC) The Masked Singer (Fox) So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) The Voice (NBC) — WINNER
Best unstructured series
Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory (Nat Geo WILD) The Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show (HBO) Love on the Spectrum (Netflix) The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo) The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy (Apple TV+) — WINNER Why Not Us (ESPN+)
The best structured series
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network) The Food That Built America (History) How to With John Wilson (HBO) Queer Eye (Netflix) Shark Tank (ABC) We’re Here (HBO) — WINNER
The best cooking show
Be My Guest with Ina Garten (Food Network) The Great British Baking Show (Netflix) MasterChef Junior (Fox) Next Level Chef (Fox) Selena + Restaurant (Food Network) Top Chef (Bravo) — WINNER
Best game show
Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)Celebrity Jeopardy! (ABC) — WINNERCelebrity Wheel of Fortune (ABC)Guy’s Grocery Games (Food Network)Password (NBC)Weakest Link (NBC)
Best travel/adventure show
The Great Food Truck Race (Food Network) Lost Cities Discovered with Albert Lin (National Geographic Channel) Never Say Never with Jeff Jenkins (National Geographic Channel) On the Tramp (HBO | Max) The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy (Apple TV+) – – WINNERS Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix)
The best business show
Bar Rescue (Paramount Network)Kitchen Nightmares (Fox)The Mega-Brands That Built America (History)Shark Tank (ABC) — WINNERStart Up (PBS)
Best Animal/Nature Show
Critter Fixers: Country Vets (National Geographic Channel)Earthsounds (Apple TV+)Life on Our Planet (Netflix)Planet Earth III (Prime Video) — WINNERQueens (National Geographic Channel)The Wizard of Paws (BYUtv)
The best crime/justice show
Cold Justice (Oxygen) The Curious Case of Natalia Grace (Investigation Discovery / Max) Death in the Dorms (Hulu) Justice, USA (HBO | Max) Trafficked: Underworlds With Mariana van Zeller (National Geographic Channel) — WINNERUnlocked: A Jail The Experiment (Netflix)
The best sports show
30 for 30 (ESPN)Dynasty: New England Patriots (Apple TV+)Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO | Max)Quarterback (Netflix)Untold (Netflix)Welcome to Wrexham (FX) — WINNER
The best show about relationships
Farmer Wants a Wife (Fox) The Golden Bachelor (ABC) — WINNER Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show (HBO) Love Is Blind (Netflix) Love on the Spectrum (Netflix) Swiping America (Max)
Best Lifestyle Show: Home/Garden
Celebrity IOU (HGTV) Farmhouse Fixer (HGTV) Home Town (HGTV) Selling Sunset (Netflix) — WINNER America’s Most Beautiful House (HGTV) Windy City Rehab (HGTV)
Best Lifestyle Show: Fashion/Beauty
Bollywed (Fuse)Glow Up (Netflix)OMG Fashun (E!)Project Runway (Bravo)Queer Eye (Netflix)RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV) — WINNER
Best Limited Series
American Nightmare (Netflix)Beckham (Netflix) — WINNERBlack Twitter: A People’s History (Hulu)JFK: A Day in America (National Geographic Channel)Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop (Netflix)Telemarketers (HBO | Max) )
Best ensemble cast in an unscripted series
House of Villains (E!)The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo)RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)The Traitors (Peacock) — WINNERVanderpump Rules (Bravo)We’re Here (HBO)
The best host of the show
Will Arnett – Lego Masters (Fox) Terry Crews – America’s Got Talent (NBC) Alan Cumming – The Traitors (Peacock) — WIN Kristen Kish – Top Chef (Bravo) Keke Palmer – Password (NBC) RuPaul – RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
Male star of the year
Jerrod Carmichael – Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show (HBO) Alan Cumming – Traitors (Peacock) — WINNER Bertie Gregory – Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory (Nat Geo WILD) Eugene Levy – The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy (Apple TV+) RuPaul – RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV) Gerry Turner – The Bachelor (ABC)
Female star of the year
Selena Gomez – Selena + Restaurant (Food Network) Sandra Lee – Dr. Pimple Popper (TLC)Ariana Madix – Vanderpump Rules (Bravo) — WINNERReba McEntire – The Voice (NBC)Phaedra Parks – The Traitors (Peacock)Retta – Ugliest House in America (HGTV)
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