The Critics Choice Television Awards and the Televisions Critics Association have both released their list of nominees. It is clear that the critics in both organizations love Downtown Abbey, Homeland, Breaking Bad, New Girl and Girls.

The Critics Choice Awards will be handed out in LA on June 18. It is for shows aired between June 1, 2011, and May 31, 2012. The female nominees (these are not the shows that star women, just the shows where women are the creators or showrunners): Full list of nominees.

Best Drama Series

The Good Wife — CBS

Best Actress in a Drama Series

Claire Danes — Homeland — Showtime

Michelle Dockery — Downton Abbey — PBS

Julianna Margulies — The Good Wife — CBS

Elisabeth Moss — Mad Men — AMC

Emmy Rossum — Shameless — Showtime

Katey Sagal — Sons of Anarchy — FX

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Christine Baranski — The Good Wife — CBS

Anna Gunn — Breaking Bad — AMC

Christina Hendricks — Mad Men — AMC

Regina King — Southland — TNT

Kelly Macdonald — Boardwalk Empire — HBO

Maggie Siff — Sons of Anarchy — FX

Best Talk Show

The View — ABC

Best Comedy Series

Girls — HBO

New Girl — FOX

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

Zooey Deschanel — New Girl — FOX

Lena Dunham — Girls — HBO

Julia Louis Dreyfus — Veep — HBO

Martha Plimpton — Raising Hope — FOX

Amy Poehler — Parks and Recreation — NBC

Ashley Rickards — Awkward — MTV

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy

Julie Bowen — Modern Family — ABC

Alison Brie — Community — NBC

Cheryl Hines — Suburgatory — ABC

Gillian Jacobs — Community — NBC

Eden Sher — The Middle — ABC

Casey Wilson — Happy Endings — ABC

Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series

Becky Ann Baker — Girls — HBO

Kathryn Hahn — Parks and Recreation — NBC

Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries

Jessica Lange — American Horror Story — FX

Gillian Anderson — Great Expectations — PBS

Julianne Moore — Game Change — HBO

Patricia Clarkson — Five — Lifetime

Lara Pulver — Sherlock — PBS

Emily Watson — Appropriate Adult — Sundance

The Television Critics Association will give out its awards on July 28th. What’s interesting about these awards is that they are not separated by gender and lo and behold women have been nominated in the comedy category.

Individual Achievement in Drama

Claire Danes (“Homeland,” Showtime)

Jessica Lange (“American Horror Story,” FX)

Individual Achievement in Comedy

Lena Dunham (“Girls,” HBO)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Veep,” HBO)

Amy Poehler (“Parks and Recreation,” NBC)

Outstanding Achievement in News and Information

“The Rachel Maddow Show” (MSNBC)

Outstanding New Program

“Girls” (HBO)

“New Girl” (Fox)

“Smash” (NBC)

Full list of nominees here.