According to the acting president of the BTJA , Joey Berlin , the Critics ' Choice Television Awards were launched " to enhance access for broadcast journalists covering the television industry . Just as the Critics ’ Choice Movie Awards has been established as an important part of the annual movie awards season , we are confident that the Critics ' Choice Television Awards will play a similar role for the television industry . " Following the announcement of the partnership with Entertainment Weekly prior to the 7th Critics ' Choice Television Awards in November 2016 , several high profile members of the Broadcast Television Journalists Association left the organization , including Michael Ausiello of TV Line , Maureen Ryan of Variety , Ken Tucker of Yahoo! TV , and Michael Schneider of Indiewire . In an article Schneider published shortly after his resignation titled , he wrote : " The idea that Entertainment Weekly would be the preferred media outlet for an awards show decided by journalists from many outlets is unusual . ( It would be like CNN being named the official partner of the Presidential Debates , even though they ’re moderated and covered by representatives from multiple news organizations . ) " Following the mass exodus of television critics , the Broadcast Television Journalists Association lost 15 % -30 % of its membership . This caused the majority of the membership to be made up of internet journalists instead of television critics . During the 7th Critics ' Choice Television Awards the fact that several critically acclaimed shows were snubbed such as '' The Americans '' , '' Rectify '' , '' The Night Of '' and '' You 're the Worst '' in favor of shows with very little to no critical support such as '' Modern Family '' , '' The Big Bang Theory '' , and '' House of Cards '' was credited , and widely criticized , due to this change
7th Critics ' Choice Television Awards
7th Critics' Choice Television Awards
Critics' Choice Television Award