Here we go again! The Second Annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards are will recognize your favorite reality TV shows.

Oh you know you love your guilty pleasures. Admit it — you have a long list of favorite reality TV shows, which may or may not include The Masked Singer, Shark Tank, Love Is Blind, Property Brothers, maybe even Dr. Pimple Popper, although I wouldn’t own up to that one if I were you. Regardless of which shows you watch and where you watch them, you’ll be thrilled to know that the Critics Choice Association (of which I am a humble member) and nonfiction producers’ organization NPACT are reuniting for the second annual “Critics Choice Real TV Awards,” honoring the best of unscripted, documentary series and reality content. The awards show will take place Sunday, June 7, 2020 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

The Critics Choice Real TV Awards were conceived last year when the CCA (then known as the Broadcast Television Journalists Association) and NPACT joined forces to create a large-scale awards platform dedicated to giving the fabulous, ever-evolving unscripted genre critical attention and support. The awards celebrate programming across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms, and also recognize industry leaders with special awards highlighting career achievements.

“The response to our inaugural awards show last year was bigger and more exciting than even we imagined, and that’s a testament to both the power of nonfiction and reality, and the sense of community that exists among the people who create it,” said Critics Choice Association CEO and Executive Producer Joey Berlin (aka Our Fearless Leader). “We’re thrilled once again to illuminate the art and complexity of this dynamic programming with a meaningful awards show driven and supported by the industry’s most respected critics.”

Now if you want to see your faves get recognized, or if you’re working on a show you feel deserves some adulation, here’s the schedule:

• Submissions open Wednesday, February 19. Get the facts here: https://realtvsubmissions.criticschoice.com/
• Deadline for early submission (with fee discount): Monday, March 9
• Deadline for submissions: Monday, April 13
• Nominations Announced: Monday, May 4
• Critics Choice Real TV Awards: Sunday, June 7 at the Beverly Hilton

Shows are eligible for nomination if at least six  episodes premiered between June 1, 2019 and May 31, 2020 to at least 50% of the total potential U.S. television market.

The Critics Choice Association will monitor all awards submissions and select the nominees in all competitive categories. NPACT will lead the selection of non-competitive discretionary awards. A blue-ribbon nominating committee made up of CCA members with expertise in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming will determine the nominees. Winners will be chosen by a vote of the CCA membership and announced at the Critics Choice Real TV Awards.

Here we go again! The Second Annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards will recognize your favorite reality TV shows.

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