6th Critics' Choice Real TV Awards


The 6th Critics' Choice Real TV Awards, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association and NPACT, which recognizes excellence in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms, were held on June 15, 2024, at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
The nominations were announced on May 15, 2023, with RuPaul's Drag Race and The Traitors leading with five. The Traitors also won the most awards, with four wins.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger.
Best Competition SeriesBest Competition Series: Talent/Variety

  • The Voice
  • *America Idol
  • *America's Got Talent
  • *Dancing with the Stars
  • *The Masked Singer
  • *So You Think You Can Dance
    • Best Unstructured SeriesBest Structured Series
  • The Reluctant Traveler
  • *Animals Up Close With Bertie Gregory
  • *Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show
  • *Love on the Spectrum
  • *The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
  • *Why Not Us
  • We're Here
  • *Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
  • *The Food That Built America
  • *How To with John Wilson
  • *Queer Eye
  • *Shark Tank
    • Best Culinary ShowBest Game Show
  • Top Chef
  • *Be My Guest With Ina Garten
  • *The Great British Baking Show
  • *MasterChef Junior
  • *Next Level Chef
  • *Selena + Restaurant
  • Celebrity Jeopardy!
  • *Celebrity Family Feud
  • *Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
  • *Guy’s Grocery Games
  • *Password
  • *Weakest Link
    • Best Travel/Adventure ShowBest Business Show
  • The Reluctant Traveler
  • *The Great Food Truck Race
  • *Lost Cities Revealed With Albert Lin
  • *Never Say Never With Jeff Jenkins
  • *On the Roam
  • *Somebody Feed Phil
  • Shark Tank
  • *Bar Rescue
  • *Kitchen Nightmares
  • *The Mega-Brands That Built America
  • *Start Up
    • Best Animal/Nature ShowBest Crime/Justice Show
  • Planet Earth III
  • *Critter Fixers: Country Vets
  • *Earthsounds
  • *Life on Our Planet
  • *Queens
  • *The Wizard of Paws
  • Trafficked: Underworlds With Mariana van Zeller
  • *Cold Justice
  • *The Curious Case of Natalia Grace
  • *Death in the Dorms
  • *Justice, USA
  • *Unlocked: A Jail Experiment
    • Best Sports ShowBest Relationship Show
  • Welcome to Wrexham
  • *30 for 30
  • *The Dynasty: New England Patriots
  • *Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
  • *Quarterback
  • *Untold
  • The Golden Bachelor
  • *Farmer Wants a Wife
  • *Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show
  • *Love Is Blind
  • *Love on the Spectrum
  • *Swiping America
    • Best Lifestyle Show: Home/GardenBest Lifestyle Show: Fashion/Beauty
  • Celebrity IOU
  • *Farmhouse Fixer
  • *Home Town
  • *Selling Sunset
  • *Ugliest House in America
  • *Windy City Rehab
  • RuPaul's Drag Race
  • *Bollywed
  • *Glow Up
  • *OMG Fashun
  • *Project Runway
  • *Queer Eye
    • Best Limited SeriesBest Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series
  • Beckham
  • *American Nightmare
  • *Black Twitter: A People's History
  • *JFK: One Day in America
  • *Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
  • *Telemarketers
  • The Traitors
  • *House of Villains
  • *The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
  • *RuPaul's Drag Race
  • *Vanderpump Rules
  • *We're Here
    • Best Show HostMale Star of the Year
  • Alan Cumming – The Traitors
  • *Will Arnett – Lego Masters
  • *Terry Crews – America’s Got Talent
  • * Kristen Kish – Top Chef
  • *Keke Palmer – Password
  • *RuPaul – RuPaul's Drag Race
  • Alan Cumming – The Traitors
  • *Jerrod Carmichael – Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show
  • * Bertie Gregory – Animals Up Close With Bertie Gregory
  • *Eugene Levy – The Reluctant Traveler
  • *RuPaul – RuPaul's Drag Race
  • *Gerry Turner – The Golden Bachelor
    • Female Star of the Year-
  • Ariana Madix – Vanderpump Rules
  • *Selena Gomez – Selena + Restaurant
  • * Sandra Lee – Dr. Pimple Popper
  • *Reba McEntire – The Voice
  • *Phaedra Parks – The Traitors
  • *Retta – Ugliest House in America
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    Special awards

    [Sam Rubin] Award

    Career Achievement Award

    • '''John Walsh'''