The Big Bang Theory, Breaking Bad, American Horror Story and Behind the Candelabra were the big winners at Monday night's Critics' Choice TV Awards.

Winning three awards, The Big Bang Theory won Best Comedy Series in addition to Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Simon Helberg and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Kaley Cuoco.

Breaking Bad tied Game of Thrones, both shows winning Best Drama Series. Breaking Bad also scored a win for its star Bryan Cranston in Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

American Horror Story won a pair of awards in the supporting Miniseries fields, with Zachary Quinto and Sarah Paulson winning awards for their work on the show's second season, Asylum. The show lost Best Movie/Miniseries to the Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra.

Adding to the Best Movie/Miniseries win was Michael Douglas winning Best Movie/Miniseries Actor for his portrayal of Liberace.

There were some relative shocks over the course of the night, with lesser-known performances beating out leading contenders. One such shock was Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) beating Homeland's Claire Danes in the Drama Lead Actress category.

Another shock was Elisabeth Moss (Top of the Lake) beating Jessica Lange's showy performance in American Horror Story: Asylum in the Movie/Miniseries Lead Actress category. Moss, who has worked on Mad Men for the last six years, noted in her speech that this was her first acting award.

The awards were given out Monday night by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. Parks and Recreation comedian Retta hosted the gala. This was the organization's third awards ceremony.

Other winners included Louis C.K. (Louie), who repeated his win from last year in Comedy Lead Actor. The Voice won Best Reality Competition Series and host Carson Daly was there to accept the award.

For a full list of winners and nominees, click here.

Watch a video of Cuoco and Big Bang Theory co-star Johnny Galecki on last night's red carpet:

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