Jane Rizzoli named TV’s Top Cop/Detective in the Viewers Voice Awards

Little love was given to Criminal Minds’ Spencer Reid, Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Jake Peralta, The Following’s Ryan Hardy and a few others. Instead, it was all about Jane Rizzoli of TNT’s Rizzoli & Isles in the Top Cop/Detective category of the 2014 Viewers Voice Awards.

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Here’s what readers had to say:

“I don’t understand why Rizzoli & Isles is constantly ignored when awards time comes around. The show has excellent actors and great scripts. I never miss a minute of this wonderful series on TNT.” — Norma

“I’ve been watching Rizzoli & Isles for five years and every awards show they have, Rizzoli & Isles has never been acknowledged — that must be changed.” — Rosetta

“I love Castle, but he’s not the cop! Where’s Beckett?” — Rem

  • Jane Rizzoli (Angie Harmon), Rizzoli & Isles 97.4%
  • Leroy Gibbs (Mark Harmon), NCIS 1.3%
  • Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion), Castle 0.8%
  • Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch), Sherlock 0.2%
  • Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg), Blue Bloods 0.1%
  • Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), Criminal Minds 0.1%
  • Molly Solverson (Allison Tolman), Fargo 0.1%
  • Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon), The Following 0.1%
  • Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey), True Detective 0.1%
  • Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg), Brooklyn Nine-Nine 0.0%

Channel Guide Magazine, the only monthly print and online publication dedicated to making finding what to watch on TV fast and entertaining, published the ballot for its second annual Viewers Voice Awards in August 2014. Fans across the country cast their votes for the best and worst in cable TV in a variety of unusual categories.