Kathy Bates took home the win for best actress in a drama series at the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards on Feb. 7. Before taking the stage, Bates was visibly stunned by the recognition and couldn't stop dropping F-bombs on her way up.

Kathy Bates is giving her Critics Choice Award for 'Matlock' to series executive producer Eric Christian Olsen who lost his house in the LA fires.

Kathy Bates dedicated her win for best actress in a drama series for Matlock at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards to the show's producer, Eric Olsen, who lost his home in the L.A. wildfires. Bates, appearing stunned to win the award,

Kathy Bates showed off her style at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards five months after telling PEOPLE about her 100-lb. weight loss. See the look!

Bates added another trophy to her collection, winning Best Actress in a Drama Series for her work on the CBS legal drama.

Kathy Bates had an unbelievable night at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards—literally! The actress, 76, took home the award for best actress in a drama series for her performance in Matlock at the awards show, held Friday, Feb. 7, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. And her reaction was priceless.

People are loving the reaction Kathy Bates had when she won a Critics Choice Award for her part in Matlock. She was up for the Best Actress in a Drama Series gong and seemed to be quite surprised when it was announced she was meant to go up on stage and collect the award.

Launched in 1964, the annual ICG Publicists Awards honors an individual whose accomplishments in television best represent that special spirit traditionally defined as showmanship. This year, of course, Kathy Bates has been universally applauded for the title role in the remake of Matlock on CBS.

EXCLUSIVE: Matlock is on the case this awards season. The Publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild said today that Kathy Bates will receive the 2025 Television Showperson of the Year Awards at the 62nd ICG Publicists Awards luncheon on 28.