TCA Award for Program of the Year explained

TCA Award for Program of the Year
Awarded For:	Best Television Program
Presenter:	Television Critics Association
Year:	1985
Holder:	Shōgun (2024)

The TCA Award for Program of the Year is an award given by the Television Critics Association.^[1] It was first presented in 1985 with British television serial The Jewel in the Crown being the first recipient of the award. The category includes both drama and comedy television series as well as limited series.

Only two programs have received the award more than once, HBO's The Sopranos in 1999 and 2001, and AMC's Breaking Bad in 2013 and 2014. HBO's Game of Thrones holds the record of most nominations in the category with seven followed by , Lost and The Sopranos with five nominations each.

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner	Other Nominees
1984-1985 (1st)	The Jewel in the Crown (PBS)	1984 Summer Olympics (ABC) The Burning Bed (NBC) Cheers (NBC) The Cosby Show (NBC) Fatal Vision (NBC) Miami Vice (NBC) St. Elsewhere (NBC)
1985-1986 (2nd)	Death of a Salesman (CBS) and The Vanishing Family: Crisis in Black America (CBS)	Anne of Green Gables (PBS) The Cosby Show (NBC) An Early Frost (NBC)
1986-1987 (3rd)	Eyes on the Prize (PBS)	Liberty Weekend coverage (ABC) L.A. Law (NBC) Promise (CBS) St. Elsewhere (NBC)
1987-1988 (4th)	(HBO)	Frank's Place (CBS) L.A. Law (NBC) St. Elsewhere (NBC) The Wonder Years (ABC)
1988-1989 (5th)	Lonesome Dove (CBS)	Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (HBO) War and Remembrance (ABC)
1989-1990 (6th)	Twin Peaks (ABC)	Eyes on the Prize II (PBS) L.A. Law (NBC) The Simpsons (Fox)
1990-1991 (7th)	The Civil War (PBS)	Gulf War coverage (CNN) Northern Exposure (CBS)
1991-1992 (8th)	Northern Exposure (CBS)	Brooklyn Bridge (CBS) I'll Fly Away (NBC) The Simpsons (Fox)
1992-1993 (9th)	Barbarians at the Gate (HBO)	Cheers (NBC) (NBC) Seinfeld (NBC) The Simpsons (Fox)
1993-1994 (10th)	Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)	1994 Winter Olympics (CBS) The Great Depression (PBS) Gypsy (CBS) NYPD Blue (ABC) Prime Suspect 3 (PBS)
1994-1995 (11th)	ER (NBC)	Baseball (PBS) (NBC) My So-Called Life (ABC) The X-Files (Fox)
1995-1996 (12th)	(NBC)	ER (NBC) Gulliver's Travels (NBC) Murder One (ABC) NYPD Blue (ABC)
1996-1997 (13th)	EZ Streets (CBS)	(NBC) The Odyssey (NBC) Seinfeld (NBC) The X-Files (Fox)
1997-1998 (14th)	From the Earth to the Moon (HBO)	Ally McBeal (Fox) (NBC) Nothing Sacred (ABC) South Park (Comedy Central)
1998-1999 (15th)	The Sopranos (HBO)	Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) The Farmer's Wife (PBS) NYPD Blue (ABC) The Practice (ABC) Sports Night (ABC)
1999-2000 (16th)	The West Wing (NBC)	Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB) Sex and the City (HBO) The Sopranos (HBO) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (ABC)
2000-2001 (17th)	The Sopranos (HBO)	Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB) Gilmore Girls (The WB) Survivor (CBS) The West Wing (NBC)
2001-2002 (18th)	24 (Fox)	Band of Brothers (HBO) The Osbournes (MTV) The Shield (FX) Six Feet Under (HBO)
2002-2003 (19th)	American Idol (Fox)	24 (Fox) Boomtown (NBC) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) The Wire (HBO)
2003-2004 (20th)	Angels in America (HBO)	The Apprentice (NBC) Arrested Development (Fox) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) The Sopranos (HBO)
2004-2005 (21st)	Desperate Housewives (ABC)	Arrested Development (Fox) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Deadwood (HBO) Lost (ABC)
2005-2006 (22nd)	Grey's Anatomy (ABC)	24 (Fox) Lost (ABC) The Office (NBC) The Sopranos (HBO)
2006-2007 (23rd)	Heroes (NBC)	American Idol (Fox) Friday Night Lights (NBC) Planet Earth (Discovery Channel) When the Levees Broke (HBO) The Wire (HBO)
2007-2008 (24th)	Mad Men (AMC)	John Adams (HBO) Lost (ABC) The War (PBS) The Wire (HBO)
2008-2009 (25th)	Battlestar Galactica (Syfy)	Lost (ABC) Mad Men (AMC) Saturday Night Live (NBC) The Shield (FX)
2009-2010 (26th) ^[2] ^[3]	Glee (Fox)	Breaking Bad (AMC) Friday Night Lights (NBC / The 101 Network) Lost (ABC) Modern Family (ABC)
2010-2011 (27th) ^[4] ^[5]	Friday Night Lights (NBC / Audience Network)	Boardwalk Empire (HBO) Game of Thrones (HBO) Justified (FX) Parks and Recreation (NBC)
2011-2012 (28th) ^[6] ^[7]	Game of Thrones (HBO)	Breaking Bad (AMC) Downton Abbey (PBS) Homeland (Showtime) Mad Men (AMC)
2012-2013 (29th) ^[8] ^[9]	Breaking Bad (AMC)	The Americans (FX) Game of Thrones (HBO) House of Cards (Netflix) The Walking Dead (AMC)
2013-2014 (30th) ^[10] ^[11]	Breaking Bad (AMC)	Game of Thrones (HBO) The Good Wife (CBS) Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) True Detective (HBO)
2014-2015 (31st) ^[12] ^[13]	Empire (Fox)	The Americans (FX) Game of Thrones (HBO) Mad Men (AMC) Transparent (Amazon)
2015-2016 (32nd) ^[14]	(FX)	The Americans (FX) Fargo (FX) Game of Thrones (HBO) Making a Murderer (Netflix) Mr. Robot (USA) UnREAL (Lifetime)
2016-2017 (33rd) ^[15]	The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)	Atlanta (FX) Big Little Lies (HBO) The Leftovers (HBO) Stranger Things (Netflix) This Is Us (NBC)
2017-2018 (34th) ^[16]	The Americans (FX)	Atlanta (FX) The Good Place (NBC) The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) Killing Eve (BBC America) This Is Us (NBC)
2018-2019 (35th) ^[17]	Fleabag (Amazon)	Chernobyl (HBO) Game of Thrones (HBO) Pose (FX) Russian Doll (Netflix) When They See Us (Netflix)
2019-2020 (36th) ^[18] ^[19]	Watchmen (HBO)	Better Call Saul (AMC) Mrs. America (FX) Schitt's Creek (Pop TV) Succession (HBO) Unbelievable (Netflix)
2020-2021 (37th) ^[20] ^[21]	Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)	Bridgerton (Netflix) Hacks (HBO Max) I May Destroy You (HBO) Mare of Easttown (HBO) The Queen's Gambit (Netflix) The Underground Railroad (Amazon) WandaVision (Disney+)
2021-2022 (38th) ^[22]	Abbott Elementary (ABC)	Better Call Saul (AMC) Hacks (HBO Max) Severance (Apple TV+) Squid Game (Netflix) Succession (HBO) The White Lotus (HBO) Yellowjackets (Showtime)
2022-2023 (39th) ^[23]	Succession (HBO)	Abbott Elementary (ABC) Andor (Disney+) The Bear (FX) Better Call Saul (AMC) The Last of Us (HBO) The Other Two (HBO Max) Poker Face (Peacock) The White Lotus (HBO)
2023-2024 (40th) ^[24] ^[25]	Shōgun (FX)	Baby Reindeer (Netflix) The Bear (FX) Hacks (HBO / Max) Reservation Dogs (FX) Ripley (Netflix)

Multiple wins

2 wins

• Breaking Bad (consecutive)
• The Sopranos

Multiple nominees

7 nominations

• Game of Thrones

5 nominations

• Lost
• The Sopranos

4 nominations

• The Americans
• Breaking Bad
• Mad Men

3 nominations

• 24
• Better Call Saul
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• Friday Night Lights
• Hacks
• L.A. Law
• NYPD Blue
• The Simpsons
• St. Elsewhere
• Succession
• The Wire

2 nominations

• Abbott Elementary
• American Idol
• Arrested Development
• Atlanta
• The Bear
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Cheers
• The Cosby Show
• ER
• The Handmaid's Tale
• Northern Exposure
• Seinfeld
• The Shield
• This Is Us
• The West Wing
• The White Lotus
• The X-Files

Total awards by network

• HBO/Max – 9
• CBS – 6
• NBC – 5
• ABC – 4
• Fox – 4
• AMC – 3
• FX – 3
• PBS – 3
• Amazon – 1
• Apple TV+ – 1
• Audience Network – 1
• Hulu – 1
• Syfy – 1

See also

• Primetime Emmy Awards

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Past winners of the TCA Awards. Television Critics Association. 2013-06-19. 2011-01-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20110128231105/http://tvcritics.org/tca-awards/. dead.
2. Web site: The Television Critics Association Announces 2010 TCA Awards Nominees . June 4, 2010 . . June 15, 2013 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110613113917/http://tvcritics.org/2010/06/04/the-television-critics-association-announces-2010-tca-awards-nominees/ . June 13, 2011 .
3. Web site: The Television Critics Association Announces 2010 TCA Awards Winners . July 31, 2010 . . June 15, 2013 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100804041347/http://tvcritics.org/2010/07/31/the-television-critics-association-announces-2010-tca-awards-winners/ . August 4, 2010 .
4. Web site: The Television Critics Association Announces 2011 TCA Awards Nominees . June 13, 2011 . . June 15, 2013 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140213154537/http://tvcritics.org/2011/06/13/the-television-critics-association-announces-2011-tca-awards-nominees/ . February 13, 2014 .
5. Web site: The Television Critics Association Announces 2011 TCA Awards Winners . https://web.archive.org/web/20110817124133/http://tvcritics.org/2011/08/06/the-television-critics-association-announces-2011-tca-awards-winners/ . dead. August 17, 2011 . August 6, 2011 . . June 15, 2013 .
6. Web site: The Television Critics Association Announces 2012 TCA Award Nominees . . June 7, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120818190945/http://tvcritics.org/2012/06/07/the-television-critics-association-announces-2012-tca-award-nominees/ . August 18, 2012 .
7. Web site: The Television Critics Association Announces 2012 TCA Awards Winners . July 28, 2012 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140321172057/http://tvcritics.org/2012/07/28/the-television-critics-association-announces-2012-tca-awards-winners/ . March 21, 2014.
8. Web site: FX's 'The Americans' Leads 2013 TCA Awards Nominations . June 10, 2013 . . Goldberg, Lesley . June 10, 2013 .
9. Web site: The Television Critics Association Announces 2013 TCA Awards Winners . August 3, 2013 . . TCA webmaster . August 3, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130805184407/http://tvcritics.org/2013/08/03/the-television-critics-association-announces-2013-tca-awards-winners/ . August 5, 2013 .
10. News: Birnbaum. Debra. 'Breaking Bad,' 'True Detective' Win at TCA Awards. July 19, 2014. Variety. July 19, 2014.
11. TCA nominations: 'True Detective' starts awards season fight . James . Hibberd . Entertainment Weekly . May 27, 2014 . May 27, 2014.
12. Web site: 'Empire,' John Oliver, Amy Schumer, Jon Hamm, 'Better Call Saul' Honored By TCA . Lisa . de Moraes . . August 8, 2015 . August 9, 2015.
13. Web site: 2015 TCA Award Nominees Include 'Game of Thrones', 'Empire', 'The Americans' & More . https://web.archive.org/web/20150605155212/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/06/04/2015-tca-award-nominees-include-game-of-thrones-empire-the-americans-more/412506/ . dead . June 5, 2015 . Amanda . Kondolojy . . June 4, 2015 . June 5, 2015.
14. Web site: 'Mr. Robot,' 'The People v. O.J. Simpson' Lead TCA Awards Nominations . Laura . Prudom . . June 22, 2016 . June 22, 2016.
15. Web site: Schwartz. Ryan. TCA Awards: The Handmaid's Tale, Atlanta, Big Little Lies, Carrie Coon Among Big Winners. TVLine. August 6, 2017. August 5, 2017.
16. Web site: 'Killing Eve,' FX Lead 2018 TV Critic Awards Nominations . Lesley . Goldberg . . June 19, 2018 . June 19, 2018.
17. Web site: 'Pose,' 'Russian Doll,' HBO Lead 2019 TV Critic Awards Nominations. Lesley . Goldberg . . June 19, 2019 . June 19, 2019.
18. Web site: 'Watchmen' Rules 2020 TV Critic Awards Winners . Goldberg . Lesley . September 14, 2020 . . September 14, 2020.
19. Web site: 'Watchmen', 'Unbelievable' Lead TCA Award Nominations With Four Apiece; HBO Tops With 16 Overall Noms . Hayes . Dade . July 9, 2020 . . July 9, 2020.
20. Web site: 'Ted Lasso,' Michaela Coel & Jean Smart Among TCA Award Winners . Cordero . Rosy . September 15, 2021 . . September 15, 2021.
21. Web site: Turchiano . Danielle . 'Ted Lasso' Scores the Most 2021 TCA Awards Nominations . July 15, 2021 . . July 16, 2021.
22. Web site: 'Abbott Elementary' Leads TV Critics Awards Nominations . Goldberg . Lesley . June 16, 2022 . . June 18, 2022.
23. Web site: 'Succession' and 'The Bear' Dominate TCA Awards; Mel Brooks and 'The Carol Burnett Show' Honored . Schneider . Michael . August 7, 2023 . . August 7, 2023.
24. Web site: Longeretta. Emily. ‘Baby Reindeer,’ ‘Ripley’ and ‘Shogun’ Lead 2024 TCA Awards Nominations: Full List. June 10, 2024. June 10, 2024. Variety.
25. Web site: Longeretta. Emily . ‘Shogun’ and ‘Hacks’ Dominate TCA Awards, Andre Braugher and ‘Twin Peaks’ Receive Top Honors: Full Winners List. July 12, 2024. July 12, 2024. Variety.