{{Short description|US television awards ceremony in 1996}} {{Infobox award | name = 12th TCA Awards | date = July 20, 1996 | venue = Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel and Spa, Pasadena, California | award1_type = Program of the Year | award1_winner = ''Homicide: Life on the Street'' | main = TCA Awards | previous = 11th | next = 13th }} The '''12th TCA Awards''' were presented by the Television Critics Association in a ceremony hosted by Heidi Swedberg. The ceremony was held on July 20, 1996, at the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel and Spa in Pasadena, California.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-01-ca-10608-story.html|title=Morning Report: Television|date=June 1, 1996 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=March 16, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/tv-critics-give-awards-emmys-fear-tread-article-1.738232|title=Tv Critics Give Awards Where Emmys Fear To Tread|date=July 22, 1996 |publisher=NY Daily News |accessdate=June 18, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1996/07/22/tv-critics-say-homicide-is-best/|title=TV critics say 'Homicide' is best|date=July 22, 1996 |work=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=December 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/503309/TCA-HONORS-2-SNUBBED-BY-EMMYS-LANSBURY-AND-HOMICIDE.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224100219/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/503309/TCA-HONORS-2-SNUBBED-BY-EMMYS-LANSBURY-AND-HOMICIDE.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 24, 2013|title=TCA Honors 2 Snubbed by Emmys: Lansbury and 'Homicide'|date=July 23, 1996 |publisher=Deseret News |accessdate=June 18, 2013}}</ref>
==Winners and nominees==
{| class="wikitable" |- !width="360"|Category !width="360"|Winner !width="360"|Other nominees |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Program of the Year |align="center" | ''Homicide: Life on the Street'' <small>(NBC)</small> | * ''ER'' <small>(NBC)</small> * ''Gulliver's Travels'' <small>(NBC)</small> * ''Murder One'' <small>(ABC)</small> * ''NYPD Blue'' <small>(ABC)</small> |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in Comedy |align="center" | ''Frasier'' <small>(NBC)</small> | * ''3rd Rock from the Sun'' <small>(NBC)</small> * ''The Larry Sanders Show'' <small>(HBO)</small> * ''Seinfeld'' <small>(NBC)</small> * ''The Simpsons'' <small>(Fox)</small> |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in Drama |align="center" | ''Homicide: Life on the Street'' <small>(NBC)</small> | * ''ER'' <small>(NBC)</small> * ''Murder One'' <small>(ABC)</small> * ''NYPD Blue'' <small>(ABC)</small> * ''The X-Files'' <small>(Fox)</small> |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in Specials |align="center" | ''Pride and Prejudice'' <small>(A&E)</small> | * ''The 68th Annual Academy Awards'' <small>(ABC)</small> * ''Barbara Walters: 20 Years at ABC'' <small>(ABC)</small> * ''The Beatles Anthology'' <small>(ABC)</small> |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming |align="center" | ''Wishbone'' <small>(PBS)</small> | * ''Goosebumps'' <small>(Fox)</small> * ''Nick News with Linda Ellerbee'' <small>(Nickelodeon)</small> |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in News and Information |align="center" | ''Frontline'' <small>(PBS)</small> | * CNN * ''20/20'' <small>(ABC)</small> * ''60 Minutes'' <small>(CBS)</small> * ''Nightline'' <small>(ABC)</small> |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in Sports |align="center" | ''SportsCenter'' <small>(ESPN)</small> | * ''Baseball Tonight'' <small>(ESPN)</small> * ''ESPN National Hockey Night'' <small>(ESPN/ESPN2)</small> * ''NFL on Fox'' <small>(Fox)</small> * ''Outside the Lines'' <small>(ESPN)</small> * ''Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel'' <small>(HBO)</small> |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Career Achievement Award |align="center" | Angela Lansbury | * Roone Arledge * Steven Bochco * Mike Wallace * Barbara Walters |}
=== Multiple wins === The following shows received multiple wins: {| class="wikitable sortable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" background: #f6e39c; |- ! scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Wins ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Recipient |- | rowspan=1 style="text-align:center" | 2 |''Homicide: Life on the Street'' |}
=== Multiple nominations === The following shows received multiple nominations:
{| class="wikitable sortable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" background: #f6e39c; |- ! scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Nominations ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Recipient |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" |2 |''ER'' |- |''Homicide: Life on the Street'' |- |''Murder One'' |- |''NYPD Blue'' |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://tvcritics.org/tca-awards/?q=view/tcaawards Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620181010/http://tvcritics.org/tca-awards/?q=view%2Ftcaawards |date=2018-06-20 }} *[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000646/1996 1996 TCA Awards] at IMDb.com
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