1st TCA Awards

{{Short description|US television awards ceremony in 1985}} {{Infobox award | name = 1st TCA Awards | date = June 9, 1985 | venue = The Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California | award1_type = Program of the Year | award1_winner = ''The Jewel in the Crown'' | main = TCA Awards | next = 2nd }}

The '''1st TCA Awards''' were presented by the Television Critics Association. The ceremony was held on June 9, 1985 at The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3CD7016A93F37&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=TV Critics Give Awards For First Time|date=June 11, 1985 |work=The Dallas Morning News |accessdate=June 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19850611&id=1n0xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2qUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2459,135162|title='The Jewel in the Crown' picked as top tv drama|date=June 11, 1985 |work=The Montreal Gazette |accessdate=June 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1899&dat=19850612&id=vcVGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=svMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3608,1357550|title=TV Critics Association Gives Awards|date=June 12, 1985 |work=The Lewiston Journal|accessdate=November 9, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19850617&id=XOMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oxMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6934,4811898|title=TV critics find a 'Jewel'|date=June 17, 1985 |work=Wilmington Morning Star|accessdate=June 20, 2013}}</ref>

== Winners and nominees ==

{| class="wikitable" |- !width="300"|Category !width="320"|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" | ''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) |- | align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in Comedy | align="center" | ''The Cosby Show'' (NBC) | * Bill Cosby – ''The Cosby Show'' (NBC) * Martin Short – ''Saturday Night Live'' (NBC) * ''Brothers'' (Showtime) * ''Cheers'' (NBC) * ''Family Ties'' (NBC) * ''Kate & Allie'' (CBS) * ''Late Night with David Letterman'' (NBC) * ''Newhart'' (CBS) * ''Night Court'' (NBC) * ''Not Necessarily the News'' (HBO) |- | align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in Drama | align="center" | ''The Jewel in the Crown'' (PBS) | * Farrah Fawcett – ''The Burning Bed'' (NBC) * ''American Playhouse'' (PBS) * ''The Burning Bed'' (NBC) * ''Cagney & Lacey'' (CBS) * ''Call to Glory'' (ABC) * ''Fatal Vision'' (NBC) * ''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC) * ''Miami Vice'' (NBC) * ''St. Elsewhere'' (NBC) |- | align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in Specials | align="center" | ''The Burning Bed'' (NBC) | * 1984 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony (ABC) * Farrah Fawcett – ''The Burning Bed'' (NBC) * ''Fatal Vision'' (NBC) * ''Heartsounds'' (ABC) * ''The Jewel in the Crown'' (PBS) * ''Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember'' (CBS) * ''Threads'' (PBS) * ''Wallenberg: A Hero's Story'' (NBC) |- | align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming | align="center" | ''Faerie Tale Theatre'' (Showtime) | * n/a |- | align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in News and Information | align="center" | Ted Koppel – ''Nightline'' (ABC) | * n/a |- | align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in Sports | align="center" | 1984 Summer Olympics (ABC) | * n/a |- | align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Career Achievement Award | align="center" | Grant Tinker | * n/a |}

=== 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 | ''The Jewel in the Crown'' |}

=== 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="1" style="text-align:center" | 5 | ''The Burning Bed'' |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 3 | 1984 Summer Olympics |- | ''The Cosby Show'' |- | ''Fatal Vision'' |- | ''The Jewel in the Crown'' |- | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | 2 | ''Cheers'' |- | ''Miami Vice'' |- | ''St. Elsewhere'' |}

==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/ev0000646/1985 1985 TCA Awards] at IMDb

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