28th TCA Awards

{{Short description|US television awards ceremony in 2012}} {{Infobox award | name = 28th TCA Awards | date = July 28, 2012 | venue = Beverly Hilton Hotel | award1_type = Program of the Year | award1_winner = ''Game of Thrones'' | award2_type = Outstanding New Program | award2_winner = ''Homeland'' | main = TCA Awards | previous = 27th | next = 29th }} The nominees for the '''28th TCA Awards''' were announced by the Television Critics Association on June 6, 2012.<ref name="TCA Awards nominees include 'Breaking Bad,' 'Mad Men,' 'Game of Thrones' & 'Homeland'">{{cite web|url=http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/tca-awards-nominees-include-breaking-bad-mad-men-game-of-thrones-homeland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607230413/http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/tca-awards-nominees-include-breaking-bad-mad-men-game-of-thrones-homeland|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 7, 2012|title=TCA Awards nominees include 'Breaking Bad,' 'Mad Men,' 'Game of Thrones' & 'Homeland'|work=HitFix|date=June 6, 2012}}</ref><ref name="The Television Critics Association Announces 2012 TCA Award Nominees">{{cite web|url=http://tvcritics.org/2012/06/07/the-television-critics-association-announces-2012-tca-award-nominees/ |title=The Television Critics Association Announces 2012 TCA Award Nominees |publisher=Television Critics Association |date=June 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818190945/http://tvcritics.org/2012/06/07/the-television-critics-association-announces-2012-tca-award-nominees/ |archivedate=August 18, 2012 }}</ref> The winners were announced on July 28, 2012, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in a ceremony hosted by Bryan Cranston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvcritics.org/2012/07/28/the-television-critics-association-announces-2012-tca-awards-winners/ |title=The Television Critics Association Announces 2012 TCA Awards Winners |date=July 28, 2012 |publisher=Television Critics Association |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321172057/http://tvcritics.org/2012/07/28/the-television-critics-association-announces-2012-tca-awards-winners/ |archivedate=2014-03-21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/game-of-thrones-homeland-louie-and-breaking-bad-win-tca-awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729082327/http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/game-of-thrones-homeland-louie-and-breaking-bad-win-tca-awards|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 29, 2012|title='Game of Thrones,' 'Homeland,' 'Louie' and 'Breaking Bad' win TCA Awards|date=July 29, 2012 |work=HitFix}}</ref>

==Winners and nominees==

{| class="wikitable" |- !width="350"|Category !width="350"|Winner !width="350"|Other Nominees |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Program of the Year |align="center" | ''Game of Thrones'' (HBO) | *''Breaking Bad'' (AMC) *''Downton Abbey'' (PBS) *''Homeland'' (Showtime) *''Mad Men'' (AMC) |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in Comedy |align="center" | ''Louie'' (FX) | *''The Big Bang Theory'' (CBS) *''Community'' (NBC) *''Modern Family'' (ABC) *''Parks and Recreation'' (NBC) |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in Drama |align="center" | ''Breaking Bad'' (AMC) | *''Game of Thrones'' (HBO) *''Homeland'' (Showtime) *''Justified'' (FX) *''Mad Men'' (AMC) |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials |align="center" | ''Downton Abbey'' (PBS) | *''Game Change'' (HBO) *''Hatfields & McCoys'' (History) *''Hemingway & Gellhorn'' (HBO) *''Sherlock'' (PBS) |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding New Program |align="center" | ''Homeland'' (Showtime) | *''Girls'' (HBO) *''New Girl'' (Fox) *''Revenge'' (ABC) *''Smash'' (NBC) |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Individual Achievement in Comedy |align="center" | Louis C.K. - ''Louie'' (FX) | *Lena Dunham - ''Girls'' (HBO) *Julia Louis-Dreyfus - ''Veep'' (HBO) *Jim Parsons - ''The Big Bang Theory'' (CBS) *Amy Poehler - ''Parks and Recreation'' (NBC) |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Individual Achievement in Drama |align="center" | Claire Danes - ''Homeland'' (Showtime) | *Bryan Cranston - ''Breaking Bad'' (AMC) *Peter Dinklage - ''Game of Thrones'' (HBO) *Jon Hamm - ''Mad Men'' (AMC) *Jessica Lange - ''American Horror Story'' (FX) |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming |align="center" | ''Switched at Birth'' (ABC Family) | *''iCarly'' (Nickelodeon) *''Phineas and Ferb'' (Disney Channel) *''Sesame Street'' (PBS) *''Yo Gabba Gabba!'' (Nick Jr. Channel) |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in News and Information |align="center" | ''60 Minutes'' (CBS) | *''Anderson Cooper 360°'' (CNN) *''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' (Comedy Central) *''Frontline'' (PBS) *''The Rachel Maddow Show'' (MSNBC) |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming |align="center" | ''So You Think You Can Dance'' (Fox) | *''The Amazing Race'' (CBS) *''Dancing with the Stars'' (ABC) *''The Glee Project'' (Oxygen) *''The Voice'' (NBC) |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Heritage Award |align="center" | ''Cheers'' (NBC) | *''Lost'' (ABC) *''Saturday Night Live'' (NBC) *''Star Trek'' (NBC) *''Twin Peaks'' (ABC) |- |align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Career Achievement Award |align="center" | David Letterman | *Dick Clark *Andy Griffith *Regis Philbin *William Shatner |}

=== Multiple wins === The following shows received multiple wins: {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" |- ! scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Wins ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Recipient |- | rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2 |''Homeland'' |- |''Louie'' |}

=== Multiple nominations === The following shows received multiple nominations:

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" |- ! scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Nominations ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Recipient |- | rowspan=1 style="text-align:center" | 4 |''Homeland'' |- | rowspan="2"| {{center|3}} |''Breaking Bad'' |- |''Game of Thrones'' |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" |2 |''The Big Bang Theory'' |- |''Downton Abbey'' |- |''Girls'' |- |''Louie'' |- |''Mad Men'' |- |''Parks and Recreation'' |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180620181010/http://tvcritics.org/tca-awards/?q=view%2Ftcaawards Official website] *[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000646/2012 2012 TCA Awards] at IMDb.com

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