# TCA Awards
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{{Short description|Awards presented by the Television Critics Association}}
{{distinguish|text=the [Critics' Choice Television Awards](/source/Critics'_Choice_Television_Awards) or the [Teen Choice Awards](/source/Teen_Choice_Awards)}}
{{Infobox award
| name = TCA Award
| current_awards = 41st TCA Awards
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| awarded_for = Excellence in Television
| presenter = [Television Critics Association](/source/Television_Critics_Association)
| country = United States
Canada
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| reward =
| year = 1985
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| website = {{Official URL}}
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The '''TCA Awards''' are awards presented by the [Television Critics Association](/source/Television_Critics_Association) in recognition of excellence in television. There are eleven categories, which are presented every summer towards the end of the organization's summer press tour.
Due to the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_television), the [2020](/source/36th_TCA_Awards) and [2021 awards](/source/37th_TCA_Awards) were presented online.[{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/watchmen-rules-2020-tv-critic-awards-winners |title='Watchmen' Rules 2020 TV Critic Awards Winners |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=September 14, 2020 |website=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter) |access-date=September 14, 2020}}] Due to the [2023 Hollywood labor disputes](/source/2023_Hollywood_labor_disputes), the winners of the [2023 awards](/source/39th_TCA_Awards) were presented via a press release by the TCA with no in-person ceremony.[{{cite web |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=August 7, 2023 |title='Succession' and 'The Bear' Dominate TCA Awards; Mel Brooks and 'The Carol Burnett Show' Honored |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/awards/tca-awards-winners-2023-succession-the-bear-1235689790/ |access-date=August 8, 2023 |work=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))}}]
==Categories==
TCA Awards are currently awarded in the following categories:
*[Program of the Year](/source/TCA_Award_for_Program_of_the_Year)
*[Outstanding New Program](/source/TCA_Award_for_Outstanding_New_Program)
*[Individual Achievement in Drama](/source/TCA_Award_for_Individual_Achievement_in_Drama)
*[Individual Achievement in Comedy](/source/TCA_Award_for_Individual_Achievement_in_Comedy)
*[Outstanding Achievement in Drama](/source/TCA_Award_for_Outstanding_Achievement_in_Drama)
*[Outstanding Achievement in Comedy](/source/TCA_Award_for_Outstanding_Achievement_in_Comedy)
*[Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries, and Specials](/source/TCA_Award_for_Outstanding_Achievement_in_Movies%2C_Miniseries_and_Specials)
*[Outstanding Achievement in News and Information](/source/TCA_Award_for_Outstanding_Achievement_in_News_and_Information)
*[Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming](/source/TCA_Award_for_Outstanding_Achievement_in_Reality_Programming)
*[Outstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety Shows](/source/TCA_Award_for_Outstanding_Achievement_in_Sketch%2FVariety_Shows)
*[Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming](/source/TCA_Award_for_Outstanding_Achievement_in_Youth_Programming)
*[Outstanding Achievement in Family Programming](/source/TCA_Award_for_Outstanding_Achievement_in_Family_Programming)[{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=2023-06-30 |title='Succession,' 'The Bear,' 'Last of Us' Lead TV Critics Awards Nominations |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tv-critics-awards-nominations-2023-succession-the-bear-last-of-us-1235526515/ |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}]
*[Career Achievement Award](/source/TCA_Career_Achievement_Award)
*[Heritage Award](/source/TCA_Heritage_Award)
Retired categories:
*[Outstanding Achievement in Sports](/source/TCA_Award_for_Outstanding_Achievement_in_Sports)
==List of TCA Awards ceremonies==
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*[2025](/source/41st_TCA_Awards)
*[2024](/source/40th_TCA_Awards)
*[2023](/source/39th_TCA_Awards)
*[2022](/source/38th_TCA_Awards)
*[2021](/source/37th_TCA_Awards)
*[2020](/source/36th_TCA_Awards)
*[2019](/source/35th_TCA_Awards)
*[2018](/source/34th_TCA_Awards)
*[2017](/source/33rd_TCA_Awards)
*[2016](/source/32nd_TCA_Awards)
*[2015](/source/31st_TCA_Awards)
*[2014](/source/30th_TCA_Awards)
*[2013](/source/29th_TCA_Awards)
*[2012](/source/28th_TCA_Awards)
*[2011](/source/27th_TCA_Awards)
*[2010](/source/26th_TCA_Awards)
*[2009](/source/25th_TCA_Awards)
*[2008](/source/24th_TCA_Awards)
*[2007](/source/23rd_TCA_Awards)
*[2006](/source/22nd_TCA_Awards)
*[2005](/source/21st_TCA_Awards)
*[2004](/source/20th_TCA_Awards)
*[2003](/source/19th_TCA_Awards)
*[2002](/source/18th_TCA_Awards)
*[2001](/source/17th_TCA_Awards)
*[2000](/source/16th_TCA_Awards)
*[1999](/source/15th_TCA_Awards)
*[1998](/source/14th_TCA_Awards)
*[1997](/source/13th_TCA_Awards)
*[1996](/source/12th_TCA_Awards)
*[1995](/source/11th_TCA_Awards)
*[1994](/source/10th_TCA_Awards)
*[1993](/source/9th_TCA_Awards)
*[1992](/source/8th_TCA_Awards)
*[1991](/source/7th_TCA_Awards)
*[1990](/source/6th_TCA_Awards)
*[1989](/source/5th_TCA_Awards)
*[1988](/source/4th_TCA_Awards)
*[1987](/source/3rd_TCA_Awards)
*[1986](/source/2nd_TCA_Awards)
*[1985](/source/1st_TCA_Awards)
}}
==See also==
* [Canadian television awards](/source/Canadian_television_awards)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://tvcritics.org/tca-awards}}
{{TCA Awards}}
{{Television in the United States}}
Category:TCA Awards
Category:American television awards
Category:Canadian television awards
Category:Awards established in 1984
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