TCA Award for Program of the Year


The TCA Award for Program of the Year is an award given by the Television Critics Association.

Winners and nominees

YearWinnerOther Nominees
1984-1985
The Jewel in the Crown
1985-1986Death of a Salesman
and
The Vanishing Family: Crisis in Black America
1986-1987Eyes on the Prize
1987-1988'
  • Frank's Place
  • L.A. Law
  • St. Elsewhere
  • The Wonder Years
1988-1989Lonesome Dove
  • Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
  • War and Remembrance
1989-1990Twin Peaks
  • Eyes on the Prize II
  • L.A. Law
  • The Simpsons
1990-1991The Civil War
1991-1992Northern Exposure
  • Brooklyn Bridge
  • I'll Fly Away
  • The Simpsons
1992-1993Barbarians at the Gate
  • Cheers
  • '
  • Seinfeld
  • The Simpsons
1993-1994Late Show with David Letterman
1994-1995ER
  • Baseball
  • '
  • My So-Called Life
  • The X-Files
1995-1996'
  • ER
  • Gulliver's Travels
  • Murder One
  • NYPD Blue
1996-1997EZ Streets
  • '
  • The Odyssey
  • Seinfeld
  • The X-Files
1997-1998From the Earth to the Moon
  • Ally McBeal
  • '
  • Nothing Sacred
  • South Park
1998-1999The Sopranos
  • Everybody Loves Raymond
  • The Farmer's Wife
  • NYPD Blue
  • The Practice
  • Sports Night
1999-2000The West Wing
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Sex and the City
  • The Sopranos
  • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
2000-2001The Sopranos
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Gilmore Girls
  • Survivor
  • The West Wing
2001-200224
  • Band of Brothers
  • The Osbournes
  • The Shield
  • Six Feet Under
2002-2003American Idol
2003-2004Angels in America
  • The Apprentice
  • Arrested Development
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  • The Sopranos
2004-2005Desperate Housewives
  • Arrested Development
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  • Deadwood
  • Lost
2005-2006Grey's Anatomy
  • 24
  • Lost
  • The Office
  • The Sopranos
2006-2007Heroes
  • American Idol
  • Friday Night Lights
  • Planet Earth
  • When the Levees Broke
  • The Wire
2007-2008Mad Men
  • John Adams
  • Lost
  • The War
  • The Wire
2008-2009Battlestar Galactica
  • Lost
  • Mad Men
  • Saturday Night Live
  • The Shield
2009-2010Glee
2010-2011Friday Night Lights
  • Boardwalk Empire
  • Game of Thrones
  • Justified
  • Parks and Recreation
2011-2012Game of Thrones
  • Breaking Bad
  • Downton Abbey
  • Homeland
  • Mad Men
2012-2013Breaking Bad
  • The Americans
  • Game of Thrones
  • House of Cards
  • The Walking Dead
2013-2014Breaking Bad
2014-2015Empire
  • The Americans
  • Game of Thrones
  • Mad Men
  • Transparent
2015-2016'
  • The Americans
  • Fargo
  • Game of Thrones
  • Making a Murderer
  • Mr. Robot
  • UnREAL
2016-2017The Handmaid's Tale
  • Atlanta
  • Big Little Lies
  • The Leftovers
  • Stranger Things
  • This Is Us
2017-2018The Americans
  • Atlanta
  • The Good Place
  • The Handmaid's Tale
  • Killing Eve
  • This Is Us
2018-2019Fleabag
  • Chernobyl
  • Game of Thrones
  • Pose
  • Russian Doll
  • When They See Us
2019-2020
  • Better Call Saul
  • Mrs. America
  • Schitt's Creek
  • Succession
  • Unbelievable
  • Watchmen

Multiple wins

2 wins
7 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
  • The Americans
  • Breaking Bad
  • Mad Men
3 nominations
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  • Friday Night Lights
  • L.A. Law
  • NYPD Blue
  • St. Elsewhere
  • The Simpsons
  • 24
  • The Wire
2 nominations'