29th Annual Television Critics Association Awards

                 Television Critics Association

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The Television Critics Association represents more than 220 journalists writing about television for print and online outlets in the United States and Canada. For 29 years the TCA has honored outstanding achievement in television and enduring contributions to the medium’s heritage through the TCA Awards. Membership in the Television Critics Association is open to full-time TV writers at newspapers, magazines, trade publications, news wire services, news syndicates, and text-based Internet news organizations. For additional information on the TCA, please visit www.tvcritics.org. The TCA is also represented on Facebook and Twitter. Follow the TCA on Twitter this Summer @TCAOfficial, using hashtag #TCAs13.

The Television Critics Association (TCA)recognized the top programs and actors of the 2012-2013 television season at its 29th Annual TCA Awards presentation on Saturday, August 3, 2013. Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, stars of Comedy Central’s hit series “Key & Peele,” hosted the annual invitation-only event, held at the Beverly Hilton hotel in conjunction with the TCA’s summer press tour. The non-televised ceremony bestowed awards in 12 categories to recipients in comedy, drama, reality, miniseries, news and youth programming.

Members of the TCA voted AMC’s celebrated “Breaking Bad” this season’s Program of the Year and honored FX’s freshman drama, “The Americans,” with the award for Outstanding New Program.

Bryan Cranston and Vince Giligan(R)

Louis C.K

                                                                     Winners

       Individual Achievement in Drama

• Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"
• Vera Farmiga, "Bates Motel"
• Tatiana Maslany, "Orphan Black"
• Monica Potter, "Parenthood"
• Matthew Rhys, "The Americans"

       Individual Achivement in Comedy

• Louis C.K., "Louie"
• Lena Dunham, "Girls"
• Jake Johnson, "New Girl"
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep"
• Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation"

       Outstanding Achievement in Drama

• "The Americans," FX
• "Breaking Bad," AMC
• "Game of Thrones," HBO
• "Homeland," Showtime
• "Mad Men," AMC

      Outstanding Achievement in Comedy(Tie)

• "The Big Bang Theory," CBS
• "Louie," FX
• "New Girl," FOX
• "Parks and Recreation," NBC
• "Veep," HBO

      Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials

• "American Horror Story: Asylum," FX
• "Behind the Candelabra," HBO
• "Downton Abbey," PBS
• "Rectify," Sundance Channel
• "Top of the Lake," Sundance Channel

      
      Outstanding Achievement in News and Information

• "Anderson Cooper 360," CNN
• "Central Park Five," PBS
• "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," Comedy Central
• "Rachel Maddow Show," MSNBC
• "60 Minutes," CBS

      Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming

• "The Amazing Race," CBS
• "The Glee Project," Oxygen
• "Shark Tank," ABC
• "Survivor," CBS
• "The Voice," NBC

      Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming

• "Adventure Time," Cartoon Network
• "Bunheads," ABC Family
• "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood," PBS
• "Sesame Street," PBS
• "Switched at Birth," ABC Family

      New Program

• "The Americans," FX
• "Elementary," CBS
• "House of Cards," Netflix
• "The Mindy Project," FOX
• "Orphan Black," BBC America

      Career Achievement Award

• James L. Brooks
• James Burrows
• Jay Leno
• William Shatner
• Barbara Walters

      The Heritage Award

• "All in the Family"
• "Lost"
• "Saturday Night Live"
• "Star Trek"
• "Twin Peaks"

      Program of the Year

• "The Americans," FX
• "Breaking Bad," AMC
• "Game of Thrones," HBO
• "House of Cards," Netflix
• "The Walking Dead," AMC