The TCA Awards always seem like an Emmy Awards pipe dream. What nominee are you hoping translates this season?
The TCA Award nominations always feel like the polar opposite of the Emmy Awards. The Television Academy is often criticized for lazy voting practices, resulting in the same nominees for stretches of time (looking at you Jon Voight in Ray Donovan!), but honorees at TCA vary drastically from year to year. This year, I’d have to say that the nominees are pretty darn great!
HBO led the overall nominations with 15 bids, thanks to broad recognition across the drama, comedy and limited series categories. Despite a controversial final season, Game of Thrones received a Program of the Year nomination. It last won the category in 2012. Also adding to HBO’s pack-leading haul were Succession, Barry, and Sharp Objects – each receiving two nominations.
Netflix’s Russian Doll and FX’s Pose were the most nominated series with 4 nominations each. Fleabag earned 2 nominations for its first season 2 years ago, but the Phoebe Waller-Bridge comedy grabbed 3 nominations this morning. Last year’s comedy winner, The Good Place, is nominated again for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, but the most thrilling news of this year’s batch is two nominations for PopTV’s Schitt’s Creek! It is nominated in both Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, and Catherine O’Hara was nominated for Individual Achievement in Comedy alongside Waller-Bridge, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and (the lone male in the category) Bill Hader.
What do you think of the nominations? Is there anything you’d want to see translate to the Emmy Awards this year? Sound off in the comments!
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
Amy Adams, “Sharp Objects” – HBO
Patricia Arquette, “Escape at Dannemora” – Showtime
Christine Baranski, “The Good Fight” – CBS All Access
Jodie Comer, “Killing Eve” – BBC America
Billy Porter, “Pose” – FX
Michelle Williams, “Fosse/Verdon” – FX
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY
Pamela Adlon, “Better Things” – FX
Bill Hader, “Barry” – HBO
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep” – HBO
Natasha Lyonne, “Russian Doll” – Netflix
Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek” – Pop TV
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, “Fleabag” – Amazon
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NEWS AND INFORMATION
“60 Minutes” – CBS
“America To Me” – Starz
“Leaving Neverland” – HBO
“Our Planet” – Netflix
“The Rachel Maddow Show” – MSNBC
“Surviving R. Kelly” – Lifetime
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN REALITY
“The Great British Baking Show” – PBS
“Making It” – NBC
“Nailed It!” – Netflix
“Queer Eye” – Netflix
“Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat” – Netflix
“Tidying Up with Marie Kondo” – Netflix
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN YOUTH PROGRAMMING
“Arthur” – PBS Kids
“Carmen Sandiego” – Netflix
“Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” – PBS Kids
“Muppet Babies” – Disney Junior
“Odd Squad” – PBS Kids
“Sesame Street” – HBO
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SKETCH/VARIETY SHOWS
“Desus & Mero” – Showtime
“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” -TBS
“I Think You Should Leave” – Netflix
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” – HBO
“Late Night with Seth Meyers” – NBC
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” – CBS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIE OR MINISERIES
“Chernobyl” – HBO
“Deadwood: The Movie” – HBO
“Escape at Dannemora” – Showtime
“Fosse/Verdon” – FX
“Sharp Objects” – HBO
“When They See Us” – Netflix
OUTSTANDING NEW PROGRAM
“Dead to Me” – Netflix
“The Other Two” – Comedy Central
“Pose” – FX
“Russian Doll” – Netflix
“Succession” – HBO
“What We Do in the Shadows” – FX
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
“Better Call Saul” – AMC
“The Good Fight” – CBS All Access
“Homecoming” – Amazon
“Killing Eve” – BBC America
“Pose” – FX
“Succession” – HBO
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY
“Barry” – HBO
“Fleabag” – Amazon
“The Good Place” – NBC
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” – Amazon
“Russian Doll” – Netflix
“Schitt’s Creek” – Pop TV
“Veep” – HBO
PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
“Chernobyl” – HBO
“Fleabag” – Amazon
“Game of Thrones” – HBO
“Pose” – FX
“Russian Doll” – Netflix
“When They See Us” – Netflix
