TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy

The TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy is an award given by the Television Critics Association.^[1]

Winners and nominees[]

Year	Winner	Other Nominees
1984-1985 (1st)	The Cosby Show (NBC)	Bill Cosby – The Cosby Show (NBC) Martin Short – Saturday Night Live (NBC) Brothers (Showtime) Cheers (NBC) Family Ties (NBC) Kate & Allie (CBS) Late Night with David Letterman (NBC) Newhart (CBS) Night Court (NBC) Not Necessarily the News (HBO)
1985-1986 (2nd)	The Cosby Show (NBC)	Cheers (NBC) The Golden Girls (NBC) Moonlighting (ABC) Newhart (CBS)
1986-1987 (3rd)	It's Garry Shandling's Show (Showtime)	n/a
1987-1988 (4th)	Frank's Place (NBC) and The Wonder Years (ABC)	n/a
1988-1989 (5th)	Murphy Brown (CBS)	Roseanne (ABC) The Wonder Years (ABC)
1989-1990 (6th)	The Simpsons (Fox)	Designing Women (CBS) Murphy Brown (CBS) Newhart (CBS) The Wonder Years (ABC)
1990-1991 (7th)	Murphy Brown (CBS)	Cheers (NBC) Northern Exposure (CBS) The Simpsons (Fox)
1991-1992 (8th)	Seinfeld (NBC)	Brooklyn Bridge (CBS) Murphy Brown (CBS) Northern Exposure (CBS) The Simpsons (Fox)
1992-1993 (9th)	Seinfeld (NBC)	Cheers (NBC) The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) Roseanne (ABC) The Simpsons (Fox)
1993-1994 (10th)	Frasier (NBC)	The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) Seinfeld (NBC) The Simpsons (Fox)
1994-1995 (11th)	Frasier (NBC)	Friends (NBC) The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) Mad About You (NBC) Seinfeld (NBC)
1995-1996 (12th)	Frasier (NBC)	3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC) The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) Seinfeld (NBC) The Simpsons (Fox)
1996-1997 (13th)	The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)	3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC) Frasier (NBC) King of the Hill (Fox) Seinfeld (NBC)
1997-1998 (14th)	The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)	Ally McBeal (Fox) Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) Frasier (NBC) Seinfeld (NBC)
1998-1999 (15th)	Sports Night (ABC)	Ally McBeal (Fox) Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) Friends (NBC) Will & Grace (NBC)
1999-2000 (16th)	Malcolm in the Middle (Fox)	Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) Frasier (NBC) Sex and the City (HBO) Will & Grace (NBC)
2000-2001 (17th)	Malcolm in the Middle (Fox)	Ed (NBC) Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) The Job (ABC) Sex and the City (HBO)
2001-2002 (18th)	The Bernie Mac Show (Fox)	Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) Friends (NBC) The Osbournes (MTV) Scrubs (NBC)
2002-2003 (19th)	The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)	Andy Richter Controls the Universe (Fox) Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) The Office (BBC America)
2003-2004 (20th)	Arrested Development (Fox)	Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) The Office (BBC America) Sex and the City (HBO)
2004-2005 (21st)	Arrested Development (Fox)	The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Desperate Housewives (ABC) Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) Gilmore Girls (The WB)
2005-2006 (22nd)	The Office (NBC)	The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Everybody Hates Chris (UPN) My Name Is Earl (NBC) Scrubs (NBC)
2006-2007 (23rd)	The Office (NBC)	30 Rock (NBC) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Entourage (HBO) Ugly Betty (ABC)
2007-2008 (24th)	30 Rock (NBC)	The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Flight of the Conchords (HBO) The Office (NBC)
2008-2009 (25th)	The Big Bang Theory (CBS)	30 Rock (NBC) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) How I Met Your Mother (CBS) The Office (NBC)
2009-2010 (26th)	Modern Family (ABC)	The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Glee (Fox) Parks and Recreation (NBC) Party Down (Starz)
2010-2011 (27th)	Modern Family (ABC)	Community (NBC) Louie (FX) Parks and Recreation (NBC) Raising Hope (Fox)
2011-2012 (28th)	Louie (FX)	The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Community (NBC) Modern Family (ABC) Parks and Recreation (NBC)
2012-2013 (29th)	The Big Bang Theory (CBS) and Parks and Recreation (NBC)	Louie (FX) New Girl (Fox) Veep (HBO)
2013-2014 (30th)	Louie (FX) and Veep (HBO)	The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox) The Mindy Project (Fox)
2014-2015 (31st)	Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)	The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Jane the Virgin (The CW) Transparent (Amazon) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
2015-2016 (32nd)	Black-ish (ABC)	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW) Master of None (Netflix) Silicon Valley (HBO) Veep (HBO) You're the Worst (FXX)
2016-2017 (33rd)	Atlanta (FX)^[2]	Black-ish (ABC) Fleabag (Amazon) The Good Place (NBC) Master of None (Netflix) Veep (HBO)
2017-2018 (34th)	The Good Place (NBC)^[3]	Atlanta (FX) Barry (HBO) GLOW (Netflix) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) One Day at a Time (Netflix)
2018-2019 (35th)	Fleabag (Amazon)^[4]	Barry (HBO) The Good Place (NBC) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) Russian Doll (Netflix) Schitt's Creek (Pop) Veep (HBO)
2019-2020 (36th)	Schitt's Creek (Pop)^[5]	Better Things (FX) Dead to Me (Netflix) The Good Place (NBC) Insecure (HBO) What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
2020-2021 (37th)	Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)	The Flight Attendant (HBO Max) Girls5eva (Peacock) Hacks (HBO Max) Mythic Quest (Apple TV+) PEN15 (Hulu) Superstore (NBC) Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBC)

Multiple wins[]

3 wins

Frasier (consecutive)

2 wins

Arrested Development (consecutive)
The Big Bang Theory
The Cosby Show (consecutive)
The Larry Sanders Show (consecutive)
Louie
Malcolm in the Middle (consecutive)
Modern Family (consecutive)
Murphy Brown
The Office (US) (consecutive)
Seinfeld (consecutive)

Multiple nominees[]

7 nominations

6 nominations

5 nominations

Veep

4 nominations

Cheers
The Good Place
Louie
Murphy Brown
The Office (U.S.)
Parks and Recreation

3 nominations

30 Rock
Friends
Modern Family
Newhart
Sex and the City
The Wonder Years

2 nominations

Total awards by network[]

NBC – 23
Fox – 6
ABC – 5
CBS – 4
FX – 3
HBO – 3

Comedy Central – 2
Amazon – 1
Apple TV+ - 1
Pop – 1
Showtime – 1

Pop – 2
Showtime – 2
HBO Max - 2
Apple TV+ - 1
FXX - 1
Hulu - 1
MTV - 1
Peacock - 1
Starz - 1
UPN - 1
The WB - 1

References[]

External links[]

Official website

[1] "Past winners of the TCA Awards". Television Critics Association.

[2] 2017 TCA Awards Winners Full List|Screen Rant

[3] 'The Americans' Wins Big at TV Critics Awards|Hollywood Reporter

[4] 'Fleabag', 'Chernobyl' & 'Leaving Neverland' Win Big At TCA Awards 2019 —— Deadline

[5] 2020 TCA Awards full winners list|EW.com

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v t TCA Awards
Current awards	Program of the Year Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Outstanding Achievement in Drama Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries, and Specials Outstanding New Program Individual Achievement in Comedy Individual Achievement in Drama Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming Outstanding Achievement in News and Information Outstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety Shows Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming Heritage Award Career Achievement Award
Retired awards	Outstanding Achievement in Sports
Ceremonies	1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

v t TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy
1980s	The Cosby Show (season 1) (1985) The Cosby Show (season 2) (1986) It's Garry Shandling's Show (season 1) (1987) Frank’s Place (season 1) / The Wonder Years (season 1) (1988) Murphy Brown (season 1) (1989)
1990s	The Simpsons (season 1) (1990) Murphy Brown (season 3) (1991) Seinfeld (season 3) (1992) Seinfeld (season 4) (1993) Frasier (season 1) (1994) Frasier (season 2) (1995) Frasier (season 3) (1996) The Larry Sanders Show (season 5) (1997) The Larry Sanders Show (season 6) (1998) Sports Night (season 1) (1999)
2000s	Malcolm in the Middle (season 1) (2000) Malcolm in the Middle (season 2) (2001) The Bernie Mac Show (season 1) (2002) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (season 7/season 8) (2003) Arrested Development (season 1) (2004) Arrested Development (season 2) (2005) The Office (season 2) (2006) The Office (season 3) (2007) 30 Rock (season 2) (2008) The Big Bang Theory (season 2) (2009)
2010s	Modern Family (season 1) (2010) Modern Family (season 2) (2011) Louie (season 2) (2012) The Big Bang Theory (season 6) / Parks and Recreation (season 5) (2013) Louie (season 4) / Veep (season 3) (2014) Inside Amy Schumer (season 3) (2015) Black-ish (season 2) (2016) Atlanta (season 1) (2017) The Good Place (season 2) (2018) Fleabag (season 2) (2019)
2020s	Schitt's Creek (season 6) (2020) Ted Lasso (season 1) (2021)