TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama

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

Winners and nominees[]

Year	Winner	Other Nominees
1984-1985 (1st)	The Jewel in the Crown (PBS)	Farrah Fawcett – The Burning Bed (NBC) American Playhouse (PBS) The Burning Bed (NBC) Cagney & Lacey (CBS) Call to Glory (ABC) Fatal Vision (NBC) Hill Street Blues (NBC) Miami Vice (NBC) St. Elsewhere (NBC)
1985-1986 (2nd)	Death of a Salesman (CBS)	Anne of Green Gables (PBS) An Early Frost (NBC) Love Is Never Silent (NBC) Nobody's Child (CBS) St. Elsewhere (NBC)
1986-1987 (3rd)	L.A. Law (NBC)	St. Elsewhere (NBC)
1987-1988 (4th)	St. Elsewhere (NBC)	L.A. Law (NBC) thirtysomething (ABC)
1988-1989 (5th)	Lonesome Dove (CBS)	China Beach (ABC) L.A. Law (NBC) thirtysomething (ABC) War and Remembrance (ABC)
1989-1990 (6th)	Twin Peaks (ABC)	The Final Days (ABC) L.A. Law (NBC) Shannon's Deal (NBC) thirtysomething (ABC)
1990-1991 (7th)	thirtysomething (ABC)	The Civil War (PBS) Law & Order (NBC) Northern Exposure (CBS) Separate but Equal (ABC)
1991-1992 (8th)	I'll Fly Away (NBC)	Civil Wars (ABC) Homefront (ABC) Law & Order (NBC) Northern Exposure (CBS)
1992-1993 (9th)	I'll Fly Away (NBC)	Barbarians at the Gate (HBO) Homefront (ABC) Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC) Law & Order (NBC) Prime Suspect 2 (PBS)
1993-1994 (10th)	NYPD Blue (ABC)	Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC) Law & Order (NBC) Prime Suspect 3 (PBS) The X-Files (Fox)
1994-1995 (11th)	My So-Called Life (ABC)	ER (NBC) Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC) NYPD Blue (ABC) The X-Files (Fox)
1995-1996 (12th)	Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)	ER (NBC) Murder One (ABC) NYPD Blue (ABC) The X-Files (Fox)
1996-1997 (13th)	Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)	EZ Streets (CBS) Law & Order (NBC) NYPD Blue (ABC) The X-Files (Fox)
1997-1998 (14th)	Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)	ER (NBC) Law & Order (NBC) The Practice (ABC) The X-Files (Fox)
1998-1999 (15th)	The Sopranos (HBO)	Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC) Law & Order (NBC) NYPD Blue (ABC) The Practice (ABC)
1999-2000 (16th)	The West Wing (NBC)	Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB) Freaks and Geeks (NBC) Once and Again (ABC) The Practice (ABC) The Sopranos (HBO)
2000-2001 (17th)	The Sopranos (HBO) and The West Wing (NBC)	Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS) Gilmore Girls (The WB)
2001-2002 (18th)	Six Feet Under (HBO)	24 (Fox) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS) Gilmore Girls (The WB) The Shield (FX)
2002-2003 (19th)	Boomtown (NBC)	24 (Fox) The Shield (FX) Six Feet Under (HBO) The Sopranos (HBO) The Wire (HBO)
2003-2004 (20th)	The Sopranos (HBO)	24 (Fox) Deadwood (HBO) The Shield (FX) The Wire (HBO)
2004-2005 (21st)	Lost (ABC)	24 (Fox) Deadwood (HBO) House (Fox) Rescue Me (FX)
2005-2006 (22nd)	Lost (ABC)	24 (Fox) Grey's Anatomy (ABC) House (Fox) The Sopranos (HBO)
2006-2007 (23rd)	The Sopranos (HBO)	Friday Night Lights (NBC) Heroes (NBC) Lost (ABC) The Wire (HBO)
2007-2008 (24th)	Mad Men (AMC)	Damages (FX) Friday Night Lights (NBC) Lost (ABC) The Wire (HBO)
2008-2009 (25th)	Mad Men (AMC)	Breaking Bad (AMC) Friday Night Lights (The 101 Network / NBC) Lost (ABC) The Shield (FX)
2009-2010 (26th)	Breaking Bad (AMC) and Lost (ABC)	The Good Wife (CBS) Mad Men (AMC) Sons of Anarchy (FX)
2010-2011 (27th)	Mad Men (AMC)	Friday Night Lights (The 101 Network / NBC) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Good Wife (CBS) Justified (FX)
2011-2012 (28th)	Breaking Bad (AMC)	Game of Thrones (HBO) Homeland (Showtime) Justified (FX) Mad Men (AMC)
2012-2013 (29th)	Game of Thrones (HBO)	The Americans (FX) Breaking Bad (AMC) Homeland (Showtime) Mad Men (AMC)
2013-2014 (30th)	The Good Wife (CBS)	The Americans (FX) Breaking Bad (AMC) Game of Thrones (HBO) House of Cards (Netflix)
2014-2015 (31st)	The Americans (FX)	Empire (Fox) Game of Thrones (HBO) Justified (FX) Mad Men (AMC)
2015-2016 (32nd)	The Americans (FX)	Better Call Saul (AMC) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Leftovers (HBO) Mr. Robot (USA) UnREAL (Lifetime)
2016-2017 (33rd)	The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)^[2]	The Americans (FX) Better Call Saul (AMC) The Crown (Netflix) Stranger Things (Netflix) This Is Us (NBC)
2017-2018 (34th)	The Americans (FX)^[3]	The Crown (Netflix) The Good Fight (CBS All Access) The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) Killing Eve (BBC America) This Is Us (NBC)
2018-2019 (35th)	Better Call Saul (AMC)^[4]	The Good Fight (CBS All Access) Homecoming (Amazon) Killing Eve (BBC America) Pose (FX) Succession (HBO)
2019-2020 (36th)	Succession (HBO)^[5]	Better Call Saul (AMC) The Crown (Netflix) Euphoria (HBO) The Good Fight (CBS All Access) Pose (FX)
2020-2021 (37th)	The Crown (Netflix)	Bridgerton (Netflix) For All Mankind (Apple TV+) The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) Lovecraft Country (HBO) The Mandalorian (Disney+) Pose (FX) P-Valley (Starz)

Multiple wins[]

4 wins

The Sopranos

3 wins

The Americans (2 consecutive)
Homicide: Life on the Street (consecutive)
Lost (2 consecutive)
Mad Men (2 consecutive)

2 wins

Breaking Bad
I'll Fly Away (consecutive)
The West Wing (consecutive)

Multiple nominees[]

7 nominations

6 nominations

The Americans
Game of Thrones
Lost

5 nominations

24
Breaking Bad
NYPD Blue
The X-Files

4 nominations

Better Call Saul
The Crown
Friday Night Lights
L.A. Law
The Shield
St. Elsewhere
thirtysomething
The Wire

3 nominations

2 nominations

Total awards by network[]

NBC – 10
ABC – 7
HBO – 7
AMC – 6
CBS – 3

FX – 3
Hulu – 1
Netflix - 1
PBS – 1

CBS All Access - 3
Hulu – 3
BBC America - 2
Showtime - 2
Apple TV+ - 1
Disney+ - 1
Lifetime - 1
The 101 Network - 2
Starz - 1
USA - 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 Drama
1980s	The Jewel in the Crown (1985) Death of a Salesman (1986) L.A. Law (season 1) (1987) St. Elsewhere (season 6) (1988) Lonesome Dove (1989)
1990s	Twin Peaks (season 1) (1990) thirtysomething (season 4) (1991) I’ll Fly Away (season 1) (1992) I’ll Fly Away (season 2) (1993) NYPD Blue (season 1) (1994) My So-Called Life (season 1) (1995) Homicide: Life on the Street (season 4) (1996) Homicide: Life on the Street (season 5) (1997) Homicide: Life on the Street (season 6) (1998) The Sopranos (season 1) (1999)
2000s	The West Wing (season 1) (2000) The Sopranos (season 3) / The West Wing (season 2) (2001) Six Feet Under (season 1/season 2) (2002) Boomtown (season 1) (2003) The Sopranos (season 5) (2004) Lost (season 1) (2005) Lost (season 2) (2006) The Sopranos (season 6, part II) (2007) Mad Men (season 1) (2008) Mad Men (season 2) (2009)
2010s	Breaking Bad (season 3) / Lost (season 6) (2010) Mad Men (season 4) (2011) Breaking Bad (season 4) (2012) Game of Thrones (season 3) (2013) The Good Wife (season 5) (2014) The Americans (season 3) (2015) The Americans (season 4) (2016) The Handmaid's Tale (season 1) (2017) The Americans (season 6) (2018) Better Call Saul (season 4) (2019)
2020s	Succession (season 2) (2020) The Crown (season 4) (2021)