TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials

The TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries, and Specials is an award given by the Television Critics Association.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner	Other Nominees
1984-1985 (1st)	The Burning Bed (NBC)	1984 Summer Olympics – Opening Ceremony (ABC) Farrah Fawcett – The Burning Bed (NBC) Fatal Vision (NBC) Heartsounds (ABC) The Jewel in the Crown (PBS) Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember (CBS) Threads (PBS) Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (NBC)
1985-1986 (2nd)	Live Aid (ABC / MTV)	Comic Relief (HBO) Horowitz in Moscow (CBS) The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) Putting It Together: The Making of The Broadway Album (HBO)
1986-1987 (3rd)	Robin Williams: An Evening at the Met (HBO)	n/a
1987-1988 (4th)	Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (HBO)	n/a
1988-1989 (5th)	What's Alan Watching? (CBS)	42nd Tony Awards (CBS) Comic Relief III (HBO) Glory! Glory! (HBO)
1989-1990 (6th)	Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Celebration (ABC)	Billy Crystal Carmen on Ice (HBO) Comic Relief '90 (HBO) The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
1990-1991 (7th)	The Civil War (PBS)	Billy Crystal The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (CBS)
1991-1992 (8th)	Billy Crystal – 64th Academy Awards (ABC)	MGM: When the Lion Roars (TNT) When It Was a Game (HBO)
1992-1993 (9th)	Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson (NBC)	Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah: 90 Primetime Minutes with the King of Pop (ABC) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: 25th Anniversary Reunion (NBC) Women of Country (CBS)
1993-1994 (10th)	Prime Suspect III (PBS)	Gypsy (CBS) One for the Road with Charles Kuralt and Morley Safer (CBS) Tales of the City (PBS)
1994-1995 (11th)	Baseball (PBS)	500 Nations (CBS) Barbra: The Concert (HBO) Tales from the Far Side (CBS)
1995-1996 (12th)	Pride and Prejudice (A&E)	68th Academy Awards (ABC) Barbara Walters: 20 Years at ABC (ABC) The Beatles Anthology (ABC)
1996-1997 (13th)	Bastard out of Carolina (Showtime)	The Last Don (CBS) Moll Flanders (PBS) The Odyssey (NBC) The West (PBS)
1997-1998 (14th)	From the Earth to the Moon (HBO)	Don King: Only in America (HBO) Merlin (NBC) Moby Dick (USA) Tom Jones (A&E) What the Deaf Man Heard (CBS)
1998-1999 (15th)	Joan of Arc (CBS)	Alice in Wonderland (NBC) The Farmer's Wife (PBS) Hornblower (A&E) Shot Through the Heart (HBO)
1999-2000 (16th)	The Corner (HBO)	Annie (ABC) Arabian Nights (ABC) Fail Safe (CBS) Jesus (CBS)
2000-2001 (17th)	Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (ABC)	61* (HBO) Anne Frank (ABC) Horatio Hornblower (A&E) Wit (HBO)
2001-2002 (18th)	Band of Brothers (HBO)	9/11 (CBS) America: A Tribute to Heroes (ABC / CBS / Fox / NBC) The Blue Planet: Seas of Life (Discovery Channel) Frontier House (PBS)
2002-2003 (19th)	Taken (Sci Fi)	Door to Door (TNT) Hitler: The Rise of Evil (CBS) Live from Baghdad (HBO) Manor House (PBS)
2003-2004 (20th)	Angels in America (HBO)	The Lion in Winter (Showtime) Prime Suspect: The Last Witness (PBS) Soldier's Girl (Showtime) State of Play (BBC America)
2004-2005 (21st)	The Office: Christmas Special (BBC America)	Lackawanna Blues (HBO) The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (HBO) Something the Lord Made (HBO) Sometimes in April (HBO)
2005-2006 (22nd)	No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (PBS)	Bleak House (PBS) Elizabeth I (HBO) Sleeper Cell (Showtime) Viva Blackpool (BBC America)
2006-2007 (23rd)	Planet Earth (Discovery Channel)	Broken Trail (AMC) Prime Suspect: The Final Act (PBS) The State Within (BBC America) When the Levees Broke (HBO)
2007-2008 (24th)	John Adams (HBO)	The Complete Jane Austen (PBS) Cranford (PBS) A Raisin in the Sun (ABC) The War (PBS)
2008-2009 (25th)	Grey Gardens (HBO)	2008 Summer Olympics (NBC) 24: Redemption (Fox) Generation Kill (HBO) Taking Chance (HBO)
2009-2010 (26th)	The Pacific (HBO)	Life (Discovery Channel) Temple Grandin (HBO) Torchwood: Children of Earth (BBC America) You Don't Know Jack (HBO)
2010-2011 (27th)	Sherlock (PBS)	Cinema Verite (HBO) Downton Abbey (PBS) Mildred Pierce (HBO) Too Big to Fail (HBO)
2011-2012 (28th)	Downton Abbey^[2] (PBS)	Game Change (HBO) Hatfields & McCoys (History) Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO) Sherlock (PBS)
2012-2013 (29th)	Behind the Candelabra (HBO)	American Horror Story: Asylum (FX) Downton Abbey (PBS) Rectify (Sundance Channel) Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel)
2013-2014 (30th)	True Detective (HBO)	American Horror Story: Coven (FX) Broadchurch (BBC America) Fargo (FX) The Returned (SundanceTV)
2014-2015 (31st)	The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst^[3] (HBO)	Bessie (HBO) The Honourable Woman (SundanceTV) Olive Kitteridge (HBO) Wolf Hall (PBS)
2015-2016 (32nd)	The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)	All the Way (HBO) Fargo (FX) The Night Manager (AMC) Roots (History) Show Me a Hero (HBO)
2016-2017 (33rd)	Big Little Lies (HBO)	Fargo (FX) Feud: Bette and Joan (FX) Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (Netflix) The Night Of (HBO) The Wizard of Lies (HBO)
2017-2018 (34th)	The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (FX)	Alias Grace (Netflix) Howards End (Starz) Patrick Melrose (Showtime) The Tale (HBO) Twin Peaks: The Return (Showtime)
2018-2019 (35th)	Chernobyl (HBO)	Deadwood: The Movie (HBO) Escape at Dannemora (Showtime) Fosse/Verdon (FX) Sharp Objects (HBO) When They See Us (Netflix)
2019-2020 (36th)	Watchmen (HBO)	Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu) Mrs. America (FX on Hulu) Normal People (Hulu) The Plot Against America (HBO) Unbelievable (Netflix)
2020-2021 (37th)^[4]^[5]	Mare of Easttown (HBO)	Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix) The Good Lord Bird (Showtime) I May Destroy You (HBO) It's a Sin (HBO Max) The Queen's Gambit (Netflix) The Underground Railroad (Amazon) WandaVision (Disney+)
2021-2022 (38th)^[6]	Dopesick (Hulu)	The Dropout (Hulu) The Girl from Plainville (Hulu) Maid (Netflix) Midnight Mass (Netflix) The Staircase (HBO Max) Station Eleven (HBO Max) Under the Banner of Heaven (FX)
2022-2023 (39th)^[7]	Beef (Netflix)	Black Bird (Apple TV+) Daisy Jones & The Six (Amazon) Fleishman Is in Trouble (FX) Mrs. Davis (Peacock) The Patient (FX) A Small Light (NatGeo) Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Roku Channel)
2023-2024 (40th)^[8]	Baby Reindeer (Netflix)	The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix) Fargo (FX) Fellow Travelers (Showtime) Ripley (Netflix) The Sympathizer (HBO / Max)
2024-2025 (41st)^[9]^[10]	Adolescence (Netflix)	Agatha All Along (Disney+) Disclaimer (Apple TV+) Dying for Sex (FX) The Penguin (HBO) Rebel Ridge (Netflix) Say Nothing (FX) Sirens (Netflix)
2025–2026 (42nd)^[11]		All Her Fault (Peacock) The Beast in Me (Netflix) Beef (Netflix) Death by Lightning (Netflix) DTF St. Louis (HBO Max) Half Man (HBO Max) Lord of the Flies (Netflix) Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette (FX)

References

↑ "Past winners of the TCA Awards". Television Critics Association. Archived from the original on 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
↑ Television Critics Association Honors Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad - IGN
↑ The Chair, The Jinx win TV critics awards - reality blurred
↑ 2021 TCA Awards Winners List: 'Ted Lasso' Named Program of the Year|The Wrap
↑ 'Ted Lasso' Dominates 2021 TCA Awards With Three Wins - Variety
↑ 2020 TCA Awards full winners list|EW.com
↑ Schneider, Michael (August 7, 2023). "'Succession' and 'The Bear' Dominate TCA Awards; Mel Brooks and 'The Carol Burnett Show' Honored". Variety. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
↑ Longeretta, Emily (June 10, 2024). "'Baby Reindeer,' 'Ripley' and 'Shogun' Lead 2024 TCA Awards Nominations: Full List". Variety. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
↑ Porter, Rick (June 9, 2025). "'Severance' Leads TCA Awards Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 10, 2025. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
↑ Schneider, Michael (August 20, 2025). "'The Pitt' Dominates 2025 Television Critics Association Awards With Four Wins". Variety. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
↑ Knapp, J. D. (June 12, 2026). "'Heated Rivalry,' 'Industry' and 'Widow's Bay' Lead 2026 TCA Awards Nominations". TheWrap. Retrieved June 17, 2026.

External links

Official website Archived 2018-06-20 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Past winners of the TCA Awards". Television Critics Association. Archived from the original on 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2013-06-21.

[2] Television Critics Association Honors Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad - IGN

[3] The Chair, The Jinx win TV critics awards - reality blurred

[4] 2021 TCA Awards Winners List: 'Ted Lasso' Named Program of the Year|The Wrap

[5] 'Ted Lasso' Dominates 2021 TCA Awards With Three Wins - Variety

[6] 2020 TCA Awards full winners list|EW.com

[7] Schneider, Michael (August 7, 2023). "'Succession' and 'The Bear' Dominate TCA Awards; Mel Brooks and 'The Carol Burnett Show' Honored". Variety. Retrieved August 7, 2023.

[8] Longeretta, Emily (June 10, 2024). "'Baby Reindeer,' 'Ripley' and 'Shogun' Lead 2024 TCA Awards Nominations: Full List". Variety. Retrieved June 10, 2024.

[9] Porter, Rick (June 9, 2025). "'Severance' Leads TCA Awards Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 10, 2025. Retrieved July 14, 2025.

[10] Schneider, Michael (August 20, 2025). "'The Pitt' Dominates 2025 Television Critics Association Awards With Four Wins". Variety. Retrieved August 20, 2025.

[11] Knapp, J. D. (June 12, 2026). "'Heated Rivalry,' 'Industry' and 'Widow's Bay' Lead 2026 TCA Awards Nominations". TheWrap. Retrieved June 17, 2026.

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TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials

Contents

Winners and nominees

Total awards by network

Total nominations by network

References

External links