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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 FawcettThe 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)
1993-1994
(10th)
NYPD Blue (ABC)
1994-1995
(11th)
My So-Called Life (ABC)
1995-1996
(12th)
Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)
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)
1998-1999
(15th)
The Sopranos (HBO)
1999-2000
(16th)
The West Wing (NBC)
2000-2001
(17th)
The Sopranos (HBO)
and
The West Wing (NBC)
2001-2002
(18th)
Six Feet Under (HBO)
2002-2003
(19th)
Boomtown (NBC)
2003-2004
(20th)
The Sopranos (HBO)
2004-2005
(21st)
Lost (ABC)
  • 24 (Fox)
  • Deadwood (HBO)
  • House (Fox)
  • Rescue Me (FX)
2005-2006
(22nd)
Lost (ABC)
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)
2009-2010
(26th)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
and
Lost (ABC)
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)
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)
2014-2015
(31st)
The Americans (FX)
2015-2016
(32nd)
The Americans (FX)
2016-2017
(33rd)
The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)

Multiple wins[]

4 wins

  • The Sopranos

3 wins

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

2 wins

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

Multiple nominees[]

7 nominations

  • Homicide: Life on the Street
  • Law & Order
  • Mad Men
  • The Sopranos

6 nominations

  • Game of Thrones
  • Lost

5 nominations

  • 24
  • The Americans
  • Breaking Bad
  • NYPD Blue
  • The X-Files

4 nominations

  • Friday Night Lights
  • L.A. Law
  • The Shield
  • St. Elsewhere
  • thirtysomething
  • The Wire

3 nominations

  • ER
  • The Good Wife
  • Justified
  • The Practice

2 nominations

  • Better Call Saul
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  • Deadwood
  • Gilmore Girls
  • Homefront
  • Homeland
  • House
  • I'll Fly Away
  • Northern Exposure
  • Six Feet Under
  • The West Wing

References[]

External links[]

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