Friday, June 5, 2009

2009 TCA Nominations

Clues to potential Emmy nominees: Here are the recently announced 2008-9 TV season nominees for the Television Critics Association (TCA) Awards. Winners will be selected by the association’s 200-plus membership of critics and journalists across the country and will announced in a Pasadena, California ceremony on Saturday, August 1. :

PROGRAM OF THE YEAR

Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi Channel)
Lost (ABC)
Mad Men (AMC)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
The Shield (FX)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY

30 Rock (NBC)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
The Office (NBC)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA

Breaking Bad (AMC)
Friday Night Lights (NBC/DirecTV)
Lost (ABC)
Mad Men (AMC)
The Shield (FX)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT MOVIES, MINI-SERIES AND SPECIALS

2008 Summer Olympic Coverage (NBC)
24: Redemption (Fox)
Generation Kill (HBO)
Grey Gardens (HBO)
Taking Chance (HBO)
United States of Tara (Showtime)

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY

Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Steve Carell (The Office)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA

Glenn Close (Damages)
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
Walton Goggins (The Shield)
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
Hugh Laurie (House)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING

Camp Rock (The Disney Channel)
The Electric Company (PBS)
Nick News (Nickelodeon)
Sid the Science Kid (PBS)
Yo Gabba Gabba (Nickelodeon)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NEWS & INFORMATION

60 Minutes (CBS)
The Alzheimer’s Project (HBO)
Frontline (PBS)
The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)
We Shall Remain (PBS)

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