The TV Critics Association Awards Nominees Are In: How’d They Do?

Pretty well, actually. In an awards show that gives out so few awards (11, including career achievement), you have to stand out as a show to earn enough nominations to make people notice. Sensational new comedy Modern Family leads with five nominations across the four categories for which it even could have been nominated (two of the five comedy acting nominations went to the show). The show deserves these accolades, but that isn't necessarily the most exciting bit of news to come out of the nomination announcement. And neither is the troubling fact that Treme saw not a single nomination.

Program of the year:

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Breaking Bad (AMC)

Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC)
Glee (Fox)

Lost (ABC)

Modern Family (ABC)

Outstanding achievement in drama:

Breaking Bad (AMC)

Lost (ABC)

Mad Men (AMC)

Sons of Anarchy (FX)

The Good Wife (CBS)

Outstanding achievement in comedy:

Glee (Fox)

Modern Family (ABC)

Parks and Recreation (NBC)

Party Down (Starz)

The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

Outstanding new program:

Glee (Fox)

Justified (FX)

Modern Family (ABC)

Parenthood (NBC)

The Good Wife (CBS)

Individual achievement in drama:

Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, AMC)

John Lithgow (Dexter, Showtime)

Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife, CBS)

Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad, AMC)

Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy, FX)

Individual achievement in comedy:

Ty Burrell (Modern Family, ABC)

Jane Lynch (Glee, Fox)

Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation, NBC)

Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory, CBS)

Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family, ABC)

Outstanding achievement in news & information:

30 for 30 (ESPN)

America: The Story of Us (History Channel)

Life (Discovery Channel)

The Daily Show (Comedy Central)

The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)

Outstanding achievement in youth programming:

Dinosaur Train (PBS)

iCarly (Nickelodeon)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Cartoon Network)

Word Girl (PBS)

Yo Gabba Gabba (Nick Jr.)

Outstanding achievement in movies, miniseries and specials:

Life (Discovery Channel)

Temple Grandin (HBO)

The Pacific (HBO)

Torchwood: Children of Earth (BBC America)

You Don’t Know Jack (HBO)

Career achievement:

James Garner

Bill Moyers

Sherwood Schwartz

William Shatner

Dick Wolf


Heritage award:

24

M*A*S*H

Law & Order

Lost

Twin Peaks


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