Emmys voting is currently underway, which means that a ripe crop of fantasy Emmys ballots and “who will win/who should win” speculation is on its way. Fueling those predictions will be today’s nominations for the TCA Awards, the annual honors bestowed by members of the Television Critics Association (like our own Erik Adams, Danette Chavez, and Gwen Ihnat). As one of the earliest events of the TV awards season, the TCA Awards set the tone for which shows will be fêted throughout the summer and fall.
Last year, the TCA Awards presaged The Handmaids Tale’s big Emmy wins by awarding it the Outstanding Achievement in Drama and Program of the Year awards. This year, it’s crowned a (potential) new awards darling in BBC America’s Killing Eve, which leads with five nominations: Program of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Drama, Outstanding New Program, and individual acting nods for stars Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer. (For what it’s worth, The A.V. Club was pretty into Killing Eve as well.) The Americans follows with four nominations, with three each for Atlanta, The Good Place, The Handmaid’s Tale, Barry, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel—A.V. Club favorites all.
The TCA Awards also added a sketch/variety category for the first time this year, and gave a posthumous nod to Anthony Bourdain for CNN’s Parts Unknown, a nomination we’ll likely see duplicated at this year’s Emmys. (This is Bourdain’s first TCA Awards nomination; he’s been nominated for at least one Emmy every year since 2010.) A full list of nominees for this year’s TCA Awards is below, via Deadline.
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve – BBC America
Darren Criss, The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story – FX
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale – Hulu
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve – BBC America
Matthew Rhys, The Americans – FX
Keri Russell, The Americans – FX
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY
Pamela Adlon, Better Things – FX
Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – The CW
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Amazon
Ted Danson, The Good Place – NBC
Donald Glover, Atlanta – FX
Bill Hader, Barry – HBO
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NEWS AND INFORMATION
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – CNN
60 Minutes – CBS
Blue Planet 2 – BBC America
The Rachel Maddow Show – MSNBC
The Vietnam War – PBS
Wild Wild Country – Netflix
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN REALITY
The Great British Baking Show – PBS
Nailed It! – Netflix
Project Runway – Lifetime
Queer Eye – Netflix
RuPaul’s Drag Race – VH1
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN YOUTH PROGRAMMING
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood – PBS Kids
Elena Of Avalor – Disney Channel
Muppet Babies – Disney Junior
Odd Squad – PBS Kids
Sesame Street – HBO
Sofia The First – Disney Junior
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SKETCH/VARIETY SHOWS
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee – TBS
Jimmy Kimmel Live – ABC
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver – HBO
Late Night With Seth Meyers – NBC
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert – CBS
Saturday Night Live – NBC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Alias Grace – Netflix
The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story – FX
Howards End – Starz
Patrick Melrose – Showtime
The Tale – HBO
Twin Peaks: The Return – Showtime
OUTSTANDING NEW PROGRAM
Barry – HBO
Counterpart – Starz
GLOW – Netflix
Killing Eve – BBC America
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Amazon
Mindhunter – Netflix
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
The Americans – FX
The Crown – Netflix
The Good Fight – CBS All Access
The Handmaid’s Tale – Hulu
Killing Eve – BBC America
This Is Us – NBC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY
Atlanta – FX
Barry – HBO
GLOW – Netflix
The Good Place – NBC
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Amazon
One Day At A Time – Netflix
PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
The Americans – FX
Atlanta – FX
The Good Place – NBC
The Handmaid’s Tale – Hulu
Killing Eve – BBC America
This Is Us – NBC
