12th TCA Awards

The 12th TCA Awards were presented by the Television Critics Association in a ceremony hosted by Heidi Swedberg. The ceremony was held on July 20, 1996, at the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel and Spa in Pasadena, California.^[1][2][3][4]

12th TCA Awards
Date	July 20, 1996
Venue	Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel and Spa, Pasadena, California
Highlights
Program of the Year	Homicide: Life on the Street
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Winners and nominees

Category	Winner	Other nominees
Program of the Year	Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)	ER (NBC) Gulliver's Travels (NBC) Murder One (ABC) NYPD Blue (ABC)
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy	Frasier (NBC)	3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC) The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) Seinfeld (NBC) The Simpsons (Fox)
Outstanding Achievement in Drama	Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)	ER (NBC) Murder One (ABC) NYPD Blue (ABC) The X-Files (Fox)
Outstanding Achievement in Specials	Pride and Prejudice (A&E)	The 68th Annual Academy Awards (ABC) Barbara Walters: 20 Years at ABC (ABC) The Beatles Anthology (ABC)
Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming	Wishbone (PBS)	Goosebumps (Fox) Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (Nickelodeon)
Outstanding Achievement in News and Information	Frontline (PBS)	CNN 20/20 (ABC) 60 Minutes (CBS) Nightline (ABC)
Outstanding Achievement in Sports	SportsCenter (ESPN)	Baseball Tonight (ESPN) ESPN National Hockey Night (ESPN/ESPN2) NFL on Fox (Fox) Outside the Lines (ESPN) Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
Career Achievement Award	Angela Lansbury	Roone Arledge Steven Bochco Mike Wallace Barbara Walters

Multiple wins

The following shows received multiple wins:

Wins	Recipient
2	Homicide: Life on the Street

Multiple nominations

The following shows received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Recipient
2	ER
	Homicide: Life on the Street
	Murder One
	NYPD Blue