21st TCA Awards

The 21st TCA Awards were presented by the Television Critics Association. Craig Ferguson hosted the ceremony on July 23, 2005, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.^[1][2][3][4]

21st TCA Awards
Date	July 23, 2005
Venue	Beverly Hilton Hotel
Highlights
Program of the Year	Desperate Housewives
Outstanding New Program	Lost
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Winners and nominees

Category	Winner	Other Nominees
Program of the Year	Desperate Housewives (ABC)	Arrested Development (Fox) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Deadwood (HBO) Lost (ABC)
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy	Arrested Development (Fox)	The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Desperate Housewives (ABC) Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) Gilmore Girls (The WB)
Outstanding Achievement in Drama	Lost (ABC)	24 (Fox) Deadwood (HBO) House (Fox) Rescue Me (FX)
Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials	The Office Special (BBC America)	Lackawanna Blues (HBO) The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (HBO) Something the Lord Made (HBO) Sometimes in April (HBO)
Outstanding New Program of the Year	Lost (ABC)	Desperate Housewives (ABC) House (Fox) Rescue Me (FX) Veronica Mars (UPN)
Individual Achievement in Comedy	Jon Stewart - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)	Jason Bateman - Arrested Development (Fox) Marcia Cross - Desperate Housewives (ABC) Teri Hatcher - Desperate Housewives (ABC) Ray Romano - Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
Individual Achievement in Drama	Hugh Laurie - House (Fox)	Kristen Bell - Veronica Mars (UPN) Matthew Fox - Lost (ABC) Ian McShane - Deadwood (HBO) Kiefer Sutherland - 24 (Fox)
Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming	Degrassi: The Next Generation (The N)	Dora the Explorer (Nickelodeon) Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (Nickelodeon) Postcards from Buster (PBS) SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
Outstanding Achievement in News and Information	Frontline (PBS)	60 Minutes: Sunday Edition (CBS) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Meet the Press (NBC) The News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) Nightline (ABC)
Heritage Award	Nightline (ABC)	Frontline (PBS) M*A*S*H (CBS) Saturday Night Live (NBC) Sesame Street (PBS)
Career Achievement Award	Bob Newhart	No other nominees

Multiple wins

The following shows received multiple wins:

Wins	Recipient
2	Lost

Multiple nominations

The following shows received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Recipient
5	Desperate Housewives
4	The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
	Lost
3	Arrested Development
	Deadwood
	House
2	24
	Everybody Loves Raymond
	Frontline
	Nightline
	Rescue Me
	Veronica Mars