25th TCA Awards

The 25th TCA Awards were presented by the Television Critics Association. Chelsea Handler hosted the ceremony on August 1 at the Langham Huntington Hotel and Spa in Pasadena, Calif.^[1][2]

25th TCA Awards
Date	August 1, 2009
Venue	Langham Huntington Hotel and Spa, Pasadena, California
Highlights
Program of the Year	Battlestar Galactica
Outstanding New Program	True Blood
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Winners and nominees

Category	Winner	Other Nominees
Program of the Year	Battlestar Galactica (Syfy)	Lost (ABC) Mad Men (AMC) Saturday Night Live (NBC) The Shield (FX)
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy	The Big Bang Theory (CBS)	30 Rock (NBC) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) How I Met Your Mother (CBS) The Office (NBC)
Outstanding Achievement in Drama	Mad Men (AMC)	Breaking Bad (AMC) Friday Night Lights (NBC/The 101 Network) Lost (ABC) The Shield (FX)
Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials	Grey Gardens (HBO)	2008 Summer Olympics (NBC) 24: Redemption (Fox) Generation Kill (HBO) Taking Chance (HBO)
Outstanding New Program of the Year	True Blood (HBO)	Fringe (Fox) The Mentalist (CBS) The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (HBO) United States of Tara (Showtime)
Individual Achievement in Comedy	Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)	Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock (NBC) Steve Carell - The Office (NBC) Tina Fey - 30 Rock (NBC) Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Individual Achievement in Drama	Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad (AMC)	Glenn Close - Damages (FX) Walton Goggins - The Shield (FX) Jon Hamm - Mad Men (AMC) Hugh Laurie - House (Fox)
Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming	Yo Gabba Gabba! (Nickelodeon)	Camp Rock (Disney Channel) The Electric Company (PBS) Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (Nickelodeon) Sid the Science Kid (PBS)
Outstanding Achievement in News and Information	The Alzheimer's Project (HBO)	60 Minutes (CBS) Frontline (PBS) The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) We Shall Remain (PBS)
Heritage Award	ER (NBC)	M*A*S*H (CBS) Saturday Night Live (NBC) The Shield (FX) Star Trek (NBC)
Career Achievement Award	Betty White	No other nominees

Multiple wins

The following shows received multiple wins:

Wins	Recipient
2	The Big Bang Theory

Multiple nominations

The following shows received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Recipient
4	The Shield
3	30 Rock
	Mad Men
2	The Big Bang Theory
	Breaking Bad
	How I Met Your Mother
	Lost
	The Office
	Saturday Night Live