TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama

The TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama is an award given by the Television Critics Association.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner	Other Nominees
1984-1985 (1st)	The Jewel in the Crown (PBS)	Farrah Fawcett – The Burning Bed (NBC) American Playhouse (PBS) The Burning Bed (NBC) Cagney & Lacey (CBS) Call to Glory (ABC) Fatal Vision (NBC) Hill Street Blues (NBC) Miami Vice (NBC) St. Elsewhere (NBC)
1985-1986 (2nd)	Death of a Salesman (CBS)	Anne of Green Gables (PBS) An Early Frost (NBC) Love Is Never Silent (NBC) Nobody's Child (CBS) St. Elsewhere (NBC)
1986-1987 (3rd)	L.A. Law (NBC)	St. Elsewhere (NBC)
1987-1988 (4th)	St. Elsewhere (NBC)	L.A. Law (NBC) thirtysomething (ABC)
1988-1989 (5th)	Lonesome Dove (CBS)	China Beach (ABC) L.A. Law (NBC) thirtysomething (ABC) War and Remembrance (ABC)
1989-1990 (6th)	Twin Peaks (ABC)	The Final Days (ABC) L.A. Law (NBC) Shannon's Deal (NBC) thirtysomething (ABC)
1990-1991 (7th)	thirtysomething (ABC)	The Civil War (PBS) Law & Order (NBC) Northern Exposure (CBS) Separate but Equal (ABC)
1991-1992 (8th)	I'll Fly Away (NBC)	Civil Wars (ABC) Homefront (ABC) Law & Order (NBC) Northern Exposure (CBS)
1992-1993 (9th)	I'll Fly Away (NBC)	Barbarians at the Gate (HBO) Homefront (ABC) Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC) Law & Order (NBC) Prime Suspect 2 (PBS)
1993-1994 (10th)	NYPD Blue (ABC)	Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC) Law & Order (NBC) Prime Suspect 3 (PBS) The X-Files (Fox)
1994-1995 (11th)	My So-Called Life (ABC)	ER (NBC) Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC) NYPD Blue (ABC) The X-Files (Fox)
1995-1996 (12th)	Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)	ER (NBC) Murder One (ABC) NYPD Blue (ABC) The X-Files (Fox)
1996-1997 (13th)	Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)	EZ Streets (CBS) Law & Order (NBC) NYPD Blue (ABC) The X-Files (Fox)
1997-1998 (14th)	Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)	ER (NBC) Law & Order (NBC) The Practice (ABC) The X-Files (Fox)
1998-1999 (15th)	The Sopranos (HBO)	Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC) Law & Order (NBC) NYPD Blue (ABC) The Practice (ABC)
1999-2000 (16th)	The West Wing (NBC)	Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB) Freaks and Geeks (NBC) Once and Again (ABC) The Practice (ABC) The Sopranos (HBO)
2000-2001 (17th)	The Sopranos (HBO) and The West Wing (NBC)	Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS) Gilmore Girls (The WB)
2001-2002 (18th)	Six Feet Under (HBO)	24 (Fox) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS) Gilmore Girls (The WB) The Shield (FX)
2002-2003 (19th)	Boomtown (NBC)	24 (Fox) The Shield (FX) Six Feet Under (HBO) The Sopranos (HBO) The Wire (HBO)
2003-2004 (20th)	The Sopranos (HBO)	24 (Fox) Deadwood (HBO) The Shield (FX) The Wire (HBO)
2004-2005 (21st)	Lost (ABC)	24 (Fox) Deadwood (HBO) House (Fox) Rescue Me (FX)
2005-2006 (22nd)	Lost (ABC)	24 (Fox) Grey's Anatomy (ABC) House (Fox) The Sopranos (HBO)
2006-2007 (23rd)	The Sopranos (HBO)	Friday Night Lights (NBC) Heroes (NBC) Lost (ABC) The Wire (HBO)
2007-2008 (24th)	Mad Men (AMC)	Damages (FX) Friday Night Lights (NBC) Lost (ABC) The Wire (HBO)
2008-2009 (25th)	Mad Men (AMC)	Breaking Bad (AMC) Friday Night Lights (The 101 Network / NBC) Lost (ABC) The Shield (FX)
2009-2010 (26th)	Breaking Bad (AMC) and Lost (ABC)	The Good Wife (CBS) Mad Men (AMC) Sons of Anarchy (FX)
2010-2011 (27th)	Mad Men (AMC)	Friday Night Lights (The 101 Network / NBC) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Good Wife (CBS) Justified (FX)
2011-2012 (28th)	Breaking Bad (AMC)	Game of Thrones (HBO) Homeland (Showtime) Justified (FX) Mad Men (AMC)
2012-2013 (29th)	Game of Thrones (HBO)	The Americans (FX) Breaking Bad (AMC) Homeland (Showtime) Mad Men (AMC)
2013-2014 (30th)	The Good Wife (CBS)	The Americans (FX) Breaking Bad (AMC) Game of Thrones (HBO) House of Cards (Netflix)
2014-2015 (31st)	The Americans (FX)	Empire (Fox) Game of Thrones (HBO) Justified (FX) Mad Men (AMC)
2015-2016 (32nd)	The Americans (FX)	Better Call Saul (AMC) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Leftovers (HBO) Mr. Robot (USA) UnREAL (Lifetime)
2016-2017 (33rd)[2]	The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)	The Americans (FX) Better Call Saul (AMC) The Crown (Netflix) Stranger Things (Netflix) This Is Us (NBC)
2017-2018 (34th)[3]	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)
2018-2019 (35th)[4]	Better Call Saul (AMC)	The Good Fight (CBS All Access) Homecoming (Amazon) Killing Eve (BBC America) Pose (FX) Succession (HBO)
2019-2020 (36th)[5]	Succession (HBO)	Better Call Saul (AMC) The Crown (Netflix) Euphoria (HBO) The Good Fight (CBS All Access) Pose (FX)
2020-2021 (37th)[6]	The Crown (Netflix)	Bridgerton (Netflix) For All Mankind (Apple TV+) The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) Lovecraft Country (HBO) The Mandalorian (Disney+) Pose (FX) P-Valley (Starz)
2021-2022 (38th)[7]	Succession (HBO)	Better Call Saul (AMC) The Good Fight (Paramount+) Pachinko (Apple TV+) Severance (Apple TV+) Squid Game (Netflix) This Is Us (NBC) Yellowjackets (Showtime)
2022-2023 (39th)[8]	Succession (HBO)	Andor (Disney+) Better Call Saul (AMC) The Good Fight (Paramount+) Interview with the Vampire (AMC) The Last of Us (HBO) The White Lotus (HBO) Yellowjackets (Showtime)
2023-2024 (40th)[9]	Shōgun (FX)	Baby Reindeer (Netflix) Fallout (Amazon) Fargo (FX) Ripley (Netflix) True Detective: Night Country (HBO / Max)
2024-2025 (41st)[10]		Andor (Disney+) Industry (HBO) Interview with the Vampire (AMC) The Last of Us (HBO) Matlock (CBS) The Pitt (HBO Max) Severance (Apple TV+) The White Lotus (HBO)

Multiple wins

4 wins

• The Sopranos

3 wins

• The Americans (2 consecutive)
• Homicide: Life on the Street (consecutive)
• Lost (2 consecutive)
• Mad Men (2 consecutive)
• Succession (2 consecutive)

2 wins

• Breaking Bad
• I'll Fly Away (consecutive)
• The West Wing (consecutive)

Multiple nominees

7 nominations Homicide: Life on the Street Law & Order Mad Men The Sopranos 6 nominations The Americans Better Call Saul Game of Thrones Lost 5 nominations 24 Breaking Bad The Good Fight NYPD Blue The X-Files

4 nominations The Crown Friday Night Lights L.A. Law The Shield St. Elsewhere Succession thirtysomething The Wire 3 nominations ER The Good Wife The Handmaid's Tale Justified Pose The Practice This Is Us

2 nominations Andor Buffy the Vampire Slayer CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Deadwood Gilmore Girls Homefront Homeland House I'll Fly Away Interview with the Vampire Killing Eve The Last of Us Northern Exposure Severance Six Feet Under The West Wing The White Lotus Yellowjackets

Total awards by network

• NBC – 10
• HBO/Max – 9
• ABC – 7
• AMC – 6
• FX – 4
• CBS – 3
• Hulu – 1
• Netflix - 1
• PBS – 1

Total nominations by network

• NBC – 47
• HBO/Max – 36
• ABC – 31
• FX – 21
• AMC – 20
• CBS – 13
• Fox - 13
• Netflix - 10
• PBS – 6
• Apple TV+ - 4
• Showtime - 4
• The WB - 4
• CBS All Access - 3
• Hulu – 3
• Amazon - 2
• BBC America - 2
• Disney+ - 3
• Paramount+ - 2
• The 101 Network - 2
• Lifetime - 1
• Starz - 1
• USA - 1