Everything breaks for Bad
The Television Critics Association, a group comprised of more than 220 professional TV critics and journalists who cover the industry, took time out of the summer press tour to hand out their 29th Annual TCA Awards on Saturday night, in a private ceremony hosted by comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele.
With critical praise for the soon-to-end Breaking Bad reaching a fever pitch in recent weeks, you likely won't find it surprising to learn that the year's top honors went to that program. Breaking Bad essentially switched places with HBO's Game of Thrones, with the latter—last year's program of the year recipient—winning for best drama instead (the category which went to Bad in 2012). This year's other repeat winner was Louis C.K., who won again in the best comedy performance category (though Louie itself failed to repeat in the comedy series category).
Also of interest: critics honored Orphan Black's breakout star Tatiana Maslany for the best performance in a drama this year. The award comes a few weeks after Maslany was snubbed at this year's Emmy nominations. Of course, the TCA's awards and the Emmys rarely find common ground.
A full list of this year's award winners (as well as the previously announced nominees) is below.
| Winner | Other Nominees | |
|---|---|---|
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The Americans, FX Game of Thrones, HBO House of Cards, Netflix The Walking Dead, AMC |
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 Breaking Bad |
Previous Year's Winner: | |
| Game of Thrones, HBO |
| Winner | Other Nominees | |
|---|---|---|
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Louie, FX New Girl, Fox Veep, HBO |
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 (tie) The Big Bang Theory (tie) Parks and Recreation |
Previous Year's Winner: | |
| Louie, FX |
| Winner | Other Nominees | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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The Americans, FX Breaking Bad, AMC Homeland, Showtime Mad Men, AMC |
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 Game of Thrones |
Previous Year's Winner: | ||
| Breaking Bad, AMC | |||
| Winner | Other Nominees | |
|---|---|---|
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Elementary, CBS House of Cards, Netflix The Mindy Project, Fox Orphan Black, BBC America |
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 The Americans |
Previous Year's Winner: | |
| Homeland, Showtime |
| Winner | Other Nominees | |
|---|---|---|
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American Horror Story: Asylum, FX Downton Abbey, PBS Rectify, Sundance Channel Top of the Lake, Sundance Channel |
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| Behind the Candelabra |
Previous Year's Winner: | |
| Downton Abbey, PBS |
| Winner | Other Nominees | |
|---|---|---|
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Anderson Cooper 360. CNN The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC 60 Minutes, CBS |
|
 The Central Park Five |
Previous Year's Winner: | |
| 60 Minutes, CBS |
| Winner | Other Nominees | |
|---|---|---|
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The Amazing Race, CBS The Glee Project, Oxygen Survivor, CBS The Voice, NBC |
|
 Shark Tank |
Previous Year's Winner: | |
| So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) |
| Winner | Other Nominees | |
|---|---|---|
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Adventure Time, Cartoon Network Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, PBS Sesame Street, PBS Switched at Birth, ABC Family |
|
 Bunheads |
Previous Year's Winner: | |
| Switched at Birth, ABC Family |
| Winner | Other Nominees | |
|---|---|---|
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Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC) Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel (A&E) Monica Potter, Parenthood (NBC) Matthew Rhys, The Americans (FX) |
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 Tatiana MaslanyOrphan Black |
Previous Year's Winner: | |
| Claire Danes, Homeland (SHO) |
| Winner | Other Nominees | |
|---|---|---|
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Lena Dunham, Girls (HBO) Jake Johnson, New Girl (Fox) Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (HBO) Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation (NBC) |
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| Louis C.K. Louie |
Previous Year's Winner: | |
| Louis C.K., Louie (FX) |
| Winner | Other Nominees | |
|---|---|---|
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James L. Brooks James Burrows Jay Leno William Shatner |
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| Barbara Walters | Previous Year's Winner: | |
| David Letterman |
| Winner | Other Nominees | |
|---|---|---|
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Lost, ABC Saturday Night Live, NBC Star Trek, NBC Twin Peaks, ABC |
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| All in the Family |
Previous Year's Winner: | |
| Cheers, NBC |
What do you think?
Do you agree or disagree with the critics' choices this year? Let us know in the discussion section below, and don't forget to make your predictions for the 2013 Emmy Awards.
