Winners for the 2017 Television Critics Association Awards were revealed
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10:28 2017-08-06

Winners for the 2017 Television Critics Association Awards were revealed on August 5 in a ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The event was presided over by Tony and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth. HBO led all networks with 12 nominations, followed by FX at 11, Netflix at 10, and NBC with seven. Scroll down for the full list of winners.

The TCA Awards use the same eligibility period as the Emmys: June 1, 2016 and May 31, 2017. But while they follow the same time line as the Emmys, they don’t necessarily follow the same patterns in terms of who they award. In past years their top prize, Program of the Year, has gone to Emmy favorites like “The Sopranos” (1999, 2001), “The West Wing” (2000) “Game of Thrones” (2012), and “Breaking Bad” (2013-2014). But other times the critics go their own way, as when they awarded “EZ Streets” (1997), “Battlestar Galactica” (2009), and “Empire” (2015), which were never even nominated in their top Emmy category, Best Drama Series.

 The 2017 nominees for Program of the Year all came in looking for their first victory, which is consistent with TCA history. The organization likes to spread the wealth, so much so that in the awards’ 33-year history only two shows have ever won more than once: the aforementioned “Sopranos” and “Breaking Bad.”

PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
“Atlanta”
“Big Little Lies”
“Stranger Things”
X — “The Handmaid’s Tale”
“The Leftovers”
“This Is Us”

BEST NEW PROGRAM
“Atlanta”
“The Crown”
“The Good Place”
“The Handmaid’s Tale”
“Stranger Things”
X — “This Is Us”

BEST DRAMA SERIES
“Better Call Saul”
“Stranger Things”
“The Americans”
“The Crown”
X — “The Handmaid’s Tale”
“This Is Us”

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”
X — Carrie Coon, “The Leftovers” and “Fargo”
Claire Foy, “The Crown”
Nicole Kidman, “Big Little Lies”
Jessica Lange, “Feud: Bette and Joan”
Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Susan Sarandon, “Feud: Bette and Joan”

BEST COMEDY SERIES
X — “Atlanta”
“Black-ish”
“Fleabag”
“Master of None”
“The Good Place”
“Veep”

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY
Pamela Adlon, “Better Things”
Aziz Ansari, “Master of None”
Kristen Bell, “The Good Place”
X — Donald Glover, “Atlanta”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”
Issa Rae, “Insecure”
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, “Fleabag”

BEST MOVIE/MINISERIES/SPECIAL
X — “Big Little Lies”
“Fargo”
“Feud: Bette and Joan”
“Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life”
“The Night Of”
“Wizard of Lies”

BEST REALITY PROGRAMMING
“The Circus”
The Great British Baking Show”
“The Keepers”
X — “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath”
“Shark Tank”
“Survivor: Game Changers”

BEST NEWS & INFORMATION
“Full Frontal With Samantha Bee”
“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”
“The Lead With Jake Tapper”
X — “O.J.: Made in America”
“Planet Earth II”
“Weiner”

BEST YOUTH PROGRAMMING
“Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood”
“Doc McStuffin”
“Elena of Avalor”
“Odd Squad”
“Sesame Street”
X — “Speechless”