25th TCA Awards

{{Infobox award

| name = 25th TCA Awards

| date = August 1, 2009

| venue = Langham Huntington Hotel and Spa, Pasadena, California

| award1_type = Program of the Year

| award1_winner = Battlestar Galactica

| award2_type = Outstanding New Program

| award2_winner = True Blood

| main = TCA Awards

| previous = 24th

| next = 26th

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.hitfix.com/articles/nbc-the-shield-lead-television-critics-association-nominations|title=NBC, 'The Shield' lead Television Critics Association nominations|date=June 4, 2009 |work=HitFix |accessdate=June 15, 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://tvcritics.org/2009/08/01/television-critics-association-celebrates-25th-anniversary-at-awards-ceremony/ |title=Television Critics Association Awards Celebrate 25th Anniversary |date=August 1, 2009 |publisher=Television Critics Association |accessdate=June 15, 2013 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327162048/http://tvcritics.org/2009/08/01/television-critics-association-celebrates-25th-anniversary-at-awards-ceremony/ |archivedate=March 27, 2012 }}

Winners and nominees

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width="345"|Category

!width="350"|Winner

!width="355"|Other Nominees

align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Program of the Year

|align="center" | Battlestar Galactica (Syfy)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in Comedy

|align="center" | The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in Drama

|align="center" | Mad Men (AMC)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials

|align="center" | Grey Gardens (HBO)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding New Program of the Year

|align="center" | True Blood (HBO)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Individual Achievement in Comedy

|align="center" | Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Individual Achievement in Drama

|align="center" | Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad (AMC)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming

|align="center" | Yo Gabba Gabba! (Nickelodeon)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Outstanding Achievement in News and Information

|align="center" | The Alzheimer's Project (HBO)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Heritage Award

|align="center" | ER (NBC)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | Career Achievement Award

|align="center" |

Betty White

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  • No other nominees

= Multiple wins =

The following shows received multiple wins:

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Wins

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Recipient

rowspan=1 style="text-align:center" | 2

|The Big Bang Theory

= Multiple nominations =

The following shows received multiple nominations:

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Nominations

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Recipient

rowspan=1 style="text-align:center" | 4

|The Shield

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 3

|30 Rock

Mad Men
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" |2

|The Big Bang Theory

Breaking Bad
How I Met Your Mother
Lost
The Office
Saturday Night Live

References

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