2nd TCA Awards

{{Infobox award

| name = 2nd TCA Awards

| date = June 10, 1986

| venue = Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles, California

| award1_type = Program of the Year

| award1_winner = Death of a Salesman and
The Vanishing Family: Crisis in Black America

| main = TCA Awards

| previous = 1st

| next = 3rd

}}

The 2nd TCA Awards were presented by the Television Critics Association. The ceremony was held on June 10, 1986, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19860612&id=g68xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UG4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5366,3714080|title=The critics vote|date=June 12, 1986 |publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |accessdate=June 19, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3CE6CB233325C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Critics Give CBS Better Reception|date=June 12, 1986|publisher=The Dallas Morning News |accessdate=June 19, 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Jj5TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5IMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7253,5934597&dq|title=Tv Critics Association Awards|date=June 13, 1986 |publisher=Deseret News |accessdate=June 19, 2013}}

Winners and nominees

class="wikitable"
width="250"|Category

!width="363"|Winner

!width="458"|Other Nominees

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

|align="center" | Death of a Salesman (CBS)
and
The Vanishing Family: Crisis in Black America (CBS)

|

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

|align="center" | The Cosby Show (NBC)

|

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

|align="center" | Death of a Salesman (CBS)

|

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

|align="center" | Live Aid (ABC/MTV)

|

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

|align="center" | WonderWorks (PBS)

|

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

|align="center" | Ted Koppel - Nightline (ABC)
and
Bill Moyers - The Vanishing Family: Crisis in Black America (CBS)

|

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

|align="center" | No award given

|

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

|align="center" |

Walter Cronkite

|

= Multiple wins =

The following shows received multiple wins:

class="wikitable sortable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" background: #f6e39c;
scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Wins

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

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

|Death of a Salesman

The Vanishing Family: Crisis in Black America

= Multiple nominations =

The following shows received multiple nominations:

class="wikitable sortable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" background: #f6e39c;
scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Nominations

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

rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" |2

|Anne of Green Gables

The Cosby Show
Death of a Salesman
An Early Frost
The Vanishing Family: Crisis in Black America

References

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