8th TCA Awards

{{Infobox award

| name = 8th TCA Awards

| date = July 15, 1992

| venue = Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California

| award1_type = Program of the Year

| award1_winner = Northern Exposure

| main = TCA Awards

| previous = 7th

| next = 9th

}}

The 8th TCA Awards were presented by the Television Critics Association. The ceremony was held on July 15, 1992, at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif.{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-06-10/features/9202130673_1_northern-exposure-brand-and-falsey-john-falsey|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225023343/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-06-10/features/9202130673_1_northern-exposure-brand-and-falsey-john-falsey|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 25, 2013|title=Television Critics Nominate Their Favorite Shows|date=June 10, 1992 |publisher=Sun-Sentinel |access-date=June 19, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-07-16/features/9202190853_1_northern-exposure-television-critics-association-eight-awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224185352/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-07-16/features/9202190853_1_northern-exposure-television-critics-association-eight-awards|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 24, 2013|title=Critics Laud 'Northern Exposure'|date=July 16, 1992 |publisher=Sun-Sentinel |access-date=June 19, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/237513/CRITICS-LAUD-ILL-FLY-AWAY-AND-NORTHERN-EXPOSURE.html?pg=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222855/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/237513/CRITICS-LAUD-ILL-FLY-AWAY-AND-NORTHERN-EXPOSURE.html?pg=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 3, 2016|title=Critics Laud 'I'll Fly Away' and 'Northern Exposure'|date=July 17, 1992 |publisher=Deseret News |access-date=June 19, 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19920722/1503469/tca-award-winners-urge-critics-to-be-advocates|title=Tca Award Winners Urge Critics To Be 'Advocates'|date=July 22, 1992 |publisher=The Seattle Times |access-date=June 19, 2013}}

Winners and nominees

class="wikitable"
width="280"\|Category !width="430"\|Winner !width="490"\|Other Nominees
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" \| Program of the Year \|align="center" \| Northern Exposure (CBS) \| Brooklyn Bridge (CBS) I'll Fly Away (NBC) The Simpsons (Fox)
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" \| Outstanding Achievement in Comedy \|align="center" \| Seinfeld (NBC) \| Brooklyn Bridge (CBS) Murphy Brown (CBS) Northern Exposure (CBS) The Simpsons (Fox)
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" \| Outstanding Achievement in Drama \|align="center" \| I'll Fly Away (NBC) \| Civil Wars (ABC) Homefront (ABC) Law & Order (NBC) Northern Exposure (CBS)
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" \| Outstanding Achievement in Specials \|align="center" \| Billy Crystal - The 64th Annual Academy Awards (ABC) \| MGM: When the Lion Roars (TNT) [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274212/ When It Was a Game] (HBO)
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" \| Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming \|align="center" \| Peggy Charren of Action for Children's Television \| Linda Ellerbee (Nickelodeon) 3-2-1 Contact Special: What Kids Want to Know About Sex and Growing Up (PBS) Nickelodeon Special Edition: A Conversation with Magic (Nickelodeon) Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (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" \| Frontline (PBS) \| C-SPAN Russian coup coverage (CNN) Nightline (ABC)
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" \| Outstanding Achievement in Sports \|align="center" \| When It Was a Game (HBO) \| 1991 World Series (CBS) 1992 Masters Tournament (CBS) 1992 Winter Olympics (CBS)
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" \| Career Achievement Award \|align="center" \| Johnny Carson \| Roone Arledge Steven Bochco Joshua Brand & John Falsey Peggy Charren Ted Turner

class="wikitable"

width="280"|Category

!width="430"|Winner

!width="490"|Other Nominees

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

|align="center" | Northern Exposure (CBS)

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

|align="center" | Seinfeld (NBC)

Brooklyn Bridge (CBS)
Murphy Brown (CBS)
Northern Exposure (CBS)
The Simpsons (Fox)

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

|align="center" | I'll Fly Away (NBC)

Civil Wars (ABC)
Homefront (ABC)
Law & Order (NBC)
Northern Exposure (CBS)

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

|align="center" | Billy Crystal - The 64th Annual Academy Awards (ABC)

MGM: When the Lion Roars (TNT)
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274212/ When It Was a Game] (HBO)

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

|align="center" | Peggy Charren of Action for Children's Television

Linda Ellerbee (Nickelodeon)
3-2-1 Contact Special: What Kids Want to Know About Sex and Growing Up (PBS)
Nickelodeon Special Edition: A Conversation with Magic (Nickelodeon)
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (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" | Frontline (PBS)

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

|align="center" | When It Was a Game (HBO)

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

|align="center" | Johnny Carson

= Multiple nominations =

The following shows received multiple nominations:

scope="col" style="width:55px;"\| Nominations ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"\| Recipient
class="wikitable sortable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" background: #f6e39c;
rowspan="1" style="text-align:center" \|3 \|Northern Exposure
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" \|2 \|Brooklyn Bridge
I'll Fly Away
The Simpsons
When It Was a Game

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20180620181010/http://tvcritics.org/tca-awards/?q=view%2Ftcaawards Official website]
[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000646/1992 1992 TCA Awards] at IMDb.com

Category:1992 television awards

Category:1992 in American television

Category:TCA Awards ceremonies