TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy

The TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy is an award given by the Television Critics Association.{{cite web|url=http://tvcritics.org/tca-awards/|title=Past winners of the TCA Awards|publisher=Television Critics Association|access-date=2013-06-21|archive-date=2011-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128231105/http://tvcritics.org/tca-awards/|url-status=dead}}

Winners and nominees

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 1984-1985
(1st)

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

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 1985-1986
(2nd)

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

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 1986-1987
(3rd)

|align="center" | It's Garry Shandling's Show (Showtime)

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  • n/a
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 1987-1988
(4th)

|align="center" | Frank's Place (NBC)
and
The Wonder Years (ABC)

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  • n/a
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 1988-1989
(5th)

|align="center" | Murphy Brown (CBS)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 1989-1990
(6th)

|align="center" | The Simpsons (Fox)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 1990-1991
(7th)

|align="center" | Murphy Brown (CBS)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 1991-1992
(8th)

|align="center" | Seinfeld (NBC)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 1992-1993
(9th)

|align="center" | Seinfeld (NBC)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 1993-1994
(10th)

|align="center" | Frasier (NBC)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 1994-1995
(11th)

|align="center" | Frasier (NBC)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 1995-1996
(12th)

|align="center" | Frasier (NBC)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 1996-1997
(13th)

|align="center" | The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 1997-1998
(14th)

|align="center" | The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 1998-1999
(15th)

|align="center" | Sports Night (ABC)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 1999-2000
(16th)

|align="center" | Malcolm in the Middle (Fox)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2000-2001
(17th)

|align="center" | Malcolm in the Middle (Fox)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2001-2002
(18th)

|align="center" | The Bernie Mac Show (Fox)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2002-2003
(19th)

|align="center" | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2003-2004
(20th)

|align="center" | Arrested Development (Fox)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2004-2005
(21st)

|align="center" | Arrested Development (Fox)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2005-2006
(22nd)

|align="center" | The Office (NBC)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2006-2007
(23rd)

|align="center" | The Office (NBC)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2007-2008
(24th)

|align="center" | 30 Rock (NBC)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2008-2009
(25th)

|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" | 2009-2010
(26th)

|align="center" | Modern Family (ABC)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2010-2011
(27th)

|align="center" | Modern Family (ABC)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2011-2012
(28th)

|align="center" | Louie (FX)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2012-2013
(29th)

|align="center" | The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
and
Parks and Recreation (NBC)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2013-2014
(30th)

|align="center" | Louie (FX)
and
Veep (HBO)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2014-2015
(31st)

|align="center" | Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2015-2016
(32nd)

|align="center" | Black-ish (ABC)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2016-2017
(33rd)[https://screenrant.com/2017-television-critics-association-awards-winners-handmaids-tale-atlanta-seinfeld/ 2017 TCA Awards Winners Full List|Screen Rant]

|align="center" | Atlanta (FX)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2017-2018
(34th)[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/americans-wins-big-at-tv-critics-awards-2018-tca-award-winners-1132272 'The Americans' Wins Big at TV Critics Awards|Hollywood Reporter]

|align="center" | The Good Place (NBC)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2018-2019
(35th)[https://deadline.com/2019/08/fleabag-is-the-big-winner-at-tca-awards-2019-1202660684/ 'Fleabag', 'Chernobyl' & 'Leaving Neverland' Win Big At TCA Awards 2019 —— Deadline]

|align="center" | Fleabag (Amazon)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2019-2020
(36th)[https://ew.com/tv/2020-tca-awards-winners/ 2020 TCA Awards full winners list|EW.com]

|align="center" | Schitt's Creek (Pop)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2020-2021
(37th){{cite web |url=https://tvline.com/2021/09/15/tca-awards-2021-winners-list-ted-lasso-program-of-year/ |title=TCA Awards: Ted Lasso Scores With 3 Wins, Including Program of the Year |last=Ausiello |first=Michael |date=September 15, 2021 |website=TVLine |access-date=August 6, 2022}}

|align="center" | Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2021-2022
(38th){{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/tca-television-critics-awards-2022-abbott-elementary-1235335161/ |title='Abbott Elementary' Tops 2022 TCA Awards |last=Hailu |first=Selome |date=August 6, 2022 |website=Variety |access-date=August 6, 2022}}

|align="center" | Abbott Elementary (ABC)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2022-2023
(39th){{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/awards/tca-awards-winners-2023-succession-the-bear-1235689790/ |title='Succession' and 'The Bear' Dominate TCA Awards; Mel Brooks and 'The Carol Burnett Show' Honored |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=August 7, 2023 |website=Variety |access-date=August 7, 2023}}

|align="center" | The Bear (FX)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2023-2024
(40th){{cite web|last=Longeretta|first=Emily |title=‘Shogun’ and ‘Hacks’ Dominate TCA Awards, Andre Braugher and ‘Twin Peaks’ Receive Top Honors: Full Winners List|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/tca-awards-winners-2024-full-list-1236066776/|date=July 12, 2024|access-date=July 12, 2024|website=Variety}}

|align="center" | Hacks (HBO / Max)

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Multiple wins

3 wins

2 wins

Multiple nominees

Total awards by network

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  • NBC – 23
  • ABC – 6
  • Fox – 6
  • CBS – 4
  • FX – 4
  • HBO/Max – 4
  • Comedy Central – 2
  • Amazon – 1
  • Apple TV+ - 1
  • Pop – 1
  • Showtime – 1

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Total nominations by network

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  • NBC – 57
  • HBO/Max – 30
  • CBS – 28
  • Fox – 20
  • ABC – 18
  • FX – 15
  • Comedy Central – 9
  • Netflix - 8
  • Amazon – 5
  • Apple TV+ - 4
  • Peacock - 3
  • BBC America - 2
  • The CW - 2
  • Pop – 2
  • Showtime – 2
  • FXX - 1
  • Hulu - 2
  • MTV - 1
  • Starz - 1
  • UPN - 1
  • The WB - 1

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References

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