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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 Jewel in the Crown (PBS)
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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" | Death of a Salesman (CBS)
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The Vanishing Family: Crisis in Black America (CBS)
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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" | Eyes on the Prize (PBS)
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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 1987-1988
(4th)
|align="center" | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (HBO)
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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 1988-1989
(5th)
|align="center" | Lonesome Dove (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" | Twin Peaks (ABC)
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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" | The Civil War (PBS)
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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" | Northern Exposure (CBS)
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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" | Barbarians at the Gate (HBO)
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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" | Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
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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" | ER (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" | Homicide: Life on the Street (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" | EZ Streets (CBS)
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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" | From the Earth to the Moon (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" | The Sopranos (HBO)
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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" | The West Wing (NBC)
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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" | The Sopranos (HBO)
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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" | 24 (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" | American Idol (Fox)
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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" | Angels in America (HBO)
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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" | Desperate Housewives (ABC)
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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" | Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
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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" | Heroes (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" | Mad Men (AMC)
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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" | Battlestar Galactica (Syfy)
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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2009-2010
(26th)
[{{cite web|url=http://tvcritics.org/2010/06/04/the-television-critics-association-announces-2010-tca-awards-nominees/ |title=The Television Critics Association Announces 2010 TCA Awards Nominees |date=June 4, 2010 |publisher=Television Critics Association |accessdate=June 15, 2013 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613113917/http://tvcritics.org/2010/06/04/the-television-critics-association-announces-2010-tca-awards-nominees/ |archivedate=June 13, 2011 }}][{{cite web|url=http://tvcritics.org/2010/07/31/the-television-critics-association-announces-2010-tca-awards-winners/ |title=The Television Critics Association Announces 2010 TCA Awards Winners |date=July 31, 2010 |publisher=Television Critics Association |accessdate=June 15, 2013 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804041347/http://tvcritics.org/2010/07/31/the-television-critics-association-announces-2010-tca-awards-winners/ |archivedate=August 4, 2010 }}]
|align="center" | Glee (Fox)
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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2010-2011
(27th)
[{{cite web|url=http://tvcritics.org/2011/06/13/the-television-critics-association-announces-2011-tca-awards-nominees/ |title=The Television Critics Association Announces 2011 TCA Awards Nominees |date=June 13, 2011 |publisher=Television Critics Association |accessdate=June 15, 2013 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213154537/http://tvcritics.org/2011/06/13/the-television-critics-association-announces-2011-tca-awards-nominees/ |archivedate=February 13, 2014 }}][{{cite web |url=http://tvcritics.org/2011/08/06/the-television-critics-association-announces-2011-tca-awards-winners/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817124133/http://tvcritics.org/2011/08/06/the-television-critics-association-announces-2011-tca-awards-winners/ |url-status=dead|archive-date=August 17, 2011 |title=The Television Critics Association Announces 2011 TCA Awards Winners |date=August 6, 2011 |publisher=Television Critics Association |accessdate=June 15, 2013 }}]
|align="center" | Friday Night Lights (NBC / Audience Network)
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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2011-2012
(28th)
[{{cite web|url=http://tvcritics.org/2012/06/07/the-television-critics-association-announces-2012-tca-award-nominees/ |title=The Television Critics Association Announces 2012 TCA Award Nominees |publisher=Television Critics Association |date=June 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818190945/http://tvcritics.org/2012/06/07/the-television-critics-association-announces-2012-tca-award-nominees/ |archivedate=August 18, 2012 }}][{{cite web|url=http://tvcritics.org/2012/07/28/the-television-critics-association-announces-2012-tca-awards-winners/ |title=The Television Critics Association Announces 2012 TCA Awards Winners |date=July 28, 2012 |publisher=Television Critics Association |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321172057/http://tvcritics.org/2012/07/28/the-television-critics-association-announces-2012-tca-awards-winners/ |archivedate=March 21, 2014}}]
|align="center" | Game of Thrones (HBO)
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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2012-2013
(29th)
[{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/fxs-americans-leads-2013-tca-565611 |title=FX's 'The Americans' Leads 2013 TCA Awards Nominations |date=June 10, 2013 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |author=Goldberg, Lesley |accessdate=June 10, 2013 }}][{{cite web|url=http://tvcritics.org/2013/08/03/the-television-critics-association-announces-2013-tca-awards-winners/ |title=The Television Critics Association Announces 2013 TCA Awards Winners |date=August 3, 2013 |work=Television Critics Association |author=TCA webmaster |accessdate=August 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805184407/http://tvcritics.org/2013/08/03/the-television-critics-association-announces-2013-tca-awards-winners/ |archivedate=August 5, 2013 }}]
|align="center" | Breaking Bad (AMC)
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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2013-2014
(30th)
[{{cite news|last1=Birnbaum|first1=Debra|title='Breaking Bad,' 'True Detective' Win at TCA Awards|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/awards/breaking-bad-true-detective-win-at-tca-awards-1201265178/|access-date=July 19, 2014|work=Variety|date=July 19, 2014}}][{{cite magazine |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/27/tca-nominations-true-detective-starts-awards-season-fight/ |title=TCA nominations: 'True Detective' starts awards season fight |first=James |last=Hibberd |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 27, 2014}}]
|align="center" | Breaking Bad (AMC)
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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2014-2015
(31st)
[{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/08/empire-john-oliver-amy-schumer-better-call-saul-tv-critics-association-award-winners-1201495891/ |title='Empire,' John Oliver, Amy Schumer, Jon Hamm, 'Better Call Saul' Honored By TCA |first=Lisa |last=de Moraes |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=August 8, 2015 |access-date=August 9, 2015}}][{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/06/04/2015-tca-award-nominees-include-game-of-thrones-empire-the-americans-more/412506/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605155212/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/06/04/2015-tca-award-nominees-include-game-of-thrones-empire-the-americans-more/412506/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 5, 2015 |title=2015 TCA Award Nominees Include 'Game of Thrones', 'Empire', 'The Americans' & More |first=Amanda |last=Kondolojy |work=TV by the Numbers |date=June 4, 2015 |access-date=June 5, 2015}}]
|align="center" | Empire (Fox)
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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2015-2016
(32nd)
[{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/tca-award-nominations-nominees-2016-mr-robot-people-v-oj-simpson-1201801152/|title='Mr. Robot,' 'The People v. O.J. Simpson' Lead TCA Awards Nominations |first=Laura |last=Prudom |work=Variety |date=June 22, 2016 |access-date=June 22, 2016}}]
|align="center" | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)
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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2016-2017
(33rd)
[{{cite web|last1=Schwartz|first1=Ryan|title=TCA Awards: The Handmaid's Tale, Atlanta, Big Little Lies, Carrie Coon Among Big Winners|url=http://tvline.com/2017/08/05/tca-awards-2017-winners-critics-the-handmaids-tale-program-of-the-year/|website=TVLine|access-date=August 6, 2017|date=August 5, 2017}}]
|align="center" | The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2017-2018
(34th)
[{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/killing-eve-fx-lead-2018-tv-critic-awards-nominations-1121152|title='Killing Eve,' FX Lead 2018 TV Critic Awards Nominations |first=Lesley |last=Goldberg |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=June 19, 2018 |access-date=June 19, 2018}}]
|align="center" |The Americans (FX)
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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 2018-2019
(35th)
[{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/pose-russian-doll-hbo-lead-2019-tv-critic-awards-nominations-1219571|title='Pose,' 'Russian Doll,' HBO Lead 2019 TV Critic Awards Nominations|first=Lesley |last=Goldberg |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=June 19, 2019 |access-date=June 19, 2019}}]
|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)
[{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/watchmen-rules-2020-tv-critic-awards-winners |title='Watchmen' Rules 2020 TV Critic Awards Winners |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=September 14, 2020 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=September 14, 2020}}][{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/watchmen-unbelievable-tca-awards-nominations-1202981972/ |title='Watchmen', 'Unbelievable' Lead TCA Award Nominations With Four Apiece; HBO Tops With 16 Overall Noms |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=July 9, 2020 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=July 9, 2020}}]
|align="center" |Watchmen (HBO)
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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://deadline.com/2021/09/ted-lasso-michaela-cole-jean-smart-tca-award-winners-1234833604/ |title='Ted Lasso,' Michaela Coel & Jean Smart Among TCA Award Winners |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |date=September 15, 2021 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=September 15, 2021}}][{{cite web |last=Turchiano |first=Danielle |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/2021-tca-awards-nominations-list-ted-lasso-wandavision-1235020447/ |title='Ted Lasso' Scores the Most 2021 TCA Awards Nominations |date=July 15, 2021 |website=Variety |access-date=July 16, 2021}}]
|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://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/abbott-elementary-leads-tv-critics-awards-nominations-1235166354/ |title='Abbott Elementary' Leads TV Critics Awards Nominations |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=June 16, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=June 18, 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" | Succession (HBO)
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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=‘Baby Reindeer,’ ‘Ripley’ and ‘Shogun’ Lead 2024 TCA Awards Nominations: Full List|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/awards/2024-tca-award-nominations-full-list-1236030322/|date=June 10, 2024|access-date=June 10, 2024|website=Variety}}][{{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" | Shōgun (FX)
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