TCA Career Achievement Award

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The TCA Career Achievement Award 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}} The Career Achievement Award annually honors an individual who has inspired his or her work in television. In 2014, director James Burrows became the 30th recipient of the award.{{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/|accessdate=July 19, 2014|work=Variety|date=July 19, 2014}}

Winners and nominees

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!width="250"|Winner

!width="250"|Other nominees

align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 19841985
(1st)

|align="center" | Grant Tinker

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  • n/a
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 19851986
(2nd)

|align="center" | Walter Cronkite

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 19861987
(3rd)

|align="center" | Hill Street Blues (NBC)

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 19871988
(4th)

|align="center" | David Brinkley

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 19881989
(5th)

|align="center" | Lucille Ball

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 19891990
(6th)

|align="center" | Jim Henson

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 19901991
(7th)

|align="center" | Brandon Tartikoff

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 19911992
(8th)

|align="center" | Johnny Carson

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 19921993
(9th)

|align="center" | Bob Hope

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 19931994
(10th)

|align="center" | Charles Kuralt

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 19941995
(11th)

|align="center" | Ted Turner

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 19951996
(12th)

|align="center" | Angela Lansbury

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 19961997
(13th)

|align="center" | Fred Rogers

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 19971998
(14th)

|align="center" | Roone Arledge

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 19981999
(15th)

|align="center" | Norman Lear

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 19992000
(16th)

|align="center" | Dick Van Dyke

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20002001
(17th)

|align="center" | Sid Caesar

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20012002
(18th)

|align="center" | Bill Cosby (rescinded in 2018){{cite web |last1=Otterson |first1=Joe |title=Bill Cosby's Career Achievement Award Rescinded by TCA |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/bill-cosby-career-achievement-award-tca-1202956796/ |website=variety |date=25 September 2018 |accessdate=December 13, 2018}})

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20022003
(19th)

|align="center" | Carl Reiner

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20032004
(20th)

|align="center" | Don Hewitt

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  • No other nominees
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20042005
(21st)

|align="center" | Bob Newhart

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  • No other nominees
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20052006
(22nd)

|align="center" | Carol Burnett

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  • No other nominees
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20062007
(23rd)

|align="center" | Mary Tyler Moore

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  • No other nominees
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20072008
(24th)

|align="center" | Lorne Michaels

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20082009
(25th)

|align="center" | Betty White

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  • No other nominees
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20092010
(26th)

|align="center" | James Garner

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20102011
(27th)

|align="center" | Oprah Winfrey

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20112012
(28th)

|align="center" | David Letterman

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20122013
(29th)

|align="center" | Barbara Walters

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20132014
(30th)

|align="center" | James Burrows

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align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20142015
(31st)

|align="center" | James L. Brooks

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  • No other nominees
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20152016
(32nd)

|align="center" | Lily Tomlin

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  • No other nominees
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20162017
(33rd)

|align="center" | Ken Burns

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  • No other nominees
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20172018
(34th)

|align="center" | Rita Moreno

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  • No other nominees
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20182019
(35th)

|align="center" | David Milch

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  • No other nominees
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20192020
(36th)

|align="center" | Alex Trebek

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  • No other nominees
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20202021
(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" | Jean Smart

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  • No other nominees
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20212022
(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" | Ted Danson
and
Steve Martin

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  • No other nominees
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" | 20222023
(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" | Mel Brooks

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  • No other nominees
align="center" style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" |20232024
(40th){{Cite web |last=Rice |first=Lynette |date=2024-07-13 |title=TCA Awards 2024 Dominated By 'Shōgun': Full List Of Winners |url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/tca-awards-2024-winners-1236008689/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

|align="center" | Andre Braugher

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  • No other nominees

References

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