24th TCA Awards

Date

July 19, 2008

Venue

Beverly Hilton Hotel

Highlights

Program of the Year

Mad Men

Outstanding New Program

Mad Men

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The 24th TCA Awards were presented by the Television Critics Association. The Smothers Brothers hosted the ceremony on July 19 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Winners and nominees

Category	Winner	Other nominees
Program of the Year	Mad Men (AMC)	John Adams (HBO) Lost (ABC) The War (PBS) The Wire (HBO)
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy	30 Rock (NBC)	The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Flight of the Conchords (HBO) The Office (NBC)
Outstanding Achievement in Drama	Mad Men (AMC)	Damages (FX) Friday Night Lights (NBC) Lost (ABC) The Wire (HBO)
Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials	John Adams (HBO)	The Complete Jane Austen (PBS) Cranford (PBS) A Raisin in the Sun (ABC) The War (PBS)
Outstanding New Program of the Year	Mad Men (AMC)	Breaking Bad (AMC) Damages (FX) Flight of the Conchords (HBO) Pushing Daisies (ABC)
Individual Achievement in Comedy	Tina Fey - 30 Rock (NBC)	Christina Applegate - Samantha Who? (ABC) Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock (NBC) Stephen Colbert - The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) Ray Wise - Reaper (The CW)
Individual Achievement in Drama	Paul Giamatti - John Adams (HBO)	Connie Britton - Friday Night Lights (NBC) Glenn Close - Damages (FX) Jon Hamm - Mad Men (AMC) David Simon - The Wire (HBO)
Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming	WordGirl (PBS)	Curious George (PBS) Hannah Montana (Disney Channel) High School Musical 2 (Disney Channel) Yo Gabba Gabba! (Nickelodeon)
Outstanding Achievement in News and Information	The War (PBS)	Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq (HBO) Frontline (PBS) Nimrod Nation (Sundance Channel) This American Life (Showtime)
Heritage Award	The Wire (HBO)	MASH* (CBS) Roots (ABC) Saturday Night Live (NBC) Sesame Street (PBS)
Career Achievement Award	Lorne Michaels	James Garner Bill Moyers William Shatner Mike Wallace

Multiple wins

The following shows received multiple wins:

Wins	Recipient
3	Mad Men
2	30 Rock
2	John Adams

Multiple nominations

The following shows received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Recipient
4	Mad Men
4	The Wire
3	30 Rock
	Damages
	John Adams
	The War
2	The Colbert Report
	Flight of the Conchords
	Friday Night Lights
	Lost

References

^ "HBO Leads TCA Awards With 10 Nominations". Television Critics Association. June 3, 2008. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
^ "'Mad Men,' 'The Wire' lead in nominations for TV Critics awards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 4, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
^ "AMC Scores First-Ever TCA Awards With Top Honors". Television Critics Association. July 19, 2008. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
^ "TCA Awards: A party for TV's best. "Mad Men." "Wire." "30 Rock." Etc". SFGate.com. July 20, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2013.