TCA Awards Winners: 'The Americans' Nabs Top Honors, Anthony Bourdain Wins Posthumously

The 34th annual TCA Awards, emceed by former BET late-night host Robin Thede, celebrated TV critics’ top programs and performances from the 2017-2018 season. FX again had a big night, with this year’s top honors going to “The Americans.”

With four wins, 2018 marked the third straight year the 21st Century Fox-owned (for now) prestige cable channel took home the night’s most trophies. The final season of Cold War thriller “The Americans” earned Program of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Drama, and claimed the Individual Achievement in Drama award for Keri Russell.

Also of particular note, Sandra Oh’s “Killing Eve” joined the fray as Outstanding New Program, “The Good Place” was named best comedy, and Rita Moreno added a TCA Award to her EGOT collection.

“This year’s TCA Awards offered the welcome opportunity to say goodbye to one of the era’s most critically acclaimed shows in ‘The Americans,’ a drama that combined espionage thrills, high emotional stakes and international intrigue that couldn’t have been more current,” said Daniel Fienberg, TCA president. “Our other winners included new shows like ‘Killing Eve’ and ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,’ rebooted shows like ‘Queer Eye,’ the anthological darkness of another ‘American Crime Story’ chapter and the hopefully timeless and unending wonder of ‘Sesame Street.’ As we always say, TV offers something for every audience in 2018 and if you can’t find anything to watch, you’re not trying hard enough and you need to read some more TV critics!”

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Here are your 2018 winners:

Individual Achievement in Drama: Keri Russell (“The Americans,” FX)
Individual Achievement in Comedy: Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Amazon)
Outstanding Achievement in News and Information: Anthony Bourdain: “Parts Unknown” (CNN)
Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming: “Queer Eye” (Netflix)
Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming: “Sesame Street” (HBO)
Outstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety Shows: “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” (HBO)
Outstanding New Program: “Killing Eve” (BBC America)
Outstanding Achievement in Movies And Miniseries: “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” (FX)
Outstanding Achievement in Drama: “The Americans” (FX)
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy: “The Good Place” (NBC)
Program of the Year: “The Americans” (FX)
Lifetime Achievement Honoree: Rita Moreno
Heritage Award: “Friends” (NBC)

Readers can find this year’s list of nominees here.

Past TCA Award winners are listed on the organization’s official website, tvcritics.org/tca-awards.

Emmy Snubs and Surprises, From Alison Brie to 'Twin Peaks' (Photos)

The 2018 Emmy nominations were announced Thursday morning, and as always, there were snubs and surprises aplenty.
Snub: "Will & Grace" came roaring back this season with a well-received revival, but the NBC sitcom barely cracked the Emmy nominations with just one supporting actress nod for Megan Mullally.
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Surprise: Ed Harris scored an unexpected nomination for his work as the Man in the Black Hat on "Westworld", sneaking past "Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington and three-time nominee Liev Schreiber.
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Snub: Showtime's "Twin Peaks: The Return" proved too divisive for Emmy voters, missing both the outstanding limited series category as well as the acting categories for stars Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern.
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Surprise: John Legend and Sara Bareilles both earned nominations in the crowded limited series/movie acting categories for "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert". Together they beat out the likes of Nicole Kidman, Angela Lansbury and Al Pacino.
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Snub: "Transparent" has been an Emmy mainstay in recent years, but in the aftermath of sexual misconduct allegations against star Jeffrey Tambor, this year it was entirely shut out.
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Surprise: Tatiana Maslany already has one Emmy for "Orphan Black", but after sitting out a year, the actress returned with a nomination for the BBC America drama's final season.
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Snub: "This Is Us" scored two nods in the lead actor category for Sterling K. Brown and Milo Ventimiglia, but in supporting, Justin Hartley and Chrissy Metz were both shut out.
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Surprise: Kenan Thompson received his first nomination for "Saturday Night Live" this year, meaning that for the first time since its premiere in 2009, "Modern Family" was completely locked out of the supporting actor in a comedy category.
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Snub: Netflix's reboot of "One Day at a Time" got no love from the Emmys this year, save one single editing nod. Not even EGOT-winner Rita Moreno could break through in the supporting actress category.
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Surprise: "The Crown" over-performed expectations in this year's nominations, winning nods for drama series, star Claire Foy and even supporting players Matt Smith and Vanessa Kirby.
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Snub: With Julia Louis-Dreyfus out of the running, lead actress in a comedy is up for grabs this year, but "GLOW" star Alison Brie was overlooked in favor of fellow newcomer Issa Rae.
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Surprise: TNT's "The Alienist" managed to elbow its way into the packed limited series field, besting David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" revival, Hulu's "The Looming Tower" and Starz's new take on "Howards End."
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Snub: "Game of Thrones" stars Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington both bumped themselves up to lead categories this year after having previously submitted as supporting, a decision that evidently did not go over well with Emmy voters.
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Surprise: "The Daily Show With Trevor Noah" earned its first nomination for variety talk series this year, slipping past "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," which missed the mark for a second year in a row.
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Snub: Al Pacino was considered a frontrunner for starring in HBO's "Paterno", but Emmy voters opted to instead recognize "Jesus Christ Superstar's" John Legend, and "Black Mirror: USS Callister" star Jesse Plemons.
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