The Television Critics Association has announced the list of nominations for the 2018 TCA Awards, which will be presented in August. Unsurprisingly, the list includes plenty of familiar faces, like last year’s winners, Atlanta and The Handmaid’s Tale, as well as their respective stars, Donald Glover and Elisabeth Moss. This year, though, there are plenty of new faces, too, including HBO’s Barry, BBC America’s Killing Eve, Netflix’s Mindhunter, and Starz’ Counterpart. And, of course, for the last time ever, FX’s The Americans finds itself nominated as a series, as well as for the performances of Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys.
This year, the ceremony will be hosted by Robin Thede, host of BET’s The Rundown With Robin Thede. In addition to awarding outstanding achievements in comedy, drama, miniseries, and reality programming, this year will also be the first time an award is handed out in a brand new category: the best in sketch/variety shows.
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Daniel Fienberg, TCA President and TV critic for THR offered this statement on the awards:
“The success of shows like Killing Eve and The Americans and Barry all underline what a killer year this was for TV. My sincerest apologies for that pun. It’s an exciting time for television and the TCA Awards nominations show how much great programming there is and how it can be found anywhere and for every audience. We’ve recognized shows from broadcast, cable, premium cable, streaming and PBS, series aimed for the youngest of children, the most mature of adults and for viewing by the entire family. From sexy assassins to brooding spies to babies who are Muppets, I’m excited to see which series will rise to the top when we gather together on August 4.”
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve – BBC America
Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story – FX
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale – Hulu
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve – BBC America
Matthew Rhys, The Americans – FX
Keri Russell, The Americans – FX
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY
Pamela Adlon, Better Things – FX
Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – The CW
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Amazon
Ted Danson, The Good Place – NBC
Donald Glover, Atlanta – FX (2017 Winner in Category)
Bill Hader, Barry – HBO
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NEWS AND INFORMATION
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – CNN
60 Minutes – CBS
Blue Planet II – BBC America
The Rachel Maddow Show – MSNBC
The Vietnam War – PBS
Wild Wild Country – Netflix
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN REALITY
The Great British Baking Show – PBS
Nailed It! – Netflix
Project Runway – Lifetime
Queer Eye – Netflix
RuPaul’s Drag Race – VH1
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN YOUTH PROGRAMMING
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood – PBS Kids
Elena of Avalor – Disney Channel
Muppet Babies – Disney Junior
Odd Squad – PBS Kids
Sesame Street – HBO
Sofia the First – Disney Junior
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SKETCH/VARIETY SHOWS
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee – TBS
Jimmy Kimmel Live – ABC
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – HBO
Late Night with Seth Meyers – NBC
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – CBS
Saturday Night Live – NBC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Alias Grace – Netflix
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story – FX
Howards End – Starz
Patrick Melrose – Showtime
The Tale – HBO
Twin Peaks: The Return – Showtime
OUTSTANDING NEW PROGRAM
Barry – HBO
Counterpart – Starz
GLOW – Netflix
Killing Eve – BBC America
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Amazon
Mindhunter – Netflix
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
The Americans – FX
The Crown – Netflix
The Good Fight – CBS All Access
The Handmaid’s Tale – Hulu (2017 Winner in Category)
Killing Eve – BBC America
This Is Us – NBC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY
Atlanta – FX (2017 Winner in Category)
Barry – HBO
GLOW – Netflix
The Good Place – NBC
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Amazon
One Day at a Time – Netflix
PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
The Americans – FX
Atlanta – FX
The Good Place – NBC
The Handmaid’s Tale – Hulu (2017 Winner in Category)
Killing Eve – BBC America
This Is Us – NBC
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The 2018 Television Critics Awards will be presented on Saturday, August 4, 2018, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
