“Succession” won program of the year and, for the third time, outstanding achievement in drama in the TV Critics Association’s 39th annual TCA Awards announced Monday.
The Chicago based restaurant saga “The Bear” won two top awards as well— outstanding new program and outstanding achievement in comedy — though it’s probably as dramatic as “Succession,” which easily has as much laughs as “The Bear.”
Such are the malleable lines in an awards season otherwise obliterated by the writers’ and actors’ strike. Because of those there will be not only no TCA Awards ceremony as there hasn’t been since the pandemic, but there were no taped thank yous from recipients for the first time.
Voted on by 200 TV critics in North America (including yours truly), the winners also included “I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson” as outstanding achievement in variety for the second year in a row.
Otherwise snubbed by the Emmys, Rhea Seehorn won individual achievement in drama for the final season of AMC’s “Better Call Saul.”
Natasha Lyonne won individual achievement in comedy for the inaugural season of “Poker Face” on Peacock and the Amazon FreeVee prank show “Jury Duty” won outstanding achievement in reality programming.
“Beef,” the complex story of road rage and art in Los Angeles, won outstanding miniseries; while “The Carol Burnett Show” won the TCA Heritage Award and Mel Brooks follows his comedy partner Carl Reiner as the career achievement honoree.
In children’s programming the Disney+ show “Bluey” was the winner; that streamer’s “Ms. Marvel,” which just started showing on ABC as well, won for family programming.
Ken Burns’ three-part documentary series “The U.S. and the Holocaust” took outstanding achievement in news and information.
The TCA Awards is usually part of the annual summer press tour, which was called off this summer due to the Hollywood strikes.