final season next week, won top honors as program of the year at the
Television Critics Association Awards Saturday night.
The awards, selected by the 220 members of the critics' organization,
honors the best in television, including shows and performances not
always recognized by Emmy voters.
HBO's Game of Thrones was named best drama, while the best-comedy
award was split in a tie between CBS' The Big Bang Theory and NBC's
Parks and Recreation. FX's spy drama The Americans won outstanding new
program.
In the acting categories, Louis C.K. of FX's Louie won outstanding
achievement in comedy, while Tatiana Maslany, the young actress who
played multiple roles in BBC America's Orphan Black, won for
outstanding achievement in drama.
In other awards, HBO's Behind the Candelabra, which chronicled
Liberace's relationship with a younger man and starred Michael Douglas
and Matt Damon, won for best movie, miniseries or special.
Barbara Walters won the career achievement award, while CBS'
groundbreaking All in the Family received the association's Heritage
Award, accepted by its creator, TV legend Norman Lear.
ABC's Shark Tank won the TCA award for best reality program; PBS' Ken
Burns film The Central Park Five won for news and information
programming; and ABC Family's Bunheads, recently canceled, won for
youth programming.
The awards were presented in a non-televised ceremony hosted by Comedy
Central's Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele.
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