TCA Award for Program of the Year

The TCA Award for Program of the Year is an award given by the Television Critics Association. It was first presented in 1985 with British television serial The Jewel in the Crown being the first recipient of the award. The category includes both drama and comedy television series as well as limited series.

Only two programs have received the award more than once, HBO's The Sopranos in 1999 and 2001, and AMC's Breaking Bad in 2013 and 2014. HBO's Game of Thrones holds the record of most nominations in the category with seven followed by Homicide: Life on the Street, Lost and The Sopranos with five nominations each.

Multiple wins
2 wins
 * Breaking Bad (consecutive)
 * The Sopranos

Multiple nominees
7 nominations
 * Game of Thrones

5 nominations
 * Homicide: Life on the Street
 * Lost
 * The Sopranos

4 nominations
 * The Americans
 * Breaking Bad
 * Mad Men

3 nominations
 * 24
 * Better Call Saul
 * The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
 * Friday Night Lights
 * Hacks
 * L.A. Law
 * NYPD Blue
 * The Simpsons
 * St. Elsewhere
 * Succession
 * The Wire

2 nominations
 * Abbott Elementary
 * American Idol
 * Arrested Development
 * Atlanta
 * The Bear
 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer
 * Cheers
 * The Cosby Show
 * ER
 * The Handmaid's Tale
 * Northern Exposure
 * Seinfeld
 * The Shield
 * This Is Us
 * The West Wing
 * The White Lotus
 * The X-Files

Total awards by network

 * HBO/Max – 9
 * CBS – 6
 * NBC – 5
 * ABC – 4
 * Fox – 4
 * AMC – 3
 * FX – 3
 * PBS – 3
 * Amazon – 1
 * Apple TV+ – 1
 * Audience Network – 1
 * Hulu – 1
 * Syfy – 1