That dress, though. Photo : BBC America

Emmys voting is currently underway, which means that a ripe crop of fantasy Emmys ballots and “who will win/who should win” speculation is on its way. Fueling those predictions will be today’s nominations for the TCA Awards, the annual honors bestowed by members of the Television Critics Association (like our own Erik Adams, Danette Chavez, and Gwen Ihnat). As one of the earliest events of the TV awards season, the TCA Awards set the tone for which shows will be fêted throughout the summer and fall.


Last year, the TCA Awards presaged The Handmaids Tale’s big Emmy wins by awarding it the Outstanding Achievement in Drama and Program of the Year awards. This year, it’s crowned a (potential) new awards darling in BBC America’s Killing Eve, which leads with five nominations: Program of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Drama, Outstanding New Program, and individual acting nods for stars Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer. (For what it’s worth, The A.V. Club was pretty into Killing Eve as well.) The Americans follows with four nominations, with three each for Atlanta, The Good Place, The Handmaid’s Tale, Barry, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel—A.V. Club favorites all.

The TCA Awards also added a sketch/variety category for the first time this year, and gave a posthumous nod to Anthony Bourdain for CNN’s Parts Unknown, a nomination we’ll likely see duplicated at this year’s Emmys. (This is Bourdain’s first TCA Awards nomination; he’s been nominated for at least one Emmy every year since 2010.) A full list of nominees for this year’s TCA Awards is below, via Deadline.


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

Bill Hader, Barry – HBO

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NEWS AND INFORMATION

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – CNN

60 Minutes – CBS

Blue Planet 2 – 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

Killing Eve – BBC America

This Is Us – NBC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY

Atlanta – FX

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

Killing Eve – BBC America

This Is Us – NBC