Na also, es geht doch, bei den Emmy Nominierungen übergangen, wurde Michael C. Hall für seine hervorragende Leistung in "Dexter" geehrt. Über 200 Fernsehkritiker aus den Staaten und Kanada haben entschieden und dies sind die Gewinner (als erstes genannt und in Grossbuchstaben) der 'Television Critics Association' - kurz 'TCA' - Awards:

Program of the Year:
-HEROES
-American Idol
-Friday Night Lights
-Planet Earth
-When the Levees Broke
-The Wire
(vorherige Gewinner: Twin Peaks, Letterman, ER, Homicide, Sopranos, WestWing, 24, American Idol, Angels in America, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy)

Outstanding Achievement in Drama:
-THE SOPRANOS
-Friday Night Lights
-Heroes
-Lost
-The Wire
(vorherige Gewinner: Twin Peaks, NYPD Blue, Homicide, Sopranos, WestWing, Six Feet Under, Boomtown, Lost)

Outstanding Achievement in Comedy:
-THE OFFICE
-30 Rock
-The Daily Show
-Entourage
-Ugly Betty
(vorherige Gewinner: Cosby Show, Murphy Brown, Simpsons, Seinfeld, Frasier, Larry Sanders Show, Malcolm in the middle, Arrested Development)

Outstanding New Program:
-FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
-30 Rock
-Dexter
-Heroes
-Ugly Betty
(vorherige Gewinner: Ally McBeal, Sopranos, WestWing, Gilmore Girls, 24, Boomtown, Arrested Development, Lost, My Name is Earl)

Outstanding Achievement in News & Information:
-PLANET EARTH
-Baghdad ER
-Bill Moyers Journal
-Galapagos
-When the Levees Broke

Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming:
-KYLE XY
-Dora the Explorer
-Johnny and the Sprites
-Lincoln Heights
-SpongeBob SquarePants
(vorherige Gewinner u.a.: Degrassi junior High, Spongebob, High School Musical)

Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Mini-Series & Specials:
-PLANET EARTH
-Broken Trail
-Prime Suspect
-The State Within
-When the Levees Broke
(vorherige Gewinner u.a.: The Civil War, Prime Suspect 3, From the Earth to Moon, Pride & Prejudice, Band of Brothers, Taken, Angels in America, Bob Dylan - No direction home)

Individual Achievement in Comedy:
-ALEC BALDWIN, 30 ROCK
-Tina Fey, 30 Rock
-Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
-America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
-Jon Stewart, The Daily Show
(vorherige Gewinner: David Hyde Pierce, Ray Romano, Jane Kaczmarek, Bernie Mac, Jon Stewart, Ricky Gervais, Steve Carell)

Individual Achievement in Drama:
-MICHAEL C. HALL, DEXTER
-Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
-Kyle Chandler, The Daily Show
-Hugh Laurie, House
-Helen Mirren, Prime Suspect
(vorherige Gewinner: Andre Braugher, James Gandolfini, David E. Kelley, Michael Chiklis, Edie Falco, Ian McShane, Hugh Laurie)

Heritage Award - recognizes a long-running show that has had a cultural or social impact:
-THE SOPRANOS
-The Mary Tyler Moore Show
-M.A.S.H.
-Roots
-Sesame Street
(vorherige Gewinner: Simpsons, Buffy, 60Minutes, Nightline, WestWing)

Career Achievement:
-MARY TYLER MOORE
-Ed Bradley
-Larry Gelbert
-Bill Moyers
-William Shatner
(vorherige Gewinner u.a.: Jim Henson, Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, Angela Lansbury, Dick van Dyke, Bill Cosby, Carl Reiner, Carol Burnett)