25th TCA Awards explained

25th TCA Awards
Date:	August 1, 2009
Venue:	Langham Huntington Hotel and Spa, Pasadena, California
Award1 Type:	Program of the Year
Award1 Winner:	Battlestar Galactica
Award2 Type:	Outstanding New Program
Award2 Winner:	True Blood
Main:	TCA Awards
Previous:	24th
Next:	26th

The 25th TCA Awards were presented by the Television Critics Association. Chelsea Handler hosted the ceremony on August 1, 2009 at the Langham Huntington Hotel and Spa in Pasadena, Calif.^[1] ^[2]

Winners and nominees

Category	Winner	Other Nominees
Program of the Year	Battlestar Galactica (Syfy)	Lost (ABC) Mad Men (AMC) Saturday Night Live (NBC) The Shield (FX)
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy	The Big Bang Theory (CBS)	30 Rock (NBC) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) How I Met Your Mother (CBS) The Office (NBC)
Outstanding Achievement in Drama	Mad Men (AMC)	Breaking Bad (AMC) Friday Night Lights (NBC/The 101 Network) Lost (ABC) The Shield (FX)
Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials	Grey Gardens (HBO)	2008 Summer Olympics (NBC) (Fox) Generation Kill (HBO) Taking Chance (HBO)
Outstanding New Program of the Year	True Blood (HBO)	Fringe (Fox) The Mentalist (CBS) The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (HBO) United States of Tara (Showtime)
Individual Achievement in Comedy	Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)	Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock (NBC) Steve Carell - The Office (NBC) Tina Fey - 30 Rock (NBC) Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Individual Achievement in Drama	Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad (AMC)	Glenn Close - Damages (FX) Walton Goggins - The Shield (FX) Jon Hamm - Mad Men (AMC) Hugh Laurie - House (Fox)
Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming	Yo Gabba Gabba! (Nickelodeon)	Camp Rock (Disney Channel) The Electric Company (PBS) Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (Nickelodeon) Sid the Science Kid (PBS)
Outstanding Achievement in News and Information	The Alzheimer's Project (HBO)	60 Minutes (CBS) Frontline (PBS) The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) We Shall Remain (PBS)
Heritage Award	ER (NBC)	MASH* (CBS) Saturday Night Live (NBC) The Shield (FX) Star Trek (NBC)
Career Achievement Award	Betty White	No other nominees

Multiple wins

The following shows received multiple wins:

Multiple nominations

The following shows received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Recipient
4	The Shield
3	30 Rock
3	Mad Men
2	The Big Bang Theory
	Breaking Bad
	How I Met Your Mother
	Lost
	The Office
	Saturday Night Live

External links

Official website
2009 TCA Awards at IMDb.com

Notes and References

Web site: NBC, 'The Shield' lead Television Critics Association nominations. June 4, 2009 . . June 15, 2013 .
Web site: Television Critics Association Awards Celebrate 25th Anniversary . August 1, 2009 . . June 15, 2013 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120327162048/http://tvcritics.org/2009/08/01/television-critics-association-celebrates-25th-anniversary-at-awards-ceremony/ . March 27, 2012 .