Critics honor 2004-2005 best in U.S. TV

Sunday, July 24, 2005 

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The Television Critics Association (TCA) announced the winners of its annual awards for best in television programming June 23 in Beverly Hills, California. The TCA is made up of approximately 200 television writers and columnists in the U.S. and Canada.

The awards, except for the Heritage Award and Lifetime Achievement Award, were for outstanding programs first broadcast in the United states between June 2004 and May 2005.

ABC's Desperate Housewives was named Program of the year, while the Network's Lost was named as best dramatic program.

The critics' choice for best comedy series was Fox's Arrested Development.

Awards for acting and performance went to Hugh Laurie in Fox's House for best dramatic performance while best comedic performance honors went to Jon Stewart of Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

The TCA awarded American comedian Bob Newhart with its Lifetime Achievement Award. The Heritage award for program "that has transcended its medium to profoundly impact on society or culture" was presented to ABC late night news program, Nightline.

Full list of winners and nominees

Award	Winner	Network	Other nominees
Program of the Year	Desperate Housewives	ABC	Arrested Development, Fox The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central Deadwood, HBO Lost, ABC
Outstanding New Program	Lost	ABC	Desperate Housewives, ABC House, House Rescue Me, FX Veronica Mars, UPN
Outstanding Achievement in Drama	Lost	ABC	24, Fox Deadwood, HBO House, HBO Rescue Me, FX
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy	Arrested Development	FOX	The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central Desperate Housewives, ABC Everybody Loves Raymond, CBS Gilmore Girls, The WB
Outstanding Achievement in News & Information	Frontline	PBS	60 Minutes, CBS The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central Meet the Press, NBC The News Hour With Jim Lehrer, PBS Nightline, ABC
Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming	Degrassi: The Next Generation	The N	Dora The Explorer, Nickelodeon Nick News, Nickelodeon Postcards From Buster, PBS Nightline, ABC
Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Mini-series and Specials	The Office Special	BBC America	Lackawanna Blues, HBO The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers, HBO Something The Lord Made, HBO Sometimes In April, HBO
Individual Achievement in Comedy	Jon Stewart, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart	Comedy Central	Jason Bateman, Arrested Development, Fox Marcia Cross, Desperate Housewives, ABC Teri Hatcher, Desperate Housewives, ABC Ray Romano, Everybody Loves Raymond, CBS
Individual Achievement in Drama	Hugh Laurie, House	Fox	Kristen Bell, Veronica Mars, UPN Matthew Fox, Lost, ABC Ian McShane, Deadwood, HBO Kiefer Sutherland, 24, Fox
Heritage Award	Nightline	ABC	Frontline, PBS M*A*S*H, CBS Saturday Night Live, NBC Sesame Street, PBS
Lifetime Achievement	Bob Newhart

Source: Television Critics Association

Sources

• David Kronke. "'Housewives' TV critics pick of year" — Los Angeles Daily News, July 24, 2005

• "'Desperate Housewives' Wins Critics Award" — Associated Press, July 24, 2005
  

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