# TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials

The TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries, and Specials is an award given by the Television Critics Association.

## Winners and nominees

| Year | Winner | Other Nominees |
| 1984-1985 (1st) | The Burning Bed (NBC) | 1984 Summer Olympics – Opening Ceremony (ABC) Farrah Fawcett – The Burning Bed (NBC) Fatal Vision (NBC) Heartsounds (ABC) The Jewel in the Crown (PBS) Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember (CBS) Threads (PBS) Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (NBC) |
| 1985-1986 (2nd) | Live Aid (ABC / MTV) | Comic Relief (HBO) Horowitz in Moscow (CBS) The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) Putting It Together: The Making of The Broadway Album (HBO) |
| 1986-1987 (3rd) | Robin Williams: An Evening at the Met (HBO) | n/a |
| 1987-1988 (4th) | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (HBO) | n/a |
| 1988-1989 (5th) | What's Alan Watching? (CBS) | 42nd Tony Awards (CBS) Comic Relief III (HBO) Glory! Glory! (HBO) |
| 1989-1990 (6th) | Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Celebration (ABC) | Billy Crystal Carmen on Ice (HBO) Comic Relief '90 (HBO) The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) |
| 1990-1991 (7th) | The Civil War (PBS) | Billy Crystal The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (CBS) |
| 1991-1992 (8th) | Billy Crystal – 64th Academy Awards (ABC) | MGM: When the Lion Roars (TNT) When It Was a Game (HBO) |
| 1992-1993 (9th) | Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson (NBC) | Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah: 90 Primetime Minutes with the King of Pop (ABC) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: 25th Anniversary Reunion (NBC) Women of Country (CBS) |
| 1993-1994 (10th) | Prime Suspect III (PBS) | Gypsy (CBS) One for the Road with Charles Kuralt and Morley Safer (CBS) Tales of the City (PBS) |
| 1994-1995 (11th) | Baseball (PBS) | 500 Nations (CBS) Barbra: The Concert (HBO) Tales from the Far Side (CBS) |
| 1995-1996 (12th) | Pride and Prejudice (A&E) | 68th Academy Awards (ABC) Barbara Walters: 20 Years at ABC (ABC) The Beatles Anthology (ABC) |
| 1996-1997 (13th) | Bastard out of Carolina (Showtime) | The Last Don (CBS) Moll Flanders (PBS) The Odyssey (NBC) The West (PBS) |
| 1997-1998 (14th) | From the Earth to the Moon (HBO) | Don King: Only in America (HBO) Merlin (NBC) Moby Dick (USA) Tom Jones (A&E) What the Deaf Man Heard (CBS) |
| 1998-1999 (15th) | Joan of Arc (CBS) | Alice in Wonderland (NBC) The Farmer's Wife (PBS) Hornblower (A&E) Shot Through the Heart (HBO) |
| 1999-2000 (16th) | The Corner (HBO) | Annie (ABC) Arabian Nights (ABC) Fail Safe (CBS) Jesus (CBS) |
| 2000-2001 (17th) | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (ABC) | 61* (HBO) Anne Frank (ABC) Horatio Hornblower (A&E) Wit (HBO) |
| 2001-2002 (18th) | Band of Brothers (HBO) | 9/11 (CBS) America: A Tribute to Heroes (ABC / CBS / Fox / NBC) The Blue Planet: Seas of Life (Discovery Channel) Frontier House (PBS) |
| 2002-2003 (19th) | Taken (Sci Fi) | Door to Door (TNT) Hitler: The Rise of Evil (CBS) Live from Baghdad (HBO) Manor House (PBS) |
| 2003-2004 (20th) | Angels in America (HBO) | The Lion in Winter (Showtime) Prime Suspect: The Last Witness (PBS) Soldier's Girl (Showtime) State of Play (BBC America) |
| 2004-2005 (21st) | The Office: Christmas Special (BBC America) | Lackawanna Blues (HBO) The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (HBO) Something the Lord Made (HBO) Sometimes in April (HBO) |
| 2005-2006 (22nd) | No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (PBS) | Bleak House (PBS) Elizabeth I (HBO) Sleeper Cell (Showtime) Viva Blackpool (BBC America) |
| 2006-2007 (23rd) | Planet Earth (Discovery Channel) | Broken Trail (AMC) Prime Suspect: The Final Act (PBS) The State Within (BBC America) When the Levees Broke (HBO) |
| 2007-2008 (24th) | John Adams (HBO) | The Complete Jane Austen (PBS) Cranford (PBS) A Raisin in the Sun (ABC) The War (PBS) |
| 2008-2009 (25th) | Grey Gardens (HBO) | 2008 Summer Olympics (NBC) 24: Redemption (Fox) Generation Kill (HBO) Taking Chance (HBO) |
| 2009-2010 (26th) | The Pacific (HBO) | Life (Discovery Channel) Temple Grandin (HBO) Torchwood: Children of Earth (BBC America) You Don't Know Jack (HBO) |
| 2010-2011 (27th) | Sherlock (PBS) | Cinema Verite (HBO) Downton Abbey (PBS) Mildred Pierce (HBO) Too Big to Fail (HBO) |
| 2011-2012 (28th) | Downton Abbey (PBS) | Game Change (HBO) Hatfields & McCoys (History) Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO) Sherlock (PBS) |
| 2012-2013 (29th) | Behind the Candelabra (HBO) | American Horror Story: Asylum (FX) Downton Abbey (PBS) Rectify (Sundance Channel) Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel) |
| 2013-2014 (30th) | True Detective (HBO) | American Horror Story: Coven (FX) Broadchurch (BBC America) Fargo (FX) The Returned (SundanceTV) |
| 2014-2015 (31st) | The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (HBO) | Bessie (HBO) The Honourable Woman (SundanceTV) Olive Kitteridge (HBO) Wolf Hall (PBS) |
| 2015-2016 (32nd) | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) | All the Way (HBO) Fargo (FX) The Night Manager (AMC) Roots (History) Show Me a Hero (HBO) |
| 2016-2017 (33rd) | Big Little Lies (HBO) | Fargo (FX) Feud: Bette and Joan (FX) Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (Netflix) The Night Of (HBO) The Wizard of Lies (HBO) |
| 2017-2018 (34th) | The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (FX) | Alias Grace (Netflix) Howards End (Starz) Patrick Melrose (Showtime) The Tale (HBO) Twin Peaks: The Return (Showtime) |
| 2018-2019 (35th) | Chernobyl (HBO) | Deadwood: The Movie (HBO) Escape at Dannemora (Showtime) Fosse/Verdon (FX) Sharp Objects (HBO) When They See Us (Netflix) |
| 2019-2020 (36th) | Watchmen (HBO) | Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu) Mrs. America (FX on Hulu) Normal People (Hulu) The Plot Against America (HBO) Unbelievable (Netflix) |
| 2020-2021 (37th) | Mare of Easttown (HBO) | Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix) The Good Lord Bird (Showtime) I May Destroy You (HBO) It's a Sin (HBO Max) The Queen's Gambit (Netflix) The Underground Railroad (Amazon) WandaVision (Disney+) |
| 2021-2022 (38th) | Dopesick (Hulu) | The Dropout (Hulu) The Girl from Plainville (Hulu) Maid (Netflix) Midnight Mass (Netflix) The Staircase (HBO Max) Station Eleven (HBO Max) Under the Banner of Heaven (FX) |
| 2022-2023 (39th) | Beef (Netflix) | Black Bird (Apple TV+) Daisy Jones & The Six (Amazon) Fleishman Is in Trouble (FX) Mrs. Davis (Peacock) The Patient (FX) A Small Light (NatGeo) Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Roku Channel) |
| 2023-2024 (40th) | Baby Reindeer (Netflix) | The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix) Fargo (FX) Fellow Travelers (Showtime) Ripley (Netflix) The Sympathizer (HBO / Max) |

## Total awards by network

* HBO/Max – 16
* PBS – 6
* ABC – 4
* CBS – 2
* FX – 2
* NBC – 2
* Netflix – 2
* A&E – 1
* BBC America – 1
* Discovery Channel – 1
* Hulu — 1
* MTV – 1
* Sci Fi – 1
* Showtime – 1

## Total nominations by network

* HBO/Max – 59
* PBS – 24
* CBS – 20
* ABC – 15
* FX – 14
* Netflix - 12
* NBC – 11
* Showtime – 9
* BBC America – 6
* Hulu - 5
* A&E – 4
* SundanceTV - 4
* Discovery Channel – 3
* Amazon - 2
* AMC - 2
* Fox - 2
* History - 2
* TNT - 2
* Apple TV+ - 1
* Disney+ - 1
* MTV – 1
* NatGeo - 1
* Peacock - 1
* Roku Channel - 1
* Sci Fi – 1
* Starz - 1