# TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in News and Information

The TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in News and Information is an award given by the Television Critics Association.

## Winners and nominees

| Year | Winner | Other Nominees |
| 1984–1985 (1st) | Ted Koppel – Nightline (ABC) | n/a |
| 1985–1986 (2nd) | Ted Koppel – Nightline (ABC) and Bill Moyers – The Vanishing Family: Crisis in Black America (CBS) | CNN |
| 1986–1987 (3rd) | Eyes on the Prize (PBS) | n/a |
| 1987–1988 (4th) | CNN and Nightline (ABC) | n/a |
| 1988–1989 (5th) | CNN | C-SPAN Frontline (PBS) Nightline (ABC) |
| 1989–1990 (6th) | CNN | Eyes on the Prize II (PBS) Frontline (PBS) Nightline (ABC) World News Tonight with Peter Jennings (ABC) |
| 1990–1991 (7th) | Gulf War coverage (CNN) | Peter Arnett The Civil War (PBS) Frontline (PBS) Nightline (ABC) |
| 1991–1992 (8th) | Frontline (PBS) | C-SPAN Russian coup coverage (CNN) Nightline (ABC) |
| 1992–1993 (9th) | Frontline (PBS) | 60 Minutes (CBS) Nightline (ABC) POV (PBS) World News Tonight with Peter Jennings (ABC) |
| 1993–1994 (10th) | Nightline (ABC) | 60 Minutes (CBS) CBS News Sunday Morning (CBS) Frontline (PBS) The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (PBS) |
| 1994–1995 (11th) | Frontline (PBS) and Nightline (ABC) | CNN The O. J. Simpson Trial coverage (CNN) The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (PBS) |
| 1995–1996 (12th) | Frontline (PBS) | CNN 20/20 (ABC) 60 Minutes (CBS) Nightline (ABC) |
| 1996–1997 (13th) | The American Experience (PBS) | 20/20 (ABC) 60 Minutes (CBS) Frontline (PBS) Nightline (ABC) |
| 1997–1998 (14th) | The American Experience (PBS) | 60 Minutes (CBS) Dateline (NBC) Frontline (PBS) Nightline (ABC) |
| 1998–1999 (15th) | Cold War (CNN) | 60 Minutes (CBS) The American Experience (PBS) The Century (ABC / The History Channel) The Farmer's Wife (PBS) |
| 1999–2000 (16th) | ABC 2000: The Millennium (ABC) | 60 Minutes (CBS) The American President (PBS) Frontline (PBS) Walking with Dinosaurs (Discovery Channel) |
| 2000–2001 (17th) | Jazz (PBS) | 60 Minutes (CBS) America Undercover (HBO) Frontline (PBS) On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying (PBS) |
| 2001–2002 (18th) | Frontline (PBS) | 60 Minutes (CBS) American Masters (PBS) Nightline (ABC) The O'Reilly Factor (Fox News Channel) |
| 2002–2003 (19th) | Frontline (PBS) | David Bloom (NBC) 60 Minutes (CBS) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Nightline (ABC) |
| 2003–2004 (20th) | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) | 60 Minutes (CBS) Frontline (PBS) Meet the Press (NBC) Nightline (ABC) |
| 2004–2005 (21st) | Frontline (PBS) | 60 Minutes: Sunday Edition (CBS) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Meet the Press (NBC) The News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) Nightline (ABC) |
| 2005–2006 (22nd) | Frontline (PBS) | 60 Minutes (CBS) American Masters: Newhart (PBS) Broadway: The Golden Age (PBS) Country Boys (PBS) |
| 2006–2007 (23rd) | Planet Earth (Discovery Channel) | Baghdad ER (HBO) Bill Moyers Journal (PBS) Galápagos (National Geographic Channel) When the Levees Broke (HBO) |
| 2007–2008 (24th) | The War (PBS) | Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq (HBO) Frontline (PBS) Nimrod Nation (Sundance Channel) This American Life (Showtime) |
| 2008–2009 (25th) | The Alzheimer's Project (HBO) | 60 Minutes (CBS) Frontline (PBS) The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) We Shall Remain (PBS) |
| 2009–2010 (26th) | Life (Discovery Channel) | 30 for 30 (ESPN) America: The Story of Us (History) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) |
| 2010–2011 (27th) | Restrepo (National Geographic Channel) | 30 for 30 (ESPN) 60 Minutes (CBS) If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (HBO) The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) |
| 2011–2012 (28th) | 60 Minutes (CBS) | Anderson Cooper 360° (CNN) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Frontline (PBS) The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) |
| 2012–2013 (29th) | The Central Park Five (PBS) | 60 Minutes (CBS) Anderson Cooper 360° (CNN) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) |
| 2013–2014 (30th) | Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Fox / National Geographic Channel) | 60 Minutes (CBS) CBS News Sunday Morning (CBS) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Frontline (PBS) |
| 2014–2015 (31st) | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) | 60 Minutes (CBS) CBS News Sunday Morning (CBS) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Frontline (PBS) |
| 2015–2016 (32nd) | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) | CBS Sunday Morning (CBS) Jackie Robinson (PBS) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) United Shades of America (CNN) |
| 2016–2017 (33rd) | O.J.: Made in America (ESPN) | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) The Lead with Jake Tapper (CNN) Planet Earth II (BBC America) Weiner (Showtime) |
| 2017–2018 (34th) | Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN) | 60 Minutes (CBS) Blue Planet II (BBC America) The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) The Vietnam War (PBS) Wild Wild Country (Netflix) |
| 2018–2019 (35th) | Leaving Neverland (HBO) | 60 Minutes (CBS) America to Me (Starz) Our Planet (Netflix) The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) Surviving R. Kelly (Lifetime) |
| 2019–2020 (36th) | The Last Dance (ESPN) | 60 Minutes (CBS) Frontline (PBS) Hillary (Hulu) McMillions (HBO) The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) |
| 2020–2021 (37th) | Framing Britney Spears (FX/FX on Hulu) | 60 Minutes (CBS) Allen v. Farrow (HBO) City So Real (National Geographic) Frontline (PBS) I'll Be Gone in the Dark (HBO) Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special (CBS) The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) |
| 2021–2022 (38th) | The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) | 60 Minutes (CBS) Benjamin Franklin (PBS) Frontline (PBS) George Carlin's American Dream (HBO) How To with John Wilson (HBO) Prehistoric Planet (Apple TV+) The Tinder Swindler (Netflix) We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime) |
| 2022–2023 (39th) | The U.S. and the Holocaust (PBS) | The 1619 Project (Hulu) 30 for 30 (ESPN) Free Chol Soo Lee (PBS) Frontline (PBS) Pepsi, Where's My Jet? (Netflix) Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence (Hulu) Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (Hulu) |
| 2023-2024 (40th) | Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (Investigation Discovery) | America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston (PBS) Frontline (PBS) The Jinx: Part Two (HBO / Max) Queens (National Geographic) Telemarketers (HBO / Max) |

## Networks with multiple wins

* PBS - 15
* ABC - 6
* CNN - 6
* HBO/Max - 3
* Discovery Channel – 2
* ESPN - 2
* National Geographic Channel – 2
* Investigation Discovery – 1