The Television Critics Association has announced the nominees for its 42nd Annual TCA Awards, with Heated Rivalry, Industry and Widow’s Bay leading the field with five nominations each. Winners will be announced later this summer.
The three series will face off in the Program of the Year category, where they’ll compete against last year’s winner The Pitt, plus Hacks, The Comeback, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Shrinking and Pluribus.
This year’s awards expand to 14 categories with two new additions: Outstanding Achievement in Animation and Outstanding Achievement in International Series. The Simpsons, South Park and Invincible are among the inaugural Animation nominees, while Squid Game, The Boyfriend and The House of the Spirits lead the International Series field.
In Individual Achievement in Drama, Industry stars Marisa Abela, Myha’la and Ken Leung will compete against Heated Rivalry leads Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams, along with Sterling K. Brown (Paradise), Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus), David Harbour (DTF St. Louis), Katherine LaNasa (The Pitt) and defending winner Noah Wyle (The Pitt). In Individual Achievement in Comedy, Matthew Rhys and Kate O’Flynn both received nominations for Widow’s Bay, where they’ll face Jean Smart (Hacks), Hannah Einbinder (Hacks), Harrison Ford (Shrinking), Lisa Kudrow (The Comeback), Elle Fanning (Margo’s Got Money Troubles) and Tim Robinson (The Chair Company).
In Outstanding Achievement in Reality, back-to-back champion The Traitors goes for a three-peat against Love on the Spectrum, Survivor, Couples Therapy and Top Chef, among others.
Full list of 2026 TCA Award nominees
Program of the Year
The Comeback — HBO Max
Hacks — HBO Max
Heated Rivalry — Crave/HBO Max
Industry — HBO Max
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — CBS
The Pitt — HBO Max (2025 Winner)
Pluribus — Apple TV
Shrinking — Apple TV
Widow’s Bay — Apple TV
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy
Abbott Elementary — ABC (2022 Winner)
The Comeback — HBO Max
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins — NBC
Hacks — HBO Max (2024 Winner)
The Lowdown — FX
Margo’s Got Money Troubles — Apple TV
Shrinking — Apple TV
Widow’s Bay — Apple TV
Outstanding Achievement in Drama
The Gilded Age — HBO Max
Heated Rivalry — Crave/HBO Max
Industry — HBO Max
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms — HBO Max
Paradise — Hulu
The Pitt — HBO Max (2025 Winner)
Pluribus — Apple TV
Task — HBO Max
Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries or Specials
All Her Fault — Peacock
The Beast in Me — Netflix
Beef — Netflix (2023 Winner)
Death by Lightning — Netflix
DTF St. Louis — HBO Max
Half Man — HBO Max
Lord of the Flies — Netflix
Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette — FX
Outstanding New Program
Alien: Earth — FX
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins — NBC
Heated Rivalry — Crave/HBO Max
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms — HBO Max
The Lowdown — FX
Margo’s Got Money Troubles — Apple TV
Pluribus — Apple TV
Widow’s Bay — Apple TV
Individual Achievement in Drama
Marisa Abela, Industry — HBO Max
Sterling K. Brown, Paradise — Hulu
David Harbour, DTF St. Louis — HBO Max
Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt — HBO Max
Ken Leung, Industry — HBO Max
Myha’la, Industry — HBO Max
Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus — Apple TV
Connor Storrie, Heated Rivalry — Crave/HBO Max
Hudson Williams, Heated Rivalry — Crave/HBO Max
Noah Wyle, The Pitt — HBO Max (2025 Winner)
Individual Achievement in Comedy
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks — HBO Max
Elle Fanning, Margo’s Got Money Troubles — Apple TV
Harrison Ford, Shrinking — Apple TV
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback — HBO Max
Kate O’Flynn, Widow’s Bay — Apple TV
Matthew Rhys, Widow’s Bay — Apple TV
Jean Smart, Hacks — HBO Max (2021, 2024 Winner)
Tim Robinson, The Chair Company — HBO Max
Outstanding Achievement in News and Information
60 Minutes — CBS (2012 Winner)
The American Revolution — PBS
CBS This Morning — CBS
Disneyland Handcrafted — Disney+
Frontline — PBS (Eight-time Winner)
Have I Got News For You — CNN
Marty, Life Is Short — Netflix
Mr. Scorsese — Apple TV
Outstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk or Sketch
The Daily Show — Comedy Central
Jimmy Kimmel Live! — ABC
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — HBO Max (2018, 2019, 2021 Winner)
Late Night with Seth Meyers — NBC
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — CBS
The Muppet Show: Sabrina Carpenter — Disney+
Saturday Night Live — NBC
Outstanding Achievement in Reality
Couples Therapy — Showtime/Paramount+ (2021 Winner)
Finding Mr. Christmas — Hallmark
The Great British Baking Show — Netflix
Love on the Spectrum — Netflix
RuPaul’s Drag Race — MTV (2014 Winner)
Survivor — CBS
Top Chef — Bravo
The Traitors — Peacock (2024, 2025 Winner)
Outstanding Achievement in Family Programming
Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Animation — Disney+
Electric Bloom — Disney+/Disney Channel
Percy Jackson and the Olympians — Disney+/Hulu
Phineas and Ferb — Disney+/Disney Channel
Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 — Netflix
Vampirina: Teenage Vampire — Disney+/Disney Channel
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place — Disney+/Disney Channel
WondLa — Apple TV
Outstanding Achievement in Children’s Programming
Carl the Collector — PBS KIDS
The First Snow of Fraggle Rock — Apple TV
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+ — Disney+/Disney Jr.
Phoebe & Jay — PBS KIDS
Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical — Apple TV
Sofia the First: Royal Magic — Disney+/Disney Jr.
Weather Hunters — PBS KIDS
The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball — Hulu
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Bob’s Burgers — Fox
Haunted Hotel — Netflix
Invincible — Prime Video
King of the Hill — Hulu
Long Story Short — Netflix
The Simpsons — Fox
South Park — Comedy Central
Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord — Disney+
Women Wearing Shoulder Pads — Adult Swim
Outstanding International Series
The Boyfriend — Netflix
Crime Scene Zero — Netflix
Drops of God — Apple TV
The House of the Spirits — Prime Video
Last Samurai Standing — Netflix
Squid Game — Netflix
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