Jane Lynch and Julianna Margulies took individual achievement honors.
via press release:
Fox’s “Glee” Takes Home Multiple Honors as “Program of the Year,” “Outstanding New Program” and “Individual Achievement in Comedy” for winning actress Jane Lynch
“Modern Family,” “The Pacific,” “The Good Wife,” “Life,” “Breaking Bad” and “Lost” are honored along with “M*A*S*H” and James Garner
BEVERLY HILLS (Embargoed Until 9 PM PDT/Saturday, July 31, 2010) – Members of the Television Critics Association (TCA) recognized the top programs and actors representing the 2009-2010 TV season tonight at its 26th Annual TCA Awards, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Dax Shepard, star of NBC’s “Parenthood,” introduced the ceremony that bestowed 11 awards in categories reflecting comedy, drama, miniseries, news and youth programming at its annual event in conjunction with the TCA’s summer press tour.
The biggest winner of the night was Fox’s musical ensemble comedy “Glee” which was the only series to win multiple awards from the 200-plus professional TV critics association, garnering the top honor “Program of the Year,” as well as “Outstanding New Program,” and “Individual Achievement in Comedy,” with lead actress Jane Lynch’s victory.
ABC’s “Modern Family” was voted “Outstanding Achievement in Comedy,” and ABC’s “Lost” and AMC’s “Breaking Bad” tied as the victors in the category of “Outstanding Achievement in Drama.”
Nick Jr.’s children’s show “Yo Gabba Gabba” won its second consecutive TCA Award as “Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming,” and Discovery Channel’s “Life” series took the top honors as “Outstanding Achievement in News & Information.”
Julianna Margulies, star of CBS’s “The Good Wife,” received the award for “Individual Achievement in Drama,” and HBO’s World War II miniseries epic “The Pacific” garnered “Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials.”
In addition to recognizing the year’s finest programming, the TCA bestowed a Heritage Award trophy to CBS’ former series “M*A*S*H” for the cultural and social impact that program has had on society.
The organization also presented actor James Garner with a Career Achievement Award for the influence his work has had on the small screen.
2010 TCA Award recipients are as follows:
• PROGRAM OF THE YEAR: “Glee” (FOX)
• OUTSTANDING NEW PROGRAM: “Glee” (FOX)
• INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY: Jane Lynch, “Glee” (FOX)
• OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY: “Modern Family” (ABC)
• OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA: TIE – “Lost” (ABC) and “Breaking Bad” (AMC)
• INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA: Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife” (CBS)
• OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NEWS & INFORMATION: “Life” (Discovery)
• OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN YOUTH PROGRAMMING: “Yo Gabba Gabba” (NICK JR.)
• OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES, MINISERIES & SPECIALS: “The Pacific” (HBO)
• HERITAGE AWARD: “M*A*S*H*” (CBS)
• CAREER ACHIEVEMENT: James GarnerABOUT THE TELEVISION CRITICS ASSOCIATION
The Television Critics Association represents more than 200 journalists writing about television for print and online outlets in the United States and Canada. For 26 years the TCA has honored outstanding achievement in television and enduring contributions to the medium’s heritage through the TCA Awards. Membership in the Television Critics Association is open to full-time TV writers at newspapers, magazines, trade publications, news wire services, news syndicates, and text-based Internet news organizations. For additional information on the TCA, please visit www.tvcritics.org.
I love Glee and they deserve this. Don’t hate!
I wouldn't argue with these, necessarily.
I wasn't aware Glee was such a critics darling though.
ABC’s “Modern Family” was voted “Outstanding Achievement in Comedy,” and ABC’s “Lost” and AMC’s “Breaking Bad” tied as the victors in the category of “Outstanding Achievement in Drama.”
and?
these people love to hand out awards to each other. Not one show I watch.
I guess I'm not 100% sure what your point is as this is TV critics getting together and awarding what they believe to be the best achievements in TV this year.
It is different from the Emmys and the SAGs where those who actually work in the “crafts” AND are nominated, vote for the awards and ultimately receive the awards (if that makes sense).
I love Jane Lynch, but hate musicals. Cannot watch Glee. I find it anything but gleeful, unless being so makes you want to rip your face off. Just sayin.
But let me say something positive. The bird episode of Modern Family made me laugh so hard I cried.
I agree for choosing 'Glee' as Program of the Year and Outstanding New Program.Its really good.
Modern Family deserved it too.Actually MF is more funnier than Glee in terms of writing.I guess that's why it got the award.
Glad for Julianna Margulies.
Surprising. In the previous 13 years 22 male winners + 4 female for acting. Now the latter goes up 50%.
I hate Glee. I can't say that show is bad, I just don't like it. For me it's awful.
I've NEVER taken a TV or movie critic's opinion seriously. In the past, I used to read the reviews solely to find out what the show or movie was about. I make up my own mind as to whether the item in question is any good. So a critic's award means less than nothing to me. Nowadays I rarely read reviews unless I suspect the show or movie is likely to be really bad, then I check to see if the consensus is that I was right to be suspicious.
And sometimes I've very wrong about that. I avoided looking into Sanctuary for a while as I thought the premise was uninteresting. Boy, was I wrong!
With the Internet, finding out what a show is about is trivial – just watch the YouTube trailer. And I've probably heard about in advance for a year, anyway.
Lost and Breaking Bad a tie?
Maybe if you have brain damage. What an insult to Breaking Bad.
Im soo sick of Glee. Good for Modern Family though!
Just be glad it won something, because I have a feeling it will get shut out at the emmys even though IMO it deserves to win everything it's nominated for.
Glee is a very fun and upbeat show to watch, but it's becoming slightly overrated with all these awards. I think it's the new 30 Rock.
I agree that Modern Family has better writing than Glee and that's probably why it won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy. MF's style of comedy is very original and innovative (comparing it to The Office or Arrested Development is like comparing apples to oranges), unlike Glee's Desperate Housewives-esque satirical style of comedy.
I agree.
I'm already preemptively pissed off on behalf of Aaron Paul.
I think “Glee” is the new “Ugly Betty,” personally. People are excited now because it represents something genuinely different. But it won't take long for the silly, over-the-top quality of the show to wear thin. I say that as someone who enjoys the show. “Modern Family” is the new “30 Rock” — with the only difference being that more people will think “Modern Family” deserves the praise.
Interesting… haven't seen The Good Wife, but Julianna Margulies was pretty horrible in everything I've seen of her so far.
You made a really good point about the Ugly Betty comparison. UB was created in the same vein as DH and featured lots of goofy satirical humor while adding the down-to-earth roots that DH lacked. In that sense, Glee is very similar to UB.
When I said Glee is the new 30 Rock, I was referring to all the critical acclaim it gets. Glee does have 30 Rock-like flashback sequences, but it's much more similar to UB and DH.
You don't watch Glee, Modern Family, Lost, Breaking Bad, The Good Wife, or Life? What do you watch? These are some of the most acclaimed shows on television.