Television Critics Association Award

The Television Critics Association Awards (TCA Awards) have honoured the "outstanding achievements in television", as chosen by profession critics, since 1984. The group currently has 220 critics in the United States and Canada.

2000
Sesame Street
 * Nominated: Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming

2001
Sesame Street
 * Nominated: Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming

2003
Sesame Street
 * Nominated: Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming

2004
Sesame Street
 * Nominated: Outstanding Children's Programming

2005
Sesame Street
 * Nominated: Heritage Award

2011
Sesame Street
 * Nominated: Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming

TCA Career Achievement Award

 * 1985: Grant Tinker
 * 1986: Walter Cronkite
 * 1987: Hill Street Blues
 * 1988: David Brinkley
 * 1989: Lucille Ball
 * 1990: Jim Henson
 * 1991: Brandon Tartikoff
 * 1992: Johnny Carson
 * 1993: Bob Hope
 * 1994: Charles Kuralt
 * 1995: Ted Turner
 * 1996: Angela Lansbury
 * 1997: Fred Rogers
 * 1998: Roone Arledge
 * 1999: Norman Lear
 * 2000: Dick Van Dyke
 * 2001: Sid Caesar
 * 2002: Bill Cosby
 * 2003: Carl Reiner
 * 2004: Don Hewitt
 * 2005: Bob Newhart
 * 2006: Carol Burnett
 * 2007: Mary Tyler Moore
 * 2008: Lorne Michaels
 * 2009: Betty White
 * 2010: James Garner
 * 2011: Steven Bochco, Dick Ebersol, Cloris Leachman, David Letterman, William Shatner, Oprah Winfrey