Television Critics Association Awards: 2005

TCA Award

Date:	23 July
Host:	Craig Ferguson (I)
Location:	Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA

Outstanding Achievement in News & Information


Winner:
	"Frontline" (1983)
Other Nominees:
	"60 Minutes" (1968) - For the Sunday edition. "ABC News Nightline" (1980) "Meet the Press" (1947) "The Daily Show" (1996) "The Robert MacNeil Report" (1975)

Outstanding Achievement in Comedy


Winner:
	"Arrested Development" (2003)
Other Nominees:
	"Desperate Housewives" (2004) "Everybody Loves Raymond" (1996) "Gilmore Girls" (2000) "The Daily Show" (1996)

Outstanding Achievement in Drama

Outstanding New Program of the Year


Winner:
	"Lost" (2004)
Other Nominees:
	"Desperate Housewives" (2004) "House M.D." (2004) "Rescue Me" (2004) "Veronica Mars" (2004)

Individual Achievement in Comedy


Winner:
	"The Daily Show" (1996) - Jon Stewart
Other Nominees:
	"Arrested Development" (2003) - Jason Bateman "Desperate Housewives" (2004) - Marcia Cross "Desperate Housewives" (2004) - Teri Hatcher "Everybody Loves Raymond" (1996) - Ray Romano (I)

Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming


Winner:
	"Degrassi: The Next Generation" (2001)
Other Nominees:
	"Dora the Explorer" (2000) "Nick News with Linda Ellerbee" (1992) "Postcards from Buster" (2004) "SpongeBob SquarePants" (1999)

Outstanding Achievement Movies, Mini-Series and Specials


Winner:
	"The Office" (2001) - For the special.
Other Nominees:
	Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV) Something the Lord Made (2004) (TV) Sometimes in April (2005) (TV) The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)

Program of the Year


Winner:
	"Desperate Housewives" (2004)
Other Nominees:
	"Arrested Development" (2003) "Deadwood" (2004) "Lost" (2004) "The Daily Show" (1996)

Individual Achievement in Drama


Winner:
	"House M.D." (2004) - Hugh Laurie
Other Nominees:
	"24" (2001) - Kiefer Sutherland "Deadwood" (2004) - Ian McShane "Lost" (2004) - Matthew Fox (I) "Veronica Mars" (2004) - Kristen Bell (I)


Awarded to:
	"ABC News Nightline" (1980)
Nominees:
	"Frontline" (1983) "MAS*H" (1972) "Saturday Night Live" (1975) "Sesame Street" (1969)