AT TCA, IT'S ALL ABOUT POPULARITY.Byline: David Kronke Television Writer Members of the Television Critics Association The Television Critics Association (or TCA) is a group of approximately 200 United States and Canadian journalists and columnists who cover television programming. They meet in the Los Angeles area twice a year, in January and July, in conferences known as Winter and Summer , apparently unclear over whether its award for Program of the Year should go to the best or simply most popular series, opted for the latter in bestowing the honor upon Fox's reality talent show ``American Idol.'' Awards were handed out in a ceremony hosted by comic Wanda Sykes, star of Fox's ``Wanda at Large Wanda at Large is a Fox network sitcom that ran for two seasons in 2003. It starred comedian Wanda Sykes as Wanda Hawkins, an outspoken standup comic who is chosen to be a correspondent on a Washington, D.C., political talk show. ,'' Saturday night in Hollywood during a break in the semi-annual TV press tour. In other categories, the TCA TCA 1. trichloroacetic acid. 2. tricarboxylic acid cycle (Krebs cycle). TCA Tricyclic antidepressant, see there seemed on surer aesthetic footing, feting programs that generally avoided cheesiness chees·y adj. chees·i·er, chees·i·est 1. Containing or resembling cheese. 2. Informal Of poor quality; shoddy. . Comedy Central's ``The Daily Show With Jon Stewart'' won two awards, for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy and Individual Achievement in Comedy, for its host. NBC's complex cop show ``Boomtown boom·town n. A town experiencing an economic or a population boom. ,'' virtually shut out in the Emmy nominations announced Thursday, won in the categories Outstanding New Program and Outstanding Achievement in Drama. Longtime critics darling ``Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' won the Heritage Award before the body scarcely had a chance to cool, an apparent attempt to compensate for the fact that the series never managed to get much traction among Emmy voters. At least it didn't get the Lifetime Achievement Award, which went to Carl Reiner, creator of ``The Dick Van Dyke  This page is protected from moves until disputes have been resolved on the .The reason for its protection is listed on the protection policy page. Show'' and writer/star of ``Your Show of Shows.'' Other winners included: Edie Falco of ``The Sopranos,'' for Individual Achievement in Drama; PBS' ``Frontline,'' for Outstanding Achievement in News and Information; PBS' ``Reading Rainbow,'' for Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming; and ``Steven Spielberg Presents Taken,'' for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials. David Kronke, (818) 713-3638 david.kronke(at)dailynews.com |
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