The TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming is an award given by the
Television Critics Association
The Television Critics Association (TCA) is a group of approximately 200 American and Canadian television critics, journalists and columnists who cover television programming for newspapers, magazines and web publications. The TCA accepts appli ...
for
reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring ordinary people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s ...
formats.
Winners and nominees
Multiple winners
;2 wins
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The Amazing Race
''The Amazing Race'' is an adventure reality competition franchise in which teams of two people race around the world in competition with other teams. ''The Amazing Race'' is split into legs, with teams tasked to deduce clues, navigate themselv ...
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Queer Eye''
Multiple nominations
7 nominations
* ''
The Amazing Race
''The Amazing Race'' is an adventure reality competition franchise in which teams of two people race around the world in competition with other teams. ''The Amazing Race'' is split into legs, with teams tasked to deduce clues, navigate themselv ...
''
6 nominations
* ''
Top Chef
''Top Chef'' is an American reality competition television series which premiered on Bravo in March 2006. The show features chefs competing against each other in culinary challenges. The contestants are judged by a panel of professional chefs ...
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5 nominations
* ''
Survivor
Survivor(s) may refer to:
* one who survives
Arts, entertainment and media Fictional entities
* Survivors, characters in the 1997 KKnD series#Armies, ''KKnD'' video-game series
* ''The Survivors'', or the ''New Survivors Foundation'', a fictional ...
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4 nominations
* ''
The Great British Baking Show''
* ''
RuPaul's Drag Race
''RuPaul's Drag Race'' is an American reality competition television series, the first in the Drag Race (franchise), ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by World of Wonder (company), World of Wonder for Logo TV (season 1–8), WOW Presents Plus, ...
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* ''
Shark Tank
''Shark Tank'' is an American business Reality television#Investments, reality television series that premiered on August 9, 2009, on American Broadcasting Company, ABC.Hibberd, James (May 10, 2012)Dancing,' 'Bachelor,' and a bigger 'Shark Tank ...
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* ''
The Voice''
3 nominations
* ''
Nailed It!''
2 nominations
* ''
Cheer''
* ''
The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth''
* ''
Couples Therapy
Couples therapy (also known as couples' counseling, marriage counseling, or marriage therapy) is a form of psychotherapy that seeks to improve intimate relationships, resolve interpersonal conflicts and repair broken bonds of love.
History
Marri ...
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* ''
Dancing with the Stars
''Strictly Come Dancing (widely known as Dancing with the Stars)'' is an international television franchise based on the format of the British TV series '' Strictly Come Dancing,'' itself a successor to the show ''Come Dancing'' (1950–1998) ...
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* ''
The Glee Project''
* ''
Legendary''
* ''
Making It''
* ''
Queer Eye''
* ''
The Real World Homecoming''
* ''
The Traitors
''The Traitors'' is a reality game show franchise created by the All3Media
All3Media Limited is a British worldwide independent television, film, and digital production and distribution company based in London. The All3Media group cons ...
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* ''
We're Here''
* ''
Welcome to Wrexham''
Total awards by network
* Netflix – 5
* CBS – 2
* A&E – 1
* ABC – 1
* Amazon Freevee – 1
* Fox – 1
* HBO/Max – 1
* Logo TV – 1
* Peacock – 1
* Showtime – 1
* Starz – 1
References
External links
Official website
Reality Programming
Long stubs with short prose
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