It’s the sort of news that Rust Cohle might celebrate with an unhurried swig of Lone Star beer: True Detective picked up four nominations for this years Television Critics Assn. Awards.
The hit HBO anthology series was nominated for programme of the year, outstanding achievement in movies, miniseries and specials, and outstanding new programme, and Matthew McConaughey was singled out for individual achievement in drama.
Tied with three nominations each are The Good Wife, after a full-charge fifth season, Breaking Bad, which ended its five-season run last summer, and The Americans.
Other nominees familiar to the roster include Louie, Game of Thrones, The Big Bang Theory, The Daily Show and childhood mainstay Sesame Street.
And a crop of newcomers are making their mark: Logo’s RuPaul’s Drag Race, Netflix’s critically acclaimed women’s prison dramedy Orange Is the New Black, FX’s small-screen adaptation of the Coen brothers’ Fargo, and Fox all-stars Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Sleepy Hollow, as well as ABC Family’s The Fosters. The category with perhaps the most eclectic list of nominees is the Heritage Award — where Lost, Saturday Night Live, South Park, Star Trek and Twin Peaks will duke it out.
The TCA Awards will be held on July 19 in Beverly Hills.
Here’s the full list of nominees:
Individual achievement in comedy
Louis C.K., Louie (FX) [2013 winner in category]
Mindy Kaling, The Mindy Project (Fox)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (HBO)
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Individual achievement in drama
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife (CBS)
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black (BBC America) [2013 winner in category]
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective (HBO)
Matthew Rhys, The Americans (FX)
Outstanding achievement in news and information
CBS Sunday Morning (CBS)
Cosmos (Fox)
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Frontline (PBS)
60 Minutes (CBS)
Outstanding achievement in reality programming
The Amazing Race (CBS)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (Logo)
Shark Tank (ABC) [2013 winner in category]
Survivor (CBS)
The Voice (NBC)
Outstanding achievement in youth programming
Adventure Time (Cartoon Network)
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (PBS)
The Fosters (ABC Family)
Sesame Street (PBS)
Switched at Birth (ABC Family)
Outstanding new programme
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox)
Fargo (FX)
Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
Sleepy Hollow (Fox)
True Detective (HBO)
Outstanding achievement in movies, miniseries and specials
American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
Broadchurch (BBC America)
Fargo (FX)
The Returned (SundanceTV)
True Detective (HBO)
Outstanding achievement in drama
The Americans (FX)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Game of Thrones (HBO) [2013 winner in category]
House of Cards (Netflix)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Outstanding achievement in comedy
The Big Bang Theory (CBS) [2013 winner in category — tied with Parks and Recreation]
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox)
Louie (FX)
The Mindy Project (Fox)
Veep (HBO)
Career achievement award
Mark Burnett
James Burrows
Valerie Harper
Jay Leno
William Shatner
Heritage Award
Lost (ABC)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
South Park (Comedy Central)
Star Trek (NBC)
Twin Peaks (ABC)
Programme of the year
Breaking Bad (AMC) [2013 winner in category]
Game of Thrones (HBO)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
True Detective (HBO)
