25th TCA Awards

The 25th TCA Awards were presented by the Television Critics Association. Chelsea Handler hosted the ceremony on August 1, 2009 at the Langham Huntington Hotel and Spa in Pasadena, Calif.

Winners and nominees

Category	Winner	Other Nominees
Program of the Year	Battlestar Galactica	Lost Mad Men Saturday Night Live The Shield
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy	The [Big Bang Theory]	30 Rock The Daily Show with Jon Stewart How I Met Your Mother The Office
Outstanding Achievement in Drama	Mad Men	Breaking Bad Friday [Night Lights (TV series)\|Friday Night Lights] Lost The Shield
Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials	Grey Gardens	2008 Summer Olympics 24: Redemption Generation Kill Taking Chance
Outstanding New Program of the Year	True Blood	Fringe The Mentalist The No. 1 Ladies' [Detective Agency (TV series)\|The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency] United States of Tara
Individual Achievement in Comedy	Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory	Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock Steve Carell - The Office Tina Fey - 30 Rock Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother
Individual Achievement in Drama	Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad	Glenn Close - Damages Walton Goggins - The Shield Jon Hamm - Mad Men Hugh Laurie - House
Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming	Yo Gabba Gabba!	Camp Rock The [Electric Company (2009 TV series)\|The Electric Company] Nick News with Linda Ellerbee Sid the Science Kid
Outstanding Achievement in News and Information	The Alzheimer's Project	60 Minutes Frontline The [Rachel Maddow Show (TV series)\|The Rachel Maddow Show] We Shall Remain
Heritage Award	ER	MASH* Saturday Night Live The Shield Star Trek
Career Achievement Award	Betty White	No other nominees

Multiple wins

The following shows received multiple wins:

Wins	Recipient
2	The Big Bang Theory

Multiple nominations

The following shows received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Recipient
4	The Shield
3	30 Rock
3	Mad Men
2	The Big Bang Theory
2	Breaking Bad
2	How I Met Your Mother
2	Lost
2	The Office
2	Saturday Night Live