The Television Critics Association has announced its nominees for the annual TCA awards, which will be presented during the summer press tour in August. One traditional cable news program, The Lead With Jake Tapper, is among the nominees for Outstanding Achievement in News and Information. (TVNewser)
Tapper competes against Samantha Bee’s TBS show Full Frontal, and John Oliver’s HBO program Last Week Tonight, as well as Showtime’s Anthony Weiner documentary Weiner, BBC America’s Planet Earth II, and ESPN’s O.J.: Made In America. Meanwhile, Showtime’s political docu-series The Circus is competing in the reality programming derby. (Deadline)
A trio of breakout freshman series—Atlanta, The Handmaid’s Tale and This Is Us—racked up the most nominations. (Adweek)
For the second consecutive year, HBO is in the lead with 12 nominations; FX has 11; Netflix has 10; NBC has seven; Hulu has four; ABC and PBS have three; Amazon, Disney and Showtime each have two; and A&E, AMC, BBC America, CBS, CNN, ESPN and TBS finish with one. (Variety)