TCA Awards 2013: The Americans, Breaking Bad Lead Nominees; Orphan Black Scores Twin Nods

Television Critics Association Award Nominees 2013FX's The Americans is spying no less than four nominations — including Program of the Year and best new drama — for this year's Television Critics Association Awards, to be handed out Aug. 3 in Beverly Hills.

AMC's Breaking Bad follows with three total nods, while HBO's Game of Thrones and BBC America's Orphan Black each landed in two races.

On the comedy side, it's a tighter contest, as four shows — NBC's Parks and Recreation and Fox's New Girl included — netted two noms each.

The TCA Awards are not to be confused with the streamed live) by the Broadcast Television Journalist Association. Here's the full list of nominees (* denotes 2012 winner).

PROGRAM OF THE YEAR

The Americans, FX

Breaking Bad, AMC

Game of Thrones, HBO

House of Cards, Netflix

The Walking Dead, AMC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA

The Americans, FX

Breaking Bad, AMC

Game of Thrones, HBO

Homeland, Showtime

Mad Men, AMC*

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC)

Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel (A&E)

Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black (BBC America)

Monica Potter, Parenthood (NBC)

Matthew Rhys, The Americans (FX)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY

The Big Bang Theory, CBS

Louie, FX

New Girl, Fox

Park and Recreation, NBC

Veep, HBO

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY

Louis C.K., Louie (FX)

Lena Dunham, Girls (HBO)

Jake Johnson, New Girl (Fox)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (HBO)

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation (NBC)

NEW PROGRAM

The Americans, FX

Elementary, CBS

House of Cards, Netflix

The Mindy Project, Fox

Orphan Black, BBC America

OUTSTANDING MOVIE, MINISERIES OR SPECIAL

American Horror Story: Asylum, FX

Behind the Candelabra, HBO

Downton Abbey, PBS

Rectify, Sundance Channel

Top of the Lake, Sundance Channel

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN REALITY PROGRAMMING

The Amazing Race, CBS*

The Glee Project, Oxygen

Shark Tank, ABC

Survivor, CBS

The Voice, NBC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN YOUTH PROGRAMMING

Adventure Time, Cartoon Network

Bunheads, ABC Family

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, PBS

Sesame Street, PBS*

Switched at Birth, ABC Family

NEWS AND INFORMATION

60 Minutes, CBS

Anderson Cooper 360, CNN

Central Park Five, PBS

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central

Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC

HERITAGE AWARD

All In the Family, CBS

Lost, ABC

Saturday Night Live, NBC

Star Trek, NBC

Twin Peaks, ABC

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

James L. Brooks

James Burrows

Jay Leno

William Shatner

Barbara Walters

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