The TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming is an award given by the Television Critics Association for reality television formats.
Winners and nominees
YearWinnerOther nominees 2010–2011(27th) The Amazing Race (CBS) Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel Channel) Survivor (CBS) Top Chef: All-Stars (Bravo) The Voice (NBC) 2011–2012(28th) So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) The Amazing Race (CBS) Dancing with the Stars (ABC) The Glee Project (Oxygen) The Voice (NBC) 2012–2013(29th) Shark Tank (ABC) The Amazing Race (CBS) The Glee Project (Oxygen) Survivor (CBS) The Voice (NBC) 2013–2014(30th) RuPaul's Drag Race (Logo TV) The Amazing Race (CBS) Shark Tank (ABC) Survivor (CBS) The Voice (NBC) 2014–2015(31st) The Chair (Starz) The Amazing Race (CBS) Dancing with the Stars (ABC) RuPaul's Drag Race (Logo TV) Shark Tank (ABC) 2015–2016(32nd) Making a Murderer (Netflix) The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth (Showtime) The Great British Baking Show (PBS) I Am Cait (E!) MasterChef Junior (Fox) Survivor: Cambodia — Second Chance (CBS) 2016–2017(33rd) Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (A&E) The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth (Showtime) The Great British Baking Show (PBS) The Keepers (Netflix) Shark Tank (ABC) Survivor: Game Changers (CBS) 2017–2018(34th) Queer Eye (Netflix) The Great British Baking Show (PBS) Nailed It! (Netflix) Project Runway (Lifetime) RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1) 2018–2019(35th) Queer Eye (Netflix) The Great British Baking Show (PBS) Making It (NBC) Nailed It! (Netflix) Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat (Netflix) Tidying Up with Marie Kondo (Netflix) 2019–2020(36th) Cheer (Netflix) Encore! (Disney+) Holey Moley (ABC) Making It (NBC) Top Chef: All-Stars L.A. (Bravo) We're Here (HBO) 2020–2021(37th) Couples Therapy (Showtime) and Deaf U (Netflix) The Great Pottery Throw Down (HBO Max) Legendary (HBO Max) Nailed It! Double Trouble (Netflix) The Real World Homecoming: New York (Paramount+) Taste the Nation (Hulu) Top Chef: Portland (Bravo) 2021–2022(38th) The Amazing Race (CBS) and Legendary (HBO Max) Cheer (Netflix) Finding Magic Mike (HBO Max) The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo) The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans (Paramount+) Take Out with Lisa Ling (HBO Max) Top Chef: Houston (Bravo) 2022–2023(39th) Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee) Couples Therapy (Showtime) The Rehearsal (HBO) RuPaul's Drag Race (MTV) Top Chef (Bravo) The Traitors (Peacock) Vanderpump Rules (Bravo) Welcome to Wrexham (FX) 2023–2024(40th) The Traitors (Peacock) The Amazing Race (CBS) Conan O'Brien Must Go (HBO / Max) Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show (HBO / Max) Top Chef (Bravo) We're Here (HBO / Max) Welcome to Wrexham (FX) 2024–2025(41st) The Traitors (Peacock) The Amazing Race (CBS) The Boyfriend (Netflix) Conan O'Brien Must Go (HBO Max) Couples Therapy (Showtime) Culinary Class Wars (Netflix) RuPaul's Drag Race (MTV) Survivor (CBS) Top Chef (Bravo) 2025–2026(42nd) The Traitors (Peacock) Couples Therapy (Showtime/Paramount+) Finding Mr. Christmas (Hallmark) The Great British Baking Show (Netflix) Love on the Spectrum (Netflix) RuPaul's Drag Race (MTV) Survivor (CBS) Top Chef (Bravo)
Multiple winners
3 wins The Traitors (consecutive)
2 wins The Amazing Race Queer Eye (consecutive)
Multiple nominations
8 nominations The Amazing Race Top Chef
7 nominations Survivor
6 nominations RuPaul's Drag Race
5 nominations The Great British Baking Show
4 nominations Couples Therapy Shark Tank The Traitors The Voice
3 nominations Nailed It!
2 nominations Cheer The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth Conan O'Brien Must Go Dancing with the Stars The Glee Project Legendary Making It Queer Eye The Real World Homecoming We're Here Welcome to Wrexham
Total awards by network
Netflix – 5 Peacock – 3 CBS – 2 A&E – 1 ABC – 1 Amazon Freevee – 1
Fox – 1 HBO/Max – 1 Logo TV – 1 Showtime – 1 Starz – 1
References
External links Official website