Unlike the Emmys, The TCA Awards (rightfully) declare Rhea Seehorn a winner
The other 2023 Television Critics Association Awards trophies predictably go to Succession and The Bear, among other favorites
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The Television Critics Association has achieved something the Emmys haven’t yet dared to: give Rhea Seehorn her due for an epic performance in Better Call Saul. Kim Wexler would’ve been proud.
Announced on August 7, the 2023 TCA Awards feature multiple notable wins. Seehorn stands out because, despite six seasons of stellar work, she’s been nominated by The Television Academy for an Emmy only twice. She lost in 2022 to Ozark’s Julia Garner, and chances are she’ll lose to The White Lotus’ Jennifer Coolidge whenever the 75th Emmys take place. Now she joins an excellent lineup of previous TCA drama category winners also snubbed by the Emmys, including The Americans’ Keri Russell, The Leftovers’ Carrie Coon, and This Is Us’ Mandy Moore.
Some of the other notable winners include favorites like Succession, The Bear, and Jury Duty, with Mel Brooks as the coveted Career Achievement Honoree. Read along for the full list of the 2023 TCA Awards winners (in bold):
Individual Achievement in Drama:
Christine Baranski, The Good Fight (Paramount+)
Kieran Culkin, Succession (HBO/Max)
Dominique Fishback, Swarm (Prime Video)
Betty Gilpin, Mrs. Davis (Peacock)
Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us (HBO/Max)
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us (HBO/Max)
Rhea Seehorn, Better Call Saul (AMC)
Sarah Snook, Succession (HBO/Max)
Jeremy Strong, Succession (HBO/Max)
Individual Achievement In Comedy:
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC) —2022 winner
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (FX)
Harrison Ford, Shrinking (Apple TV+)
Bill Hader, Barry (HBO/Max)
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary (AMC)
Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face (Peacock)
James Marsden, Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee)
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear (FX)
Outstanding Achievement in Drama:
Andor (Disney+)
Better Call Saul (AMC)
Interview With the Vampire (AMC)
Succession (HBO) — also the 2022 winner
The Good Fight (Paramount+)
The Last of Us (HBO)
The White Lotus (HBO)
Yellowjackets (Showtime)
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy:
Abbott Elementary (ABC) — 2022 winner
Barry (HBO)
Poker Face (Peacock)
Reservation Dogs (FX for Hulu)
Shrinking (Apple TV+)
The Bear (FX for Hulu)
The Other Two (Max)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX for Hulu)
Outstanding New Program:
Andor (Disney+)
Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee)
Mrs. Davis (Peacock)
Poker Face (Peacock)
Shrinking (Apple TV+)
The Bear (FX)
The Last of Us (HBO)
Outstanding Achievement in Reality:
Couples Therapy (Showtime)
Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
The Rehearsal (HBO/Max)
The Traitors (Peacock)
Top Chef (Bravo)
Vanderpump Rules (Bravo)
Welcome to Wrexham (FX)
Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries, or Specials:
Beef (Netflix)
Black Bird (Apple TV+)
Daisy Jones & The Six (Prime Video)
Fleishman Is in Trouble (FX for Hulu)
Mrs. Davis (Peacock)
The Patient (FX for Hulu)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel)
Outstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk, or Sketch:
The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock)
A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)
I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (Netflix) — also 2022 winner
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)
Late Night With Seth Meyers (NBC)
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Ziwe (Showtime)
Outstanding Achievement in News and Information:
30 For 30 (ESPN)
Free Chol Soo Lee (PBS)
Frontline (PBS) — eight-time winner in the category
Pepsi, Where’s My Jet? (Netflix)
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence (Hulu)
Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (Hulu)
The 1619 Project (Hulu)
The U.S. and the Holocaust (PBS)
Outstanding Achievement in Children’s Programming:
Alma’s Way (PBS Kids)
Bluey (Disney+)
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (PBS Kids)
Donkey Hodie (PBS Kids)
Eva the Owlet (Apple TV+)
Molly of Denali (PBS Kids)
Ridley Jones (Netflix)
Sesame Street (HBO/Max)
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures (Disney Junior/Disney+)
Outstanding Achievement in Family Programming:
American Born Chinese (Disney+)
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney+)
Jane (Apple TV+)
Love, Victor (Hulu)
Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Disney Channel)
Ms. Marvel (Disney+)
Never Have I Ever (Netflix)
Star Trek: Prodigy (Paramount+)
The Mysterious Benedict Society (Disney+)
Program of the Year:
Abbott Elementary (ABC) — 2022 winner
Andor (Disney+)
Better Call Saul (AMC)
Poker Face (Peacock)
Succession (HBO)
The Bear (FX for Hulu)
The Last of Us (HBO)
The Other Two (Max)
The White Lotus (HBO)
Career Achievement Honoree:
Mel Brooks
Heritage Award
The Carol Burnett Show (CBS)
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I have enjoyed some of Jennifer Coolidge’s work over the years, but no way in hell should her performance in WL2 be even nominated in the same category as Rhea Seehorn. I just wrapped up the last season of BCS and I was blown away by her work! Acting AND directing. Kudos to her winning this award.
I’m already prepared to get unreasonably angry if Coolidge beats Seehorn at the Emmys.“Well, Rhea Seehorn spent years giving an extraordinary, nuanced performance, expertly portraying the conflicting emotional states of a woman caught between her ethics, her ambitions and the man she loves, often conveying devastating emotional beats through incredibly subtle facial tics or posture choices. On the other hand, Coolidge did say, ‘Please, these gays, they’re trying to murder me!’ in a baby voice, so we all know who gets the statue.”
Jennifer Coolidge is not in the same universe as Rhea when it comes to acting. You can tell how great a performance and a show is when the last season airs, it’s so painful, it takes months to bring yourself to watch it again. And you cared so much you talk about the characters as if they’re acquaintances who have done something so disappointing you can’t bring yourself to believe it. That is Better Call Saul, and that is Rhea/Kim Wexler. (As well as the rest of the cast). Jennifer plays the same ditsy character every time, from Best in Show up to White Lotus. I’m sure she’s a lovely person, but FFS can we start honoring actual acting achievements and not whatever show is considered “hot”. For what it’s worth, I couldn’t get thru one episode of White Lotus.
Jennifer Coolidge wasn’t even the best actor on The White Lotus this season.
Coolidge was better this season IMO but it’s still a very one-note performance with a handful of moments of clarity required. Meanwhile Seehorn’s spent the last half-decade getting overlooked for what people seem to agree has been the consistently best performance on TV.
Bob Odenkirk wasn’t even nominated? Surprising.
I saw two episodes of Jury Duty and I don’t get why it became a hit and racked up award nominations. To each his own, I guess.Never heard of it, but just from the Mad-Libs title, I want to see Pepsi, Where’s My Jet? Which is either a history of the Pepsi company, or jets? Too bad I don’t have NF anymore.Mrs. Davis was more a comedy than drama, but Betty Gilpin did have some wonderful dramatic moments so she’s not in the wrong category I guess.
I think Jury Duty pulled off something amazing, and the last episode when they reveal what’s really going on to Ronald just made it this funny sweet show. Marsden was hilarious. When he found out he didn’t get the role in the movie and yelled “WHICH CHRIS??” I was dying. And the teeshirt stuff at the restaurant. The influencer explaining tweets. The plaintiff saying it’s not easy to be born with a credit card in your mouth. I kept watching, there were times I didn’t know for sure what was fake and what was real.
As you’re saying what everybody else has said about it—that it pulls of being very funny and very sweet—I might check it out again at some point. The two episodes I saw I was too caught up in the illogic of the premise—that a guy would believe as real incredible wacky things happening in a courtroom he knows is being filmed for a “documentary”–that I couldn’t find those farcical events funny.
The court room stuff isn’t really that out of line, one older woman keeps falling asleep, etc. but the judge, who is a retired lawyer who had tried to his hand at acting and is Ike Barinholtz’ father, as well as the defense attorney (actor who is an attorney) are competent. It’s not like Night Court or anything. The wackiness is when the jury members get time off to go out, etc.It took me a couple episodes to get into it, but when it was over, just the idea that they all pull it off and everyone is so nice to Ronald. Apparently he and James Marsden have become pretty good friends, according to Marsden. He was worried that Ronald would feel taken advantage of, and that the ensuing publicity of the show would be a lot for him to handle. I hope they go to the Emmys together.
I honestly don’t see what people see in Coolidge’s work throughout White Lotus. She’s playing the same role she’s played for years, which is mostly a caricature.
Go Bluey!
The Bear is a great show, but I hate, hate, hate that it’s getting nominations/winning awards as a comedy.
The only time I really laughed was when Richie came out of the restaurant to break up the fight with a bull horn and a gun.