'Breaking Bad' wins top honors at TCA Awards

BEVERLY HILLS —Breaking Bad, the acclaimed AMC drama that begins its

final season next week, won top honors as program of the year at the

Television Critics Association Awards Saturday night.



The awards, selected by the 220 members of the critics' organization,

honors the best in television, including shows and performances not

always recognized by Emmy voters.



HBO's Game of Thrones was named best drama, while the best-comedy

award was split in a tie between CBS' The Big Bang Theory and NBC's

Parks and Recreation. FX's spy drama The Americans won outstanding new

program.



In the acting categories, Louis C.K. of FX's Louie won outstanding

achievement in comedy, while Tatiana Maslany, the young actress who

played multiple roles in BBC America's Orphan Black, won for

outstanding achievement in drama.

In other awards, HBO's Behind the Candelabra, which chronicled

Liberace's relationship with a younger man and starred Michael Douglas

and Matt Damon, won for best movie, miniseries or special.



Barbara Walters won the career achievement award, while CBS'

groundbreaking All in the Family received the association's Heritage

Award, accepted by its creator, TV legend Norman Lear.



ABC's Shark Tank won the TCA award for best reality program; PBS' Ken

Burns film The Central Park Five won for news and information

programming; and ABC Family's Bunheads, recently canceled, won for

youth programming.



The awards were presented in a non-televised ceremony hosted by Comedy

Central's Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele.

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