Kathy Bates won the Career Achievement Award. Though the award recognized Bates' television work from All My Children to recent work on Harry's Law and American Horror Story, Bates focused on her current work on Matlock, in a video from the set of its second season.

HBO Max’s Emmy-nominated freshman drama “The Pitt” was this year’s big winner at the 41st Annual Television Critics Association (TCA) Awards, landing four prizes overall - including program of the year,

The television critics have spoken. The Television Critics Association has announced the winners for the 2025 TCA Awards, and the shows receiving the top honors include The Pitt (with four wins), The Studio , The Traitors, and Sesame Street, among others.