2011 TCA AWARDS WINNERS: 'Friday Night Lights' Wins Program Of The Year, 'Game Of Thrones' Named Best New Show

As a new NBC series, Friday Night Lights won Outstanding New Program at the Television Critics Association's awards in 2007. Four years later, as a departing DirecTV show, Friday Night Lights tonight won the top TCA award, Program of the Year. HBO's Game of Thrones was named outstanding new program during the non-televised ceremony hosted by Parks and Recreation co-star Nick Offerman at the Beverly Hilton. Oprah Winfrey got a career achievement TCA award to go with her recently awarded Oscar "for her influence through 25 seasons ofThe Oprah Winfrey Show," while Offerman received an Individual Achievement in Comedy Award to make up for the Emmy-nomination snub last month. CBS' The Amazing Race, whose best series Emmy-winning streak was broken last year, is starting a new one at the TCA Awards, winning the first award in newly established reality program category. Here is the list of the winners in 12 categories voted by the members of TCA, a media organization comprised of more than 200 professional TV critics and journalists from the U.S. and Canada: Program of the Year Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC) Outstanding Achievement in Drama Mad Men (AMC) Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Modern Family (ABC) Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming The Amazing Race (CBS) Individual Achievement in Drama Jon Hamm (Mad Men, AMC) Individual Achievement in Comedy Ty Burrell (Modern Family, ABC) & Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation, NBC) Outstanding New Program Game of Thrones (HBO) Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials Masterpiece: Sherlock (PBS) Career Achievement Award Oprah Winfrey Heritage Award The Dick Van Dyke Show Outstanding Achievement in News and Information Restrepo (National Geographic Channel) Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming Sesame Street (PBS)