TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming

The TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming is an award given by the Television Critics Association for reality television formats.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner	Other 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) TIE Deaf U (Netflix) TIE	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) TIE Legendary (HBO Max) TIE	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)