2017 Television Critics Association Awards Betting Odds
–The Television Critics Association (TCA) is a group of journalists who cover the medium.
–The organization is comprised of 200 journalists from the US and Canada.
–Annual awards have been presented to honor television excellence since 1984.
During Academy Award season we follow a variety of ‘precursor’ awards shows as part of the handicapping and oddsmaking process. These ‘precursor’ awards may or may not be prestigious in their own right but they give us some idea of the mood and voting tendencies among industry types–some of which might be actual Oscar voters. The September 17 Emmy Awards also have their own ‘precursor’ awards and one of the most closely watched will take place on August 5, 2017.
The Television Critics Association (TCA) is an organization comprised of more than 200 professional TV critics and journalists from the US and Canada and on August 5 they’ll hold their 33rd Annual TCA Awards. The TCA Awards hit some of the same categories as the Emmy Awards with recognition going to actors, producers and programs in several genres including drama, comedy, youth programming, news and information and reality television. The ceremony itself is held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel with attendance by invitation only.
As was the case in the Emmy Award nominations, HBO led the way with 12 TCA Award Nominations followed closely by FX with 11 and Netflix with 10. Hulu picked up the network’s first every Emmy Nominations for ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and the show also earned the network’s first ever TCA Award nomination. The social justice types that worry *way* too much about everyone’s gender, race and sexual orientation are thrilled at the fact that “there isn’t a single white cis-male actor nominated in either of the categories for individual achievement in a TV drama or comedy”. Whatever. The important thing is that there are some excellent programs on television right now with some extremely talented people involved on both sides of the camera. Three shows tied for ‘most nominations’ with ‘Atlanta’, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and ‘This Is Us’ earning four nominations each.
Here are the odds to win in all of the nominated categories at the 33rd Annual 2017 Television Critics Association (TCA) Awards. The TCA will also give out the award for Career Achievement and Heritage Award at the show though no nominees were announced in advance.
TELEVISION CRITICS ASSOCIATION (TCA) AWARDS PROPOSITION BETTING ODDS
TO WIN THE TCA AWARD FOR ‘INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA’
Carrie Coon (The Leftovers & Fargo): +125
Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us): +450
Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale): +450
Claire Foy (The Crown): +750
Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies): +750
Jessica Lange (Feud: Bette And Joan): +750
Susan Sarandon (Feud: Bette And Joan): +900
TO WIN THE TCA AWARD FOR ‘INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY’
Donald Glover (Atlanta): -150
Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag): +500
Aziz Ansari (Master of None): +750
Issa Rae (Insecure): +750
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep): +900
Pamela Adlon (Better Things): +1150
Kristen Bell (The Good Place): +1150
TO WIN THE TCA AWARD FOR ‘OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NEWS AND INFORMATION’
O.J.: Made in America: -115
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee: +350
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: +600
The Lead With Jake Tapper: +750
Planet Earth II: +750
Weiner: +750
TO WIN THE TCA AWARD FOR ‘OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN REALITY PROGRAMMING’
The Keepers: -110
The Circus: +450
Leah Remini–Scientology and the Aftermath: +450
The Great British Baking Show: +450
Shark Tank: +950
Survivor: +950
TO WIN THE TCA AWARD FOR ‘OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN YOUTH PROGRAMMING’
Speechless: -250
Sesame Street: +600
Odd Squad: +750
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: +750
Eleana of Avalor: +1150
Doc McStuffins: +1150
TO WIN THE TCA AWARD FOR ‘OUTSTANDING NEW PROGRAM’
Stranger Things: +200
The Handmaid’s Tale: +300
This Is Us: +300
Atlanta: +450
The Crown: +700
The Good Place: +700
TO WIN THE TCA AWARD FOR ‘OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES, MINISERIES AND SPECIALS’
Big Little Lies: +100
The Night Of: +350
Feud: Bette and Joan: +450
Fargo: +750
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life: +750
Wizard of Lies: +750
TO WIN THE TCA AWARD FOR ‘OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA’
The Handmaid’s Tale: +175
Stranger Things: +250
This Is Us: +250
The Crown: +750
The Americans: +750
Better Call Saul: +950
TO WIN THE TCA AWARD FOR ‘OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY’
Atlanta: -150
Master of None: +450
Black-ish: +600
Fleabag: +750
Veep: +750
The Good Place: +900
TO WIN THE TCA AWARD FOR ‘PROGRAM OF THE YEAR’
Stranger Things: +125
The Handmaid’s Tale: +250
The Leftovers: +500
This is Us: +600
Big Little Lies: +750
Atlanta: +900
NETWORK TCA AWARDS PROPS
TCA AWARDS WON BY HBO
Over 3.5: -120
Under 3.5: +100
TCA AWARDS WON BY FX
Over 2.5: -140
Under 2.5: +120
TCA AWARDS WON BY NETFLIX
Over 2.5: -120
Under 2.5: +100
TCA AWARDS WON BY HULU
Over 0.5: +110
Under 0.5: -130
TCA AWARDS WON BY ABC
Over 0.5: -150
Under 0.5: +130
TCA AWARDS WON BY ESPN
Over 0.5: -180
Under 0.5: +160
NETWORK TO WIN MOST TCA AWARDS
HBO: -150
FX: +250
Netflix: +300
Any Other Network: +750
PROGRAM TCA AWARDS PROPS
TCA AWARDS WON BY ‘ATLANTA’
Over 2.5: +110
Under 2.5: -130
TCA AWARDS WON BY ‘THE HANDMAID’S TALE’
Over 1.5: +130
Under 1.5: -150
TCA AWARDS WON BY ‘THIS IS US’
Over 1.5: +110
Under 1.5: -130
TCA AWARDS WON BY ‘FEUD: BETTY AND JOAN’
Over 1.5: +130
Under 1.5: -150
TCA AWARDS WON BY ‘STRANGER THINGS’
Over 1.5: +130
Under 1.5: -150
TCA AWARDS WON BY ‘THE GOOD PLACE’
Over 0.5: +170
Under 0.5: -210
PROGRAM TO WIN THE MOST TCA AWARDS
Atlanta: +100
Stranger Things: +350
This Is Us: +500
The Handmaid’s Tale: +500
Feud: Betty and Joan: +650
Any Other Show: +1500