5th TCA Awards
Category Winner Other Nominees
Program of the Year Lonesome Dove ( CBS ) Murderers Among Us : The Simon Wiesenthal Story ( HBO ) War and Remembrance ( ABC )
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Murphy Brown ( CBS ) Roseanne ( ABC ) The Wonder Years ( ABC )
Outstanding Achievement in Drama Lonesome Dove ( CBS ) China Beach ( ABC ) L.A. Law ( NBC ) thirtysomething ( ABC ) War and Remembrance ( ABC )
Outstanding Achievement in Specials What 's Alan Watching ? ( CBS ) The 42nd Annual Tony Awards ( CBS ) Comic Relief III ( HBO ) Glory ! Glory ! ( HBO )
Outstanding Achievement in Children 's Programming The Jim Henson Hour ( NBC ) Reading Rainbow ( PBS ) Sesame Street ( PBS ) WonderWorks ( PBS )
Outstanding Achievement in News and Information CNN C-SPAN Frontline ( PBS ) Nightline ( ABC )
Outstanding Achievement in Sports 1988 Summer Olympics ( NBC ) 1988 World Series ( NBC ) NBA on CBS ( CBS ) SportsCenter ( ESPN )
Career Achievement Award Lucille Ball Roone Arledge Dan Curtis Jim Henson Brandon Stoddard
Winners and nominees
The 5th TCA Awards were presented by the Television Critics Association. The ceremony was held on July 21, 1989 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California.