4th TCA Awards

4th TCA Awards
4th TCA Awards
Date	August 5, 1988
Venue	Registry Hotel, Los Angeles, California
Highlights
Program of the Year	Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

The 4th TCA Awards were presented by the Television Critics Association. The ceremony was held on August 5, 1988, at the Registry Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif.^[1]^[2]

Winners

Category	Winner
Program of the Year	Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (HBO)
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy	Frank's Place (CBS) and The Wonder Years (ABC)
Outstanding Achievement in Drama	St. Elsewhere (NBC)
Outstanding Achievement in Specials	Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (HBO)
Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming	Degrassi Junior High (PBS)
Outstanding Achievement in News and Information	CNN and Nightline (ABC)
Outstanding Achievement in Sports	1988 Winter Olympics (ABC)
Career Achievement Award	David Brinkley

The following shows received multiple wins:

Wins	Recipient
2	Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

^ "'Dear America' Tops TV Critics' Awards". The Boston Globe. August 7, 1988. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
^ "'Dear America' Program Of The Year". Deseret News. August 8, 1988. Retrieved June 19, 2013.