'Friday Evening Lights' tops TCA Honours

It is a good day in Dillon."Friday Evening Lights," the needed-came to the conclusion series which was beloved through the couple of who viewed over its five-season run, was chosen program of the season through the Television Experts Assn. at its annual honours ceremony Saturday evening.The NBC skein, which needed the aid of DirecTV to remain alive because of its last three seasons, starred Kyle Chandler like a senior high school football coach Eric Taylor and Connie Britton as his wife and guidance counselor, Tami.AMC's "Mad Males" required home top drama while ABC's "Modern Family" was chosen best comedy. New-program honors visited HBO's fantasy series "Bet on Thrones."For individual achievement, Jon Hamm won the drama category for "Mad Males" while Ty Burrell and Nick Offerman tied in comedy for his or her particular roles in "Modern Family" and "Parks and Entertainment.""The Astonishing Race" was tabbed top reality show, "Sesame Street" for youth programming and "Sherlock" for movies, miniseries and special offers. "Restrepo" was best in news reports and knowledge category.The TCA's Heritage Award, for that cultural and social impact a course is wearing society, was handed to "The Dick Van Dyke Show." Series creator Carl Reiner was scheduled to become available to get the award, together with co-stars Rose Marie and Ray Mathews.The org's Career Achievement Award was given to The famous host oprah Winfrey, who just ended her legendary talkshow following a 25-year run. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com