HBO's Watchmen is the big winner in the annual Television Critics Association Awards.

The show – merging fantasy, action and racial commentary – was named Program of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Movie, Miniseries and Specials, and Outstanding New Program. Its star, Regina King (top), won the Individual Achievement in Drama award.

That was part of a year dominated by cable, with only two exceptions: Molly of Denali, a new animated show on PBS, won Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming, and Cheer, on the Netflix streaming services, won the Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming award. Otherwise, it was all cable.

Both historical awards, however, reflected the past dominance of broadcast. Star Trek won the Heritage Award, while Alex Trebek, 80 – who has been hosting Jeopardy since it was revived in 1984 – was the Career Achievement Award Honoree.

Designed as a sequel to a graphic novel, Watchmen begins with the real-life massacre of blacks in 1921 Tulsa, then jumps to a time when white-supremacists are at war with the Tulsa police. The police officers (including King's character) wear masks, to protect their identities. The show was planned as a series, but then became a self-contained, nine-episode story. HBO entered it as a mini-series, allowing its Succession to win Outstanding Achievement in Drama.

Here is a complete list of the winners:

Program of the Year: Watchmen, HBO.
Outstanding Achievement in Drama: Succession, HBO.
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy: Schitt's Creek, Pop TV.
Outstanding Achievement in Movie, Miniseries and Specials: Watchmen, HBO
Outstanding New Program: Watchmen, HBO.
Outstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety Shows: A Black Lady Sketch Show, HBO.
Outstanding Achievement in News and Information: The Last Dance, ESPN.
Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming: Molly of Denali, PBS.
Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming: Cheer, Netflix.
Individual Achievement in Drama: Regina King, Watchmen, HBO.
Individual Achievement in Comedy: Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek, Pop TV.
Career Achievement Honoree: Alex Trebek.
Heritage Award: Star Trek (originally NBC).

The awards were announced Monday, Sept. 14, six days before ABC hosts the Emmy awards.