According to the official 2013 NAMIC Vision Awards webpage on the official NAMIC website, namic.com, the popular animated Nickelodeon preschool series "Dora the Explorer", the Nicktoons Original Series "NFL Rush Zone: Season of the Guardians", and the hit Nickelodeon original animated show (NickToon) "The Legend of Korra" have been nominated in the "Best Animation" category. Meanwhile, the 2012 TeenNick HALO Awards has been nominated in the "Best Awards & Honors" category, and TeenNick's "Degrassi" and Nickelodeon's factual series "Nick News with Linda Ellerbee" has been nominated in the "Children's" category. Good luck to Nickelodeon and everyone who works on each show!
Now in its 19th year, the awards recognize original, multi-platform television and digital programming content illustrating the rich diversity of the multiethnic and multicultural global viewing audience. The 19th Annual NAMIC Vision Awards will be held on May 23, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Pacific Design Center Silver Screen Theater in Los Angeles.
Below is a full list of the 2013 NAMIC Vision Awards nominees:
2013 NAMIC Vision AwardsAlso, below is NAMIC's Press Release announcing the news, from PRNewswire:
Now in its 19th year, the NAMIC Vision Awards recognize original television or digital content that reflects the depth and breadth of experience, and contributions of people of color. Winners of the 2013 NAMIC Vision Awards will be honored at a Los Angeles event in May, which is also presented in collaboration with Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News.
AND THE NOMINEES ARE...
BEST ANIMATION
Doc McStuffins – Disney Junior
Dora the Explorer – Nickelodeon
NFL Rush Zone: Season of the Guardians – Nickelodeon and NFL
The Legend of Korra – Nickelodeon
BEST AWARDS & HONORS
2012 BET Awards – BET Networks
2012 BET Honors – BET Networks
Black Girls Rock! – BET Networks
Press Play – Myx TV
The TeenNick HALO Awards 2012 – Nickelodeon
CHILDREN'S
Degrassi – TeenNick
East of Main Street: Small Talk – HBO
Let It Shine – Disney Channel
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee – TeenNick
The Weight of the Nation: The Great Cafeteria Takeover – HBO
COMEDY
Enlightened – HBO
Love That Girl – TV One
The Game – BET Networks
The Rickey Smiley Show – TV One
DRAMA
Army Wives – ABC Studios
Grey's Anatomy – ABC Studios
Private Practice – ABC Studios
Scandal – ABC Studios
Treme – HBO
BEST PERFORMANCE – COMEDY
Cassi Davis – Tyler Perry's House of Payne – TBS
Doc Shaw – Tyler Perry's House of Payne – TBS
Don Cheadle – House of Lies – Showtime
Lavan Davis – Tyler Perry's House of Payne – TBS
Tasha Smith – Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse – TBS
BEST PERFORMANCE – DRAMA
Corey Reynolds – The Closer – TNT
Jordana Brewster – Dallas – TNT
Lee Thompson Young – Rizzoli & Isles – TNT
Michael Kenneth Williams – Boardwalk Empire – HBO
Queen Latifah – Steel Magnolias – Lifetime
DIGITAL MEDIA – LONG FORM
Black and Latino – mun2
Naco, Pocho – mun2
MashBox – Myx TV
DIGITAL MEDIA – SHORT FORM
Bravo's Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen – Bravo
Darling Nikki: Letter to the Divas – TV One
The Secret of the Chancla – mun2
DIGITAL MEDIA WEB SERIES
CNN Special Projects: Impact Your World – CNN
Freedom Project: Mauritania Slavery's Last Stronghold – CNN
Secreteando – Telemundo Media
DOCUMENTARY
Black in America: Who is Black? – CNN
Ghost of Ole Miss – ESPN Films
Latino in America: Courting Their Vote – CNN
The Loving Story – HBO
World Sports Presents: It's Not Black and White – CNN
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Caras Del Odio – Discovery En Español
Desamparados – Discovery En Español
Pusong Pinoy sa Amerika – GMA Pinoy TV
LIFESTYLE
HGTV's The High Low Project – Scripps Networks Interactive
HGTV's House Hunters – Scripps Networks Interactive
HGTV's Home Strange Home – Scripps Networks Interactive
Kusina Master – GMA Life TV
NEWS / INFORMATIONAL
Race 2012 – PBS
Second Coming: Will Black America Decide 2012 – BET Networks
Oprah's Master Class – Harpo Studios
Our America with Lisa Ling – Oprah Winfrey Network
We Decide: Latinos and the 2012 Election – NUVOtv
ORIGINAL MOVIE OR SPECIAL
CNN Special Projects: Leaders with Heart – CNN
Kids on Race: The Hidden Picture – CNN
Raising Izzie – GMC TV
Somebody's Child – GMC TV
Steel Magnolias – Lifetime
REALITY
Chef Roble & Co. – Bravo
Tia and Tamera – Style
Top Chef – Bravo
Top Chef Masters – Bravo
Welcome to Sweetie Pie's – Oprah Winfrey Network
REALITY SOCIAL ISSUES
Iyanla: Fix My Life – Harpo Studios
Joe Maddon: Hazleton – ESPN
Parole Diaries – TV One
Save My Son – TV One
We Decide: Latinos and the 2012 Election – NUVOtv
SPORTS
Busted Coverage – ESPN
Inside Africa: Uganda Little League – CNN
Jorge Gutierrez: An Unlikely Path – ESPN
Latipha Cross: Outrunning the Odds – ESPN
Outside the Lines: FAMU Band Hazing – ESPN
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
Inside Africa: Botswana Heavy Metal – CNN
Inside Africa: Ghana Boxing – CNN
Inside Africa: The Himba of Namibia – CNN
VARIETY / TALK SHOW
Leading Women: Freda Lewis-Hall – CNN
Mario Lopez: One on One – NUVOtv
Oprah's Lifeclass – Harpo Studios
Oprah's Next Chapter – Harpo Studios
TV One Night Only: Live from Essence Music Festival – TV One
NAMIC VISION AWARDS TIMELINE
Wednesday, January 16, 2013.......Entry Deadline
Mid-April 2013.....................................Announcement of Nominees
Late April 2013....................................Announcement of Winners
Late April 2013....................................Announcement of "Members’ Choice" & "Members' Favorites" Winners (as voted on by the NAMIC membership)
May 23, 2013.......................................NAMIC Vision Awards, Pacific Design Center, Holllywood, CA
TICKETS
To purchase tickets online for the live Vision Awards event, click here.
SPONSORSHIP
For sponsorship information, please contact Nicol Turner-Lee, Ph.D., President and CEO, at (212) 594-5985 ext. 2503 or nicol.turner-lee@namic.com.
PRESS INQUIRIES
To learn more about the Vision Awards, or to request an interview with a NAMIC official, please contact:
Charmaine Chapman
BTB Communications
(310) 882-5498, ext. 5 - Office
(310) 902-8617 - Cell
char@btbcommunications.com.
19th Annual NAMIC Vision Awards Nominations Announced
NEW YORK, April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC), today announced the nominees for the 2013 NAMIC Vision Awards. The live nominations announcement was staged as a segment of the Multiethnic TV Leadership Awards held on April 17, 2013 at the Hilton New York in Manhattan. Now in its 19th year, the awards recognize original, multi-platform television and digital programming content illustrating the rich diversity of the multiethnic and multicultural global viewing audience. The 19th Annual NAMIC Vision Awards will be held on May 23, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Pacific Design Center Silver Screen Theater in Los Angeles.
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"As we approach the 20th anniversary of the event in 2014, we are honored to continue the tradition of recognizing talent, networks, studios and other entities within the industry for their commitment to fostering programming diversity across all digital platforms," said Mitchell Christopher , president, NAMIC – Southern California Chapter and vice president, Operations, Time Warner Cable.
CNN garnered 12 nominations to lead all contenders vying for this year's awards. ESPN combined with ESPN Films, HBO, Nickelodeon coupled with TeenNick, and TV One also received top honors with six nominations each. BET Networks was also recognized with five nods.
ABC Studios led the Best Drama category with four nominations encompassing the primetime series, "Army Wives," "Grey's Anatomy," "Private Practice" and "Scandal." The HBO original series, "Treme" was also recognized to round out the category. Nominees in the Best Comedy category include BET's "The Game" and HBO's "Enlightened." Additionally, TV One received two nominations in the category for "Love That Girl" and "The Rickey Smiley Show."
TBS and TNT showed dominance in the Performance categories. The TBS original series, "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" was the most nominated original series this year, earning three Best Performance – Comedy nominations for the program's co-stars, Cassi Davis, Lavan Davis and Doc Shaw. Tasha Smith garnered TBS' fourth nomination in the category for her work in " Tyler Perry 's For Better or Worse." Don Cheadle received a nomination for his role in Showtime's "House of Lies" to round out the category.
TNT led the Best Performance – Drama category with on-air talent earning nominations for their roles in three of the network's original series. Nominees include Lee Thompson Young for "Rizzoli & Isles," Jordana Brewster earned a nod for "Dallas" with Corey Reynolds garnering a nomination for "The Closer." Other nominees for Best Performance – Drama include Michael Kenneth Williams for HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" and Queen Latifah for her role in Lifetime's Steel Magnolias. The Lifetime original movie, Steel Magnolias garnered a total of two nominations with a second nod for Best Original Movie or Special. Other networks vying for Best Original Movie or Special include CNN with two nominations for the original programs, "Special Projects: Leaders with Heart," and "Kids on Race: The Hidden Picture." GMC TV also received two nods for the originals "Raising Izzie" and "Somebody's Child."
Networks showing dominance in other categories include ESPN with four nominations for Best Sports; BET Networks received three nominations for Best Awards & Honors; CNN garnered three nominations in two categories - Best Documentary and Best Travel & Adventure; Scripps Networks Interactive garnered three nods for Best Lifestyle and Bravo received three nominations for Best Reality.
More than 200 entries were submitted for the 2013 NAMIC Vision Awards with a total of 30 networks yielding 87 nominations to be presented in 20 categories: Animation, Awards & Honors, Children's, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Foreign Language, Lifestyle, News/Informational, Original Movie or Special, Reality, Reality – Social Issues, Sports, Travel & Adventure, Variety/Talk Show, Best Performance – Comedy, Best Performance – Drama, Digital Media – Short and Long Form , and Digital Media – Web Series.
"We are excited about this level of enthusiasm for this year's NAMIC Vision Awards, especially as the industry continues to create and green light multiethnic content," said Nicol Turner-Lee, NAMIC president and CEO.
The NAMIC Vision Awards competition extends eligibility to national broadcast and cable networks; local affiliates; local origination programs from cable operators; and VOD content produced for digital platforms. A distinguished panel of entertainment industry executives facilitated judging focused on overall imagery (creative merit, originality, and presentation quality), sensitivity (the consideration given to cultural nuances), writing (the depiction of issues relevant to people of color) and the quality of acting in the performance categories.
To view the complete list of nominees or to register for the NAMIC Vision Awards scheduled for May 23rd in Los Angeles, visit http://namic.com/events/awards/visionawards.php.
ABOUT NAMIC
NAMIC (National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications) is the premier organization focusing on multi-ethnic diversity in the communications industry. Founded in 1980 as a non-profit trade association, today NAMIC comprises over 2,700 professionals belonging to a network of 16 chapters nationwide. Through initiatives that focus on education, advocacy and empowerment, NAMIC champions equity and inclusion in the workforce, with special attention given to ensuring that the leadership cadres of our nation's communications industry giants reflect the multi-ethnic richness of the populations they serve. For more information, please visit http://www.namic.com and stay connected to NAMIC on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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