NAMIC Reveals 2016 Vision Awards Nominations
NAMIC has announced the nominees for the 2016 NAMIC Vision Awards in partnership with NAMIC – Southern California. The honors achievements in depicting diversity in original and digital television programming.
This year the leader in NAMIC Vision Awards is HBO, which collected nine nominations. OWN and BET Nets got eight each, and ESPN earned seven nods.
In terms of top nominated programs, HBO’s “Bessie” and Lifetime’s “Devious Maids” each earned three noms.
Check out the full list below:
2016 NAMIC Vision Awards Nominees
Animation
Doc McStuffins – Disney Junior Miles From Tomorrowland – Disney Junior NINA’S WORLD – Sprout Sanjay & Craig – Nickelodeon The Legend of Korra – Nickelodeon
Awards & Honors
46th NAACP Image Awards – TV One BET Honors – BET Networks Black Girls Rock – BET Networks Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Oprah Winfrey Presents: Legends Who Paved The Way – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
Best Performance – Comedy
Danía Ramirez, Devious Maids – Lifetime Frankie J. Alvarez, Looking – HBO Raúl Castillo, Looking – HBO Judy Reyes, Devious Maids – Lifetime Mindy Kaling, The Mindy Project – Universal Television
Best Performance – Drama
Omari Hardwick, Power – Starz Queen Latifah, Bessie – HBO Naturi Naughton, Power – Starz David Oyelowo, Nightingale – HBO Michael Kenneth Williams, Bessie – HBO
Children’s
Dora and Friends – Nickelodeon Game Shakers – Nickelodeon Nick News with Linda Ellerbee – Nickelodeon Talia in the Kitchen – Nickelodeon
Comedy
black-ish – ABC Devious Maids – ABC Studios Master of None – Universal Television Real Husbands of Hollywood – BET Networks Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – Universal Television
Daytime
Oprah Winfrey Network – SuperSoul Sunday – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network The Talk – CBS
Digital Media – Short Form
#BLX – BET Networks Ángel o Demonio – ESPN HelloBeautiful InterludesLIVE! – Interactive One The Doll Life – Myx TV Wise Words with DJ Khaled – Music Choice
Documentary
“AFROPUNK Presents The Triptych” from AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange – WGBH, Boston Breakthrough “Water Apocalypse” – National Geographic Channel Emmett Till – Al Jazeera America Fault Lines: Baltimore Rising – Al Jazeera America Fresh Dressed – CNN
Drama
Being Mary Jane – BET Networks Grey’s Anatomy – ABC How to Get Away with Murder – ABC Scandal – ABC The Knick – Cinemax
Foreign Language Mexicánicos – Discovery Networks Latin America Viernes Futbolero Tiempo Extra – Kaza Azteca America, Inc.
Lifestyle
BBQ Blitz – Food Network Home Away from Home – GMA Pinoy TV Rev Run’s Sunday Suppers – Cooking Channel Tia Mowry at Home – Cooking Channel Taco Trip – Cooking Channel
News/Informational
Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm with Robin Roberts – ABC News and Rock’n Robin Productions Katrina 10 Years Later: Through Hell and High Water – BET Networks Muhammad Ali: The People’s Champ – BET Networks Oprah’s Master Class – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Shining a Light: Conversations on Race in America – A&E
Original Movie or Special
Bessie – HBO Book of Negroes – BET Networks HALO Awards – Nickelodeon Saints & Strangers – National Geographic Channel With This Ring – Lifetime
Reality
Raising Whitley – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Project Runway – Lifetime SC Featured: Life on the Streets – ESPN SC Featured: No Excuses – ESPN
Reality – Social Issues
LHH: “Out In Hip Hop” – VH1 SC Featured: Her Voice – ESPN This is Life with Lisa Ling – CNN Vice Special Report: Fixing the System – HBO Women of Honor – Lifetime
Sports
Countdown to the Special Olympics World Games with Robin Roberts – ESPN and Rock’n Robin Productions E:60 Love Is Stronger – ESPN E:60 Silent Night Lights – ESPN Mayweather/Pacquiao: At Last – HBO The Offseason: Kevin Durant – HBO
Variety/Talk Show
Shining a Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America – A&E Oprah Prime – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network OWN at the Apollo – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Talk to Al Jazeera Misty Copeland Interviewed by Richelle Carey – Al Jazeera America Talk to Al Jazeera Spike Lee Interviewed by Sarah Hoye – Al Jazeera America
| 2016 NAMIC Vision Awards by Network/Distributor | |
| A&E – 2 | Kaza Azteca America, Inc. – 1 |
| ABC – 5 | Lifetime – 5 |
| ABC Studios – 1 | Music Choice – 1 |
| Al Jazeera America – 4 | Myx TV – 1 |
| BET Networks – 8 | National Geographic Channel – 2 |
| CBS – 1 | Nickelodeon – 7 |
| Cinemax – 1 | OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network – 8 |
| CNN – 2 | Sprout – 1 |
| Cooking Channel – 3 | Starz – 2 |
| Discovery Networks Latin America -1 | TV One – 1 |
| Disney Junior – 2 | Universal Television – 3 |
| ESPN – 7 | VH1 -1 |
| Food Network – 1 | WGBH, Boston – 1 |
| GMA Pinoy TV – 1 | |
| HBO – 9 | |
| Interactive One – 1 | |
