Nominees For 25th Annual NAMIC Vision Awards

NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) has announced the nominees for their 2018 NAMIC Vision Awards, presented in partnership with NAMIC-Southern California. Now on its 25^th year, the awards recognize original programming that is reflective of the lives, spirit and contributions of people of color that best reflects the ethnic and cultural diversity of the viewing audience.

With an outstanding 16 nominations, HBO leads the contenders participating in this year's NAMIC Vision Awards. ABC and Starz earned seven nominations each, followed by ESPN garnering six. Overall, 31 networks/distributors generated 81 nominations for NAMIC Vision Awards presented in 17 categories: Animation, Best Performance – Comedy, Best Performance – Drama, Children's, Comedy, Digital Media – Long Form, Digital Media – Short Form, Documentary, Drama, Foreign Language, Lifestyle, News/Informational, Original Movie or Special, Reality, Reality – Social Issues, Sports, and Variety/Talk Show. Original programs having aired from November 1, 2016 to November 30, 2017 were eligible for consideration.

"For 25 years, NAMIC has been proudly recognizing achievements in multicultural programming," said Eglon E. Simons, president and CEO, NAMIC. "We celebrate this year's nominees and encourage their work advancing diversity on screen and behind-the-scenes."

Starz's "Survivor's Remorse" and "Power" tied for this year's top nominated programs, both earning a total of three nominations across three different categories. Erica Ash, Robert Wu, and RonReaco Lee received Best Performance – Comedy nods for "Survivor's Remorse". Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and Michael Rainey, Jr. garnered Best Performance – Drama nominations for "Power", which was also recognized for Drama.

Additional nominations for Best Performance – Comedy went to J.B. Smoove for the HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm", with Universal Television's Lena Waithe from "Master of None" and Mindy Kaling from "The Mindy Project" also receiving nominations. The nominees joining Rainey and Jackson in Best Performance – Drama are: Jennifer Lopez for Universal Television's "Shades of Blue", Oprah Winfrey for HBO's "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks", and Orlando Jones for Starz's "American Gods".

In addition to Starz's original series "Power", ABC dominated the Drama category as it garners five out of the six nominations for its primetime series, "Grey's Anatomy", "Scandal", "How To Get Away With Murder", and "Code Black", along with their anthology series "American Crime".

The NAMIC Vision Awards extends eligibility to national, network owned and operated, and affiliates of broadcast networks; national and regional cable networks; local origination programs from cable operators; first-run original program syndicators; and VOD content produced for digital platforms. Entries were judged by a distinguished panel of entertainment industry executives. Judging is based 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.

A complete list of 2018 NAMIC Vision Awards nominees follows.  For more information, visit namic.com/visionawards or contact Sandra Girado, Vice President, Events and Partner Relations, at NAMIC National, 212-594-5985.

2018 NAMIC Vision Awards Nominees:

Animation
Explosion Jones - El Rey Network
Through the Woods - The Fred Rogers Company/Curious World

Best Performance – Comedy
Erica Ash: Survivor's Remorse - Starz
J.B. Smoove: Curb Your Enthusiasm - HBO
Lena Waithe: Master of None - Universal Television/Netflix
Mindy Kaling: The Mindy Project - Universal Television/Hulu
Robert Wu: Survivor's Remorse - Starz
RonReaco Lee: Survivor's Remorse – Starz

Best Performance – Drama
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson: Power - Starz
Jennifer Lopez: Shades of Blue - Universal Television
Michael Rainey, Jr.: Power - Starz
Oprah Winfrey: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - HBO
Orlando Jones: American Gods - Starz

Children's
Doc McStuffins - Disney Junior
Elena of Avalor - Disney Junior
Nella the Princess Knight - Nickelodeon
The Magical Wand Chase: A Sesame Street Special - HBO
Top Chef Junior - Universal Kids

Comedy
Ballers - HBO
black-ish - ABC
Insecure - HBO
Marlon - Universal Television/NBC
Master of None - Universal Television/Netflix
The Mayor - ABC

Digital Media – Long Form
McDonald's People Behind the People - Comcast Spotlight/TV One
This Is Sex with Lisa Ling - CNN
Deported - NBC Asian America

Digital Media – Short Form
30 for 30 Shorts: 24 Strong - ESPN
Christine's Story: Raising Awareness About Domestic Violence - NBC Asian American
Local, USA: K-Town '92: Reporters - World Channel
My Motto: Veterans Edition - Myx TV
The NBC Latino 20 - NBC Latino

Documentary
30 for 30: Celtics vs Lakers: The Best of Enemies - ESPN
Baltimore Rising - HBO
Indivisible - Fuse
Rock and a Hard Place - HBO
Whitney. "Can I Be Me" - Showtime
The 44th President: In His Own Words - HISTORY

Drama
American Crime - ABC
Code Black - ABC
Grey's Anatomy - ABC
How to Get Away with Murder - ABC
Power - Starz
Scandal - ABC

Foreign Language
Niños en la Frontera - Discovery Latin America/US Hispanic
Pusong Pinoy Sa Amerika: From Deported to Supported - GMA Network

Lifestyle
Flipping Virgins - HGTV
Fluffy's Food Adventure - Fuse
Man Fire Food – Cooking Channel
Patti LaBelle's Place – Cooking Channel
Social Fabric  Fuse/Red Bull
Wear I'm From - NBC Asian America

News/Informational
CNN Special Projects: Turning Points - CNN
NewsOne Now - TV One
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman - National Geographic
VICE News Tonight: Trump Chicago Gangs - HBO

Original Movie or Special
Beaches - Lifetime
Flint - Lifetime
J. Cole: 4 Your Eyez Only - HBO
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - HBO
The New Edition Story - BET Networks

Reality
Braxton Family Values - WE tv
ESPN Features - Undefeated In-Depth: Serena Williams with Common - ESPN
Last Chance High - VICELAND
Mary Mary - WE tv
Rickey Smiley for Real - TV One

Reality – Social Issues
ESPN Features - SC Featured: Legacy of the '97 Masters - ESPN
RISE - VICELAND
United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell - CNN
VICE: Black and Blue - HBO
VICE News Tonight: "Nobody Kill Anybody" Baltimore Calls for Weekend Ceasefire - HBO

Sports
E60: Underdog - ESPN
ESPN Features: SC Featured: A League of Her Own - ESPN
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - HBO
The Black 14: Wyoming Football 1969 - CBS Sports Networks
VICE World of Sports Rivals - HBO

Variety/Talk Show
Desus & Mero - VICELAND
George Lopez: The Wall, Live from Washington, D.C. - HBO
Jerrod Carmichael: 8 - HBO
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson - National Geographic
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen - Bravo

2018 NAMIC Vision Awards by Network/Distributor

Winners will be recognized on April 3, 2018 as part of The Multicultural TV Summit, an event exploring the business of targeting segments for TV and video. For more information on the Multicultural Summit visit www.multiculturaltvsummit.com.

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