EXCLUSIVE: NAMIC Next celebrated its 32nd Annual Vision Awards with a celebration in Los Angeles tonight hosted by comedian Al Madrigal. The Vision Awards celebrate outstanding original TV programming that reflects the rich and complex lived experiences of today’s multicultural audiences.
Broadcast journalist John Quiñones was honored with the inaugural Legacy & Impact Award “for his ongoing contributions to creating culturally impactful stories, stemming from his reporting on ABC News and 20/20 to his role as creator and host of What Would You Do?” touts the org. Among the shows that received awards this evening are ABC’s Abbott Elementary, Peacock’s Bel-Air, and Reading Rainbow.
The honors are spread across 16 categories in scripted, unscripted, animation, sports, news, and digital programming. The newest category, Character Voiceover, joined other individual achievement honors such as Performance – Drama, and program categories including Comedy Series or Special and News/Informational Programming.
The full list can be found below.
Animation
• #1 Happy Family USA – Prime Video
• Kindergarten: The Musical! – Disney Jr./Disney +
• Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur – Disney Channel/Disney+
• The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder – Disney Channel/Disney+
Best Performance – Comedy
• Grace Byers in Harlem – Prime Video
• Niecy Nash in All’s Fair – Hulu
• Shoniqua Shandai in Harlem – Prime Video
• Sean Patrick Thomas in Gen V – Prime Video
Best Performance – Drama
• Angela Bassett in 9-1-1 – ABC
• Emayatzy Corinealdi in Reasonable Doubt – Hulu
• Viola Davis in G20 – Prime Video
• Zahn McClarnon in Dark Winds – AMC
Character Voiceover
• Sterling K. Brown in Invincible – Prime Video
• London Hughes in BAT-FAM – Prime Video
• Keke Palmer in The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy – Prime Video
• Alia Shawkat in #1 Happy Family USA – Prime Video
Children’s Programming
• Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado – Nickelodeon/Paramount+
• Goosebumps: The Vanishing – Disney+
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians – Disney+
• Reading Rainbow – Embassy Row/Sony Pictures Television
Comedy Series or Special
• Abbott Elementary – ABC
• All’s Fair – Hulu
• Harlem – Prime Video
• Running Point – Netflix
Digital Media
• Cooking Sessions with Tamar and Ms. E – CLEO TV
• Disney Jr.’s Ariel: Songs from the Crystal Cavern – Disney+
• Marvel’s Iron Man and His Awesome Friends – YouTube
• Savor the City – TV One
Documentary
• E60: Above the Tide: 20 Years After Katrina – ESPN
• Murder Has Two Faces – Hulu/ABC News Studio
• Sitting Bull – The HISTORY Channel
• SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) – Hulu/Onyx Collective
Drama Series or Special
• Bel-Air – Peacock
• Paradise – Hulu
• Reasonable Doubt – Hulu/Onyx Collective
• Washington Black – Hulu
Foreign Language Programming
• Karina Tovar – ESPN
• Red Alert – Paramount+
• SC Featured: In Due Time – ESPN
Lifestyle Programming
• Family Recipe Showdown – Food Network
• Harlem Globetrotters: Secrets of the City – aspireTV
• Savor the City – TV One
• Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross – Roku Channel
News/Informational
• ABC News 20/20 | ABC News Live – Operation Babylift: The 50-Year Journey – ABC
• ABC News Studios – Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years After the Storm with Robin Roberts – ABC
• ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis – Revising the Voting Rights Act – ABC
• ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis – The Long Train Ride Home: Remembering Emmett Till 70 Years Later – ABC
Original Movie or Special
• Christmas Everyday – Lifetime
• Eric Jerome Dickey’s Friends and Lovers – Lifetime
• Give Me Back My Daughter – Lifetime
• The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl – Disney+
Reality Programming
• Dancing With the Stars – ABC
• The Braxtons – We TV
• Top Chef – Bravo
• What Would You Do? – ABC
Sports Programming
• Big Dreams: Little League World Series 2024 – ESPN
• College GameDay: A World Away – ESPN
• Game One: Journey to the NCAA Championship -Jordan Chiles – ESPN
• Monday Night Countdown: Welcome to the Team – ESPN
Variety/Talk Show
• Las Culturistas Culture Awards – Bravo
• Reality with The King – OWN
• The Oscars – ABC
• The View – ABC Television
