The National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications unveiled its 2012 NAMIC Vision Award nominees earlier today. The award honors original, multi-platform television programing that showcases the lives, essence, ethnic diversity and contributions of people of color globally.
Leading the pack with 13 nominations is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., which includes CNN, along with TBS and TNT – its network's brands. Collectively, BET Networks and BET International garnered nine nominations. ESPN and ESPN Deportes, earned a total of seven nods, as well as HBO, also with seven. Oprah Winfrey Network's newly launched OWN earned five nominations, and Scripps Networks Interactive and Universal Television each garnered four.
Check out the full list below, which includes nods for Tracee Ellis Ross for Reed Between the Lines, Tasha Smith for Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse and Jada Pinkett-Smith for Hawthorne.
2012 NAMIC Vision Awards Nominees:
BEST PERFORMANCE – COMEDY
Luis Guzman – How to Make It in America – HBO
Maya Rudolph – Up All Night – Universal Television
Michael-Jamal Warner – Reed Between the Lines – BET Networks
Tasha Smith – Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse – TBS
Tracee Ellis Ross – Reed Between the Lines – BET Networks
BEST PERFORMANCE – DRAMA
Andre Braugher – Men of a Certain Age – TNT
Jada Pinkett Smith – Hawthorne – TNT
Jenifer Lewis – Five – Lifetime
Lisa Gay Hamilton – Men of a Certain Age – TNT
Regina King – Southland – TNT
Rosario Dawson – Five – Lifetime
CHILDREN’S
Dora the Explorer – Nickelodeon
El Perro y El Gato – HBO
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: Beyond I Have a Dream – Nickelodeon
The Good Night Show – Sprout
COMEDY
30 Rock – Universal Television
Are We There Yet? – TBS
Glee – Fox Broadcasting Company
Let’s Stay Together – BET Networks
Reed Between the Lines – Bet Networks
The Game – BET Networks
DIGITAL MEDIA – LONG FORM
Oprah’s Lifeclass: Live – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
DIGITAL MEDIA – SHORT FORM
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month – Nickelodeon
Cooking Channel’s Lee Anne Wong: Appetizer Advisor – Scripps Networks Interactive
Mexican Pointy Boots – mun2
Latina Transgender Divas Compete for Orange County Pageant Crown – mun2
DOCUMENTARY
Alpha Man: The Brotherhood of MLK – BET Networks
Brick City – Sundance Channel
Common Dreams – CNN
Pictures Don’t Lie – CNN
Fab Five – ESPN
Sing Your Song – HBO
DRAMA
Army Wives – ABC Studios
Law & Order: SVU – Universal Television
Parenthood – Universal Television
Southland – TNT
Treme – HBO
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Alcanza La Fama – Abel Ullon Webisodes – Time Warner Cable
Christina Cruz – ESPN
Henry Cejudo – ESPN
La Ley Del Miedo – Discovery En Español
Operación Sodoma – Discovery En Español
LIFESTYLE
Cooking Channel’s Easy Chinese: San Francisco – Scripps Networks Interactive
Cooking Channel’s Heat Seekers – Scripps Networks Interactive
Cooking Channel’s Spice Goddess – Scripps Networks Interactive
Vive la Salud con la Dra. Azaret: Autismo – CNN En Español
The mun2 Look – mun2
NEWS / INFORMATIONAL
2011 BTN LiveBIG Features – Big Ten Network
Education Makeover with CNN Education Contributor Steve Perry – CNN
Freedom Foot Soldiers: A Conversation with TJ Holmes – CNN
Inside Africa – Phoenix: Sundanese Boys Reunited – CNNi
Oprah’s Master Class – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
ORIGINAL MOVIE OR SPECIAL
Pastport: Venezuela – nuvoTV
Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story – Lifetime
The Space Between – USA Network
Thurgood – HBO
REALITY
All-American Muslim – TLC
Beyond Scared Straight – A&E Network
Born to Dance: Laurieann Gibson – BET Networks
Flying Wild Alaska – Discovery Communications
Top Chef – Bravo Media
Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
SPORTS
2011 BTN LiveBIG Features – Big Ten Network
E:60 Deportes Paco Rodriguez – ESPN Deportes
Prayer for a Perfect Season – HBO
The Curious Case of Curt Flood – HBO
The Color Orange: The Condredge Holloway Story – ESPN
The Promise – ESPN
VARIETY / TALK SHOW
Homecoming: The Killing of DJ Henry – BET Networks
MLK: Image of the Black Athlete – ESPN
Oprah’s Lifeclass – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
Welcome to America: D’Banj – BET International
NOMINATIONS BY NETWORK/DISTRIBUTOR
ABC Studios – 1
A&E Network – 1
BET Networks – 8
BET International – 1
Big Ten Networks – 1
CNN – 4
CNN En Español – 1
CNNi – 1
Discovery Communications – 1
Discovery En Español – 2
ESPN – 6
ESPN Deportes – 1
FOX Broadcasting Company – 1
HBO – 7
Lifetime – 3
mun2 – 2
Nickelodeon – 3
nuvoTV – 1
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network – 5
Scripps Networks Interactive – 4
Sprout – 1
Sundance Channel – 1
TBS – 2
TLC – 1
TNT – 5
Time Warner Cable – 1
Universal Television – 4
USA Network – 1
