'A.N.T. Farm’ Leads NAMIC Vision Award Winners
Disney Channel’s comedy series A.N.T. Farm was among the big winners of NAMIC’s annual Vision Awards, the diversity organization announced Wednesday.
A.N.T. Farm, which chronicles the exploits of kids attending an exceptional high school, won two Vision Awards, including Best Children’s show and a Best Comedy performance award for series star China Anne McClain. Overall, Disney was one of several networks garnering multiple 2014 Vision Awards, which recognizes achievements in multiethnic and cross-cultural television programming that best reflects the diversity of the global viewing audience.
ABC’s Scandal was the big winner in the Drama category, while Jeffrey Wright walked away with a Best Performance in a Drama award for his work in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire.
The winners were announced via online, and all winning programs will be showcased via the 2014 NAMIC Vision Awards Winners Gallery, according to NAMIC.
The complete winners list for the 2014 NAMIC Vision Awards are as follows:
Animation
Doc McStuffins – Disney Junior
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Awards and Honors
2013 HALO Awards – Nickelodeon
Children’s
A.N.T. Farm – Disney Channel
Comedy
Instant Mom – Nick@Nite
Best Performance – Comedy
China Anne McClain: A.N.T. Farm – Disney Channel
Digital Media – Short Form
East Los High – Hulu
Documentary
Girl Rising – CNN
Drama
Scandal –ABC
Best Performance Drama
Jeffrey Wright: Boardwalk Empire – HBO
Foreign Language
Triquis – ESPN Deportes
Lifestyle
Leading Women: Helene Gayle, CEO Care USA – CNN
News/Informational
America Tonight: The Other America – Al Jazeera America
Original Movie Or Special
CNN Special Projects: Power Of She – HLN
Reality
Six Little McGhees – OWN
Reality – Social Issues
Urban Dove Team – ESPN
Sports
Richie Parker: Drive – ESPN
Variety/Talk Show (tie)
Oprah’s Next Chaper – OWN/Harpo Studios
Real Time With Bill Maher – HBO
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