April 7, 2026
The nominees for our 2026 Vision Awards are in!
This year, we are recognizing outstanding television programming across 16 categories. This includes Drama Series or Special, Sports Programming and Variety or Talk Show.
A special thank you to our more than 50 judges across the industry who generously volunteered their time to review over 240 submissions. We couldn’t have done this without you.
And in other exciting news…after several years of virtual celebrations, we’re back with a live, in-person awards ceremony on Wednesday, April 29 in Los Angeles.
Now more than ever, it’s important for us to come together to celebrate stories that reflect the experiences of today’s multicultural audiences…stories that mirror our joys, challenges, triumphs, resilience, and perseverance.
32nd Annual Vision Award Nominees
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 the Explorer 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