HBO for the fourth year in a row drew top honors for NAMIC’s 26th annual Vision Awards, the diversity organization announced Wednesday morning.

HBO won four Vision Awards to top all networks, with NBC following a close second with three wins. The Vision Awards honor programming that reflects the lives, spirit and contributions of people of color that mirror the diverse composition of the viewing audience.

CBS All Access’ Twilight Zone reboot hosted by Jordan Peele (pictured) was the top choice in the Best Performance, Drama category, while HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show won top honors for Best Performance, Comedy, said NAMIC. Overall NAMIC announced a total of 17 Vision Awards for networks and distributors this year.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored how much our nation relies on broadcast and cable programmers and storytellers to educate, entertain, and enrich our communities,” said NAMIC President and CEO A. Shuanise Washington. “Today, we not only are honoring winners of the Vision Awards but also are offering our deepest appreciation for the vital service they provide.”

The complete list of Vision Awards winners are listed below:

Animation

Elena of Avalor – Disney Junior

Awards & Honors

2019 Black Girls Rock! – BET Networks

Best Performance – Comedy

Kal Penn: Sunnyside – NBC

Best Performance – Drama

Brian Tee: Chicago Med – NBC

Children’s

Sesame Street 50th Anniversary Special – HBO

Comedy

A Black Lady Sketch Show – HBO

Digital Media – Short Form

Voices of the Civil Rights Movement – Confronting America’s Broken Promise – Comcast | NBCUniversal

Documentary

True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality – HBO

Drama

The Twilight Zone – CBS All Access

Foreign Language

Caravanas – Discovery Network Latin America

Lifestyle

No Passport Required – PBS

News/Informational

Life Inside: Angola – Dateline

Original Movie or Special

I Am Somebody’s Child: The Regina Louise Story – Lifetime

Reality

Made from Scratch – Fuse

Reality – Social Issues

Unapologetic – ESPN

Sports

The Shop: Uninterrupted – HBO

Variety/Talk Show

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons -- ABC

If the recently completed Creative Arts Emmys ceremonies are any indication, actors, producers and writers of color could have a very memorable night at Monday’s primetime Emmys event.

A record 38 people of color were nominated for primetime Emmys, and several took home statuettes during Creative Emmy ceremonies this past Saturday (Sept. 8) and Sunday (Sept. 9). Much has already been made of the sweep by African-American actors of the Emmys' guest acting categories -- This Is Us's Ron Cephas Jones (guest actor drama series); The Handmaid’s Tale’s Samira Wiley (guest actress drama series); Atlanta’s Katt Williams (guest actor comedy series) and Saturday Night Live’s Tiffany Haddish (guest actress comedy series) -- as well as John Legend’s historic Emmy win for co-producing Fox's variety special Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert, making him the first African-American male to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and a Tony award (the coveted EGOT).

Also walking away with Emmys were RuPaul, whose show RuPaul’s Drag Race won four Emmys, including outstanding host for a reality or reality-competition program; W. Kamau Bell, who won two Emmys for his CNN docuseries United Shades of America W. Kamau Bell, and comedy legend Dave Chappelle, who took home the outstanding variety special statuette for his Netflix comedy show Equanimity. (FXX will air an edited replay of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sept. 15.)

The industry will be watching NBC's live Emmys telecast Monday to see if Atlanta’s Donald Glover and This Is Us’s Sterling K. Brown can capture Emmys magic again in the lead actor in a comedy and drama categories, respectfully, and if Sandra Oh can become the first woman of Asian descent to win the best actress in a drama Emmy.

Also, the absence of six-time consecutive Emmy winner Julia Louis Dreyfus from the best actress in a comedy category could allow first-time nominated actress Issa Rae (Insecure) or multiple Emmy-nominated actress Tracee Ellis Ross (black-ish) to win Emmy gold.

Other actors such as Antonio Banderas (Genius: Picasso); Thandie Newton (Westworld); Zazie Beetz (Atlanta); and Leslie Jones and Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live) will also vie for television’s highest honors.

Even if none of these actors win any hardware Monday, it can't diminish what has already been a strong showing for people of color at the 70th annual Emmys Awards. 

Network Emmys Tally Through the Creative Awards Ceremonies

Network                                   Program                           Individual                                Total

HBO                                                4                                      13                                          17

Netflix                                             5                                     11                                           16

NBC                                                1                                      14                                          15

FX                                                   0                                        5                                            8

National Geographic                    0                                       5                                           5

Hulu                                               0                                        4                                            4

VH1                                                0                                        4                                            4

Fox                                                 0                                        3                                            3

Prime Video                                  0                                        3                                           3

Source: TV Academy