TV One Premiere Of 45th NAACP Image Awards Is Most-Watched Programming Event In Network History

By Tambay A. Obenson, Shadow and Act

TV One announced today that the 45th NAACP Image Awards is the most watched programming event in the history of the network! Obviously, it was a worthwhile pickup!

Additionally, the 45th NAACP Image Awards Red Carpet Live Pre-Show and the Awards Show premieres are now TV One’s most watched telecasts this broadcast season.

Reginald Hudlin and Phil Gurin served as the executive producers of the 45th NAACP Image Awards and the Red Carpet Live Pre-Show. 

The production team also included producer Byron Phillips, director Tony McCuin and talent producers Suzanne Bender and Stephanie Sacco.

Christina Norman served as the executive producer for TV One.

“As TV One marks its 10th anniversary in 2014, we can’t think of a better celebration than the viewer response to our premiere airing of the NAACP Image Awards,” remarked Alfred Liggins, President and CEO of TV One. “We are pleased to have delivered such an entertaining programming event that clearly resonated with our viewers and was a great inauguration of our new partnership with the NAACP.”

NAACP Image Awards Ratings Highlights:

• #1 Program in TV One History among Total Hhlds (718K) & Viewers 2+ (935K) from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. EST
• #1 Ad-supported Cable Network for the night among Blacks: Viewers 2+, Hhlds & Females 18+
• #1 Television Network in the 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.  time-slot among Blacks: Viewers 2+, Hhlds, P25-54, Females 18+, W25-54

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If You Hear Any Noise….

Me photobombing a shot with fellow directors Malcolm Lee and Jeff Byrd and attorney Gordon Bobb at the House of Blues.  TV One and the Broadcast Critics Association put together a tribute to black films of 2013.

The amazing ladies of 20 FEET FROM STARDOM where there to tear the roof off.  Merry Clayton, Darlene Love, Tata Vega and Judith Hill did the dang thing.

Me and the founder of the Radio One and TV One empire, Ms. Cathy Hughes.  Her career is a living testimony to making it happen.

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The NAACP Image Award Nominees Are Announced!

All these actors have amazing credits, but I’m gonna mention their sci fi roles whenever possible, just ‘cause.

Gina “Serenity” Torres, Joe “Brother From Another Planet” Morton, Keke “TLC” Palmer, Cathy Hughes, NAACP Image Awards Committee Chairman Leonard James, me, Bresha Webb, President and CEO of TV One Alfred Liggins and David ”Red Tails” Oyelowo assembled to announce the nominees for THE 45TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS were announced today during a live press conference at the TV One presentation to the Television Critics Association during its Winter 2014 Press Tour in Pasadena, CA.

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Hollywood Microcinema Awards

So a friend invites me to an award ceremony for short films from China.  I love international cinema, so I’m down to go.  Then I find out I’m giving out one of the awards!  Then I look and see other presenters like producer Janet Yang, who worked with Oliver Stone and is making films in China now, and producer, who made the Oscar-winning The Life Of Pi, so I figure I’m in good company. 

《被解救的姜戈》制片人Reginald Hudlin颁奖

I don’t know what this says, but that’s part of what’s cool about it.

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