The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) has unveiled the winners of its 5th Annual TV Honors, recognizing outstanding achievements in broadcast television and streaming with a special emphasis on entertainment representing the Black diaspora. The AAFCA TV Honors is scheduled to be held at an invitation-only, in-person luncheon at Hotel Casa del Mar in Santa Monica, Calif., on August 27. AAFCA is closely monitoring the ongoing strikes and will adjust the date of the AAFCA TV Honors accordingly, if necessary. Winners include “P-Valley’’ from Starz for Best TV Drama, Best Ensemble and Best TV Acting (Male) for J. Alphonse Nicholson and Nicco Annan, “Abbott Elementary’’ (ABC) for Best TV Comedy and Best TV Writing for series creator and star Quinta Brunson, Niecy Nash-Betts from “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (Netflix) for Best TV Acting (Female), Netflix’s “Mo” for Best New Show, “The 1619 Project” (Onyx Collective/Hulu) for Best Documentary, Peacock’s “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” for Best Limited Series and “Shooting Stars” for Best TV Movie, Jessica Williams from “Shrinking” (Apple TV+) for Breakout Star, and Mary Lou Belli, Debbie Allen, Tasha Smith, Henry Chan, and Jordan E. Cooper from the BET+ series for Best TV Directing.
“AAFCA is proud to recognize the brightest talents in television,” stated AAFCA co-founder and president Gil Robertson. “With the entertainment industry in flux due to the strikes, these incredible talents –from icons to breakouts – still deserve recognition for their outstanding contributions to the television landscape. AAFCA is committed to celebrating all of our winners. Congratulations to all!.”
As previously announced, AAFCA will bestow special distinguished achievement honors to several recipients, including Jennifer Hudson, who will receive the We See You Award, Delroy Lindo, who will receive the Legacy Award, and five-time Emmy® nominee Marla Gibbs who will receive the Legend Award. The Apple TV+ show “Ted Lasso’’ will receive the Inclusion Award, and CBS’ “S.W.A.T.,’’ produced by Sony Pictures Television in association with CBS Studios, will receive the Impact Award.
A full list of winners follows:
2023 AAFCA TV HONORS AWARD RECIPIENTS:
- BEST TV COMEDY – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
- BEST TV DRAMA – “P-Valley” (Starz)
- BEST NEW SHOW – “Mo” (Netflix)
- BEST DOCUMENTARY – “The 1619 Project” (Onyx Collective/Hulu)
- BEST LIMITED SERIES – “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” (Peacock)
- BEST TV MOVIE – “Shooting Stars” (Peacock)
- BREAKOUT STAR – Jessica Williams – “Shrinking” (Apple TV+)
- BEST ENSEMBLE – “P-Valley” (Starz)
- BEST TV WRITING – Quinta Brunson – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
- BEST TV DIRECTING – Mary Lou Belli, Debbie Allen, Tasha Smith, Henry Chan, Jordan E. Cooper – “The Ms. Pat Show” (BET+)
- BEST TV ACTING (Female) – Niecy Nash-Betts – “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (Netflix)
- BEST TV ACTING (Male) – J. Alphonse Nicholson and Nicco Annan – “P-Valley” (Starz)
Harvey Weinstein hit with new sex crime charge in New York
Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new sex crime charge in New York, as he awaits retrial in his landmark #MeToo case.
Details of the new allegations were not immediately available. He was charged with committing a criminal sex act.
The jailed ex-movie mogul has long maintained that any sexual activity was consensual.
Prosecutors revealed last week that Weinstein had been indicted on additional sex crime charges that weren't part of the case that led to his now-overturned 2020 conviction. But the new indictment was sealed until his arraignment.
Prosecutors have said that the grand jury heard evidence of up to three alleged assaults — two in hotels in the Tribeca neighborhood and one at a lower Manhattan residential building. The purported incidents took place from the mid-2000s to 2016, prosecutors said.
But it's not clear whether any of those allegations underlie the new indictment.
While bracing for the new charges, Weinstein also is awaiting retrial after New York state's highest court this spring overturned his 2020 conviction on rape and sexual assault charges involving two women. The high court, called the Court of Appeals, ordered a new trial, which is tentatively scheduled to begin Nov. 12.
The Court of Appeals ruled that the then-trial judge unfairly allowed testimony against him based on allegations that were not part of the case. That judge's term expired in 2022, and he is no longer on the bench.
Prosecutors have said they'll seek to fold the new charges into the retrial, but Weinstein's lawyers say it should be a separate case.
Weinstein, who also was convicted in 2022 in a Los Angeles rape case, remains behind bars while awaiting his New York retrial.
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