The 2023 winners were presented awards by top television stars including Ginger Gonzaga(She Hulk: Attorney at Law; True Lies), Christine Ko (Only Murders in the Building; Dave),Jaren Lewison (Never Have I Ever), Camilla Luddington (Grey’s Anatomy), Nathan Mitchell (The Boys; Ginny & Georgia), Lauren Potter (Glee), Olly Sholotan (Bel-Air) and Emmy-winning documentary producer/director and Foundation alumna Shari Cookson.
“Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s competition,” said Cris Abrego, chair of the Television Academy Foundation. “The Foundation is proud to showcase their exceptional work and to help jumpstart their careers as the future leaders of the industry. Our sincerest gratitude to all the presenters and partners who made this experience so memorable for our nominees and winners.”
The 42nd College Television Awards show is available for VOD viewing at TelevisionAcademy.com/CTA.
Emulating the Emmy® Awards selection process, entries for the College Television Awards were judged by Television Academy members. Top honors and a $3,000 cash prize went to winning teams in seven categories:
Animation Series:
Cenote – Brigham Young University
- Andrew Pettit, Producer
- Daniel Villanueva Avalos, Director/Writer
- Samantha Barroso, Director
Comedy Series:
Wei-Lai – University of Southern California
- Zhongyu Wang, Director
- Naomi Shroff-Mehta, Producer
- Guang Xi Shi, Writer
- Andy Li, Producer
Commercial, PSA or Promo:
eBay – Dear Vanessa – Brigham Young University
- Andrew Rhee, Director/Writer
- Madi Hill, Producer
Drama Series:
Provenance – University of Southern California
- Bijan Kazerooni, Producer
- Julia Elizabeth Evans, Producer
- Lucinda Hirschfeld, Producer
- Ugonna Nwabueze, Producer
- Caleb Townsend, Producer/Writer
- Sayali Upadhye, Producer/Writer
- Vivian Gray, Director
News:
New Orleans | Raging Storms – Montclair State University
- Solana Brol, Director/Producer/Writer
- Emily Dolan, Director/Producer/Writer
- Louis Biondolillo, Producer/Writer
- Givonna Boggans, Producer/Writer
- Michelle Coneo Fernandez, Producer/Writer
- Ryan Breyta, Producer/Writer
- Khan Hussain, Producer/Writer
- Talon Lauriello, Producer/Writer
- Drew Mumich, Producer/Writer
- Bernice Ndegwa, Producer/Writer
- Keyshawn Reese, Producer/Writer
- Gabby Taylor, Producer/Writer
- Carter Winner, Producer/Writer
- Kaya Maciak, Producer/Writer
Nonfiction Series:
Lizzi: Deeper Than Water – Taylor University
- Anna Rodman, Producer/Writer
- Gabriel Burch, Director/Writer
Sports:
SportsDesk – University of Miami
- Danyel DeVilliers, Director/Producer
- Gianna Sanchez, Producer
- Derryl Barnes, Writer
- Maxwell Trink, Writer
- Josh White, Writer
- Thomas Sullivan, Writer
- Cassandra Garcia, Writer
- Michelle Ng-Reyes, Writer
Two special awards:
- The Loreen Arbus Focus on Disability Scholarship was presented to Taylor University students Anna Rodman (producer/writer) and Gabriel Burch (director/writer) for their production Lizzi: Deeper Than Water, featuring Paralympic swimmer Lizzi Smith. The $10,000 scholarship celebrates student storytellers whose work sheds light on people with disabilities and is underwritten by the Loreen Arbus Foundation. Arbus is a two-time Emmy nominee who holds the trailblazing distinction of being the first woman to head programming for a U.S. network, both at Showtime and Cable Health Network/Lifetime, and is a leading advocate for people with disabilities.
- The Seymour Bricker Humanitarian Award, a $4,000 cash prize given to a College Television Award-winning project that best highlights a humanitarian concern, was awarded to Montclair State University students for their News Lab Special Edition titled, New Orleans | Raging Storms, which reported on climate change and racial injustice in New Orleans, Louisiana. This award was created over 20 years ago by the late entertainment attorney Seymour Bricker.
The 42nd College Television Awards is supported by philanthropists and corporate partners including the Johnny Carson Foundation, The Walt Disney Company, PEOPLE®, The Loreen Arbus Foundation and Warner Bros./Discovery.
About the Television Academy Foundation
Established in 1959 as the charitable arm of the Television Academy, the Television Academy Foundation is dedicated to preserving the legacy of television while educating and inspiring those who will shape its future. Through renowned educational and outreach programs such as The Interviews: An Oral History of Television Project, College Television Awards andSummit, Student Internship Program, and the Media Educators Conference, the Foundation seeks to widen the circle of voices our industry represents and to create more opportunity for television to reflect all of society. For more information on the Foundation, please visit TelevisionAcademy.com/Foundation.
