AIM TV Group - First Ever American Latino TV Awards Debuts This Weekend

“The Aim Tell-A-Vision Group, pioneering producers of English language, culturally relevant TV for U.S. born Latinos American Latinos, announced that the first annual American Latino TV Awards will debut in national broadcast syndication on stations in over 75 cities all over the U.S. The syndicated run kicks off this weekend in several cities including a primetime broadcast in the nations largest market New York on WWOR-My9 Sunday, July 22nd @ 7PM for more dates & times visit www.AmericanLatinoAwards.com.

The awards shows unique format generated over 26,000 online votes in just a few weeks as viewers voiced their opinions by voting for their favorite American Latino in six categories.

The nominees for each category include:

– FAVORITE AMERICAN LATINO ATHLETE Presented by McDonalds: Luis
Castillo NFL-San Diego Chargers, Mary Joe Fernandez Pioneering Tennis
Pro, Carlos Arroyo NBS-Orlando Magic, Ray Mendez Professional In-Line
Skater.
– FAVORITE AMERICAN LATINO FILMMAKER Presented by Volkswagen:
Guillermo del Toro “Hellboy,” “Pans Labyrinth”, Andy Garcia “Lost
City”, Alejandro Gonzales Innaritu “Babel,” “Amores Perros”, Rosie Perez
“Yo Soy Boricua”.
– FAVORITE AMERICAN LATINO ACTOR Presented by MyGrito.com: Gael Garcí
Bernal “Babel,” “Motorcycle Diaries”, America Ferrera “Ugly Betty,”
“Real Women Have Curves”, Judy Reyes “Scrubs”, Eva Longoria “Desperate
Housewives,” “The Sentinal”
– FAVORITE INDIE MUSICAL ARTISTS Presented by Saturn: Go Betty Go
Punk Pop, KHZ Heavy Rock, Pistolera Latin-Alt Folklorico, Tapon
Reggae in Spanish.
– FAVORITE AMERICAN LATINO COMEDIAN Presented by Budweiser Select:
George Lopez “The George Lopez Show”, Carlos Mencia “Mind of Mencia”,
Kiki Melendez “Hot Tamales” and Ruperto Vanderpool Stand Up Comedian.
– MOST INSPIRING AMERICAN LATINO Presented by U.S. Army: Francisco
Patio young inventor, Peggy Stamp interior designer, Hank Cervantes WW
II Pilot and Author, Sal Rojas Photographer and Entrepreneur.

“We were pleasantly surprised by the viral nature of the viewer voting, thanks to the nominees grassroots efforts and our loyal audience, who clearly want their voice represented in the media. The voting, advertiser and affiliates who gave the special excellent timeslots is encouraging and indicates a need for this type of format. Hopefully this is the first of many,” says Robert G. Rose, CEO & Executive Producer.”

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