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Live Life and
Win!’s
Eric I. Keyes III is Nominated for
Outstanding
Performance
in a
Youth/Children’s
Program at the 45th NAACP Image Awards
Special to The Truth
Live Life and Win!’s
Eric I. Keyes III has been nominated at the 45th
NAACP Image Awards in the category of Outstanding
Performance in a Youth/Children’s Program for his role in
the Connection III Entertainment Corp. nationally syndicated
TV series. The 45th NAACP Image Awards, a
two-hour special, airs live on
Saturday, February 22 on TV One at
9:00 p.m. ET.
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Reporters Madisen Hill & Eric I. Keyes III with Executive
Producer Cleveland O'Neal on their cooking segment set for
the TV series, now in its 3rd season. |
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“We couldn’t be more excited for Eric. He has played a major
role on Live Life and Win! since its inception and we
are thrilled that his contribution to the success of the
series has been recognized by the nominating committee of
the NAACP Image Awards.” said Cleveland O’Neal III, Toledo
native and president/CEO of Connection III, who created and
serves as executive producer for the series.
Currently in its third season, Live Life and Win! is
an FCC friendly, e/i weekly half-hour TV series with the
goal to inspire and enlighten young viewers with
inspirational teen success stories, as well as segments
focusing on the arts, school and sports, exercise and
nutrition and health and wellness.
The series promotes such critical themes as social
responsibility, perseverance, leadership, academic
achievement and volunteerism – all designed to show kids and
teens how they can LIVE LIFE & WIN!
With clearance in over 94percent of the U.S., the series
airs in all top 50 markets including the FOX stations in the
following 16 top markets: New York (WNYW/WWOR), Los Angeles
(KTTV/KCOP), Chicago (WFLD/WPWR), Philadelphia (WTXF),
Dallas (KDFW/KDFI), Boston (WFXT), Atlanta (WAGA),
Washington DC (WTTG/WDCA), Houston (KRIV/KTXH), Detroit (WJBK),
Phoenix (KSAZ/KUTP), Tampa (WTVT), Minneapolis (KMSP/WFTC),
Orlando (WOFL/WRBW), Baltimore (WUTB), and Austin (KVUE), as
well as on the Tribune, Hearst and Meredith station groups,
among others.
Founded in 1909, the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation’s oldest
and largest civil rights organization.
The
NAACP
Image
Awards
celebrates
the
accomplishments
of
people
of
color
in
the
fields
of
television,
music,
literature
and
film
and
also
honors
individuals
or
groups
who
promote
social
justice
through
creative
endeavors.
About Connection III Entertainment Corp.
Connection III Entertainment Corp.(www.connection3.com
) is the award-winning, Emmy-nominated producer/distributor
of family friendly, multicultural media content whose global
reach has expanded annually for the past 15 years. The
multi-faceted media company has gained acclaim for the
development production and distribution of its original
motion picture & television programming distributed across
multiple platforms, with licensees and sponsors including
broadcast & cable networks (HBO, Lifetime, CBS, Starz,
ABC Family), major studios (Lionsgate, Universal),
local U.S. broadcast affiliates (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CW),
and national advertisers. Its nationally syndicated weekly
series franchise MADE IN HOLLYWOOD is available in
107 million U.S. homes with a gross average audience of 2.2
million weekly viewers in the U.S., as well as in major
territories worldwide, including India’s Zee Network and Fox
International Channels in Turkey, Greece & Cyprus. |
