CUNY TV Wins Most Ever Telly Awards in 2026
CUNY TV is honored to receive a record-breaking twenty-one Telly Awards. The winners were announced on May 19, 2026, which include the signature CUNY TV series Asian American Life, A Slice of New York, Arts in the City, Book It, LATiNAS, and Urban U. Wins also went to featured CUNY College Programming – EdCast, as well as films showcased on CUNY TV Presents (now Frame by Frame,) coming from CUNY’s College of Staten Island Film Festival, as well as the Brooklyn Film Festival.
A full list of the winners and their respective categories is shown below:
Gold Winners:
“SULAM (The Ladder)” [A Film from CUNY TV Presents: Brooklyn Film Festival] Category: General-Student
“Photographer Peter Guttman, ‘Arts in the City’” [Donna Hanover] Category: General-Outdoor & Adventure
“Coming Out Trans in Corporate America/Interview with Author Maeve DuVally on Book It” [Carol Anne Riddell] Category: General-DEI: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Silver Winners:
“The Box” [A Film from CUNY TV Presents: The College of Staten Island Film Festival] Category: General-Film & Shorts
“Mayor LaGuardia’s New York” [Urban U – Shannon Ayala] Category: General-History
“The Box” [A Film from CUNY TV Presents: The College of Staten Island Film Festival] Category: Craft-Directing
“The Art of Pleating, ‘Arts in the City’” [Donna Hanover] Category: Craft-Writing
“Photographer Peter Guttman, ‘Arts in the City’” [Donna Hanover] Category: General-Culture & Lifestyle
“Claes Oldenburg & Coosie van Bruggen at Lever House, ‘Arts in the City’” [Donna Hanover] Category: Craft-Writing
“The Art of Pleating, ‘Arts in the City’” [Donna Hanover] Category: General-Beauty, Fashion & Shopping
“We the People: Civics Matters” [EdCast – Jerry Barnard & Linda Hirsch] Category: General-Education & Training
Bronze Winners:
“What’s Old is New: Chinatown’s Next Generation” [Asian American Life – Ernabel Demillo] Category: General-Business & Entrepreneurship
“CUNY School of Law: Past and Present” [Urban U – Shannon Ayala] Category: Craft-Use of Archival Footage
“The Box” [A Film from CUNY TV Presents: The College of Staten Island Film Festival] Category: Craft-Videography & Cinematography
“Photographer Peter Guttman, ‘Arts in the City’” [Donna Hanover] Category: Craft-Writing
“The Art of Stained Glass – Gil Studio, ‘Arts in the City’” [Donna Hanover] Category: General-Culture & Lifestyle
“The Art of Fabric Flowers/Arts in the City” [Carol Anne Riddell] Category: General-Business & Entrepreneurship
“LATiNAS & Immigration: A Special CUNY TV Presentation” [Tinabeth Pina] Category: General-Public Interest & Awareness
“Noguchi Museum 40th Anniversary, ‘Arts in the City’” [Donna Hanover] Category: General-Museums & Galleries
“St. George Theatre, ‘Arts in the City’” [Donna Hanover] Category: General-Culture & Lifestyle (Bronze)
“Boardwalk to Big League Eating” [A Slice of New York – Mike Gilliam & Linda Simidian] Category: General- Holiday & Seasonal