PRISM Awards: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The PRISM Awards is an annual special that honors the creative community for accurate portrayals of substance abuse, addiction and mental health in entertainment programming. Past winners and nominees have included the films Walk the Line, Thirteen, Ray, City of God, Skins, Blow, Traffic, The Insider and Purgatory House. TV shows, episodes and movies of the week honored have included programs such as: Augusta, Gone, Monk,Private Practice (for Caterina Scorsone's portrayal of Amelia Shepherd's Oxycodone addiction and her recovery), The Office, Desperate Housewives, Pinky and the Brain (for an episode about the dangers of cigarette smoking), ER, Boston Legal, American Dad! (for the episode "Spring Break-Up"), The Simpsons (for the season 11 episode, "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses," which featured Barney Gumble trying to quit drinking alcohol after realizing how much his alcoholism was limiting his quality of life), Castle and General Hospital.

Series details

• Title: PRISM Awards
• Format: Award Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2000-08-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-09-12
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: FX
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 120 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9974

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 2000: premiered 2000-08-05; final listed air date 2000-08-05; episode order: 1.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-09-12; final listed air date 2015-09-12; episode order: 1.

Source and licence

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