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Created by Anthony Anderson Country of origin United States No. of seasons 5 Program creator Anthony Anderson Number of episodes 44 Language English | 8.2/10 IMDb Written by Anthony Anderson Original language(s) English First episode date 15 October 2009 Number of seasons 5 Executive producer Anthony Anderson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Anthony Anderson
Marion Akpan
Christopher Bair
Martha Byrne
Tamieka Chavis
Tia Dae
Pasha Diallo
Kena Hodges
Elizabeth Hubbard
William Lash
Melan Perez
Luis Valdez
Darnell Lamont Walker Similar Ragged Isle, Miss Behave, Winterthorne, Beacon Hill, These Are My Children | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anacostia season 1 episode 1 covet thy neighbor
Anacostia is a soap opera web series that premiered on October 15, 2009, on YouTube. Created by and starring Anthony Anderson, it chronicles the drama among residents of the titular community in Washington, D. C.
Contents
- Anacostia season 1 episode 1 covet thy neighbor
- Washington full circle anacostia the web series
- Production
- Awards and recognition
- References
The series was nominated for a 2015 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series, and Martha Byrne won a Daytime Emmy the same year for Outstanding Performer in a New Approaches Drama Series for her performance as Alexis Jordan. Elizabeth Hubbard was nominated in 2016 for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for her role as Eva Montgomery.
Washington full circle anacostia the web series
Production
Anacostia was created in 2009 by Anderson, who also writes, executive produces and stars in the series. Byrne serves as co-executive producer, Fritz Bewith Lora Lee, Jamie Misiak and Alexis Robinson Smith as line producers; Harold Jackson III, Anne Wells Auer and Nicole Whitmire as consulting producers; and Marion Akpan, Christopher Bair, Kelvin Cook, Tia Dae, Pasha Diallo, India Doy-Young, Antonio Harrison Jr., Kena Hodges, William Lash and Rolfini Whidbee as producers. In 2016, the show announced that writer and broadcaster Benjamin Bryant would join the production as a senior producer and creative consultant for season five.
Byrne joined the series in 2011 as Alexis Jordan. In September 2015, Soap Opera Digest reported that Byrne's former As the World Turns co-star Elizabeth Hubbard would appear on Anacostia as Eva Montgomery, in scenes directed and co-written by Byrne.
Awards and recognition
Anacostia was nominated for a 2015 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series, and Martha Byrne won a Daytime Emmy the same year for Outstanding Performer in a New Approaches Drama Series for her performance as Alexis Jordan. Elizabeth Hubbard was nominated in 2016 for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for her role as Eva Montgomery.
To date, the series has won seven Indie Series Awards, and has been nominated for many more.
In December 2010, Anderson was named by We Love Soaps as one of the 15 Most Fascinating People of 2010.