The second annual Television Academy Honors will celebrate eight programs from 2008 that demonstrate “television with a conscience” on April 30 at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

The eight programs had a significant impact on viewers regarding issues such as racial integration, adoption, gun control, sexual orientation, cancer, endangered species, the environment, faith and tolerance.


—ABC's “Brothers and Sisters,” honored for the episode “Prior Commitments,” which revolves around legalization of a same-sex marriage.

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