Friday, February 6, 2015

2015 NAACP Image Award Nominations - Television Categories

The NAACP Image Award an award bestowed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).  The award honors outstanding achievements by people of color in film, television, music, and literature.  The awards are voted on by members of the NAACP.

The nominations for the 46th NAACP Image Awards were recently announced.  The categories are divided into eight groups:  Television, Recording (Music), Literary (Books), Motion Picture, Documentary (film and television), Writing (for film and television), Directing (for film and television), and Animated/CGI (for film and television).

The 2015 NAACP Image Awards will be presented in a 2-hour special that will air live on Friday, February 6, 2015 on TV One at 9pm ET/8CT (tape-delayed for PT – Pacific Time).  The ceremony will be preceded by a one-hour pre-show, which will air live from the red carpet at 8pm ET/7CT (PT tape-delayed).

Nominations in the Television Categories for the 2015 / 46TH NAACP Image Awards nominees:

TELEVISION

Outstanding Comedy Series
• "black-ish" (ABC)
• "House of Lies" (Showtime)
• "Key & Peele" (Comedy Central)
• "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)
• "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
• Andre Braugher - "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (FOX)
• Anthony Anderson - "'black-ish" (ABC)
• Don Cheadle - "House of Lies" (Showtime)
• Keegan-Michael Key - "Key & Peele" (Comedy Central)
• Kevin Hart - "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
• Mindy Kaling - "The Mindy Project" (FOX)
• Niecy Nash - "The Soul Man" (TV Land)
• Tracee Ellis Ross - "black-ish" (ABC)
• Uzo Aduba - "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)
• Wendy Raquel Robinson - "The Game" (BET)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
• Boris Kodjoe - "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)
• Glynn Turman - "House of Lies" (Showtime)
• Laurence Fishburne - "black-ish" (ABC)
• Marcus Scribner - "black-ish" (ABC)
• Terry Crews - "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (FOX)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
• Adrienne C. Moore - "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)
• Laverne Cox - "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)
• Lorraine Toussaint - "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)
• Sofia Vergara - "Modern Family" (ABC)
• Yara Shahidi - "black-ish" (ABC)

Outstanding Drama Series
• "Being Mary Jane" (BET)
• "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
• "House of Cards" (Netflix)
• "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)
• "Scandal" (ABC)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
• LL Cool J - "NCIS: LA" (CBS)
• Omar Epps - "Resurrection" (ABC)
• Omari Hardwick - "Being Mary Jane" (BET)
• Shemar Moore - "Criminal Minds" (CBS)
• Taye Diggs - "Murder in the First" (TNT)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
• Gabrielle Union - "Being Mary Jane" (BET)
• Kerry Washington - "Scandal" (ABC)
• Nicole Beharie - "Sleepy Hollow" (FOX)
• Octavia Spencer - "Red Band Society" (FOX)
• Viola Davis - "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
• Alfred Enoch - "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)
• Courtney B. Vance - "Masters of Sex" (Showtime)
• Guillermo Diaz - "Scandal" (ABC)
• Jeffrey Wright - "Boardwalk Empire" (HBO)
• Joe Morton - "Scandal" (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
• Aja Naomi King - "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)
• Alfre Woodard - "State of Affairs" (NBC)
• Chandra Wilson - "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
• Jada Pinkett Smith - "Gotham" (FOX)
• Khandi Alexander - "Scandal" (ABC)

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• "A Day Late and a Dollar Short" (Lifetime Networks)
• "American Horror Story: Freak Show" (FX)
• "Drumline: A New Beat" (VH1)
• "The Gabby Douglas Story" (Lifetime Networks)
• "The Trip to Bountiful" (Lifetime Networks)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Blair Underwood - "The Trip to Bountiful" (Lifetime Networks)
• Charles S. Dutton - "Comeback Dad" (UP Entertainment)
• Larenz Tate - "Gun Hill" (BET)
• Mekhi Phifer - "A Day Late and a Dollar Short" (Lifetime Networks)
• Ving Rhames - "A Day Late and a Dollar Short" (Lifetime Networks)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Angela Bassett - "American Horror Story: Freak Show" (FX)
• Cicely Tyson - "The Trip to Bountiful" (Lifetime Networks)
• Keke Palmer - "The Trip to Bountiful" (Lifetime Networks)
• Regina King - "The Gabby Douglas Story" (Lifetime Networks)
• Vanessa Williams - "The Trip to Bountiful" (Lifetime Networks)

Outstanding News/ Information - (Series or Special)
• "America After Ferguson" (PBS)
• "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr." (PBS)
• "Melissa Harris Perry" (MSNBC)
• "Oprah's Lifeclass" (OWN)
• "Unsung" (TV One)

Outstanding Talk Series
• "Oprah Prime" (OWN)
• "Steve Harvey" (Syndicated)
• "The Queen Latifah Show" (Syndicated)
• "The View" (ABC)
• "The Wendy Williams Show" (Syndicated)

Outstanding Reality Series
• "Dancing with the Stars" (ABC)
• "Iyanla: Fix My Life" (OWN)
• "Shark Tank" (ABC)
• "The Voice" (NBC)
• "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's" (OWN)

Outstanding Variety Series or Special
• "BET Awards" (BET)
• "Family Feud" (Syndicated)
• "On the Run: Beyoncé and Jay Z" (HBO)
• "Oprah's Master Class" (OWN)
• "UNCF An Evening of Stars" (NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, The CW, BET, Centric)

Outstanding Children’s Program
• "Anna Deavere Smith: A Youngarts Masterclass" (HBO)
• "Doc McStuffins" (Disney Junior)
• "Dora and Friends: Into The City!" (Nickelodeon)
• "HALO Awards" (Nickelodeon)
• "Kid President: Declaration of Awesome" (HUB)

Outstanding Performance by a Youth in a Youth/ Children’s Program - (Series or Special)
• Amber Montana - "Haunted Hathaways" (Nickelodeon)
• China Anne McClain - "How to Build a Better Boy" (Disney Channel)
• Curtis Harris - "Haunted Hathaways" (Nickelodeon)
• Fatima Ptacek - "Dora and Friends: Into The City!" (Nickelodeon)
• Taliyah Whitaker - "Wallykazam!" (Nickelodeon)

Outstanding Host in a Talk, Reality, News/ Information or Variety
• Chris Rock - "BET Awards" (BET)
• Gwen Ifill - "America After Ferguson" (PBS)
• Melissa Harris Perry - "Melissa Harris Perry" (MSNBC)
• Queen Latifah - "The Queen Latifah Show" (Syndicated)
• Steve Harvey - "Steve Harvey" (Syndicated)


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