Thursday, February 2, 2017

48th 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 NAACP announced nominees for its 48th annual Image Awards, which celebrate the accomplishments of people of color in 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).  Winners will be announced Saturday, February 11, 2017 during a ceremony airing live on TV One at 9PM EST.  Actor Anthony Anderson will host.

2017 / 48th NAACP Image Awards Television nominees:

TELEVISION

Outstanding Comedy Series
•    “Atlanta” (FX)
•    “black-ish” (ABC)
•    “Insecure” (HBO)
•    “Survivor’s Remorse” (Starz)
•    “The Carmichael Show” (NBC)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
•    Anthony Anderson – “black-ish” (ABC)
•    Don Cheadle – “House of Lies” (Showtime)
•    Donald Glover – “Atlanta” (FX)
•    Dwayne Johnson – “Ballers” (HBO)
•    Kevin Hart – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” (BET)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
•    Issa Rae – “Insecure” (HBO)
•    Keesha Sharp – “Lethal Weapon” (FOX)
•    Niecy Nash – “The Soul Man” (TV Land)
•    Tracee Ellis Ross – “black-ish” (ABC)
•    Uzo Aduba – “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
•    David Alan Grier – “The Carmichael Show” (NBC)
•    Deon Cole – “black-ish” (ABC)
•    Laurence Fishburne – “black-ish” (ABC)
•    Miles Brown – “black-ish” (ABC)
•    Tituss Burgess – “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
•    Erica Ash – “Survivor’s Remorse” (Starz)
•    Laverne Cox – “Orange Is The New Black” (Netflix)
•    Marsai Martin – “black-ish” (ABC)
•    Tichina Arnold – “Survivor’s Remorse” (Starz)
•    Yvonne Orji – “Insecure” (HBO)

Outstanding Drama Series
•    “Empire” (FOX)
•    “Power” (Starz)
•    “Queen Sugar” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
•    “This Is Us” (NBC)
•    “Underground” (WGN America)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
•    Kofi Siriboe – “Queen Sugar” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
•    Mike Colter – “Marvel’s Luke Cage” (Netflix)
•    Omari Hardwick – “Power” (Starz)
•    Sterling K. Brown – “This Is Us” (NBC)
•    Terrence Howard – “Empire” (FOX)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
•    Jurnee Smollett-Bell – “Underground” (WGN America)
•    Kerry Washington – “Scandal” (ABC)
•    Rutina Wesley – “Queen Sugar” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
•    Taraji P. Henson – “Empire” (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)
•    Jesse Williams – “Greys Anatomy” (ABC)
•    Joe Morton – “Scandal” (ABC)
•    Jussie Smollett – “Empire” (FOX)
•    Trai Byers – “Empire” (FOX)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
•    Amirah Vann – “Underground” (WGN America)
•    CCH Pounder – “NCIS: New Orleans” (CBS)
•    Cicely Tyson – “How To Get Away with Murder” (ABC)
•    Lynn Whitfield – “Greenleaf” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
•    Naturi Naughton – “Power” (Starz)

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
•    “American Crime” (ABC)
•    “Confirmation” (HBO)
•    “Roots” (History)
•    “The Night Of” (HBO)
•    “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (FX)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
•    Courtney B. Vance – “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (FX)
•    Cuba Gooding Jr. – “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (FX)
•    Jeffrey Wright – “Confirmation” (HBO)
•    Malachi Kirby – “Roots” (History)
•    Sterling K. Brown – “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (FX)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
•    Anika Noni Rose – “Roots” (History)
•    Audra McDonald – “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” (HBO)
•    Emayatzy Corinealdi – “Roots” (History)
•    Kerry Washington – “Confirmation” (HBO)
•    Regina King – “American Crime” (ABC)

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
•    Anton Cropper – “black-ish” – God (ABC)
•    Anton Cropper – “black-ish” – Good-ish Times (ABC)
•    Donald Glover – “Atlanta” – Value (FX)
•    Marta Cunningham – “Transparent” – Exciting and New (Amazon)
•    Melina Matsoukas – “Insecure” – Insecure as F**k” (HBO)

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
•    Anthony Hemingway – “Underground” – The Macon 7 (WGN America)
•    John Singleton – “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story: The Race Card” – (FX)
•    Millicent Shelton – “Empire” – The Lyon Who Cried Wolf (FOX)
•    Paris Barclay – “Pitch” – Pilot (FOX)
•    Sam Esmail – “Mr. Robot” – eps2.5_h4ndshake.sme (USA Network)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television)
•    Carl Seaton – “Bad Dad Rehab” – (TV One)
•    Mario Van Peebles – “Roots (Night 2)” – (History)
•    Rick Famuyiwa – “Confirmation” – (HBO)
•    Thomas Carter – “Roots (Night 3)” – (History)
•    Vondie Curtis-Hall – “Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart” – (Lifetime)

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
•    Donald Glover – “Atlanta” – B.A.N. (FX)
•    Issa Rae, Larry Wilmore – “Insecure” – Insecure as F**k (HBO)
•    Kenya Barris – “black-ish” – Hope (ABC)
•    Our Lady J – “Transparent” – If I Were A Bell (Amazon)
•    Prentice Penny – “Insecure” – Real as F**k (HBO)

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
•    Akela Cooper – “Marvel’s Luke Cage” – Manifest (Netflix)
•    Anthony Sparks – “Queen Sugar” – By Any Chance (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
•    Ava DuVernay – “Queen Sugar” – First Things First (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
•    Joe Robert Cole – “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story – The Race Card” – (FX)
•    LaToya Morgan – “TURN: Washingtons Spies” – Benediction (AMC)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture – (Television)
•    Alison McDonald – “An American Girl Story – Melody 1963: Love Has to Win” (Amazon)
•    Alison McDonald – “Roots (Night 2)” (History)
•    Charles Murray – “Roots (Night 3)” (History)
•    Rashida Jones and Mike Schur – “Black Mirror: Nosedive” (Netflix)
•    Rhonda Freeman-Baraka – “Merry Christmas, Baby!” (UP TV)

Outstanding Documentary – (Television)
•    “Major League Legends: Hank Aaron” (Smithsonian Channel)
•    “Policing the Police” (PBS)
•    “Roots: A History Revealed” (History)
•    “Roots: A New Vision” (History)
•    “Streets of Compton” (A&E)

Outstanding News / Information – (Series or Special)
•    “AM Joy with Joy Reid” (MSNBC/NBC News)
•    “BET Love and Happiness White House Special” (BET)
•    “StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson” (National Geographic Channel)
•    “Stay Woke” (BET)
•    “Unsung: Sugarhill Gang” (TV One)

Outstanding Talk Series
•    “Steve Harvey” (Syndicated)
•    “SuperSoul Sunday” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
•    “The Real” (Syndicated)
•    “The Talk” (CBS)
•    “The View” (ABC)

Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series
•    “Iyanla: Fix My Life” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
•    “Little Big Shots” (NBC)
•    “Mary Mary” (WE tv)
•    “The Voice” (NBC)
•    “United Shades of America” (CNN)

Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)
•    “2016 Black Girls Rock” (BET)
•    “Celebrity Family Feud” (ABC)
•    “Lemonade” (HBO)
•    “Lip Sync Battle” (Spike TV)
•    “The Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards 2016″ (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

Outstanding Children’s Program
•    “All In With Cam Newton” (Nickelodeon)
•    “An American Girl Story – Melody 1963: Love Has to Win” (Amazon)
•    “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)
•    “K.C. Undercover” (Disney Channel)
•    “The Lion Guard” (Disney Junior)

Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-series)
•    Emyyri Crutchfield – “Roots” (History)
•    Hudson Yang – “Fresh Off The Boat” (ABC)
•    Lonnie Chavis – “This Is Us” (NBC)
•    Marsai Martin – “black-ish” (ABC)
•    Miles Brown – “black-ish” (ABC)

Outstanding Host in a News, Talk, Reality, or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble
•    Anthony Anderson & Tracee Ellis Ross – “2016 BET Awards” (BET)
•    Joy Reid – “AM Joy with Joy Reid” (MSNBC)
•    Roland S. Martin – “NewsOne Now with Roland S. Martin” (TV One)
•    Steve Harvey – “The Steve Harvey Show” (Syndicated)
•    W. Kamau Bell – “United Shades of America” (CNN)

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