‘Black-ish,’ ‘Lovecraft Country’ Lead 52nd NAACP Image Award TV Nominations

The nominees for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards have been announced, and the TV list is topped by a perennial winner.

Black-ish once again leads the way with 11 nominations. In addition to outstanding comedy series, stars Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jenifer Lewis, Laurence Fishburne, Marsai Martin, and Miles Brown all received nods.

Ross will compete for outstanding actress in a comedy series against her TV daughter Yara Shahidi, who is nominated for spinoff grown-ish.

The drama categories are dominated by HBO’s Lovecraft Country with eight nominations. It is joined by rookie nominees P-Valley and Netflix breakout Bridgerton.

Entertainer of the year features TV stars Regina King, Viola Davis, Trevor Noah, and Tyler Perry, joined by DJ D-Nice. 

Celebrating people of color in film, TV, literature, and music, the 52nd NAACP Image Awards airs Saturday, March 27 on BET, BET Her, CBS, MTV, MTV2, VH1, and LOGO at 8 pm ET.

The full list of TV nominees can be found below.

Entertainer of the Year

• D-Nice
• Regina King
• Viola Davis
• Trevor Noah
• Tyler Perry

Outstanding Comedy Series

• #blackAF (Netflix)
• Black-ish (ABC)
• grown-ish (Freeform)
• Insecure (HBO)
• The Last O.G. (TBS)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
• Cedric The Entertainer, The Neighborhood
• Don Cheadle, Black Monday 
• Idris Elba, In the Long Run
• Tracy Morgan, The Last O.G. 

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series 

• Issa Rae, Insecure 
• Folake Olowofoyeku, Bob Hearts Abishola 
• Regina Hall, Black Monday 
• Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish 
• Yara Shahidi, grown-ish 

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• Deon Cole, Black-ish 
• Jay Ellis, Insecure 
• Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live 
• Laurence Fishburne, Black-ish 

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Jenifer Lewis, Black-ish 
• Marsai Martin, Black-ish 
• Natasha Rothwell, Insecure 
• Tichina Arnold, The Neighborhood 
• Yvonne Orji, Insecure

Outstanding Drama Series

• All Rise (CBS)
• Bridgerton (Netflix)
• Lovecraft Country (HBO)
• Power Book II: Ghost (Starz)
• This is Us (NBC)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

• Jonathan Majors, Lovecraft Country
• Keith David, Greenleaf 
• Nicco Annan, P-Valley 
• Rege-Jean Page, Bridgerton 
• Sterling K. Brown, This is Us 

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

• Angela Bassett, 9-1-1 
• Brandee Evans, P-Valley 
• Jurnee Smollett, Lovecraft Country 
• Simone Missick, All Rise 
• Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder 

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series 

• Clifford “Method Man” Smith, Power Book II: Ghost 
• Delroy Lindo, The Good Fight 
• J. Alphonse Nicholson, P-Valley 
• Jeffrey Wright, Westworld 
• Michael Kenneth Williams, Lovecraft Country

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Adjoa Andoh, Bridgerton 
• Aunjanue Ellis, Lovecraft Country 
• Lynn Whitfield, Greenleaf
• Mary J. Blige, Power Book II: Ghost 
• Susan Kelchi Watson, This is Us 

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special

• Hamilton (Disney+)
• Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu)
• Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (Netflix)
• Sylvie’s Love (Amazon Studios)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special

• Blair Underwood, Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
• Chris Rock, Fargo
• Daveed Diggs, Hamilton
• Leslie Odom Jr., Hamilton
• Nnamdi Asomugha, Sylvie’s Love

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited Series, or Dramatic Special

• Aunjanue Ellis, The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
• Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere
• Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You
• Octavia Spencer, Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
• Tessa Thompson, Sylvie’s Love

Outstanding News/Information Series or Special

• AM Joy: Remembering John Lewis (MSNBC)
• Desus & Mero: The Obama Interview (Showtime)
• The Color of Covid (CNN)
• The New York Times Presents “The Killing of Breonna Taylor” (FX)
• The ReidOut (MSNBC)

Outstanding Talk Series

• Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)
• Tamron Hall (Syndicated)
• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
• The Oprah Conversation (AppleTV+)
• The Shop: Uninterrupted (HBO)

Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition or Game Show

• Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)
• Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN)
• Shark Tank (ABC)
• United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell (CNN)
• Voices of Fire (Netflix)

Outstanding Variety Show

• 8:46 (Netflix)
• Black is King (Disney+)
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion (HBO Max)
• Verzuz (AppleTV)
• Yvonne Orji: Momma I Made It! (HBO)

Outstanding Children’s Program

• Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices (Netflix)
• Craig of the Creek (Cartoon Network)
• Family Reunion (Netflix)
• Raven’s Home (Disney Channel)
• We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical (HBO)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH

Outstanding Performance by a Youth

• Alex R. Hibbert, The Chi 
• Lexi Underwood, Little Fires Everywhere
• Lyric Ross, This is Us 
• Marsai Martin, Black-ish 
• Miles Brown, Black-ish 

Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special)

• Don Lemon, CNN Tonight with Don Lemon 
• Jada Pinkett Smith, Red Table Talk 
• Joy Reid, The ReidOut 
• LeBron James, The Shop: Uninterrupted 
• Trevor Noah, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety

• Alfonso Ribeiro, America’s Funniest Home Videos
• Iyanla Vanzant, Iyanla: Fix My Life 
• Steve Harvey, Celebrity Family Feud 
• W. Kamau Bell, United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell
• RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race 

Outstanding Guest Performance

• Chris Rock, Saturday Night Live 
• Courtney B. Vance, Lovecraft Country 
• Dave Chappelle, Saturday Night Live
• Issa Rae, Saturday Night Live 
• Loretta Devine, P-Valley 

Outstanding Animated Series

• Big Mouth (Netflix)
• Central Park (AppleTV+)
• Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior)
• She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Netflix)
• Star Trek: Lower Decks (CBS All Access)

Outstanding Character Voiceover Performance

• Aisha Tyler, Archer
• Courtney B. Vance, Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story
• Dawnn Lewis, Star Trek: Lower Decks 
• Deon Cole, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts
• Laya DeLeon, Doc McStuffins

Outstanding Short-Form Series, Comedy or Drama

• #FreeRayshawn (Quibi)
• CripTales (BBC America)
• Lazor Wulf (Adult Swim)
• Mapleworth Murders (Quibi)
• Sincerely, Camille (OWN)

Outstanding Performance in a Short-Form Series

• Giancarlo Esposito, The Broken and the Bad 
• J.B. Smoove, Mapleworth Murders 
• Jasmine Cephas Jones, #FreeRayshawn
• Laurence Fishburne, #FreeRayshawn
• Stephan James, #FreeRayshawn 

Outstanding Short-Form Series Reality/Non-Fiction

• American Masters: Unladylike2020 (PBS)
• Benedict Men (Quibi)
• Between the Scenes-The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
• In the Making (PBS)
• Inspiring Change Series (NFL Network)

Outstanding Breakthrough Creative

• Katori Hall, P-Valley
• Keith Knight,  Woke 
• Ramy Youssef, Ramy 
• Raynelle Swilling,  Cherish the Day
• Teri Schaffer, Cherish the Day 

 

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