Other nominees in the television category include 'Scandal', 'How to Get Away with Murder', 'Grey's Anatomy', 'Empire' and 'Insecure'.
- Dec 15, 2016
AceShowbiz - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announces nominees for the best in TV, music and movie for the upcoming 48th annual NAACP Image Awards. "Black-ish" leads all television shows with 12 nods including Outstanding Comedy Series.
The "Black-ish" domination leads to ABC dominating the game with a total of 23 nominations. The other shows that help the Alphabet come out on top include Shonda Rhimes' top series like "Scandal", "How to Get Away with Murder" and "Grey's Anatomy".
HBO is ranked second with 14 nods. Freshman show "Insecure" delivers the most nominations for the premium cable station. FOX follows with nine nods, thanks to the multiple nominations bagged by hip-hop drama series "Empire". Winners will be announced on February 11 next year.
Outstanding Comedy Series:
- "Atlanta" (FX)
- "Black-ish" (ABC)
- "Insecure" (HBO)
- "Survivor's Remorse" (Starz)
- "The Carmichael Show" (NBC)
- Anthony Anderson - "Black-ish" (ABC)
- Don Cheadle - "House of Lies" (Showtime)
- Donald Glover - "Atlanta" (FX)
- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson - "Ballers" (HBO)
- Kevin Hart - "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- "Empire" (FOX)
- "Power" (Starz)
- "Queen Sugar" (OWN)
- "This Is Us" (NBC)
- "Underground" (WGN America)
- Kofi Siriboe - "Queen Sugar" (OWN)
- Mike Colter - "Marvel's Luke Cage" (Netflix)
- Omari Hardwick - "Power" (Starz)
- Sterling K. Brown - "This Is Us" (NBC)
- Terrence Howard - "Empire" (FOX)
- Jurnee Smollett-Bell - "Underground" (WGN America)
- Kerry Washington - "Scandal" (ABC)
- Rutina Wesley - "Queen Sugar" (OWN)
- Taraji P. Henson - "Empire" (FOX)
- Viola Davis - "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)
- Alfred Enoch - "How to Get Away With Murder" (ABC)
- Jesse Williams - "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
- Joe Morton - "Scandal" (ABC)
- Jussie Smollett - "Empire" (FOX)
- Trai Byers - "Empire" (FOX)
- Amirah Vann - "Underground" (WGN America)
- CCH Pounder - "NCIS: New Orleans" (CBS)
- Cicely Tyson - "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)
- Lynn Whitfield - "Greenleaf" (OWN)
- Naturi Naughton - "Power" (Starz)
- "American Crime" (ABC)
- "Confirmation" (HBO)
- "Roots" (History)
- "The Night of" (HBO)
- "The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (FX)
- Courtney B. Vance - "The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (FX)
- Cuba Gooding Jr. - "The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (FX)
- Jeffrey Wright - "Confirmation" (HBO)
- Malachi Kirby - "Roots" (History)
- Sterling K. Brown - "The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (FX)
- 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)
- 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)
- Akela Cooper - "Marvel's Luke Cage" - "Manifest" (Netflix)
- Anthony Sparks - "Queen Sugar" - "By Any Chance" (OWN)
- Ava DuVernay - "Queen Sugar" - "First Things First" (OWN)
- Joe Robert Cole - "The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" - "The Race Card" - (FX)
- LaToya Morgan - "TURN: Washingtons Spies" - "Benediction" (AMC)
- 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)
- 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)
- Anthony Hemingway - "Underground" - "The Macon 7" (WGN America)
- John Singleton - "The People vs. 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)
- 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)
- "AM Joy with Joy Rei" (MSNBC/NBC News)
- "BET Love and Happiness White House Special%" (BET)
- "StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson" (National Geographic Channel)
- "Unsung: Sugarhill Gang%" (TV One)
- "Steve Harvey" (Syndicated)
- "SuperSoul Sunday" (OWN)
- "The Real" (Syndicated)
- "The Talk" (CBS)
- "The View" (ABC)
- "Iyanla: Fix My Life" (OWN)
- "Little Big Shots" (NBC)
- "Mary Mary" (WE tv)
- "The Voice" (NBC)
- "United Shades of America" (CNN)
- "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)
- "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)
- 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)
- 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)
