Nominations for the 54th NAACP Image Awards were announced Thursday and the first nominee Abbott Elementary School is the most nominated series of the year.
The recently renewed sitcom amassed nine nominations (including Outstanding Comedy Series), followed in the comedy race by blackish (with seven nominations). Dramas P-Valley and sugar queen garnered six nominations in total.
Among the limited series, The Best Man: The Last Chapters fared best with seven nods, followed by from zero and The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray (with six nods per piece).
The NAACP Image Awards – which celebrate the achievements of people of color in television, music, literature and film – this year will air live on BET on Saturday, February 25 at 8/7c (host TBA ). Voting is currently open at NAACPImageAwards.net until Friday, February 10.
Scroll down to see a list of major TV nominees, then hit the comments with your reactions.
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
* Abbott Elementary School
* Atlanta
* blackish
* Rap shit!
* The good years
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
*Anthony Anderson blackish
* Cédric The Animator, The neighborhood
* Donald Glover Atlanta
* Dule Hill, The good years
*Mike Epps The Upshaws
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
* Loretta Devine Family meeting
* Maya Rodolphe, Booty
*Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary School
*Tichina Arnold, The neighborhood
* Tracee Ellis Ross, blackish
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
*Brian Tyree Henry, Atlanta
*Deon Cole, blackish
* Kenan Thompson Saturday Night Live
*Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary School
*William Stanford Davis, Abbott Elementary School
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
*Janelle James, Abbott Elementary School
*Jennifer Lewis, blackish
* Marsai Martin, blackish
*Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary School
*Wanda Sykes, The Upshaws
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION IN A COMEDY SERIES
*Angela Barnes Atlanta (“The Simplest Little Horse”)
*Bridget Stokes, A dark lady sketch show (“Save My Edges, I’m a giver!”)
*Dee Rees, Download (“Hamoodi”)
*Iona Morris Jackson, blackish (“If a Black Man Cries in the Woods”)
*Pete Chatmon, The stewardess (“Drowning Women”)
OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A COMEDY SERIES
*Aisha Muharrar, hacks (“The Click”)
*Ayo Edebiri and Shana Gohd, What we do in the shadows (“Private school”)
* Brittani Nichols, Abbott Elementary School (“Student Transfer”)
* Karen Joseph Adcock, the bear (“Sheridan”)
*Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary School (“Development Day”)
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
* Bel-Air
* Bridgerton
* Euphoria
* P-Valley
* sugar queen
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
* Damson Idris, Snowfall
* Jabari Banks, Bel-Air
*Kofi Siriboe, sugar queen
* Nico Annan P-Valley
* Sterling K. Brown, It’s us
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
* Angela Bassett, 9-1-1
* Branded Evans, P-Valley
* Queen Latifah, The equalizer
* Rutina Wesley, sugar queen
* Zendaya, Euphoria
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
* Adrian Holmes, Bel-Air
*Amin Joseph, Snowfall
* Caleb McLaughlin, stranger things
* Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Power Book II: Ghost
*J.Alphonse Nicholson, P-Valley
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
* Adjoa Andô, Bridgerton
*Bianca Lawson sugar queen
* Loretta Devine P-Valley
* Susan Kelechi Watson, It’s us
*Tina Lifford sugar queen
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION IN A DRAMA SERIES
* Debbie Allen The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray (“Robyn”)
* Giancarlo Esposito, You better call Saul (“Axe and Grind”)
* Gina Prince-Bythewood, Women of the Movement (“Mother and son”)
* Hanelle Culpepper, The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray (“Sensia”)
* Kasi lemons, women of the movement (“The last word”)
OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A DRAMA SERIES
* Aurin Squire, The good fight (“The End of Soccer”)
*Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Kinship (“Dana”)
* Davita Scarlett, The good fight (“The End of Eli Gold”)
* Joshua Allen, from zero (“Bread and Brine”)
*Marissa Jo Cerar, women of the movement (“Mother and son”)
OUTSTANDING TV MOVIE, LIMITED SERIES OR DRAMA SPECIAL
* Carl Weber’s Black Hamptons
* from zero
* The Best Man: The Last Chapters
* The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray
* Women of the Movement
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE, LIMITED SERIES OR DRAMA SPECIAL
* Morris Chestnut, The Best Man: The Last Chapters
*Samuel L. Jackson, The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray
* Terrence Howard The Best Man: The Last Chapters
* Trevante Rhodes, Mike
*Wendell Pierce, Do not hang up
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE, LIMITED SERIES OR DRAMA SPECIAL
* Niecy Nash-Betts, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
* Regina Room, The Best Man: The Last Chapters
* Sanaa Lathan, The Best Man: The Last Chapters
* Viola Davis The first lady
* Zoe Saldaña, from zero
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION MOVIE, LIMITED SERIES OR DRAMA SPECIAL
*Glynn Turman women of the movement
*Keith David, from zero
*Omar Benson Miller The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray
* Russell Hornsby, Mike
* Terrence “TC” Carson A Wesley Christmas
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION MOVIE, LIMITED SERIES OR DRAMA SPECIAL
*Alexis Floyd, Invent Anna
*Danielle Deadwyler, from zero
* Melissa De Sousa, The Best Man: The Last Chapters
*Nia Long, The Best Man: The Last Chapters
*Phylicia Rashad, Little America
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR SPECIAL
*Anton Cropper, fantasy football
*Marta Cunningham 61st street
* Sujata Day, definition please
* Tailiah Breon, The Night Before Christmas by Kirk Franklin
* Fields of teeth, Soul of a Nation: Screen Queens Rising
OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR SPECIAL
*Bree West, A Wesley Christmas
* Ian Edelman and Maurice Williams, entergalactic
*Jerrod Carmichael Jerrod CarmichaelRothaniel
*Lil Rel Howery, Lil Rel Howery: I said it y’all think about it
*Matt Lopez, The father of the bride
EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN PROGRAM
* Family meeting
* Raising Dion
* The Raven’s House
* Tab time
* Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant
OUTSTANDING YOUTH PERFORMANCE (SERIES, SPECIAL, TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES)
* Alaya “That girl lay lay” High, This girl is lying
*Cameron J. Wright, Family meeting
* Elisha Williams, The good years
* Khali Spraggins, The Upshaws
* Ja’Siah Young, Raising Dion
OUTSTANDING GUEST PERFORMANCE
*Amanda Gorman sesame street
* Luck the rapper, South side
* Colman Domingo, Euphoria
*Glynn Turman sugar queen
* Gabourey Sidibe, American Horror Stories
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED SERIES
* central park
* Eureka!
* Gracie’s Corner TV
* The proud family: stronger and prouder
* Zootopia+
OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE OVER PERFORMANCE
*Billy Porter The proud family: stronger and prouder
* Cédric the Animator, The proud family: stronger and prouder
*Chris Bridges, Karma’s World
* Been cry, Rugrats
*Kyla Pratt The proud family: stronger and prouder
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN A DOCUMENTARY (TV OR FILM)
*Nadia Hallgren Civil
* Reginald Hudlin, sydney
*Sacha Jenkins, Everything will be all white
*Sacha Jenkins, The Black and the Blues of Louis Armstrong
* W. Kamau Bell, We need to talk about Cosby
NEWS/EXCEPTIONAL INFORMATION (SERIES OR SPECIAL)
* Roland Martin Unfiltered: Black Votes Matter 2022 Election Night Coverage
* ABC News 20/20 Michelle Obama: The Light We Carry, A Conversation with Robin Roberts
* Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
* OWN Spotlight: Viola Davis – The Woman King
* hair tales
OUTSTANDING TALK SERIES
* Heart to Heart
* Red table discussion
* Sherri
* Tamron Hall
* Uninterrupted: the shop
OUTSTANDING HOST IN A CONFERENCE OR NEWS/INFORMATION (SERIES OR SPECIAL) – INDIVIDUAL OR TOGETHER
* Jada Pinkett-Smith, Adrienne Banfield-Norris & Willow Smith, Red table discussion
*Jennifer Hudson The Jennifer Hudson Show
*Kevin Hart, Heart to Heart
*Lester Holt, NBC Nightly News
* Tracee Ellis Ross, hair tales
EXCEPTIONAL REALITY PROGRAM, REALITY COMPETITION OR EMISSIONARY GAME (SERIES)
* Legendary
* Lizzo watch out for big grrrls
* shark tank
* Sweetness of life: Los Angeles
* The Real Housewives of Atlanta
OUTSTANDING HOST IN A REALITY COMPETITION, SHOW GAME OR VARIETY (SERIES OR SPECIAL) – INDIVIDUAL OR TOGETHER
* Keke Palmer, Password
*Lizzo, Lizzo watch out for big grrrls
* Tabitha Brown, Tab time
* Taraji P. Henson, BET Awards 2022
* Trevor Noah, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
EXCEPTIONAL VARIETY SHOW (SERIES OR SPECIAL)
* A dark lady sketch show
* BET Awards 2022
* Deon ColeCharleen’s Boy
* Martin: Reunion
* The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
OUTSTANDING SHORT SERIES – COMEDY OR DRAMA
* between scenes, The daily show
* Oh damn no! With Marlon Wayans
* Get up, sing
* Sunday dinner
* Zootopia+
EXCEPTIONAL OR SPECIAL SHORT SERIES – REALITY/NON-FICTION
* Black Independent Films: A Brief History
* The daring Simone Biles
* Historian’s point of view
* NFL 360
* Omitted: The Black Cowboy
CREATIVE INCREDIBLE EXCEPTIONAL
*Amy Wang from zero
*Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Kinship
*Hannah Cope Karma’s World
*Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary School
*Syreeta Singleton, Rap shit!
HOST OF THE YEAR
*Angela Bassett
* Mary J. Blige
* Quinta Brunson
* Viola Davis
* Zendaya