ABC Network dominates NAACP Image Awards TV Nominations

Buoyed by the Shonda Rhimes hits How to Get Away with Murder and Scandal plus freshman sitcom black-ish, the ABC Network outclassed the NAACP Image Awards nomination field with a total of 25 nods. Check out the full list of nominations:

Drama Series

  • “Being Mary Jane” (BET)
  • “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
  • “House of Cards” (Netflix)
  • “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC)
  • “Scandal” (ABC)

 

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)

 

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)

 

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)

 

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)
  • Khandi Alexander, “Scandal” (ABC)
  • Jada Pinkett Smith, “Gotham” (FOX)

 

Comedy Series

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

 

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)

 

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)

 

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)

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)

 

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)

 

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)

 

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)

 

Documentary

  • “American Experience: Freedom Summer” (PBS)
  • “Bad Boys” (ESPN)
  • “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown” (HBO)
  • “Rand University” (ESPN)
  • “The War Comes Home: Soledad O’Brien Reports” (CNN)

 

Directing in a Motion Picture

  • Bille Woodruff, “Drumline: A New Beat” (VH1)
  • Greg Champion, “The Gabby Douglas Story” (Lifetime Networks)
  • Michael Wilson, “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks)
  • Reggie Bythewood, “Gun Hill” (BET)
  • Stephen Tolkin, “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks)

 

Directing in a Dramatic Series

  • Anton Cropper, “Suits,” One-Two-Three Go… (USA)
  • Carl Franklin, “House of Cards,” Chapter 14 (Netflix)
  • Cary Joji Fukunaga, “True Detective,” Who Goes There (HBO)
  • Hanelle Culpepper, “Criminal Minds,” The Edge of Winter (CBS)
  • Millicent Shelton, “The Divide,” And the Little Ones Get Caught (WE tv)

 

Directing in a Comedy Series

  • Ken Whittingham, “Parks and Recreation,” Prom (NBC)
  • Ken Whittingham, “The Mindy Project,” Think Like a Peter (FOX)
  • Reginald Hudlin, “Bad Judge,” Knife to a Gunfight (NBC)
  • Linda Mendoza, “Bad Judge,” One Brave Waitress (NBC)
  • Stan Lathan, “Real Husbands of Hollywood,” No New Friends (BET)

 

Writing in a Motion Picture

  • Karin Gist, Regina Hicks, “Drumline: A New Beat” (VH1)
  • Reggie Bythewood, “Gun Hill” (BET)
  • Shernold Edwards, “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks)
  • Sterling Anderson, Maria Nation, “The Gabby Douglas Story” (Lifetime Networks)
  • Sharon Brathwaite, Peres Owino, “Seasons of Love” (Lifetime Networks)

 

Writing in a Dramatic Series

  • Zahir McGhee, “Scandal,” Mama Said Knock You Out (ABC)
  • Erika Green Swafford, “How to Get Away with Murder,” Let’s Get To Scooping (ABC)
  • Mara Brock Akil, “Being Mary Jane,” Uber Love (BET)
  • Warren Leight, Julie Martin, “Law & Order: SVU,” American Disgrace (NBC)
  • Zoanne Clack, “Grey’s Anatomy,” You Be Illin’ (ABC)

Writing in a Comedy Series

  • Brigette Munoz-Liebowitz, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” Road Trip (FOX)
  • Aisha Muharrar, “Parks and Recreation,” Ann & Chris (NBC)
  • Regina Hicks, “Instant Mom,” A Kids’s Choice (Nickelodeon and Nick@Nite)
  • Sara Hess, “Orange is the New Black,” It Was the Change (Netflix)
  • Mindy Kaling, “The Mindy Project,” Danny and Mindy (FOX)

 

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)

 

Talk Series

  • “Oprah Prime” (OWN)
  • “Steve Harvey” (Syndicated)
  • “The Queen Latifah Show” (Syndicated)
  • “The View” (ABC)
  • “The Wendy Williams Show” (Syndicated)

 

Reality Series

  • “Shark Tank” (ABC)
  • “Iyanla: Fix My Life” (OWN)
  • “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC)
  • “The Voice” (NBC)
  • “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” (OWN)

 

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)

 

Children’s Program

  • “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)
  • “Anna Deavere Smith: A Youngarts Masterclass” (HBO)
  • “HALO Awards” (Nickelodeon)
  • “Dora and Friends: Into The City!” (Nickelodeon)
  • “Kid President: Declaration of Awesome” (HUB)

 

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)

 

Host in a Talk, Reality, News/Information or Variety

  • Steve Harvey, “Steve Harvey” (Syndicated)
  • Queen Latifah, “The Queen Latifah Show” (Syndicated)
  • Chris Rock, “BET Awards” (BET)
  • Gwen Ifill, “America After Ferguson” (PBS)
  • Melissa Harris Perry, “Melissa Harris Perry” (MSNBC)

 

 

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