Two other drama series from Shondaland, 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'How to Get Away with Murder', also score multiple nominations at the upcoming awards event.
- Dec 10, 2014
AceShowbiz - Shonda Rhimes' dramas dominate the recently unveiled nominations for the 46th NAACP Image Awards. "Scandal" leads the pack with six noms, competing with "Grey's Anatomy" and "How to Get Away with Murder" from Shondaland as well as "Being Mary Jane" and "House of Cards" in Outstanding Drama Series category.
"Scandal" star Kerry Washington is pitted against "How to Get Away with Murder" lead actress Viola Davis for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series title. Additionally, the two shows and "Grey's" are up against each other in Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
"Scandal" is joined by "Orange Is the New Black" as the most nominated TV show for the annual prize-giving event. The Netflix hit series eyes Outstanding Comedy Series, which also has "Black-ish", "House of Lies", "Key & Peele" and "Real Husbands of Hollywood" as the nominees.
"OITNB" is also up for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series (Uzo Aduba), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Adrienne C. Moore, Laverne Cox and Lorraine Toussaint) and Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series (Sara Hess for episode "It Was the Change").
Other shows grabbing multiple nominations at the NAACP Image Awards include "House of Lies", "Brooklyn Nine-Nine", "Black-ish" and "Parks and Recreation".
The winners in TV, movie and music will be announced Friday, February 6 during a ceremony that will be telecast on TV One. Below is the list of TV nominees in major categories, while the full list can be seen on the official site.
Outstanding Comedy Series:
- "Orange Is the New Black" (Netflix)
- "Black-ish" (ABC)
- "House of Lies" (Showtime)
- "Key & Peele" (Comedy Central)
- "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- "Being Mary Jane" (BET)
- "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
- "House of Cards" (Netflix)
- "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)
- "Scandal" (ABC)
- LL Cool J - "NCIS: Los Angeles" (CBS)
- Omar Epps - "Resurrection" (ABC)
- Omari Hardwick - "Being Mary Jane" (BET)
- Shemar Moore - "Criminal Minds" (CBS)
- Taye Diggs - "Murder in the First" (TNT)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- "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)
- 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)
- 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)
- "America After Ferguson" (PBS)
- "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr." (PBS)
- "Melissa Harris Perry" (MSNBC)
- "Oprah's Lifeclass" (OWN)
- "Unsung" (TV One)
- "Oprah Prime" (OWN)
- "Steve Harvey" (Syndicated)
- "The Queen Latifah Show" (Syndicated)
- "The View" (ABC)
- "The Wendy Williams Show" (Syndicated)
- Shark Tank" (ABC)
- "Iyanla: Fix My Life" (OWN)
- "Dancing with the Stars" (ABC)
- "The Voice" (NBC)
- "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's" (OWN)
- BET Awards (BET)
- "Family Feud" (Syndicated)
- "On the Run Tour: Beyonce and Jay Z" (HBO)
- "Oprah's Master Class" (OWN)
- "UNCF An Evening of Stars" (NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, The CW, BET, Centric)
- 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)
- 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: Special Victims Unit" - "American Disgrace" (NBC)
- Zoanne Clack - "Grey's Anatomy" - "You Be Illin' "(ABC)
- 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)
- 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)
