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Nominations were announced Tuesday, January 8 for the 39th Annual National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Image Awards. With "The Great Debaters" led the way with eight nominations on the Motion Picture Categories, "Everybody Hates Chris" and "Girlfriends" were both the leading nominees in TV Categories, picked up seven nominations each.

As for "Everybody Hates Chris," the sitcom broadcast on the CW Network, featuring fictional characters and situations broadly based on real people and situations inspired by the teenage experiences of comedian Chris Rock was nominated for the categories of:

• Comedy Series
• Actor in a Comedy Series for Tyler James Williams
• Actress in a Comedy Series for Tichina Arnold
• Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Terry Crews
• Directing in a Comedy Series for Ali LeRoi and Millicent Shelton
• Writing in a Comedy Series for Ali LeRoi

American sitcom "Girlfriends", elsewhere, was up for:

• Comedy Series
• Actor in a Comedy Series for Reggie Hayes
• Actress in a Comedy Series for Golden Brooks and Tracee Ellis Ross
• Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Keesha Sharp
• Directing in a Comedy Series for Salim Akil
• Writing in a Comedy Series for Karen Gist

Click naacpimageawards.net for the full list of awards nominees. The 39th Annual National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Image Awards, divided in 44 categories, will be presented on February 14 in a Los Angeles ceremony and broadcast live on Fox.