2009 NAACP Image Awards Nominations

NAACP Image Awards Nominations

Outstanding Comedy Series

“30 Rock” (NBC)
“Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)
“The Game” (CW)
“Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
“Ugly Betty” (ABC)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
• Donald Faison – “Scrubs” (NBC)
• LaVan Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Paul James – “Greek” (ABC Family)
• Terry Crews – “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)
• Tyler James Williams – “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
• America Ferrera – “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
• Cassi Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Tia Mowry – “The Game” (CW)
• Tichina Arnold – “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)
• Tracee Ellis Ross – “Girlfriends” (CW)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
• Blair Underwood – “The New Adventures of Old Christine” (CBS)
• Dulé Hill – “Psych” (USA)
• Lance Gross – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Larramie ‘Doc’ Shaw – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Tracy Morgan – “30 Rock” (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
• Keshia Knight Pulliam – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Tisha Campbell-Martin – “Rita Rocks” (Lifetime)
• Vanessa Williams – “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
• Wanda Sykes – “The New Adventures of Old Christine” (CBS)
• Wendy Raquel Robinson – “The Game” (CW)

Outstanding Drama Series

• “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• “House” (FOX)
• “Lincoln Heights” (ABC Family)
• “The Unit” (CBS)
• “The Wire” (HBO)
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
• Anthony Anderson – “Law & Order” (NBC)
• Blair Underwood – “In Treatment” (HBO)
• Dennis Haysbert – “The Unit” (CBS)
• Hill Harper – “CSI: NY” (CBS)
• Omar Epps – “House” (FOX)

Outstanding Actress in a DramaSeries
• CCH Pounder – “The Shield” (FX)
• Chandra Wilson – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• Loretta Divine – “Eli Stone” (ABC)
• Nicki Micheaux – “Lincoln Heights” (ABC Family)
• Wendy Davis – “Army Wives” (Lifetime)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
• Blair Underwood – “Dirty Sexy Money” (ABC)
• James Pickens, Jr. – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• Laurence Fishburne – “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (CBS)
• Michael Kenneth Williams – “The Wire” (HBO)
• Taye Diggs – “Private Practice” (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
• Alfre Woodard – “My Own Worst Enemy” (NBC)
• Angela Bassett – “ER” (NBC)
• Audra McDonald – “Private Practice” (ABC)
• S. Epatha Merkerson – “Law & Order” (NBC)
• Sonja Sohn – “The Wire” (HBO)
Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• “24: Redemption” (FOX)
• “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• “Accidental Friendship” (Hallmark Channel)
• “House of Saddam” (HBO)
• “Racing For Time” (Lifetime)

Outstanding Actor in a TelevisionMovie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Andre Braugher – “The Andromeda Strain” (A&E)
• Ben Vereen – “Accidental Friendship” (Hallmark Channel)
• Charles S. Dutton – “Racing For Time” (Lifetime)
• Sean Combs – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• Sean Patrick Thomas – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Audra McDonald – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• Chandra Wilson – “Accidental Friendship” (Hallmark Channel)
• Phylicia Rashad – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• Sanaa Lathan – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• Vanessa Williams – “Flirting With Forty” (Lifetime)
Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
• Bryton McClure – “The Young And The Restless” (CBS)
• Cornelius Smith, Jr. – “All My Children” (ABC)
• Dan Martin – “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)
• Montell Williams – “The Guiding Light” (CBS)
• Texas Battle – “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)
Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
• Christel Khalil – “The Young And The Restless” (CBS)
• Debbi Morgan – “All My Children” (ABC)
• Eva Marcille – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
• Nia Peeples – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
• Tonya Lee Williams – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)

Outstanding News/ Information – (Series or Special)
• “American Gangster” (BET)
• “Anderson Cooper 360: Race in America” (CNN)
• “An Oprah Winfrey Show Special Event: The Dream Lives – A
Martin Luther King Day Special” (Syndicated)
• “In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview” (TVOne)
• “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” (HBO)