Nominees

ANTHONY ANDERSON

black-ish

ABC

CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER

The Neighborhood

CBS

DONALD GLOVER

Atlanta

FX

DULÉ HILL

The Wonder Years

ABC

MIKE EPPS

The Upshaws

Netflix

LORETTA DEVINE

Family Reunion

Netflix

MAYA RUDOLPH

Loot

Apple TV+

QUINTA BRUNSON

Abbott Elementary

ABC

TICHINA ARNOLD

The Neighborhood

CBS

TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

black-ish

ABC

BRIAN TYREE HENRY

Atlanta

FX

DEON COLE

black-ish

ABC

KENAN THOMPSON

Saturday Night Live

NBC

TYLER JAMES WILLIAMS

Abbott Elementary

ABC

WILLIAM STANFORD DAVIS

Abbott Elementary

ABC

JANELLE JAMES

Abbott Elementary

ABC

JENIFER LEWIS

black-ish

ABC

MARSAI MARTIN

black-ish

ABC

SHERYL LEE RALPH

Abbott Elementary

ABC

WANDA SYKES

The Upshaws

Netflix

BEL-AIR

Peacock

BRIDGERTON

Netflix

EUPHORIA

HBO Max

P-VALLEY

Starz

QUEEN SUGAR

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

DAMSON IDRIS

Snowfall

FX

JABARI BANKS

Bel-Air

Peacock

KOFI SIRIBOE

Queen Sugar

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

NICCO ANNAN

P-Valley

Starz

STERLING K. BROWN

This Is Us

NBC

ANGELA BASSETT

9-1-1

FOX

BRANDEE EVANS

P-Valley

Starz

QUEEN LATIFAH

The Equalizer

CBS

RUTINA WESLEY

Queen Sugar

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

ZENDAYA

Euphoria

HBO Max

ADRIAN HOLMES

Bel-Air

Peacock

AMIN JOSEPH

Snowfall

FX

CALEB MCLAUGHLIN

Stranger Things

Netflix

CLIFF "METHOD MAN" SMITH

Power Book II: Ghost

Starz

J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON

P-Valley

Starz

ADJOA ANDOH

Bridgerton

Netflix

BIANCA LAWSON

Queen Sugar

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

LORETTA DEVINE

P-Valley

Starz

SUSAN KELECHI WATSON

This Is Us

NBC

TINA LIFFORD

Queen Sugar

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

CARL WEBER'S THE BLACK HAMPTONS

BET+

FROM SCRATCH

Netflix

THE BEST MAN: THE FINAL CHAPTERS

Peacock

THE LAST DAYS OF PTOLEMY GREY

Apple TV+

WOMEN OF THE MOVEMENT

ABC

MORRIS CHESTNUT

The Best Man: The FInal Chapters

Peacock

SAMUEL L. JACKSON

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

Apple TV+

TERRENCE HOWARD

The Best Man: The FInal Chapters

Peacock

TREVANTE RHODES

Mike

Hulu

WENDELL PIERCE

Don't Hang Up

Bounce TV

NIECY NASH

Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

Netflix

REGINA HALL

The Best Man: The FInal Chapters

Peacock

SANAA LATHAN

The Best Man: The FInal Chapters

Peacock

VIOLA DAVIS

The First Lady

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

ZOE SALDAÑA

From Scratch

Netflix

#ROLANDMARTIN UNFILTERED

BLACK VOTES MATTER ELECTION NIGHT 2022 COVERAGE

Black Star Network / YouTube

ABC NEWS 20/20 MICHELLE OBAMA:

THE LIGHT WE CARRY, A CONVERSATION WITH ROBIN ROBERTS

ABC

FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.

PBS

OWN SPOTLIGHT: VIOLA DAVIS - THE WOMAN KING

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

THE HAIR TALES

OWN: OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK, HULU

HART TO HEART

Peacock

RED TABLE TALK

Facebook Watch

SHERRI

Syndicated

TAMRON HALL

ABC

UNINTERRUPTED: THE SHOP

UNINTERRUPTED's YouTube Channel

LEGENDARY

HBO Max

LIZZO'S WATCH OUT FOR THE BIG GRRRLS

Amazon Studios

SHARK TANK

ABC

SWEET LIFE: LOS ANGELES

HBO Max

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA

Bravo

A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW

HBO Max

BET AWARDS 2022

BET Networks

DEON COLE: CHARLEEN'S BOY

Netflix

MARTIN: THE REUNION

BET+

THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH

Comedy Central

FAMILY REUNION

Netflix

RAISING DION

Netflix

RAVEN'S HOME

Disney Channel

TAB TIME

YouTube Originals

WAFFLES + MOCHI'S RESTAURANT

Netflix

ALAYA "THAT GIRL LAY LAY" HIGH

That Girl Lay Lay

Nickelodeon

CAMERON J. WRIGHT

Family Reunion

Netflix

ELISHA WILLIAMS

The Wonder Years

ABC

KHALI SPRAGGINS

The Upshaws

Netflix

JA'SIAH YOUNG

Raising Dion

Netflix

JADA PINKETT-SMITH, ADRIENNE BANFIELD-NORRIS, WILLOW SMITH

Red Table Talk

Facebook Watch

JENNIFER HUDSON

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Syndicated

KEVIN HART

Hart to Heart

Peacock

LESTER HOLT

NBC Nightly News

NBC

TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

The Hair Tales

Hulu

KEKE PALMER

Password

NBC

LIZZO

Lizzo's Watch Out For The Big Grrrls

Amazon Studios

TABITHA BROWN

Tab Time

YouTube Originals

TARAJI P. HENSON

BET Awards 2022

BET Networks

TREVOR NOAH

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Comedy Central

AMANDA GORMAN

Sesame Street

HBO Max

CHANCE THE RAPPER

South Side

HBO Max

COLMAN DOMINGO

Euphoria

HBO Max

GLYNN TURMAN

Queen Sugar

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

GABOUREY SIDIBE

American Horror Stories

FX

CENTRAL PARK

Apple TV+

EUREKA!

Disney Junior

GRACIE'S CORNER TV

YouTube

THE PROUD FAMILY: LOUDER AND PROUDER

Disney+

ZOOTOPIA+

Disney+

BILLY PORTER

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

Disney+

CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

Disney+

CHRIS BRIDGES

Karma's World

Netflix

CREE SUMMER

Rugrats

Nickelodeon

KYLA PRATT

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

Disney+

BETWEEN THE SCENES - THE DAILY SHOW

Comedy Central

OH HELL NO! WITH MARLON WAYANS

Facebook Watch

RISE UP, SING OUT

Disney+

SUNDAY DINNER

YouTube

ZOOTOPIA+

Disney+

BLACK INDEPENDENT FILMS: A BRIEF HISTORY

Turner Classic Movies

DARING SIMONE BILES

Snap

HISTORIAN'S TAKE

PBS

NFL 360

NFL Network

OMITTED: THE BLACK COWBOY

ESPN

AMY WANG

From Scratch

Netflix

BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS

Kindred

FX

HANNAH COPE

Karma's World

Netflix

QUINTA BRUNSON

Abbott Elementary

ABC

SYREETA SINGLETON

Rap Sh!t

HBO Max

GLYNN TURMAN

Women of the Movement

ABC

KEITH DAVID

From Scratch

Netflix

OMAR BENSON MILLER

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

Apple TV+

RUSSELL HORNSBY

Mike

Hulu

Terrence "TC" Carson

A Wesley Christmas

BET+

ALEXIS FLOYD

Inventing Anna

Netflix

DANIELLE DEADWYLER

From Scratch

Netflix

MELISSA DE SOUSA

The Best Man: The Final Chapters

Peacock

NIA LONG

The Best Man: The Final Chapters

Peacock

PHYLICIA RASHAD

Little America

Apple TV+

BRENT FAIYAZ

Wasteland

Lost Kids

BURNA BOY

Love, Damini

Atlantic Records

CHRIS BROWN

Breezy (Deluxe)

RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment

DRAKE

Honestly, Nevermind

OVO/Republic Records

KENDRICK LAMAR

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

pgLang / Top Dawg Entertainment / Aftermath / Interscope Records

ARI LENNOX

age/sex/location

Dreamville/Interscope Records

BEYONCÉ

Renaissance

Columbia Records / Parkwood Entertainment

CHLÖE

Surprise

Columbia Records / Parkwood Entertainment

JAZMINE SULLIVAN

Hurt Me So Good

RCA Records

SZA

S.O.S.

RCA Records / Top Dawg Entertainment

ALL THINGS NEW

Tye Tribbett

Motown Gospel

HYMNS

Tasha Cobbs Leonard

Motown Gospel

KINGDOM BOOK ONE

Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin

Tribl Records, Fo Yo Soul Recordings and RCA Inspiration

MY LIFE

James Fortune

FIYA World / MNRK Music Group

THE URBAN HYMNAL

Tennessee State University

TSU / Tymple

BAD TO ME

Wizkid

RCA Records / Starboy / Sony Music International

DIANA

Fireboy DML, Chris Brown, Shenseea

YBNL Nation / EMPIRE

LAST LAST

Burna Boy

Atlantic Records

NO WOMAN NO CRY

Tems

Def Jam Recordings

STAND STRONG

Davido feat. Sunday Service Choir

RCA Records / Sony Music UK

ABOUT DAMN TIME

Lizzo

Atlantic Records

BE ALIVE

Beyoncé

Columbia Records / Parkwood Entertainment

LIFT ME UP

Rihanna

Roc Nation/Def Jam Recordings

LORD FORGIVE ME FEAT. FAT, PHARRELL AND OLU OF EARTHGANG

Tobe Nwigwe

THE GOOD STEWARDS COLLECTIVE

THE HEART PART 5

Kendrick Lamar

pgLang / Top Dawg Entertainment / Aftermath / Interscope Records

AGE / SEX / LOCATION

Ari Lennox

Dreamville / Interscope Records

BREEZY (DELUXE)

Chris Brown

RCA Records / Chris Brown Entertainment

MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS

Kendrick Lamar

pgLang / Top Dawg Entertainment / Aftermath / Interscope Records

RENAISSANCE

Beyoncé

Parkwood / Columbia Records

WATCH THE SUN

PJ Morton

Morton Records

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER - MUSIC FROM AND INSPIRED BY

Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson, Archie Davis and Dave Jordan

Def Jam Recordings/Hollywood Records

BRIDGERTON SEASON TWO (SOUNDTRACK FROM THE NETFLIX SERIES)

Kris Bowers

Capitol Records

ENTERGALACTIC

Kid Cudi

Republic Records

P-VALLEY: SEASON 2 (MUSIC FROM THE ORIGINAL TV SERIES)

Various

Lions Gate Records

THE WOMAN KING

Terence Blanchard

Milan Records

ALL IN YOUR HANDS

Marvin Sapp

Elev8 Media & Entertainment LLC

FLY (Y.M.M.F)

Tennessee State University

TSU / Tymple

POSITIVE

Erica Campbell

My Block Inc.

WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS

MAJOR.

MNRK Music Group

YOUR WORLD

Jonathan McReynolds

MNRK Music Group

DETOUR

Boney James

Concord Records

JID014 (JAZZ IS DEAD)

Henry Franklin, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge

Jazz is Dead

THE FUNK WILL PREVAIL

Kaelin Ellis

NCH Music

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO NIKKI GIOVANNI

Javon Jackson

Solid Jackson Records

THRILL RIDE

Ragan Whiteside

Randis Music

LEGACY

Adam Blackstone

BASSic Black Entertainment Records / Anderson Music Group / Empire

LINGER AWHILE

Samara Joy

Verve Records

LOVE AND THE CATALYST

Aimée Allen

Azuline

NEW STANDARDS VOL. 1

Teri Lyne Carrington

Candid Records

THE EVENING: LIVE AT APPARATUS

The Baylor Project

Be A Light

ABOUT DAMN TIME

Lizzo

Atlantic Records

CUFF IT

Beyoncé

Columbia Record / Parkwood Entertainment

GOOD MORNING GORGEOUS REMIX (FEAT. H.E.R.)

Mary J. Blige

300

HURT ME SO GOOD

Jazmine Sullivan

RCA Records

LIFT ME UP

Rihanna

Roc Nation/Def Jam Recordings

BILLIE EILISH

Armani White

Def Jam Recordings

CITY OF GODS

Fivio Foreign, Kanye West and Alicia Keys

Columbia Records

HOTEL LOBBY

Quavo, Takeoff

Motown Records / Quality Control Music

THE HEART PART 5

Kendrick Lamar

pgLang / Top Dawg Entertainment / Aftermath / Interscope Records

WAIT FOR U

Future feat. Drake and Tems

Epic Records

KENDRICK LAMAR FEAT. BLXST & AMANDA REIFER

Die Hard

pgLang / Top Dawg Entertainment / Aftermath / Interscope Records

MARY J. BLIGE FEAT. H.E.R.

Good Morning Gorgeous Remix

300

PJ MORTON FEAT. ALEX ISLEY AND JILL SCOTT

Still Believe

Morton Records

SILK SONIC

Love's Train

Atlantic Records

SUMMER WALKER, CARDI B, AND SZA

No Love

LVRN / Interscope Records

BEYONCÉ FEAT. GRACE JONES AND TEMS

MOVE

Columbia Records / Parkwood Entertainment

CHRIS BROWN FEAT. WIZKID

Call Me Every Day

RCA Records / Chris Brown Entertainment

CITY GIRLS FEAT. USHER

Good Love

Motown Records / Quality Control Music

FUTURE FEAT. DRAKE AND TEMS

Wait For U

Epic Records

LATTO FAT. MARIAH CAREY AND DJ KHALED

Big Energy (Remix)

RCA Records

FINDING ME

Viola Davis

HarperCollins Publishers

GRACE: PRESIDENT OBAMA AND TEN DAYS IN THE BATTLE FOR AMERICA

Cody Keenan

HarperCollins Publishers

REQUIEM FOR THE MASSACRE

RJ Young

Counterpoint

UNDER THE SKIN

Linda Villarosa

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

WHO'S BLACK AND WHY? A HIDDEN CHAPTER FROM THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY INVENTION OF RACE

Henry Louis Gates, Andrew S. Curran

The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press

AMERICA MADE ME A BLACK MAN

Boyah J. Farah

HarperCollins Publishers

ILLUSTRATED BLACK HISTORY: HONORING THE ICONIC AND THE UNSEEN

George McCalman

HarperCollins Publishers

MARRIAGE BE HARD

Kevin Fredericks, Melissa Fredericks

Penguin Random House

TRUTH'S TABLE: BLACK WOMEN'S MUSINGS ON LIFE, LOVE, AND LIBERATION

Ekemini Uwan, Christina Edmondson, Michelle Higgins

Penguin Randomhouse Convergent Imprint

WHAT THE FIREFLIES KNEW

Kai Harris

Tiny Reparations Books/Penguin Random House

A WAY OUT OF NO WAY

Raphael G. Warnock

Penguin Random House

SCENES FROM MY LIFE

Michael K. Williams

Penguin Random House

THE LIGHT WE CARRY

Michelle Obama

Penguin Random House

WALKING IN MY JOY: IN THESE STREETS

Jenifer Lewis

HarperCollins Publishers

YOU'VE BEEN CHOSEN

Cynt Marshall

Ballantine Books

BLACK JOY: STORIES OF RESISTANCE, RESILIENCE, AND RESTORATION

Tracey Lewis-Giggetts

Gallery / Simon and Schuster

COOKING FROM THE SPIRIT

Tabitha Brown

William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

EAT PLANTS, B*TCH: 91 VEGAN RECIPES THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MEAT-LOVING MIND

Pinky Cole

13A/Simon & Schuster

HOMECOMING: OVERCOME FEAR AND TRAUMA TO RECLAIM YOUR WHOLE AUTHENTIC SELF

Thema Bryant

Penguin Random House / TarcherPerigee

THE FIVE PRINCIPLES: A REVOLUTIONARY PATH TO HEALTH, INNER WEALTH, AND KNOWLEDGE OF SELF

Khnum Ibomu

Hachette Book Group

BEST BARBARIAN

Roger Reeves

Norton

BLUEST NUDE

Ama Codjoe

Milkweed Editions

CONCENTRATE

Courtney Faye Taylor

Graywolf Press

MUSE FOUND INA COLONIZED BODY

Yesenia Montilla

Four Way Books

TO THE REALIZATION OF PERFECT HELPLESSNESS

Robin Coste Lewis

Alfred A. Knopf

ABLAZE WITH COLOR: A STORY OF PAINTER ALMA THOMAS

Jeanne Walker Harvey, Loveis Wise

HarperCollins Publishers

BLACK GOLD

Laura Obuobi, London Ladd

HarperCollins Publishers

BLUE: A HISTORY OF THE COLOR AS DEEP AS THE SEA AND AS WIDE AS THE SKY

Nana Brew-Hammond, Daniel Minter

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

STACEY'S REMARKABLE BOOKS

Stacey Abrams, Kitt Thomas

Balzer + Bray

THE YEAR WE LEARNED TO FLY

Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael Lopez

Penguin Random House

COOKIES & MILK

Shawn Amos

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

INHERITANCE: A VISUAL POEM

Elizabeth Acevedo

HarperCollins - Quill Tree Books

MAYBE AN ARTIST, A GRAPHIC MEMOIR

Liz Montague

Random House Studio

ME AND WHITE SUPREMACY: YOUNG READERS' EDITION

Layla F. Saad

Sourcebooks

OPENING MY EYES UNDERWATER: ESSAYS ON HOPE, HUMANITY, AND OUR HERO MICHELLE OBAMA

Ashley Woodfolk

Feiwel & Friends, Macmillan

DEBBIE ALLEN

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey – "Robyn"

Apple TV+

GIANCARLO ESPOSITO

Better Call Saul – "Axe and Grind"

AMC

GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD

Women of the Movement – "Mother and Son"

ABC

HANELLE CULPEPPER

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey – "Sensia"

Apple TV+

KASI LEMMONS

Women of the Movement – "Episode 106"

ABC

ANTON CROPPER

Fantasy Football

Paramount+

MARTA CUNNINGHAM

61st Street

AMC

SUJATA DAY

Definition Please

Netflix

TAILIAH BREON

Kirk Franklin's The Night Before Christmas

Lifetime

TINE FIELDS

Soul of a Nation: Screen Queens RIsing

ABC

ANTOINE FUQUA

Emancipation

Apple

CHINONYE CHUKWU

TILL

United Artists Releasing / Orion Pictures

GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD

The Woman King

Sony Pictures Releasing

KASI LEMMONS

I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Sony Pictures Releasing

RYAN COOGLER

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Marvel Studios

NADIA HALLGREN

Civil

Netflix

REGINALD HUDLIN

Sidney

Apple TV+

SACHA JENKINS

Everything's Gonna Be All White

Showtime

SACHA JENKINS

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Apple TV+

W. KAMAU BELL

We Need to Talk About Cosby

Showtime

AURIN SQUIRE

The Good Fight – "Episode 603"

Paramount+

BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS

Kindred – "Episode 101"

FX

DAVITA SCARLETT

The Good Fight – "Episode 604"

Paramount+

JOSHUA ALLEN

From Scratch – "Episode 105"

Netflix

MARISSA JO CERAR

Women of the Movement – "Episode 101"

ABC

BREE WEST

A Wesley Christmas

BET+

SCOTT MESCUDI (STORY BY), IAN EDELMAN, MAURICE WILLIAMS

Entergalactic

Netflix

JERROD CARMICHAEL

Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel

HBO Max

LIL REL HOWERY

Lil Rel Howery: I Said It. Y'all Thinking It.

HBO Max

MATT LOPEZ

Father of the Bride

HBO Max

CHARLES MURRAY

The Devil You Know

Lionsgate

DANA STEVENS, MARIO BELLO

The Woman King

Sony Pictures Releasing

JORDAN PEELE

Nope

Universal Pictures

KRYSTIN VER LINDEN

Alice

Vertical Entertainment

RYAN COOGLER, JOE ROBERT COLE

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Marvel Studios

CHILE, PLEASE

Honey Chile

GoOD MORNINGS WITH CURLYNIKKI

Walton Media, LLC

MAN TO MAN: A BLACK LOVE WELLNESS SERIES

Black Love Inc.

MAEJOR FREQUENCY

Audible

THERAPY FOR BLACK GIRLS

Therapy for Black Girls

COMEBACK WITH ERICA COBB

Erica Cobb LLC / One Street Studios

HIGHER LEARNING WITH VAN LATHAN AND RACHEL LINDSAY

Spotify & The Ringer

INTO AMERICA WITH TRYMAINE LEE

MSNBC

LEVAR BURTON READS

SiriusXM's Stitcher Studios

THE SUM OF US

Higher Ground

ANGIE MARTINEZ IRL

Media Noche Productions

BLACK GIRL SONGBOOK

Spotify & The Ringer

JEMELE HILL IS UNBOTHERED

Unbothered Inc, Spotify, Lodge Freeway Media, Exit 39

THE READ

Loud Speakers Network

TWO FUNNY MAMAS

Mocha Podcasts Network

BLACK LOVE

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALL WHITE

Showtime

POLICE ON TRIAL - CREDITED TO FRONTLINE AND STAR TRIBUNE

PBS

RACE: BUBBA WALLACE

Netflix

SHAQ

HBO Max

ANGIE WELLS, CHLOE SENS, JOANETTA STOWERS, CARME TENUTA

Cheaper by the Dozen

Disney+

DEBI YOUNG, SANDRA LINN, NGOZI OLANDU YOUNG, GINA BATEMAN

We Own This City

HBO Max

MICHELE LEWIS, SHAWNA MAHARAJ, MANNY DAVILA, DESHA HAYES, JAKE GARBER

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

Apple Studios

REN ROHLING, TERESA VEST, MEGAN AREFORD

Emergency

Amazon Studios

ZABRINA MATIRU

Surface

Apple Studios

CAMILLE FRIEND

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Marvel Studios

CURTIS FOREMAN, RYAN RANDALL

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

Paramount+

LOUISA V. ANTHONY, DEAUNDRA METZGER, MAURICE BEAMAN, TERENCE ALSTON-BARBER, DERICK MONROE

TILL

United Artists Releasing

MARY DANIELS, KALIN SPOONER, DARRIN LYONS, ERIC GONZALEZ

All American

The CW

TRACEY MOSS, JEROME ALLEN, TAMIKA DIXON, LAWRENCE "JIGGA" SIMMONS, JASON SIMMONS

Fantasy Football

Paramount+