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Black Reel Awards for Television

    • 2020s
    • 2010s
    • 201920182017

    Black Reel

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    Outstanding Actor, Comedy Series

    • Don Cheadle at an event for Traitor (2008)
      Winner
      • Don Cheadle
      • Black Monday
    • Idris Elba at an event for Les Misérables (2012)
      • Idris Elba
      • Turn Up Charlie
    • Tracy Morgan
      • Tracy Morgan
      • The Last O.G.
    • Keegan-Michael Key
      • Keegan-Michael Key
      • Friends from College
    • Anthony Anderson at an event for Shrek Forever After (2010)
      • Anthony Anderson
      • Black-ish

    Outstanding Actor, Drama Series

    • Billy Porter
      Winner
      • Billy Porter
      • Pose
    • Sterling K. Brown
      • Sterling K. Brown
      • This Is Us
    • Kofi Siriboe at an event for The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015)
      • Kofi Siriboe
      • Queen Sugar
    • Damson Idris at the 2024 MET GALA
      • Damson Idris
      • Snowfall
    • Brandon Micheal Hall
      • Brandon Micheal Hall
      • God Friended Me

    Outstanding Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series

    • Jharrel Jerome
      Winner
      • Jharrel Jerome
      • When They See Us
    • Idris Elba at an event for Les Misérables (2012)
      • Idris Elba
      • Luther
    • Ashton Sanders at an event for The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2017 (2017)
      • Ashton Sanders
      • Native Son
    • Woody McClain
      • Woody McClain
      • The Bobby Brown Story
    • Mahershala Ali
      • Mahershala Ali
      • True Detective

    Outstanding Actress, Comedy Series

    • Issa Rae
      Winner
      • Issa Rae
      • Insecure
    • Tracee Ellis Ross
      • Tracee Ellis Ross
      • Black-ish
    • Regina Hall at an event for Cadillac Records (2008)
      • Regina Hall
      • Black Monday
    • Tiffany Haddish
      • Tiffany Haddish
      • The Last O.G.
    • DeWanda Wise
      • DeWanda Wise
      • She's Gotta Have It

    Outstanding Actress, Drama Series

    • Rutina Wesley at an event for Scream Awards 2009 (2009)
      Winner
      • Rutina Wesley
      • Queen Sugar
    • Angela Bassett
      • Angela Bassett
      • 9-1-1
    • Niecy Nash at an event for Monsters (2022)
      • Niecy Nash
      • Claws
    • Dawn-Lyen Gardner
      • Dawn-Lyen Gardner
      • Queen Sugar
    • Alfre Woodard
      • Alfre Woodard
      • Luke Cage

    Outstanding Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series

    • Niecy Nash at an event for Monsters (2022)
      Winner
      • Niecy Nash
      • When They See Us
    • Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor at an event for Men of Honor (2000)
      • Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
      • When They See Us
    • Michaela Coel
      • Michaela Coel
      • Black Earth Rising
    • Emayatzy Corinealdi for Latino Critics Choice Awards 2024
      • Emayatzy Corinealdi
      • The Red Line
    • Alfre Woodard
      • Alfre Woodard
      • Juanita

    Outstanding Comedy Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Insecure

      8.1 (24K)
    • [object Object]

      Black-ish

      7.3 (27K)
    • [object Object]

      Grown-ish

      6.6 (7.1K)
    • [object Object]

      On My Block

      7.8 (21K)
    • [object Object]

      She's Gotta Have It

      6.9 (5.2K)

    Outstanding Directing, Comedy Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Black-ish

      7.3 (27K)
      Salli Richardson-Whitfield
      Episode: "Black Like Us (2019)"
    • [object Object]

      Black-ish

      7.3 (27K)
      Tracee Ellis Ross
      Episode: "Black History Month (2019)"
    • [object Object]

      Black-ish

      7.3 (27K)
      Charles Stone III
      Episode: "Purple Rain (2018)"
    • [object Object]

      Insecure

      8.1 (24K)
      Regina King
      Episode: "Ghost-Like (2018)"
    • [object Object]

      Insecure

      8.1 (24K)
      Millicent Shelton
      Episode: "High-Like (2018)"

    Outstanding Directing, Drama Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      This Is Us

      8.7 (170K)
      George Tillman Jr.
      Episode: "Don't Take My Sunshine Away (2019)"
    • [object Object]

      Black Lightning

      6.1 (29K)
      Salim Akil
      Episode: "The Book of the Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega (2019)"
    • [object Object]

      Pose

      8.6 (36K)
      Janet Mock
      Episode: "Love Is the Message (2018)"
    • [object Object]

      Queen Sugar

      7.8 (6K)
      DeMane Davis
      Episode: "A Rock, a River, a Tree (2018)"
    • [object Object]

      This Is Us

      8.7 (170K)
      Kevin Hooks
      Episode: "R & B (2019)"

    Outstanding Directing, TV Movie/Limited Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      When They See Us

      8.8 (150K)
      Ava DuVernay
    • [object Object]

      Native Son

      5.7 (3K)
      Rashid Johnson
    • [object Object]

      Juanita

      6.1 (2.7K)
      Clark Johnson
    • [object Object]

      The Bobby Brown Story

      7.4 (937)
      Kiel Adrian Scott
    • [object Object]

      The Red Line

      5.9 (1.2K)
      Victoria Mahoney
      Episode: "We Must All Care (2019)"

    Outstanding Drama Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      This Is Us

      8.7 (170K)
      Kay Oyegun
    • [object Object]

      All American

      7.6 (16K)
    • [object Object]

      Black Lightning

      6.1 (29K)
    • [object Object]

      Claws

      7.5 (7.4K)
    • [object Object]

      Pose

      8.6 (36K)

    Outstanding Guest Actor, Comedy Series

    • Katt Williams
      Winner
      • Katt Williams
      • Black-ish
    • RuPaul
      • RuPaul
      • Grace and Frankie
    • Idris Elba at an event for Les Misérables (2012)
      • Idris Elba
      • Saturday Night Live
    • Kenan Thompson
      • Kenan Thompson
      • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
    • Ernie Hudson 2017
      • Ernie Hudson
      • Ballers

    Outstanding Guest Actor, Drama Series

    • Rob Morgan
      Winner
      • Rob Morgan
      • This Is Us
    • Common at an event for Death at a Funeral (2010)
      • Common
      • The Chi
    • Carl Lumbly
      • Carl Lumbly
      • This Is Us
    • Ron Cephas Jones
      • Ron Cephas Jones
      • Luke Cage
    • Mahershala Ali
      • Mahershala Ali
      • Room 104

    Outstanding Guest Actress, Comedy Series

    • Anna Deavere Smith
      Winner
      • Anna Deavere Smith
      • Black-ish
    • Maya Rudolph at an event for Shrek the Third (2007)
      • Maya Rudolph
      • The Good Place
    • Regina King
      • Regina King
      • The Big Bang Theory
    • Marla Gibbs at an event for Madea's Witness Protection (2012)
      • Marla Gibbs
      • Rel
    • Rosie Perez
      • Rosie Perez
      • She's Gotta Have It

    Outstanding Guest Actress, Drama Series

    • Phylicia Rashad
      Winner
      • Phylicia Rashad
      • This Is Us
    • Marla Gibbs at an event for Madea's Witness Protection (2012)
      • Marla Gibbs
      • NCIS
    • Cicely Tyson at an event for Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
      • Cicely Tyson
      • How to Get Away with Murder
    • Rutina Wesley at an event for Scream Awards 2009 (2009)
      • Rutina Wesley
      • The Walking Dead
    • Erika Alexander
      • Erika Alexander
      • Black Lightning

    Outstanding Music (Comedy, Drama, TV Movie or Limited Series)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pose

      8.6 (36K)
      Mac Quayle
      Amanda Krieg Thomas
      Alexis Martin Woodall
    • [object Object]

      Empire

      7.4 (42K)
      Fil Eisler
      Jen Ross
    • [object Object]

      Greenleaf

      7.5 (6.5K)
      Nathan Barr
      Todd Haberman
      Rick Clark
      Derryck Big Tank Thornton
    • [object Object]

      Insecure

      8.1 (24K)
      Raphael Saadiq
      Kier Lehman
    • [object Object]

      When They See Us

      8.8 (150K)
      Kris Bowers
      Aaron Byrd

    Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy Series

    • Tituss Burgess at an event for Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
      Winner
      • Tituss Burgess
      • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
    • Anthony Ramos
      • Anthony Ramos
      • She's Gotta Have It
    • Jay Ellis
      • Jay Ellis
      • Insecure
    • Laurence Fishburne
      • Laurence Fishburne
      • Black-ish
    • Kenan Thompson
      • Kenan Thompson
      • Saturday Night Live

    Outstanding Supporting Actor, Drama Series

    • Joe Morton
      Winner
      • Joe Morton
      • God Friended Me
    • Mustafa Shakir
      • Mustafa Shakir
      • Luke Cage
    • Nicholas L. Ashe
      • Nicholas L. Ashe
      • Queen Sugar
    • Giancarlo Esposito
      • Giancarlo Esposito
      • Better Call Saul
    • Orlando Jones
      • Orlando Jones
      • American Gods

    Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series

    • Michael Kenneth Williams at an event for Game of Thrones (2009)
      Winner
      • Michael Kenneth Williams
      • When They See Us
    • Marquis Rodriguez
      • Marquis Rodriguez
      • When They See Us
    • Caleel Harris in When They See Us (2019)
      • Caleel Harris
      • When They See Us
    • Asante Blackk
      • Asante Blackk
      • When They See Us
    • Michael Ealy
      • Michael Ealy
      • Being Mary Jane
      Episode: "Becoming Pauletta (2019)"

    Outstanding Supporting Actress, Comedy Series

    • Jenifer Lewis
      Winner
      • Jenifer Lewis
      • Black(f)ish
    • Leslie Jones
      • Leslie Jones
      • Saturday Night Live
    • Marsai Martin
      • Marsai Martin
      • Black-ish
    • Natasha Rothwell
      • Natasha Rothwell
      • Insecure
    • Yvonne Orji in Insecure (2016)
      • Yvonne Orji
      • Insecure

    Outstanding Supporting Actress, Drama Series

    • Susan Kelechi Watson in The Blacklist (2013)
      Winner
      • Susan Kelechi Watson
      • This Is Us
    • Lynn Whitfield
      • Lynn Whitfield
      • Greenleaf
    • Karimah Westbrook
      • Karimah Westbrook
      • All American
    • Indya Moore at an event for 2019 Golden Globe Awards (2019)
      • Indya Moore
      • Pose
    • Tina Lifford
      • Tina Lifford
      • Queen Sugar

    Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series

    • Marsha Stephanie Blake
      Winner
      • Marsha Stephanie Blake
      • When They See Us
    • Isis King
      • Isis King
      • When They See Us
    • Kylie Bunbury
      • Kylie Bunbury
      • When They See Us
    • Carmen Ejogo
      • Carmen Ejogo
      • True Detective
    • Marla Gibbs at an event for Madea's Witness Protection (2012)
      • Marla Gibbs
      • Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons'

    Outstanding TV Documentary or Special

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Surviving R. Kelly

      7.4 (6K)
      Nigel Bellis
      Astral Finnie
    • [object Object]

      Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé

      7.6 (8.3K)
      Beyoncé
      Ed Burke
    • [object Object]

      Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story

      5.8 (526)
      Jenner Furst
      Julia Willoughby Nason
    • [object Object]

      Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland

      7.1 (771)
      Kate Davis
      David Heilbroner
    • [object Object]

      Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men

      8.1 (1.9K)
      Sacha Jenkins

    Outstanding TV Movie/Limited Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      When They See Us

      8.8 (150K)
      Berry Welsh
      Jeff Skoll
      Jane Rosenthal
      Jonathan King
      Amy J. Kaufman
      Christiana Hooks
      Robert De Niro
      Oprah Winfrey
      Ava DuVernay
    • [object Object]

      The Bobby Brown Story

      7.4 (937)
      Bobby Brown
      Sheyna Kathleen Smith
      Carl Craig
      Dionne Harmon
      Jesse Collins
    • [object Object]

      Luther

      8.4 (160K)
      Marcus Wilson
      Elizabeth Kilgarriff
      Derek Ritchie
    • [object Object]

      Native Son

      5.7 (3K)
      Alex Ernst
      Duccio Fabbri
      Eric Hollenbeck
      Matthew Perniciaro
      Michael Sherman
    • [object Object]

      True Detective

      8.9 (715K)
      Richard Brown
      Lee Caplin
      Cary Joji Fukunaga
      Steve Golin
      Woody Harrelson
      Matthew McConaughey
      Nic Pizzolatto
      Scott Stephens
      Bard Dorros
      Lori Slomka
      Daniel Sackheim
      Jeremy Saulnier

    Outstanding Writing, Comedy Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Black-ish

      7.3 (27K)
      Peter Saji
      Episode: "Black Like Us (2019)"
    • [object Object]

      Black-ish

      7.3 (27K)
      Steven White
      Episode: "Relatively Grown Man (2019)"
    • [object Object]

      Insecure

      8.1 (24K)
      Natasha Rothwell
      Issa Rae
      Episode: "Ghost-Like (2018)"
    • [object Object]

      Insecure

      8.1 (24K)
      Prentice Penny
      Episode: "Obsessed-Like (2018)"
    • [object Object]

      She's Gotta Have It

      6.9 (5.2K)
      Radha Blank
      Episode: "#NationTime (2019)"

    Outstanding Writing, Drama Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      This Is Us

      8.7 (170K)
      Eboni Freeman
      Episode: "Our Little Island Girl (2019)"
    • [object Object]

      Claws

      7.5 (7.4K)
      Maisha Closson
      Episode: "Scream (2018)"
    • [object Object]

      God Friended Me

      7.0 (7.8K)
      Safia M. Dirie
      Episode: "Unfriended (2018)"
    • [object Object]

      Pose

      8.6 (36K)
      Janet Mock
      Ryan Murphy
      Episode: "Love Is the Message (2018)"
    • [object Object]

      This Is Us

      8.7 (170K)
      Kay Oyegun
      Episode: "R & B (2019)"

    Outstanding Writing, TV Movie/Limited Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      When They See Us

      8.8 (150K)
      Ava DuVernay
      Julian Breece
      Attica Locke
      Episode: "Part One (2019)"
    • [object Object]

      When They See Us

      8.8 (150K)
      Ava DuVernay
      Julian Breece
      Attica Locke
      Episode: "Part Two (2019)"
    • [object Object]

      When They See Us

      8.8 (150K)
      Ava DuVernay
      Robin Swicord
      Episode: "Part Three (2019)"
    • [object Object]

      When They See Us

      8.8 (150K)
      Ava DuVernay
      Michael Starrbury
      Episode: "Part Four (2019)"
    • [object Object]

      The Bobby Brown Story

      7.4 (937)
      Abdul Williams

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