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Image Award

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

Winner
Anthony Anderson
Black-ish
Aziz Ansari
Master of None
Dwayne Johnson
Ballers
Keegan-Michael Key
Friends from College
RonReaco Lee
Survivor's Remorse

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

Winner
Omari Hardwick
Power
Kofi Siriboe
Queen Sugar
Mike Colter
The Defenders
Sterling K. Brown
This Is Us
Terrence Howard
Empire

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Winner
Daniel Kaluuya
Get Out
Algee Smith
Detroit
Chadwick Boseman
Marshall
Denzel Washington
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Idris Elba
The Mountain Between Us

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special

Winner
Idris Elba
Guerrilla
Bryshere Y. Gray
The New Edition Story
Laurence Fishburne
Madiba
Tristan Mack Wilds
Shots Fired
Woody McClain
The New Edition Story

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

Winner
Tracee Ellis Ross
Black-ish
Danielle Brooks
Orange Is the New Black
Issa Rae
Insecure
Loretta Devine
The Carmichael Show
Niecy Nash
Claws

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

Winner
Taraji P. Henson
Empire
Jurnee Smollett
Underground
Kerry Washington
Scandal
Rutina Wesley
Queen Sugar
Viola Davis
How to Get Away with Murder

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

Winner
Octavia Spencer
Gifted
Amandla Stenberg
Everything, Everything
Danai Gurira
All Eyez on Me
Halle Berry
Kidnap
Natalie Paul
Crown Heights

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special

Winner
Queen Latifah
Flint
Jill Scott
Flint
Oprah Winfrey
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Regina King
American Crime
Sanaa Lathan
Shots Fired

Outstanding Album

Winner
Kendrick Lamar
Album: "DAMN."
Jay-Z
Album: "4:44"
Brian McKnight
Album: "Genesis"
Charlie Wilson
Album: "In It to Win It"
Mary J. Blige
Album: "Strength of a Woman"

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance

Winner
Legends of Chamberlain Heights
5.1 (1.8K)
Tiffany Haddish
The Lion Guard
6.4 (3.3K)
David Oyelowo
Cars 3
6.7 (144K)
Kerry Washington
Doc McStuffins: Pet Rescue/Baby/Ultimate Safari/Arctic Rescue/Toy Hospital
6.5 (3.5K)
Loretta Devine
Elena of Avalor
6.5 (2.4K)
Yvette Nicole Brown

Outstanding Children's Program

Winner
Doc McStuffins: Pet Rescue/Baby/Ultimate Safari/Arctic Rescue/Toy Hospital
6.5 (3.5K)
Free Rein
7.1 (2.9K)
Nella the Princess Knight
5.1 (227)
Project Mc²
6.3 (1.6K)
Raven's Home
7.1 (4.2K)
Jed Elinoff(executive producer)
Scott Thomas(executive producer)
Raven-Symoné(executive producer)

Outstanding Comedy Series

Winner
Black-ish
7.3 (27K)
Ballers
7.6 (78K)
Dear White People
6.3 (27K)
Insecure
8.1 (24K)
Survivor's Remorse
7.2 (2.7K)

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

Winner
Black-ish
7.3 (27K)
Anton Cropper
Episode: "Juneteenth (2017)"
Dear White People
6.3 (27K)
Barry Jenkins
Episode: "Chapter V (2017)"
Dear White People
6.2 (27K)
Justin Simien
Episode: "Chapter I (2017)"
She's Gotta Have It
6.9 (5.3K)
Spike Lee
Episode: "#NolasChoice (3 DA HARD WAY) (2017)"
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
7.5 (83K)
Ken Whittingham
Episode: "Kimmy Bites an Onion! (2017)"

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

Winner
13 Reasons Why
7.4 (335K)
Carl Franklin
Episode: "Tape 5, Side B (2017)"
The Deuce
8.1 (35K)
Ernest R. Dickerson
Episode: "Show and Prove (2017)"
Shots Fired
6.7 (2.5K)
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Episode: "Hour One: Pilot (2017)"
Switched at Birth
7.7 (27K)
Jeffrey W. Byrd
Episode: "Occupy Truth (2017)"
Shots Fired
6.7 (2.5K)
Jonathan Demme
Episode: "Hour Six: The Fire This Time (2017)"

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture

Winner
Get Out
7.8 (792K)
Jordan Peele
Mudbound
7.4 (57K)
Dee Rees
Girls Trip
6.2 (42K)
Malcolm D. Lee
Marshall
7.3 (28K)
Reginald Hudlin
Everything, Everything
6.3 (44K)
Stella Meghie

Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie, Documentary or Special

Winner
The Defiant Ones
8.5 (16K)
Allen Hughes
The New Edition Story
8.8 (3.5K)
Chris Robinson
Episode: "Part 1 (2017)"
Black Love
6.2 (632)
Codie Elaine Oliver
Madiba
6.8 (326)
Kevin Hooks
Episode: "Defiance (2017)"
Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G.
7.3 (416)
Mark Ford

Outstanding Documentary (Film)

Winner
Step
7.0 (1.3K)
I Called Him Morgan
7.3 (2K)
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
6.8 (147)
The Rape of Recy Taylor
6.7 (675)
Whose Streets?
6.0 (1.4K)

Outstanding Documentary (Television)

Winner
The 44th President: In His Own Words
7.0 (86)
Black Love
6.2 (632)
The Defiant Ones
8.5 (16K)
What the Health
7.2 (31K)
Birth of a Movement
7.4 (121)

Outstanding Drama Series

Winner
Power
8.1 (58K)
Greenleaf
7.5 (6.5K)
Queen Sugar
7.8 (6.1K)
This Is Us
8.7 (171K)
Underground
7.9 (5.8K)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration

Winners
Kendrick Lamar
Rihanna
Song: "LOYALTY."
Andra Day
Common
Song: "Stand Up for Something"
Charlie Wilson
Tip 'T.I.' Harris
Song: "I'm Blessed"
Mary J. Blige
Ye
Song: "Love Yourself"
SZA
Travis Scott
Song: "Love Galore"

Outstanding Female Artist

Winner
Mary J. Blige
Andra Day
Beyoncé
Ledisi
SZA

Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album (Traditional or Contemporary)

Winner
Greenleaf
7.5 (6.5K)
Album: "Greenleaf Soundtrack Volume 2"
Marvin Sapp
Album: "Close"
Travis Greene
Album: "Crossover Live From Music City"
Natasha Cobbs Leonard
Album: "Heart. Passion. Pursuit."
CeCe Winans
Album: "Let Them Fall in Love"

Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) - Individual or Ensemble

Winner
LL Cool J
Lip Sync Battle
Alfonso Ribeiro
America's Funniest Home Videos
Iyanla Vanzant
Iyanla, Fix My Life
Michael Smith
Jemele Hill
SportsCenter
W. Kamau Bell
United Shades of America

Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) - Individual or Ensemble

Winner
Roland Martin
NewsOne Now
Fredricka Whitfield
CNN Newsroom
Morgan Freeman
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
Neil deGrasse Tyson
StarTalk
Trevor Noah
The Daily Show

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

Winner
Detroit
7.3 (58K)
Last Flag Flying
6.9 (30K)
Mudbound
7.4 (57K)
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
7.0 (30K)
Wind River
7.7 (307K)

Outstanding Male Artist

Winner
Bruno Mars
Brian McKnight
Charlie Wilson
Jay-Z
Kendrick Lamar

Outstanding Motion Picture

Winner
Girls Trip
6.2 (42K)
Detroit
7.3 (58K)
Get Out
7.8 (792K)
Marshall
7.3 (28K)
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
6.5 (47K)

Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album

Winner
Bruno Mars: That's What I Like
6.8 (153)
Bruno Mars
Jay-Z
Album: "4:44"
Maxwell: Gods
Maxwell
Ledisi: High
Ledisi
Mary J. Blige
Album: "Strength of a Woman"

Outstanding New Artist

Winner
SZA
Demetria McKinney
Kevin Ross
Khalid
Vic Mensa

Outstanding News/Information - (Series or Special)

Winner
Unsung
9.0 (427)
NewsOne Now
Oprah's Master Class
5.9 (237)
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
7.5 (659)
Through the Fire: The Legacy of Barack Obama
6.2 (22)

Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited Series)

Winner
Stranger Things
8.6 (1.5M)
Caleb McLaughlin
Queen Sugar
7.8 (6.1K)
Ethan Hutchison
This Is Us
8.7 (171K)
Lonnie Chavis
Black-ish
7.3 (27K)
Marsai Martin
Power
8.1 (58K)
Michael Rainey Jr.

Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series

Winner
The Manns
7.6 (31)
Winner
The Manns
7.6 (31)
Roger M. Bobb(executive producer)
Iyanla, Fix My Life
7.0 (198)
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Party Challenge
7.3 (494)
Shark Tank
7.6 (11K)
United Shades of America
7.1 (975)

Outstanding Song - Contemporary

Winner
Kendrick Lamar
Song: "HUMBLE."
Mali Music
Song: "Gonna Be Alright"
Jazmine Sullivan
Bryson Tiller
Song: "Insecure"
SZA
Travis Scott
Song: "Love Galore"
Jay-Z
Song: "The Story of O.J."

Outstanding Song - Traditional

Winner
Bruno Mars
Song: "That's What I Like"
Ledisi
Song: "High"
Major.
Song: "Honest"
John Legend
Song: "Surefire (Piano Version)"
Mary J. Blige
Song: "U + Me"

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Winner
Jay Ellis
Insecure
Ernie Hudson
Grace and Frankie
John David Washington
Ballers
Omar Benson Miller
Ballers
Tituss Burgess
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Winner
Joe Morton
Scandal
Bryshere Y. Gray
Empire
Dondré T. Whitfield
Queen Sugar
Jussie Smollett
Empire
Trai Byers
Empire

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Winner
Idris Elba
Thor: Ragnarok
Laurence Fishburne
Last Flag Flying
Lil Rel Howery
Get Out
Nnamdi Asomugha
Crown Heights
Sterling K. Brown
Marshall

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Winner
Marsai Martin
Black-ish
Leslie Jones
Saturday Night Live
Tichina Arnold
Survivor's Remorse
Uzo Aduba
Orange Is the New Black
Yvonne Orji
Insecure

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Winner
Naturi Naughton
Power
Lynn Whitfield
Greenleaf
Samira Wiley
The Handmaid's Tale
Susan Kelechi Watson
This Is Us
Tina Lifford
Queen Sugar

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Winner
Tiffany Haddish
Girls Trip
Audra McDonald
Beauty and the Beast
Keesha Sharp
Marshall
Regina Hall
Girls Trip
Tessa Thompson
Thor: Ragnarok

Outstanding Talk Series

Winner
The Real
4.7 (1.5K)
Winner
The Real
4.7 (1.5K)
Whitney Kieser(senior producer)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
6.4 (19K)
Super Soul Sunday
7.0 (158)
The Daily Show
8.3 (49K)
The View
2.4 (12K)

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special

Winner
The New Edition Story
8.8 (3.5K)
Flint
6.3 (457)
Shots Fired
6.7 (2.5K)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
6.4 (4.2K)
When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story
6.7 (417)

Outstanding Variety or Game Show - (Series or Special)

Winner
Lip Sync Battle
7.2 (4.1K)
Black Girls Rock! 2017
3.5 (30)
Deep in the Heart of Texas: Dave Chappelle Live at Austin City Limits
The Age of Spin: Dave Chappelle Live at the Hollywood Palladium
Def Comedy Jam 25
6.6 (1.2K)
Saturday Night Live
8.0 (57K)

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

Winner
Claws
7.5 (7.5K)
Janine Sherman Barrois
Episode: "Batshit (2017)"
Master of None
8.2 (78K)
Aziz Ansari
Lena Waithe
Episode: "Thanksgiving (2017)"
Dear White People
6.3 (27K)
Justin Simien
Episode: "Chapter I (2017)"
Insecure
8.1 (24K)
Issa Rae
Episode: "Hella Great (2017)"
Insecure
8.1 (24K)
Issa Rae
Episode: "Hella Perspective (2017)"

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

Winner
Shots Fired
6.7 (2.5K)
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Episode: "Hour One: Pilot (2017)"
Queen Sugar
7.8 (6.1K)
Anthony Sparks
Episode: "What Do I Care for Morning (2017)"
Queen Sugar
7.8 (6.1K)
Ava DuVernay
Episode: "Dream Variations (2017)"
Greenleaf
7.5 (6.5K)
Erica L. Anderson
Episode: "The Bear (2017)"
This Is Us
8.7 (171K)
Vera Herbert
Episode: "Still There (2017)"

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture

Winner
Get Out
7.8 (792K)
Jordan Peele
Mudbound
7.4 (57K)
Virgil Williams
Dee Rees
The Big Sick
7.5 (149K)
Emily V. Gordon
Kumail Nanjiani
Girls Trip
6.2 (42K)
Kenya Barris
Tracy Oliver
Detroit
7.3 (58K)
Mark Boal

Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie, Documentary or Special

Winner
The New Edition Story
8.8 (3.5K)
Abdul Williams
Episode: "Part 2 (2017)"
An American Girl Story: Summer Camp, Friends for Life
6.2 (105)
Alison McDonald
When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story
6.7 (417)
Cas Sigers-Beedles
An American Girl Story: Ivy & Julie 1976 - A Happy Balance
6.5 (152)
May Chan
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
6.4 (4.2K)
Peter Landesman
Alexander Woo
George C. Wolfe

Outstanding Jazz Album

Damien Escobar
Album: "Boundless"
Cecile McLorin Salvant
Album: "Dreams and Daggers"
Somi
Album: "Petit Afrique"
Najee
Album: "Poetry in Motion"
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Album: "So It Is"

Outstanding Reality Series

All-American Muslim
4.1 (256)
Mike Mosallam(co-executive producer)
Mike Mosallam Productions

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television)

Black Mirror
8.7 (718K)
Davide Anselmi(engineer/mixer)

Vanguard Award

Winner
Memphis Sanitation 'I Am a Man' Workers

Chairman's Award

Winner
William Lucy

President's Award

Winner
Danny Glover

Entertainer of the Year Award

Winner
Ava DuVernay
Issa Rae
Chadwick Boseman
Jay-Z
Bruno Mars

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