Nominees
Entertainer of the Year: D-Nice, Regina King, Trevor Noah, Tyler Perry, Viola Davis
Social Justice Impact: April Ryan, Debbie Allen, Lebron James, Stacey Abrams, Tamika Mallory
Outstanding Comedy Series: #blackAF (Netflix), Black-ish (ABC), grown-ish (Freeform), Insecure (HBO), The Last O.G. (TBS)
Outstanding Drama Series: All Rise (CBS), Bridgerton (Netflix), Lovecraft Country (HBO), Power Book II: Ghost (Starz), This Is Us (NBC)
Outstanding Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special: Hamilton (Disney+), Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu), Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (Netflix), Sylvie's Love (Amazon Studios), The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel (Lifetime)
Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special): AM Joy: Remembering John Lewis Special (MSNBC), Desus & Mero: The Obama Interview (Showtime), The Color of Covid (CNN), The New York Times Presents "The Killing of Breonna Taylor" (FX), The Reidout (NBC)
Outstanding Talk Series: Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch), Tamron Hall (Syndicated ), The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central), The Oprah Conversation (Apple TV+), The Shop: Uninterrupted (HBO)
Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition or Game Show (Series): Celebrity Family Feud (ABC), Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network), Shark Tank (ABC), United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell (CNN), Voices of Fire (Netflix)
Outstanding Variety Show (Series or Special): 8:46 (Netflix), Black Is King (Disney+), The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion (HBO Max), VERZUZ (APPLE TV), Yvonne Orji: Momma I Made It! (HBO)
Outstanding Children's Program: Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices (Netflix), Craig of the Creek (Cartoon Network), Family Reunion (Netflix), Raven's Home (Disney Channel),We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical (HBO)
Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble: Don Lemon – CNN Tonight with Don Lemon (CNN), Jada Pinkett Smith – Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch), Joy Reid – The Reidout (NBC), LeBron James – The Shop: Uninterrupted (HBO), Trevor Noah – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble: Alfonso Ribeiro – America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC),Iyanla Vanzant – Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network), Steve Harvey – Celebrity Family Feud (ABC), W. Kamau Bell – United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell (CNN), RuPaul – RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)
Outstanding Guest Performance – Comedy or Drama Series: Chris Rock – Saturday Night Live (NBC), Courtney B. Vance – Lovecraft Country (HBO), Dave Chappelle – Saturday Night Live (NBC), Issa Rae – Saturday Night Live (NBC), Loretta Devine – P-Valley (Starz)