
6th Annual Black Reel TV Award Nominees
COMEDY
Outstanding Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Quinta Brunson, showrunner

Atlanta (FX)
Donald Glover, showrunner

black-ish (ABC)
Courtney Lilly, showrunner

Insecure (HBO)
Prentice Penny, showrunner

South Side (HBO Max)
Bashir Salahuddin & Diallo Riddle, showrunners
Outstanding Actor, Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson
“black-ish” (ABC)

Don Cheadle
“Black Monday” (Showtime)

Donald Glover
“Atlanta” (FX)

Keegan-Michael Key
“Schmigadoon!” (Apple TV+)

Lamorne Morris
“Woke” (HULU)
Outstanding Actress, Comedy Series

Quinta Brunson
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

Regina Hall
“Black Monday” (Showtime)

Issa Rae
“Insecure” (HBO)

Tracee Ellis Ross
“black-ish” (ABC)

Robin Thede
“A Black Lady Sketch Show” (HBO)
Outstanding Supporting Actor , Comedy Series

Jay Ellis
“Insecure” (HBO)

Brian Tyree Henry
“Atlanta” (FX)

Dulé Hill
“The Wonder Years” (ABC)

LaKeith Stanfield
“Atlanta” (FX)

Tyler James Williams
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress, Comedy Series

Zazie Beetz
“Atlanta” (FX)

Janelle James
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

Yvonne Orji
“Insecure” (HBO)

Sheryl Lee Ralph
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

Natasha Rothwell
“Insecure” (HBO)
Outstanding Directing, Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary (ABC)
“Ava vs. The Superintendent” | Matthew A. Cherry, director

Atlanta (FX)
“Rich Wigga, Poor Wigga” | Donald Glover, director

Atlanta (FX)
“Three Slaps” | Donald Glover, director

The Flight Attendant (HBO)
“Drowning Women” | Pete Chatmon, director

The Wonder Years (ABC)
“Love & War” | Numa Perrier, director
Outstanding Writing Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary (ABC)
“Pilot” | Quinta Brunson, writer

Atlanta (FX)
“Rich Wigga, Poor Wigga” | Donald Glover, writer

Atlanta (FX)
“Three Slaps” | Stephen Glover, writer

Insecure (HBO)
“Out, Okay?” | Prentice Penny, writer

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
“Do the Right-est Thing” | Ashley Nicole Black, writer
Outstanding Guest Actor, Comedy Series

Reginald C. Hayes
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

Lil Rel Howery
“South Side” (HBO Max)

Orlando Jones
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

Sam Richardson
“Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+)

Kofi Siriboe
“Insecure” (HBO)
Outstanding Guest Actress, Comedy Series

Quinta Brunson
“A Black Lady Sketch Show” (HBO)

Lizzo
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

Michelle Obama
“black-ish” (ABC)

Adriyan Rae
“Atlanta” (FX)

Da'Vine Joy Randolph
“Only Murders in the Building” (HULU)
DRAMA
Outstanding Drama Series

Bel-Air (Peacock)
TJ Brady & Rasheed Newson, showrunners

Euphoria (HBO)
Sam Levinson, showrunner

Lupin (Netflix)
George Kay, showrunner

This Is Us (NBC)
Dan Fogelman, showrunner

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (HBO)
Max Borenstein, showrunner
Outstanding Actor, Drama Series

Sterling K. Brown
“This Is Us” (NBC)

Chiwetel Ejiofor
“The Man Who Fell to Earth” (Showtime)

Damson Idris
“Snowfall” (FX)

Omar Sy
“Lupin” (Netflix)

Forest Whitaker
“Godfather of Harlem” (EPIX)
Outstanding Actress, Drama Series

Tawny Cypress
“Yellowjackets” (Showtime)

Naomie Harris
“The Man Who Fell to Earth” (Showtime)

Queen Latifah
“The Equalizer” (CBS)

Patina Miller
“Power Book III: Raising Kanan” (Starz)

Zendaya
“Euphoria” (HBO)
Outstanding Supporting Actor, Drama Series

Giancarlo Esposito
“Better Call Saul” (AMC)

Wood Harris
“Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” (HBO)

Adrian Holmes
“Bel-Air” (Peacock)

Clarke Peters
“The Man Who Fell to Earth” (Showtime)

Olly Sholotan
“Bel-Air” (Peacock)
Outstanding Supporting Actress, Drama Series

Adjoa Andoh
“Bridgerton” (Netflix)

Coco Jones
“Bel-Air” (Peacock)

Audra McDonald
“The Gilded Age” (HBO)

Lorraine Toussaint
“The Equalizer” (CBS)

Susan Kelechi Watson
“This Is Us” (NBC)
Outstanding Directing, Drama Series

"Bel-Air" (Peacock)
“Dreams and Nightmares” | Morgan Cooper, director

"Better Call Saul" (AMC)
“Axe and Grind” | Giancarlo Esposito, director

"Bridgerton" (Netflix)
“The Viscount Who Loved Me” | Cheryl Dunye, director

"This Is Us" (NBC)
“Our Little Island Girl: Part Two” | Kevin Hooks, director

"Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty" (HBO)
“Pieces of a Man” | Tanya Hamilton, director
Outstanding Writing, Drama Series

"Bel-Air" (Peacock)
“Dreams and Nightmares” | Malcolm Spellman, Morgan Cooper, TJ Brady & Rasheed Newson, writers

"Snowfall" (FX)
“Celebration” | Walter Mosley, writer

"This Is Us" (NBC)
“Every Version of You” | Kay Oyegun, writer

"This Is Us" (NBC)
“Our Little Island Girl: Part Two” | Eboni Freeman & Susan Kelechi Watson, writers

"Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty" (HBO)
“Acceptable Loss” | Rodney Barnes & Max Borenstein, writers
Outstanding Guest Actor, Drama Series

Colman Domingo
“Euphoria” (HBO)

Ron Cephas Jones
“This Is Us” (NBC)

Delroy Lindo
“The Good Fight” (Paramount+)

Jonathan Majors
“Loki” (Disney+)

Rob Morgan
“Stranger Things” (Netflix)
Outstanding Guest Actress, Drama Series

Rosario Dawson
“The Book of Boba Fett” (Disney+)

Whoopi Goldberg
“Star Trek: Picard” (Paramount+)

Cush Jumbo
“The Good Fight” (Paramount+)

Sanaa Lathan
“Succession” (HBO)

CCH Pounder
“The Good Fight” (Paramount+)
TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES
Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series

Colin in Black & White (Netflix)
Michael Starrbury, showrunner

DMZ (HBO Max)
Roberto Patino, showrunner

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple TV+)
Diane Houslin, showrunner

True Story (Netflix)
Eric Newman, showrunner

We Own This City (HBO)
George Pelecanos, showrunner
Outstanding Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series

William Jackson Harper
“Love Life” (HBO Max)

Kevin Hart
“True Story” (Netflix)

Samuel L. Jackson
“The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” (Apple TV+)

Derek Luke
American Refugee (EPIX)

Jaden Michael
“Colin in Black & White” (Netflix)
Outstanding Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series

Viola Davis
“The First Lady” (Showtime)

Rosario Dawson
“DMZ” (HBO Max)

Cynthia Erivo
“Roar” (Apple TV+)

Zoe Kravitz
Kimi (HBO Max)

Wunmi Mosaku
“We Own This City” (HBO)
Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series

Michael Ealy
“The Woman Who in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window” (Netflix)

Jamie Hector
“We Own This City” (HBO)

David Oyelowo
“The Girl Before” (HBO Max)

Wesley Snipes
“True Story” (Netflix)

Glynn Turman
“Women of the Movement” (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series

Rosario Dawson
“Dopesick” (HULU)

Dominique Fishback
“The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” (Apple TV+)

Regina Hall
“Nine Perfect Strangers” (HULU)

Moses Ingram
“Obi-Wan Kenobi” (Disney+)

Natasha Rothwell
“The White Lotus” (HBO)
Outstanding Directing, TV Movie/Limited Series

Colin in Black & White (Netflix)
“Cornrows” | Ava DuVernay, director

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple TV+)
“Ptolemy” | Hanelle C. Culpepper, director

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple TV+)
“Robyn” | Debbie Allen, director

We Own This City (HBO)
Reinaldo Marcus Green, director

Women of the Movement (ABC)
“Mother and Son” | Gina Prince-Bythewood, director
Outstanding Writing, TV Movie/Limited Series

Colin in Black & White (Netflix)
“Cornrows” | Michael Starrbury, writer

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple TV+)
“Ptolemy” | Walter Mosley, writer

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple TV+)
“Robyn” | Walter Mosley & Jerome Hairston, writers

Maid (Netflix)
“Sea Glass” | Marcus Gardley, writer

We Own This City (HBO)
“Part Three” | D. Watkins, writer
DOCUMENTARY
Outstanding Documentary

Biography: Bobby Brown (A&E)
J. Kevin Swain, director

Black and Missing (HBO)
Geeta Gandbhir, Samantha M. Knowles, Yoruba Richen & Nadia Hallgren, directors

JANET JACKSON. (A&E)
Benjamin Hirsch, director

They Call Me Magic (Apple TV+)
Rick Famuyiwa, director

We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime)
W. Kamau Bell, director
MUSIC
Outstanding Music Supervision

Atlanta (FX)
Jen Malone, music supervisor

Bridgerton (Netflix)
Alexandra Patsavas, music supervisor

Euphoria (HBO)
Jen Malone, music supervisor

Insecure
Keir Lehman, music supervisor

Wu-Tang: An American Saga (HULU)
Mary Ramos, music supervisor
Outstanding Musical Score

Bridgerton (Netflix)
Kris Bowers, composer

Euphoria (HBO)
Labrinth, composer

Insecure (HBO)
Raphael Saadiq, composer

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (HBO)
Nicholas Britell & Robert Glasper, composers

Wu-Tang: An American Saga (HULU)
RZA, composer
Outstanding Original Song

"All I Know" (The Wonder Years)
Scotty Grand, performer
Scott Grand, Jacob Yoffee & Roahn Hylton, writers
"Change" (We the People)
H.E.R., performer
H.E.R., Flippa, Max Moore, Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman & Swagg R’Celious, writers
"Get It Girl" (Insecure)
Saweetie & Raedio, performers
Fresh Kid ice, Saweetie, Luther Campbell, Lil’ Jon, David Hobb & Liana Banks, writers
"I'm Tired" (Euphoria)
Labrinth & Zendaya, performers
Labrinth, Zendaya & Sam Levinson, writers
"Nasty Girl" (Queens)
Brandy, Eve, Naturi Naughton & Nadine Velazquez, performers
Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges & Algernod “Piles” Lanier Washington, writers
VARIETY/ SKETCH / TALK
Outstanding Variety, Talk or Sketch - Series or Special

The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock)
Jason Carden, Jennifer Socho, Zoie Mancino, producers; Amber Ruffin & Jenny Hael, executive producers

A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)
Robin Thede, showrunner

Dave Chappelle: The Closer (Netflix)
Sina Sadighi, producer

Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel (HBO)
Bo Burnham, Jerrod Carmichael, Eli Bush, Josh Senior, Matthew Vaughn, executive producers

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
Jen Flanz, showrunner

