41st NAACP Image Awards

Motion Picture

Television

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Tyler Perry's House of Payne
• 30 Rock
• Everybody Hates Chris
• Glee
• Ugly Betty

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• Daryl Mitchell - Brothers
• LaVan Davis - Tyler Perry's House of Payne
• Donald Faison - Scrubs
• Dulé Hill - Psych
• Tyler James Williams - Everybody Hates Chris

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

• Cassi Davis - Tyler Perry's House of Payne
• Tichina Arnold - Everybody Hates Chris
• America Ferrera - Ugly Betty
• C.C.H. Pounder - Brothers
• Sherri Shepherd - Sherri

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Lance Gross - Tyler Perry's House of Payne
• Tracy Morgan - 30 Rock
• Lamman Rucker - Tyler Perry's House of Payne
• Larenz Tate - Rescue Me
• Malcolm-Jamal Warner - Sherri

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Keshia Knight Pulliam - Tyler Perry's House of Payne
• Tisha Campbell-Martin - Rita Rocks
• Ana Ortiz - Ugly Betty
• Wendy Raquel Robinson - The Game
• Vanessa Williams - Ugly Betty

Outstanding Drama Series

• Lincoln Heights
• Cold Case
• Grey's Anatomy
• HawthoRNe
• The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

• Hill Harper - CSI: NY
• Anthony Anderson - Law & Order
• Taye Diggs - Private Practice
• Laurence Fishburne - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• LL Cool J - NCIS: Los Angeles

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

• Jada Pinkett Smith - HawthoRNe
• Regina King - Southland
• Sandra Oh - Grey's Anatomy
• Jill Scott - The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency
• Chandra Wilson - Grey's Anatomy

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Delroy Lindo - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Rocky Carroll - NCIS
• Mekhi Phifer - Lie to Me
• James Pickens Jr. - Grey's Anatomy
• Corey Reynolds - The Closer

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• S. Epatha Merkerson - Law & Order
• Audra McDonald - Private Practice
• Anika Noni Rose - The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency
• Gabrielle Union - Flash Forward
• Jurnee Smollett - Friday Night Lights

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series, or Dramatic Special

• Gifted Hands
• America
• Brick City
• Georgia O'Keeffe
• Relative Stranger

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series, or Dramatic Special

• Cuba Gooding Jr. - Gifted Hands
• Eriq La Salle - Relative Stranger
• Gus Hoffman - Gifted Hands
• Jaishon Fisher - Gifted Hands
• Phillip Johnson - America

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series, or Dramatic Special

• Kimberly Elise - Gifted Hands
• Aunjanue Ellis - Gifted Hands
• Cicely Tyson - Relative Stranger
• Rosie O'Donnell - America
• Ruby Dee - America

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

*Cornelius Smith Jr. - All My Children

• Bryton James - The Young and the Restless
• Cassius Willis - The Young and the Restless
• Terrell Tilford - One Life to Live
• Texas Battle - The Bold and the Beautiful

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

*Debbi Morgan - All My Children

• Daphnee Duplaix - One Life to Live
• Eva Marcille - The Young and the Restless
• Tatyana Ali - The Young and the Restless
• Tonya Lee Williams - The Young and the Restless

Outstanding News/Information - (Series or Special)

• The Inauguration of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States
• Anderson Cooper 360: President Obama's African Journey
• CNN Presents: Reclaiming the Dream 2
• Judge Mathis
• Leading Women: India.Arie, Dr. Maya Angelou

Outstanding Talk Series

*The Mo'Nique Show

• Lopez Tonight
• The Tyra Banks Show
• The View
• The Wanda Sykes Show

Outstanding Reality Series

*Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

• American Idol
• America's Next Top Model
• Dancing with the Stars
• Real Housewives of Atlanta

Outstanding Variety

• The Michael Jackson Memorial: Celebrating the Life of Michael Jackson
• BET Awards 2009
• Bill Cosby: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
• Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me
• We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

Outstanding Children's Program

*Dora the Explorer

• The Backyardigans
• Go, Diego, Go!
• True Jackson, VP
• Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Program - (Series or Special)

• Keke Palmer - True Jackson VP
• Caitlin Sanchez - Dora the Explorer
• LaShawn Jefferies - The Backyardigans
• Nick Cannon - 2009 Nickelodeon HALO Awards
• Selena Gomez - Wizards of Waverly Place

Writing

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

*The Office

• Brothers
• The Game
• The Simpsons
• Psych

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

*Grey's Anatomy

• True Blood
• Lincoln Heights
• House
• Grey's Anatomy

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture

Directing

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

*30 Rock

• Community
• Drop Dead Diva
• Everybody Hates Chris
• The Office

Outstanding Directing for a Dramatic Series

*Grey's Anatomy

• Battlestar Galactica
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Dexter
• Lincoln Heights

Outstanding Directing for a Motion Picture

Recording

Outstanding New Artist

*Keri Hilson

• Jeremih
• K'Jon
• Kristinia DeBarge
• Melanie Fiona

Outstanding Male Artist

*Maxwell

• Anthony Hamilton
• Charlie Wilson
• Jay-Z
• Ne-Yo

Outstanding Female Artist

*Mary J. Blige

• Alicia Keys
• India.Arie
• Rihanna
• Whitney Houston

Outstanding Duo, Group, or Collaboration

• The Black Eyed Peas
• 3 Mo' Divas
• Day26
• Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys - "Empire State of Mind
• Jay-Z featuring Rihanna and Kanye West - "Run This Town"

Outstanding Jazz Album

*He and She - Wynton Marsalis

• Detroit - Gerald Wilson Orchestra
• Kind of Brown - Christian McBride & Inside Straight
• Poetically Justified - Marcus Johnson
• The Real Thing - Vanessa Williams

Outstanding Gospel Album

*Still - BeBe & CeCe Winans

• A City Called Heaven - Shirley Caesar
• How I Got Over - Vickie Winans
• Love Unstoppable - Fred Hammond
• We Are All One: Live In Detroit - Donnie McClurkin

Outstanding Music Video

*I Look to You - Whitney Houston

• Blame It - Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain
• Boom Boom Pow - The Black Eyed Peas
• Pretty Wings - Maxwell
• Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart - Alicia Keys

Outstanding Song

*God in Me - Mary Mary

• Bad Habits - Maxwell
• Blame It - Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain
• Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys
• Pretty Wings - Maxwell

Outstanding Album

*Stronger with Each Tear - Mary J. Blige

• The Blueprint 3 - Jay-Z
• BLACKsummers'night - Maxwell
• The Element of Freedom - Alicia Keys
• Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel - Mariah Carey

References

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