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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News/Information – Series or Special
American television award
American television award
This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News/Information – Series or Special. Originally entitled Outstanding News, Talk or Information, the award was later split to honor series' and specials separately. The categories were merged back together following the 2003 ceremony, before a separate category for talk series' was created in 2008 and the category was renamed to its current title.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
1980s
| Year | Series / Special | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | ||
| *Oprah Winfrey: On Location in Forsythe County* |
1990s
| Year | Series / Special | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 – 91 | colspan="2" | |
| 1992 | ||
| *The Oprah Winfrey Show* | ||
| 1993 | ||
| *The Oprah Winfrey Show* | ||
| 1994 | ||
| *The Oprah Winfrey Show* | ||
| 1995 | ||
| *The Oprah Winfrey Show* | ||
| 1996 | See Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Series and Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Special | |
| 1997 | ||
| *BET News Special: Ron Brown – A Celebration of Life* | ||
| 60 Minutes | ||
| America's Black Forum | ||
| Biography | ||
| Dateline NBC | ||
| 1998 – 99 | See Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Series and Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Special |
2000s
| Year | Series / Special | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 – 02 | See Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Series and Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Special | |
| 2003 | ||
| *BET Tonight with Ed Gordon* | ||
| 60 Minutes II | ||
| ABC News Nightline | ||
| Biography | ||
| The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow | ||
| 2004 | ||
| *Judge Mathis* | ||
| 106 & Park Top 10 Live | ||
| American Experience | ||
| Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin | ||
| Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | ||
| 2005 | ||
| *Tavis Smiley* | ||
| American Experience | ||
| Beah: A Black Woman Speaks | ||
| Brown vs. Board of Education Anniversary | ||
| Judge Mathis | ||
| 2006 | ||
| *Tavis Smiley* | ||
| CNN | ||
| Judge Mathis | ||
| The Tyra Banks Show | ||
| Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | ||
| 2007 | ||
| *Tavis Smiley* | ||
| Biography | ||
| Crisis in Darfur | ||
| Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel | ||
| The Tyra Banks Show | ||
| 2008 | ||
| *In Conversation: The Senator Barack Obama Interview* | ||
| American Gangster | ||
| American Morning | ||
| Dr. Sonja Gupta: Saving Your Life | ||
| Good Morning America | ||
| 2009 | ||
| *In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview* | ||
| American Gangster | ||
| Anderson Cooper 360° | ||
| The Oprah Winfrey Show | ||
| Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel |
2010s
| Year | Series / Special | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
| *President Obama: The Inauguration* | ||
| Anderson Cooper 360° | ||
| CNN Presents | ||
| Judge Mathis | ||
| Leading Women | ||
| 2011 | ||
| *Unsung* | ||
| A Conversation with President Obama | ||
| Anderson Cooper 360° | ||
| Judge Mathis | ||
| Washington Watch with Roland Martin | ||
| 2012 | ||
| *Unsung* | ||
| BET News Exclusive: The President Answers Black America | ||
| Judge Mathis | ||
| Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel | ||
| Washington Watch with Roland Martin | ||
| 2013 | ||
| *Unsung* | ||
| Ask Obama Live: An MTV Interview with The President | ||
| Judge Mathis | ||
| Save My Son with Dr. Steve Perry | ||
| Washington Watch with Roland Martin | ||
| 2014 | ||
| *The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.* | ||
| Justice for Trayvon | ||
| Mandela: Freedom's Father | ||
| Oprah: Where Are They Now? | ||
| Unsung | ||
| 2015 | ||
| *Unsung* | ||
| America After Ferguson | ||
| Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | ||
| Melissa Harris-Perry | ||
| Oprah's Lifeclass | ||
| 2016 | ||
| *Unsung* | ||
| Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm | ||
| News One Now | ||
| Oprah Prime: Celebrating Dr. King and the Selma Marches 50 Years Later | ||
| Oprah: Where Are They Now? | ||
| 2017 | ||
| *BET Love and Happiness White House Special* | ||
| AM Joy with Joy Reid | ||
| StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson | ||
| Stay Woke | ||
| Unsung for Sugarhill Gang | ||
| 2018 | ||
| *Unsung* | ||
| News One Now | ||
| Oprah's Master Class | ||
| The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman | ||
| Through the Fire: The Legacy of Barack Obama | ||
| 2019 | ||
| *Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama* | ||
| AM Joy | ||
| Angela Rye's State of the Union | ||
| A Thousand Words with Michelle Obama | ||
| Unsung |
2020s
| Year | Series / Special | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| *Unsung* | ||
| Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools | ||
| Surviving R. Kelly | ||
| The Breakfast Club | ||
| The Story of God with Morgan Freeman | ||
| 2021 | ||
| *The New York Times Presents "The Killing of Breonna Taylor"* | ||
| AM Joy: Remembering John Lewis Special | ||
| Desus & Mero: The Obama Interview | ||
| The Color of COVID | ||
| The ReidOut |
Multiple wins and nominations
Wins
; 7 wins
- Unsung
; 4 wins
- The Oprah Winfrey Show ; 3 wins
- Tavis Smiley
; 2 wins
- In Conversation
Nominations
; 10 nominations
- Unsung
; 7 nominations
- Judge Mathis
; 5 nominations
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
; 3 nominations
- Anderson Cooper 360°
- Biography
- Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
- Tavis Smiley
- Washington Watch with Roland Martin ; 2 nominations
- American Experience
- American Gangster
- Anderson Cooper 360°
- In Conversation
- Oprah: Where Are They Now?
- The Tyra Banks Show
References
References
- "1989 Image Awards".
- "1992 Image Awards".
- "1993 Image Awards".
- "1994 Image Awards".
- "1995 Image Awards".
- "1997 Image Awards".
- "2003 Image Awards".
- "2004 Image Awards".
- "2005 Image Awards".
- "2006 Image Awards".
- "2007 Image Awards".
- "2008 Image Awards".
- "2009 Image Awards".
- "2010 Image Awards".
- "2011 Image Awards".
- "2012 Image Awards".
- "2013 Image Awards".
- "2013 Image Awards".
- Washington, Arlene. "Selma takes home top film honors".
- Sutton, Joe. (February 6, 2016). "NAACP Image Awards honor black achievement in Hollywood". CNN.
- Kinane, Ruth. (December 13, 2016). "Beyoncé leads the pack of 2017 NAACP Image Awards nominees". EW.
- (January 14, 2018). "NAACP Image Awards: Full List of Winners".
- (March 30, 2019). "NAACP Awards: 'Black-ish,' 'Black Panther' Top Winners List".
- (February 22, 2020). "NAACP Image Awards: Lizzo Named Entertainer of the Year; 'Just Mercy,' 'Black-ish' Among Top Winners".
- (March 28, 2021). "NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List".
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