| Outstanding Comedy Series |
| “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix) |
| “black-ish” (ABC) |
| “House of Lies” (Showtime) |
| “Key & Peele” (Comedy Central) |
| “Real Husbands of Hollywood” (BET) |
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| Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series |
| Andre Braugher – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (FOX) |
| Anthony Anderson – “‘black-ish” (ABC) |
| Don Cheadle – “House of Lies” (Showtime) |
| Keegan-Michael Key – “Key & Peele” (Comedy Central) |
| Kevin Hart – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” (BET) |
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| Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series |
| Mindy Kaling – “The Mindy Project” (FOX) |
| Niecy Nash – “The Soul Man” (TV Land) |
| Tracee Ellis Ross – “black-ish” (ABC) |
| Uzo Aduba – “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix) |
| Wendy Raquel Robinson – “The Game” (BET) |
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| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
| Boris Kodjoe – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” (BET) |
| Glynn Turman – “House of Lies” (Showtime) |
| Laurence Fishburne – “black-ish” (ABC) |
| Marcus Scribner – “black-ish” (ABC) |
| Terry Crews – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (FOX) |
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| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |
| Adrienne C. Moore – “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix) |
| Laverne Cox – “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix) |
| Lorraine Toussaint – “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix) |
| Sofia Vergara – “Modern Family” (ABC) |
| Yara Shahidi – “black-ish” (ABC) |
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| Outstanding Drama Series |
| “Being Mary Jane” (BET) |
| “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC) |
| “House of Cards” (Netflix) |
| “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC) |
| “Scandal” (ABC) |
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| Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series |
| LL Cool J – “NCIS: LA” (CBS) |
| Omar Epps – “Resurrection” (ABC) |
| Omari Hardwick – “Being Mary Jane” (BET) |
| Shemar Moore – “Criminal Minds” (CBS) |
| Taye Diggs – “Murder in the First” (TNT) |
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| Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series |
| Gabrielle Union – “Being Mary Jane” (BET) |
| Kerry Washington – “Scandal” (ABC) |
| Nicole Beharie – “Sleepy Hollow” (FOX) |
| Octavia Spencer – “Red Band Society” (FOX) |
| Viola Davis – “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC) |
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| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series |
| Alfred Enoch – “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC) |
| Courtney B. Vance – “Masters of Sex” (Showtime) |
| Guillermo Diaz – “Scandal” (ABC) |
| Jeffrey Wright – “Boardwalk Empire” (HBO) |
| Joe Morton – “Scandal” (ABC) |
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| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
| Aja Naomi King – “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC) |
| Alfre Woodard – “State of Affairs” (NBC) |
| Chandra Wilson – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC) |
| Khandi Alexander – “Scandal” (ABC) |
| Jada Pinkett Smith – “Gotham” (FOX) |
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| Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special |
| “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks) |
| “American Horror Story: Freak Show” (FX) |
| “Drumline: A New Beat” (VH1) |
| “The Gabby Douglas Story” (Lifetime Networks) |
| “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks) |
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| Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special |
| Blair Underwood – “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks) |
| Charles S. Dutton – “Comeback Dad” (UP Entertainment) |
| Larenz Tate – “Gun Hill” (BET) |
| Mekhi Phifer – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks) |
| Ving Rhames – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks) |
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| Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special |
| Angela Bassett – “American Horror Story: Freak Show” (FX) |
| Cicely Tyson – “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks) |
| Keke Palmer – “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks) |
| Regina King – “The Gabby Douglas Story” (Lifetime Networks) |
| Vanessa Williams – “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks) |
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| Outstanding News/ Information (Series or Special) |
| “America After Ferguson” (PBS) |
| “Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” (PBS) |
| “Melissa Harris Perry” (MSNBC) |
| “Oprah’s Lifeclass” (OWN) |
| “Unsung” (TV One) |
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| Outstanding Talk Series |
| “Oprah Prime” (OWN) |
| “Steve Harvey” (Syndicated) |
| “The Queen Latifah Show” (Syndicated) |
| “The View” (ABC) |
| “The Wendy Williams Show” (Syndicated) |
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| Outstanding Reality Series |
| “Shark Tank” (ABC) |
| “Iyanla: Fix My Life” (OWN) |
| “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC) |
| “The Voice” (NBC) |
| “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” (OWN) |
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| Outstanding Variety (Series or Special) |
| “BET Awards” (BET) |
| “Family Feud” (Syndicated) |
| “On the Run: Beyoncé and Jay Z” (HBO) |
| “Oprah’s Master Class” (OWN) |
| “UNCF An Evening of Stars” (NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, The CW, BET, Centric) |
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| Outstanding Children’s Program |
| “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior) |
| “Anna Deavere Smith: A Youngarts Masterclass” (HBO) |
| “HALO Awards” (Nickelodeon) |
| “Dora and Friends: Into The City!” (Nickelodeon) |
| “Kid President: Declaration of Awesome” (HUB) |
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| Outstanding Performance by a Youth in a Youth/Children’s Program (Series or Special) |
| Amber Montana – “Haunted Hathaways” (Nickelodeon) |
| China Anne McClain – “How to Build a Better Boy” (Disney Channel) |
| Curtis Harris – “Haunted Hathaways” (Nickelodeon) |
| Fatima Ptacek – “Dora and Friends: Into The City!” (Nickelodeon) |
| Taliyah Whitaker – “Wallykazam!” (Nickelodeon) |
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| Outstanding Host in a Talk, Reality, News/Information or Variety Series |
| Steve Harvey – “Steve Harvey” (Syndicated) |
| Queen Latifah – “The Queen Latifah Show” (Syndicated) |
| Chris Rock – “BET Awards” (BET) |
| Gwen Ifill – “America After Ferguson” (PBS) |
| Melissa Harris Perry – “Melissa Harris Perry” (MSNBC) |
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| Outstanding New Artist |
| Aloe Blacc (XIX Recordings/Interscope Records) |
| Erica Campbell (My Block Inc./eOne Music) |
| Jhene Aiko (Def Jam Recordings) |
| Liv Warfield (Kobalt Label Services) |
| 3 Winans Brothers (BMG) |
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| Outstanding Male Artist |
| John Legend (Columbia Records) |
| Kem (Motown – Capitol) |
| Kendrick Lamar (Interscope Records) |
| Michael Jackson (Epic Records) |
| Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records) |
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| Outstanding Female Artist |
| Alicia Keys (RCA Records) |
| Beyoncé (Columbia Records) |
| Jennifer Hudson (RCA Records) |
| Ledisi (Verve Records) |
| Mary J Blige (Capitol) |
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| Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration |
| “Being With You” – Smokey Robinson feat. Mary J Blige (Verve) |
| “Brand New” – Pharrell Williams feat. Justin Timberlake (Columbia Records) |
| “Gust of Wind” – Pharrell Williams feat. Daft Punk (Columbia Records) |
| “Love, Marriage & Divorce” – Toni Braxton & Babyface (Def Jam Recordings) |
| “Stay with Me” – Sam Smith feat. Mary J Blige (Capitol) |
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| Outstanding Jazz Album |
| “My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke” – Al Jarreau (Concord) |
| “Dave Koz and Friends: The 25th of December” – Dave Koz (Concord Records) |
| “Beautiful Life” – Dianne Reeves (Concord) |
| “Living My Dream” – Jonathan Butler (Rendezvous Music) |
| “Up” – Stanley Clarke (Mack Avenue Records) |
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| Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary) |
| “Duets” – Donnie McClurkin (RCA Inspiration) |
| “Help” – Erica Campbell (My Block Inc./eOne Music) |
| “I Will Trust” – Fred Hammond (RCA Inspiration) |
| “Where My Heart Belongs” – Gladys Knight (Shadow Mountain Records) |
| “Journey To Freedom” – Michelle Williams (eOne Music) |
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| Outstanding Music Video |
| “Pretty Hurts” – Beyoncé (Columbia Records) |
| “You & I (Nobody in the World)” – John Legend (Columbia Records) |
| “It’s You” – KEM (Motown – Capitol) |
| “i” – Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Interscope) |
| “Love Never Felt So Good” – Michael Jackson feat. Justin Timberlake (Epic Records) |
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| Outstanding Song |
| “We Are Here” – Alicia Keys (RCA Records) |
| “The Man” – Aloe Blacc (Interscope Records) |
| “Pretty Hurts” – Beyoncé (Columbia Records) |
| “i” – Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Interscope) |
| “Good Kisser” – Usher (RCA Records) |
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| Outstanding Album |
| “Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics” – Aretha Franklin (RCA Records) |
| “Beyoncé Platinum Edition” – Beyoncé (Columbia Records) |
| “JHUD” – Jennifer Hudson (RCA Records) |
| “G I R L” – Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records) |
| “Love, Marriage & Divorce” – Toni Braxton & Babyface (Def Jam Recordings) |
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| Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction |
| “A Wanted Woman” – Eric Jerome Dickey (Penguin Random House) |
| “An Untamed State” – Roxane Gay (Grove/Atlantic – Black Cat) |
| “Another Woman’s Man” – Shelly Ellis (Kensington Publishing Corp.) |
| “Momma: Gone” – Nina Foxx (Brown Girls Publishing) |
| “The Prodigal Son” – Kimberla Lawson Roby (Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group) |
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| Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction |
| “Bad Feminist” – Roxane Gay (Harper Perennial/HarperCollins) |
| “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” – Bryan Stevenson (Spiegel & Grau) |
| “Place not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America” – Sheryll Cashin (Beacon Press) |
| “The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act” – Clay Risen (Bloomsbury Press) |
| “Who We Be: The Colorization of America” – Jeff Chang (St. Martin’s Press) |
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| Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author |
| “Forty Acres” – Dwayne Alexander Smith (Atria Books) |
| “Queen Sugar” – Natalie Baszile (Pamela Dorman Books/Penguin Random House) |
| “Remedy For A Broken Angel” – Toni Ann Johnson (Nortia Press) |
| “The 16th Minute of Fame: An Insider’s Guide for Maintaining Success Beyond 15 Minutes of Fame” – Darrell Miller (Dunham Books) |
| “Time of the Locust” – Morowa Yejide (Atria Books) |
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| Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/ Auto Biography |
| “Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine” – Louis Sullivan with David Chanoff (University of Georgia Press) |
| “Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair)” – Rosie Perez (Crown Archetype) |
| “Life In Motion” – Misty Copeland (Touchstone) |
| “Mayor for Life” – Marion Barry, Omar Tyree (Strebor Books) |
| “Stand Up Straight and Sing!” – Jessye Norman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) |
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| Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional |
| “101 Scholarship Applications: What It Takes to Obtain a Debt-Free College Education” – Gwen Richardson (Cushcity Communications) |
| “10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse” – JJ Smith (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster) |
| “Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed” – Bryant Terry (Ten Speed Press) |
| “Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System” – Robbin Shipp, Nick Chiles (Agate Bolden) |
| “Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life” – Joe Brewster, Michele Stephenson, Hilary Beard (Spiegel & Grau) |
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| Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry |
| “Citizen: An American Lyric” – Claudia Rankine (Graywolf Press) |
| “Digest” – Gregory Pardlo (Four Way Books) |
| “The New Testament” – Jericho Brown (Copper Canyon Press) |
| “The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013″ – Derek Walcott, Selected by Glyn Maxwell (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) |
| “We Didn’t Know Any Gangsters” – Brian Gilmore (Cherry Castle Publishing, LLC) |
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| Outstanding Literary Work – Children |
| “Beautiful Moon” – Tonya Bolden (Author), Eric Velasquez (Illustrator) (Abrams/Abrams Books for Young Readers) |
| “Little Melba and Her Big Trombone” – Katheryn Russell-Brown (Author), Frank Morrison (Illustrator) (Lee & Low Books) |
| “Malcolm Little” – Ilyasah Shabazz (Author), AG Ford (Illustrator) (Simon & Schuster) |
| “Searching for Sarah Rector” – Tonya Bolden (Abrams/Abrams Books for Young Readers) |
| “Dork Diaries 8: Tales From A Note-So-Happily Ever After” – Rachel Renee Russell with Nikki Russell and Erin Russell (Simon & Schuster) |
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| Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens |
| “Because They Marched: The People’s Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America” – Russell Freedman (Holiday House) |
| “Brown Girl Dreaming” – Jacqueline Woodson (Nancy Paulsen Books) |
| “Revolution” – Deborah Wiles (Scholastic Press) |
| “The Freedom Summer Murders” – Don Mitchell (Scholastic Press) |
| “The Red Pencil” – Andrea Davis Pinkney (Author), Shane Evans (Illustrator) (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) |
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| Outstanding Motion Picture |
| “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films) |
| “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media) |
| “Dear White People” (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions) |
| “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures) |
| “Selma” (Paramount Pictures) |
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| Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture |
| Chadwick Boseman – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures) |
| David Oyelowo – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures) |
| Denzel Washington – “The Equalizer” (Columbia Pictures) |
| Idris Elba – “No Good Deed” (Screen Gems) |
| Nate Parker – “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media) |
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| Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture |
| Gugu Mbatha-Raw – “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films) |
| Quvenzhané Wallis – “Annie” (Columbia Pictures) |
| Taraji P. Henson – “No Good Deed” (Screen Gems) |
| Tessa Thompson – “Dear White People” (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions) |
| Viola Davis – “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby” (The Weinstein Company) |
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| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture |
| André Holland – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures) |
| Cedric the Entertainer – “Top Five” (Paramount Pictures) |
| Common – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures) |
| Danny Glover – “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media) |
| Wendell Pierce – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures) |
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| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture |
| Carmen Ejogo – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures) |
| Jill Scott – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures) |
| Octavia Spencer – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures) |
| Oprah Winfrey – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures) |
| Viola Davis – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures) |
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| Outstanding Independent Motion Picture |
| “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films) |
| “Dear White People” (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions) |
| “Half of a Yellow Sun” (monterey media inc.) |
| “Life of a King” (Animus Films/Serena Films) |
| “JIMI: All Is By My Side” (XLrator Media) |
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| Outstanding Documentary (Film) |
| “Documented” (Apo Anak Productions) |
| “Finding Fela” (Jigsaw Productions) |
| “I Am Ali” (Focus World/Fisheye Films) |
| “Keep On Keepin On” (RADiUS) |
| “Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People” (Chimpanzee Productions, Inc.) |
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| Outstanding Documentary (Television) |
| “American Experience: Freedom Summer” (PBS) |
| “Bad Boys” (ESPN) |
| “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown” (HBO) |
| “Rand University” (ESPN) |
| “The War Comes Home: Soledad O’Brien Reports” (CNN) |
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| Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series |
| Brigitte Munoz-Liebowitz – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” – Road Trip (FOX) |
| Aisha Muharrar – “Parks and Recreation” – Ann & Chris (NBC) |
| Regina Hicks – “Instant Mom” – A Kids’s Choice (Nickelodeon and Nick@Nite) |
| Sara Hess – “Orange is the New Black” – It Was the Change (Netflix) |
| Mindy Kaling – “The Mindy Project” – Danny and Mindy (FOX) |
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| Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series |
| Zahir McGhee – “Scandal” – Mama Said Knock You Out (ABC) |
| Erika Green Swafford – “How to Get Away with Murder” – Let’s Get To Scooping (ABC) |
| Mara Brock Akil – “Being Mary Jane” – Uber Love (BET) |
| Warren Leight, Julie Martin – “Law & Order: SVU” – American Disgrace (NBC) |
| Zoanne Clack – “Grey’s Anatomy” – You Be Illin’ (ABC) |
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| Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie |
| Karin Gist, Regina Hicks – “Drumline: A New Beat” (VH1) |
| Reggie Bythewood – “Gun Hill” (BET) |
| Shernold Edwards – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks) |
| Sterling Anderson, Maria Nation – “The Gabby Douglas Story” (Lifetime Networks) |
| Sharon Brathwaite, Peres Owino – “Seasons of Love” (Lifetime Networks) |
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| Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture |
| Chris Rock – “Top Five” (Paramount Pictures) |
| Richard Wenk – “The Equalizer” (Columbia Pictures) |
| Misan Sagay – “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films) |
| Justin Simien – “Dear White People” (Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate) |
| Margaret Nagle – “The Good Lie” (Alcon Entertainment) |
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| Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series |
| Ken Whittingham – “Parks and Recreation” – Prom (NBC) |
| Ken Whittingham – “The Mindy Project” – Think Like a Peter (FOX) |
| Reginald Hudlin – “Bad Judge” – Knife to a Gunfight (NBC) |
| Linda Mendoza – “Bad Judge” – One Brave Waitress (NBC) |
| Stan Lathan – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” – No New Friends (BET) |
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| Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series |
| Anton Cropper – “Suits” – One-Two-Three Go… (USA) |
| Carl Franklin – “House of Cards” – Chapter 14 (Netflix) |
| Cary Joji Fukunaga – “True Detective” – Who Goes There (HBO) |
| Hanelle Culpepper – “Criminal Minds” – The Edge of Winter (CBS) |
| Millicent Shelton – “The Divide” – And the Little Ones Get Caught (WE tv) |
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| Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie |
| Bille Woodruff – “Drumline: A New Beat” (VH1) |
| Gregg Champion – “The Gabby Douglas Story” (Lifetime Networks) |
| Michael Wilson – “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks) |
| Reggie Bythewood – “Gun Hill” (BET) |
| Stephen Tolkin – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks) |
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| Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture |
| Amma Asante – “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films) |
| Antoine Fuqua – “The Equalizer” (Columbia Pictures) |
| Ava DuVernay – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures) |
| John Ridley – “JIMI: All Is By My Side” (XLrator Media) |
| Gina Prince-Bythewood – “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media) |
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| Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance |
| Jamie Foxx – “Rio 2″ (20th Century Fox) |
| Loretta Devine – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior) |
| Morgan Freeman – “The Lego Movie” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Village Roadshow Pictures/Ratpac-Dune Entertainment/Lego System A/S/Vertigo Entertainment/Lin Pictures) |
| Tracy Morgan – “The Boxtrolls” (Focus Features) |
| Zoe Saldana – “The Book of Life” (20th Century Fox) |
