Lifetime, HBO Lead NAACP Image Awards Noms

'Steel Magnolias' tops cable show nominations

By R. Thomas Umstead, Multichannel News -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/12/2012 1:17:47 PM

Lifetime and HBO garnered the most 2013 NAACP Image Awards nominations for cable networks, the civil rights organization announced Tuesday.

Both HBO and Lifetime earned 10 nods among cable nets in the television category, with The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) and TV One generating six and five nominations respectively. Broadcast networks ABC lead the nominees in the TV categories with 20 and 12 nominations respectively.

Lifetime's remake of the 1980s movie Steel Magnolias led all cable shows with seven nominations, including a nod for best Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special.

The 44^th Annual NAMIC Image Awards will take place Feb. 1 and air live on NBC.

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