Lifetime Tops Cable’s NAACP Image Awards Noms

By R. Thomas Umstead
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Lifetime generated the lion’s share of cable nominations for the NAACP Image Awards, the civil rights organization announced Tuesday.

Lifetime garnered 16 nominations — including multiple nominations for its original movies The Trip To Bountiful and A Day Late and a Dollar Short — while BET took home 14 nominations. Overall ABC led all cable networks with 25.

Showtime, Comedy Central, HBO, FX, OWN, MSNBC, Nickelodeon and ESPN all garnered multiple nominations for the Image Awards, which celebrate the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film.

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R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.