TCA: BET Tops NAACP Image Awards Nominations

By R. Thomas Umstead
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Complete Coverage: TCA Winter Press Tour 2014

Pasadena—BET drew 19 NAACP Image Awards nominations to lead all cable and broadcast TV networks, the civil rights organization and TV One announced Wednesday.

TV One, which will televise live the Feb. 22 NAACP Image Awards telecast, presented the nominations during a star-studded session in its Television Critics Association Winter tour session here. The NAACP Image Awards celebrate the accomplishments of people of color in the fields on television, music, literature and film.

CBS drew 16 nominations, while ABC and HBO garnered 15 and 13 nominations respectively.

BET drew multiple nominations in several categories, including Outstanding Comedy Series where the network’s The Game and Real Husbands of Hollywood will contend against Showtime’s House Of Lies, ABC’s Modern Family and TV Land’s The Soul Man.

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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.