9th Annual Black Reel TV Awards Nominations

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Written By Daniel Goldstraw.

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The nominations for the 9th Annual Black Reel TV Awards have officially been announced. The ceremony seeks to celebrate the best of Black talent across the television industry. The nominations, which were announced on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, cover 27 categories, spanning broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms.

Leading across the categories is the Netflix series Forever, which has received 12 separate nominations, closely followed by ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary with 11, and the Peacock miniseries Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, with eight nominations. Amongst the actors and actresses to have received numerous nominations for their work are Colman Domingo, who recently starred in Netflix’s The Four Seasons and The Madness, Uzo Aduba, who has been nominated for her leading role in Hulu’s The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat and the Netflix comedy series The Residence, Natasha Rothwell, who recently appeared in How to Die Alone and The White Lotus, and Aldis Hodge, for his roles in Amazon’s Cross and Leverage: Redemption.

The ceremony will be streaming on Monday, August 18, 2025. The full list of nominations can be found below:

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES

  • Abbott Elementary (ABC)

  • The Bear (FX)

  • Harlem (Prime Video)

  • The Residence (Netflix)

  • Survival of the Thickest (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

  • Cross (Prime Video)

  • Forever (Netflix)

  • Godfather of Harlem (MGM+)

  • Paradise (Hulu)

  • Reasonable Doubt (Hulu)

OUTSTANDING TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

  • Dope Thief (Apple TV+)

  • Emperor of Ocean Park (MGM+)

  • Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (Peacock)

  • Rebel Ridge (Netflix)

  • The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat (Hulu)

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, TALK, OR SKETCH – SERIES OR SPECIAL

  • The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show starring Kendrick Lamar (CBS)

  • Beyoncé Bowl (Netflix)

  • Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was… (Netflix)

  • Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall (Netflix)

  • Roy Wood Jr.: Lonely Flowers (Hulu)

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY

  • Black Barbie: A Documentary (Netflix)

  • Hollywood Black (MGM+)

  • Number One on the Call Sheet (Apple TV+)

  • Simone Biles: Rising (Netflix)

  • Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (Hulu)

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY SERIES

  • Uzo Aduba, The Residence (Netflix)

  • Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC)

  • Michelle Buteau, Survival of the Thickest (Netflix)

  • Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (FX)

  • Meagan Good, Harlem (Prime Video)

  • Delroy Lindo, UnPrisoned (Hulu)

  • Simone Missick, Government Cheese (Apple TV+)

  • David Oyelowo, Government Cheese (Apple TV+)

  • Natasha Rothwell, How to Die Alone (Hulu)

  • Kerry Washington, UnPrisoned (Hulu)

OUSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA SERIES

  • Jacob Anderson, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)

  • Sterling K. Brown, Paradise (Hulu)

  • Michael Cooper Jr., Forever (Netflix)

  • Emayatzy Corinealdi, Reasonable Doubt (Hulu)

  • Aldis Hodge, Cross (Prime Video)

  • Lashana Lynch, The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)

  • Patina Miller, Power Book III: Raising Kanan (Starz)

  • Harold Perrineau, From (MGM+)

  • Zoe Saldaña, Lioness (Paramount+)

  • Lovie Simone, Forever (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

  • Uzo Aduba, The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat (Hulu)

  • Viola Davis, G20 (Prime Video)

  • Colman Domingo, The Madness (Netflix)

  • Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat (Hulu)

  • Laurence Fishburne, Clipped (FX)

  • Brian Tyree Henry, Dope Thief (Apple TV+)

  • André Holland, The Big Cigar (Apple TV+)

  • Rashida Jones, Black Mirror (Netflix)

  • Ruth Negga, Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+)

  • Aaron Pierre, Rebel Ridge (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY SERIES

  • Tone Bell, Survival of the Thickest (Netflix)

  • Lionel Boyce, The Bear (FX)

  • William Stanford Davis, Abbott Elementary (ABC)

  • Colman Domingo, The Four Season (Netflix)

  • Janelle James, Abbott Elementary (ABC)

  • Danielle Pinnock, Ghosts (CBS)

  • Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary (ABC)

  • Susan Kelechi Watson, The Residence (Netflix)

  • Jessica Williams, Shrinking (Apple TV+)

  • Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary (ABC)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA SERIES

  • Laz Alonso, The Boys (Prime Video)

  • Rome Flynn, Godfather of Harlem (MGM+)

  • Wood Harris, Forever (Netflix)

  • Tracy Ifeachor, The Pitt (HBO Max)

  • Skye P. Marshall, Matlock (CBS)

  • Isaiah Mustafa, Cross (Prime Video)

  • Karen Pittman, Forever (Netflix)

  • Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus (HBO)

  • Daniel Sunjata, High Potential (ABC)

  • Tramell Tillman, Severance (Apple TV+)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

  • Don Cheadle, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (Peacock)

  • O-T Fagbenle, Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+)

  • Rhenzy Feliz, The Penguin (HBO)

  • Taraji P. Henson, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (Peacock)

  • Samuel L. Jackson, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (Peacock)

  • Tiffany Mack, Emperor of Ocean Park (MGM+)

  • Issa Rae, Black Mirror (Netflix)

  • Tracee Ellis Ross, Black Mirror (Netflix)

  • Ashley Walters, Adolescence (Netflix)

  • Forest Whitaker, Emperor of Ocean Park (MGM+)

OUTSTANDING GUEST PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY SERIES

  • Garcelle Beauvais, Survival of the Thickest (Netflix)

  • Cynthia Erivo, Poker Face (Peacock)

  • Giancarlo Esposito, Poker Face (Peacock)

  • Orlando Jones, Abbott Elementary (ABC)

  • Zoë Kravitz, The Studio (Apple TV+)

  • Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

  • Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

  • Cree Summer, Abbott Elementary (ABC)

  • Robert Townsend, The Bear (FX)

  • Damon Wayans Jr., Shrinking (Apple TV+)

OUSTANDING GUEST PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA SERIES

  • William Catlett, Forever (Netflix)

  • Tati Gabrielle, The Last of Us (HBO)

  • David Alan Grier, Elsbeth (CBS)

  • Aldis Hodge, Leverage: Redemption (Prime Video)

  • April Parker Jones, Bel-Air (Peacock)

  • Karen Robinson, Cross (Prime Video)

  • Glynn Turman, Paradise (Hulu)

  • Marlon Wayans, Bel-Air (Peacock)

  • Vanessa Williams, Elsbeth (CBS)

  • Jeffrey Wright, The Last of Us (HBO)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A COMEDY SERIES

  • Abbott Elementary: “The Science Fair”, Tyler James Williams (ABC)

  • The Bear: “Napkins”, Ayo Edebiri (FX)

  • The Four Seasons: “Ultimate Frisbee”, Colman Domingo (Netflix)

  • Shrinking: “In a Lonely Place”, Randall Keenan Winston (Apple TV+)

  • Survival of the Thickest: “Mind Ya Business, Bitch”, Tasha Smith (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A DRAMA SERIES

  • Cross: “Happy Birthday”, Director X (Prime Video)

  • Cross: “Hero Complex”, Nzingha Stewart (Prime Video)

  • Forever: “Forever…”, Regina King (Netflix)

  • Paradise: “In the Palaces of Crowned Kings”, Hanelle M. Culpepper (Hulu)

  • The Pitt: “7:00 PM”, Damian Marcano (HBO Max)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

  • American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez: “Birthday Money”, Paris Barclay (FX)

  • Emperor of Ocean Park: “Chapter One”, Damian Marcano (MGM+)

  • Dope Thief: “Run, Die, or Relapse”, Tanya Hamilton (Apple TV+)

  • Get Millie Black: “Janet”, Annetta Laufer (HBO Max)

  • The Penguin: “Top Hat”, Kevin Bray (HBO Max)

OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A COMEDY SERIES

  • Abbott Elementary: “Audit”, Ava Coleman (ABC)

  • Abbott Elementary: “Karaoke”, Brittani Nichols (ABC)

  • Hacks: “Cover Girls”, Samantha Riley (HBO Max)

  • Shrinking: “Changing Patterns”, Ashley Nicole Black (Apple TV+)

  • Survival of the Thickest: “It’s Not a Mo’Ment, It’s a Movement Bitch!”, Michelle Buteau (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A DRAMA SERIES

  • Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire: “I Want You More Than Anything in the World”, Coline Abert & A. Zell Williams (AMC)

  • Forever: “Forever…”, Mara Brock Akil & Danya Hu (Netflix)

  • Forever: “The Vineyard”, Norman Vance Jr. (Netflix)

  • Paradise: “The Architect of Social Well-Being”, Jason Wilborn (Hulu)

  • The Pitt: “12:00 PM”, Cynthia Adarkwa (HBO Max)

OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

  • Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist: “Round Two: Fight Night”, Shaye Ogbonna (Peacock)

  • Get Millie Black: “Janet”, Lydia Adetunji (Max)

  • Lady in the Lake: “Innocence leaves when you discover cruelty. First in others, then in yourself.”, Nambi E. Kelley (Apple TV+)

  • The Penguin: “Inside Man”, Erika L. Johnson (HBO)

  • The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, Cee Marcellus & Tina Mabry (Hulu)

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL SCORE

  • Bridgerton, Kris Bowers (Netflix)

  • Cross, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge (Prime Video)

  • Forever, Gary Gunn (Netflix)

  • Supacell, Sillkey (Netflix)

  • The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, Kathryn Bostic (Hulu)

OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION

  • All American: Homecoming, Madonna Wade-Reed (CW)

  • The Family Business: New Orleans, Rico Love (BET+)

  • Found, Madonna Wade-Reed (NBC)

  • Harlem, Megan Francoeur (Prime Video)

  • Power Book II: Ghost, Derryck “Big Tank” Thornton (Starz)

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG

  • The Acolyte: “Power of Two”, Victoria Monét, performer (Disney+)

  • Forever: “Patient”, Larry “Price” Jacks, performer (Netflix)

  • Godfather of Harlem: “Crown Don’t Make You King”, Conway the Machine & Cruel Youth, performers (MGM+)

  • Forever: “Tomorrow’s Interlude”, Until Tomorrow & Halle Burnett, performers (Netflix)

  • Government Cheese: “Opening Theme”, Pharrell Williams, performer (Apple TV+)

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • All American: Homecoming: “Ready or Not”, Hans Charles (CW)

  • The Equalizer: “Slay Ride”, Terrence Laron Burke (CBS)

  • Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist: “Round Eight: Testify”, Michael Watson (Peacock)

  • The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl, Cameron Barnett (Disney+)

  • Supacell:  “Michael”, Aaron Reid (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN

  • Beyoncé Bowl, Shiona Turini (Netflix)

  • Descendants: The Rise of Red, Emilio Sosa & Julia Caston (Disney)

  • Harlem, Anitra Michelle (Prime Video)

  • The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, Whitney Anne Adams (Hulu)

  • Survival of the Thickest, Keia Bounds (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING EDITING

  • Daredevil: Born Again: “Isle of Joy”, Stephanie Filo (Disney+)

  • Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist: “Round Three: Black Vegas”, Felicia Mignon Livingston (Peacock)

  • Get Millie Black: “Millie”, Tania Reddin (Max)

  • Grotesquerie: “In Dreams”, Shannon Davis (FX)

  • How to Die Alone: “Stop Living”, Daysha Broadway (Hulu)

OUTSTANDING MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

  • Beyoncé Bowl, Nominees TBD (Netflix)

  • Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, Nominees TBD (Peacock)

  • Harlem, Nominees TBD (Prime Video)

  • The Penguin, Nominees TBD (HBO)

  • The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, Nominees TBD (Hulu)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN

  • Beyond Black Beauty, Nicole Simmons (Prime Video)

  • The Big Cigar, Warren Alan Young (Apple TV+)

  • Government Cheese, Warren Alan Young (Apple TV+)

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