39th NAACP Image Awards | |
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Date | February 14, 2008 |
Site | Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California |
Hosted by | D. L. Hughley |
Official website | NAACPImageAwards.net |
Highlights | |
Best Picture | The Great Debaters |
Best Comedy Series | Tyler Perry's House of Payne |
Best Drama Series | Grey's Anatomy |
Television coverage | |
Network | Fox |
The 39th NAACP Image Awards, presented by the NAACP, honored outstanding representations and achievements of people of color in motion pictures, television, music, and literature during the 2007 calendar year. The ceremony was hosted by comedian D. L. Hughley and aired on February 14, 2008, on Fox. [1] [2] [3]
The nominations were announced on January 8, 2008, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel by Richard T. Jones, Kevin Frazier, Mara Brock Akil, Dennis Hayes and awards chair Clayola Brown. [4] [5] The Great Debaters received the most nominations in the Motion Picture categories with a total of eight. [6]
All nominees are listed below, with the winners listed first in boldface.
Hall of Fame Inductee | Chairman's Award | Vanguard Award | President's Award [Note 1] |
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Outstanding News/Information – Series or Special | Outstanding Talk (Series) |
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Outstanding Reality Series | Outstanding Variety – Series or Special |
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Outstanding Children's Program | Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-series) |
Outstanding Documentary (Theatrical or Television) | |
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Outstanding Album | Outstanding New Artist |
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Outstanding Male Artist | Outstanding Female Artist |
Outstanding Song | Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration |
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Outstanding Music Video | Outstanding World Music Album |
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Outstanding Gospel Artist (Traditional or Contemporary) | Outstanding Jazz Artist |
Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction | Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction |
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Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author | Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Auto-Biography |
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Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional | Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry |
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Outstanding Literary Work – Children | Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens |
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39th NAACP Image Awards | |
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Date | February 14, 2008 |
Site | Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California |
Hosted by | D. L. Hughley |
Official website | NAACPImageAwards.net |
Highlights | |
Best Picture | The Great Debaters |
Best Comedy Series | Tyler Perry's House of Payne |
Best Drama Series | Grey's Anatomy |
Television coverage | |
Network | Fox |
The 39th NAACP Image Awards, presented by the NAACP, honored outstanding representations and achievements of people of color in motion pictures, television, music, and literature during the 2007 calendar year. The ceremony was hosted by comedian D. L. Hughley and aired on February 14, 2008, on Fox. [1] [2] [3]
The nominations were announced on January 8, 2008, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel by Richard T. Jones, Kevin Frazier, Mara Brock Akil, Dennis Hayes and awards chair Clayola Brown. [4] [5] The Great Debaters received the most nominations in the Motion Picture categories with a total of eight. [6]
All nominees are listed below, with the winners listed first in boldface.
Hall of Fame Inductee | Chairman's Award | Vanguard Award | President's Award [Note 1] |
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Outstanding News/Information – Series or Special | Outstanding Talk (Series) |
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Outstanding Reality Series | Outstanding Variety – Series or Special |
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Outstanding Children's Program | Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-series) |
Outstanding Documentary (Theatrical or Television) | |
|
Outstanding Album | Outstanding New Artist |
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Outstanding Male Artist | Outstanding Female Artist |
Outstanding Song | Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration |
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Outstanding Music Video | Outstanding World Music Album |
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Outstanding Gospel Artist (Traditional or Contemporary) | Outstanding Jazz Artist |
Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction | Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction |
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Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author | Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Auto-Biography |
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Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional | Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry |
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Outstanding Literary Work – Children | Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens |
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