NAACP Image Awards: 53rd NAACP Image Awards (S2022EP1 BET Sat 26 Feb 2022)

53rd NAACP Image Awards: Will be hosted by seven-time NAACP Image Awards Winner Anthony Anderson.

Academy Award-nominated actor and producer Samuel L. Jackson will receive the prestigious Chairman’s Award.

Entertainer of the Year nominees: Jennifer Hudson, Lil Nas X, Megan Thee Stallion, Regina King, Tiffany Haddish  

Outstanding Motion Picture: Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures), King Richard (Warner Bros. Pictures), Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/United Artists Releasing), The Harder They Fall (Netflix), The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu Original / New Slate Ventures / Lee Daniels Entertainment / Roth-Krischenbaum Films)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture: Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth (Apple TV+ / A24), Jonathan Majors – The Harder They Fall (Netflix), LaKeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures), Mahershala Ali – Swan Song (Apple TV+), Will Smith – King Richard (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu Original / New Slate Ventures / Lee Daniels Entertainment / Roth-Krischenbaum Films), Halle Berry – Bruised (Netflix), Jennifer Hudson – Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/United Artists Releasing), Tessa Thompson – Passing (Netflix), Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie (Netflix)

Airdate: Sat 26 Feb 2022 at 20:00 on BET

Season 2022 Episode 1

An NAACP Image Award is an accolade presented by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color infilm, television, music, and literature. Similar to other awards, like the Oscars and the Grammys, the 35 categories of the Image Awards are voted on by the award organization’s members (that is, NAACP members). Honorary awards (similar to the Academy Honorary Award) have also been included, such as the President’s Award, the Chairman’s Award, Entertainer of the Year and The Image Award Hall of Fame. The award ceremony was first presented in 1967 and was first nationally televised in 1994 on the Fox Network. The first live broadcast of the event, also on the Fox Network, occurred in 2007 for its 38th edition (up until 2007, the ceremony had been broadcast with tape delay) and the annual ceremonies usually take place in or around the Los Angeles, United States (US) area, in February or early March. The 44th edition aired on NBC.