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We person nan nominees for nan 10th yearly Black Reel TV Awards, pinch Ryan Coogler’s Disney+/Marvel play Ironheart leading nan section pinch 10. ABC drama Abbott Elementary is adjacent pinch 9 noms, followed by HBO’s creepshow IT: Welcome to Derry and Netflix telefilm Ruth & Boaz pinch 7 each.
Netflix led each networks and platforms pinch 35 nominations, followed by HBO pinch 20, Hulu pinch 17 and ABC and Prime Video pinch 14 each. Apple TV scored 13 noms. See nan afloat database below.
The 2026 Black Reel TV Awards aka Bolts — celebrating excellence successful tv crossed comedy, drama, constricted series, TV movies, documentaries, assortment programming, acting, directing, writing, euphony and method accomplishment — will beryllium handed retired August 17.
With today’s noms, Abbott Elementary now is nan most-nominated bid successful Bolts history pinch 54, while Yahya Abdul-Mateen II becomes nan first performer ever nominated for some Lead Performance successful a Comedy Series and Lead Performance successful a Drama Series successful nan aforesaid year, for Disney+’s Wonder Man and Netflix’s Man connected Fire, respectively.
“As we observe our 10th twelvemonth recognizing excellence successful television, this year’s nominees bespeak nan bonzer depth, range, and taste effect of Black productivity crossed each area of nan industry,” said Tim Gordon, laminitis of nan Black Reel Awards. “From breakout performances to landmark achievements down nan camera, these nominations grant artists and storytellers who proceed to grow what tv tin be.”
Here are nan nominations for nan 2026 Black Reel TV Awards:
Outstanding Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
The Bear (FX connected Hulu)
The ‘Burbs (Peacock)
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (NBC)
Wonder Man (Disney+)
Outstanding Drama Series
Industry (HBO)
IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO)
Man connected Fire (Netflix)
Paradise (Hulu)
Reasonable Doubt (Hulu)
Outstanding TV Movie aliases Limited Series
Demascus (Tubi)
His & Hers (Netflix)
Imperfect Women (Apple TV+)
Ironheart (Disney+)
Washington Black (Hulu)
Outstanding Variety, Sketch aliases Talk – Series aliases Special
A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live: The 21st Night of September (CBS)
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy (Netflix)
Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable (Netflix)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (Syndication)
Josh Johnson: Symphony (HBO Max)
Outstanding Documentary
Allen Iv3rson (Prime Video)
Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott (ESPN)
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (Netflix)
Magic City: An American Fantasy (Starz)
Sean Combs: The Reckoning (Netflix)
Outstanding Lead Performance successful a Comedy Series
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Wonder Man (Disney+)
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (FX connected Hulu)
David Alan Grier, St. Denis Medical (NBC)
Keke Palmer, The ‘Burbs (Peacock)
Maya Rudolph, Loot (Apple TV+)
Adjani Salmon, Dreaming Whilst Black (Showtime)
Jaz Sinclair, Gen V (Prime Video)
Vince Staples, The Vince Staples Show (Netflix)
Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams, The Ms. Pat Show (BET+)
Outstanding Lead Performance successful a Drama Series
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Man connected Fire (Netflix)
Jovan Adepo, IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO)
Angela Bassett, 9-1-1 (ABC)
Sterling K. Brown, Paradise (Hulu)
Emayatzy Corinealdi, Reasonable Doubt (Hulu)
Aldis Hodge, Cross (Prime Video)
Chase Infiniti, The Testaments (Hulu)
Myha’la, Industry (HBO)
Y’lan Noel, Nemesis (Netflix)
Zendaya, Euphoria (HBO)
Outstanding Lead Performance successful a TV Movie aliases Limited Series
Idris Elba, Heads of State (Prime Video)
Taraji P. Henson, Straw (Netflix)
Ernest Kingsley Jr., Washington Black (Hulu)
Okieriete Onaodowan, Demascus (Tubi)
Winston Sawyers, Lord of nan Flies (Netflix)
Serayah, Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)
Daryl Stephens, Noah’s Arc: The Movie (Paramount+)
Dominique Thorne, Ironheart (Disney+)
Tessa Thompson, His & Hers (Netflix)
Kerry Washington, Imperfect Women (Apple TV+)
Outstanding Supporting Performance successful a Comedy Series
Erika Alexander, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (NBC)
Danielle Brooks, Peacemaker (HBO Max)
Danielle Deadwyler, Rooster (HBO)
Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons (Netflix)
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Lamorne Morris, Spider-Noir (Prime Video)
Danielle Pinnock, Ghosts (CBS)
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Jessica Williams, Shrinking (Apple TV+)
Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Performance successful a Drama Series
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Euphoria (HBO)
Kyle Bary, Reasonable Doubt (Hulu)
Nicole Beharie, The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Chris Chalk, IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO)
Gabrielle Dennis, Nemesis (Netflix)
Skye P. Marshall, Matlock (CBS)
Taylour Paige, IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO)
Karen Pittman, The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Sonja Sohn, Will Trent (ABC)
Alfre Woodard, The Boroughs (Netflix)
Outstanding Supporting Performance successful a TV Movie aliases Limited Series
Sterling K. Brown, Washington Black (Prime Video)
Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Old Guard 2 (Netflix)
Sope Dirisu, Black Rabbit (Netflix)
Jay Ellis, All Her Fault (Peacock)
Crystal Fox, His & Hers (Netflix)
Leslie Odom Jr., Imperfect Women (Apple TV+)
Wendell Pierce, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War (Prime Video)
Anthony Ramos, Ironheart (Disney+)
Lyric Ross, Ironheart (Disney+)
Joy Sunday, DTF St. Louis (HBO)
Outstanding Guest Performance successful a Comedy Series
Khandi Alexander, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
RJ Cyler, The ‘Burbs (Peacock)
Danielle Deadwyler, The Bear (FX connected Hulu)
Zach Fox, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Taraji P. Henson, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Samuel L. Jackson, Tulsa King (Paramount+)
Clifford “Method Man” Smith, Poker Face (Peacock)
Octavia Spencer, Running Point (Netflix)
Robert Townsend, The Bear (FX connected Hulu)
Damon Wayans Jr., Shrinking (Apple TV+)
Outstanding Guest Performance successful a Drama Series
Morris Chestnut, Reasonable Doubt (Hulu)
Giancarlo Esposito, The Boys (Prime Video)
Danielle Deadwyler, Euphoria (HBO)
Colman Domingo, Euphoria (HBO)
Yvette Freeman, Will Trent (ABC)
Ernest Harden Jr., The Pitt (HBO Max)
Ayeshia Harris, The Pitt (HBO Max)
Leslie Uggams, The Gilded Age (HBO)
Malcolm Jamal Warner, Murder successful a Small Town (FOX)
Susan Kelechi Watson, Will Trent (ABC)
Outstanding Directing successful a Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary, “Mall Part 2: Questions & Concerns”, Tyler James Williams, head (ABC)
The Bear, “Worms”, Janicza Bravo, head (FX connected Hulu)
The Four Seasons, “Hiking”, Colman Domingo, head (Netflix)
Shrinking, “And That’s Our Time” , Randall Keenan Winston, head (Apple TV+)
Wonder Man, “Callback”, Tiffany Johnson, head (Disney+)
Outstanding Directing successful a Drama Series
The Gilded Age, “My Mind is Made Up”, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, head (HBO)
IT: Welcome to Derry, “29 Neibolt Street” , Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr., head (HBO)
The Morning Show, “Amari”, Millicent Shelton, head (Apple TV+)
Paradise, “Exodus”, Hanelle M. Culpepper, head (Hulu)
The Pitt, “4:00 PM”, Damian Marcano, head (HBO Max)
Outstanding Directing successful a TV Movie aliases Limited Series
Imperfect Women, ‘The Bridge”, Jet Wilkinson, head (Apple TV+)
Ironheart, “The Past is nan Past”, Angela Barnes, head (Disney+)
Love Story: John F. Kennedy & Carolyn Bessette, “Battery Park”, Crystle Roberson Dorsey, head (FX )
The Man successful My Basement, Nadia Latif, head (Hulu)
Ruth & Boaz, Alanna Brown, head (Netflix)
Outstanding Writing successful a Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary, “Team Building”, Quinta Brunson, writer (ABC)
The Bear, “Worms”, Lionel Boyce & Ayo Edebiri, writers (FX connected Hulu)
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, “Nittany Means Big”, Phil Augusta Jackson, writer (NBC)
Shrinking, “The Field” , Ashley Nicole Black, writer (Apple TV+)
Wonder Man, “Doorman”, Zeke Nicholson, writer (Disney+)
Outstanding Writing successful a Drama Series
Cross, “Quemar”, Ben Watkins & Aiyana White, writers (Prime Video)
IT: Welcome to Derry, “In nan Name of nan Father”, Jason Fuchs, Cord Jefferson & Brad Caleb Kane, writers (HBO)
Paradise, “Mayday”, Jason Wilborn, writer (Hulu)
The Pitt, “1:00 PM”, Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman & R. Scott Gemmill, writers (HBO Max)
The Pitt, “3:00 PM”, Cynthia Adarkwa, writer (HBO Max)
Outstanding Writing successful a TV Movie aliases Limited Series
His & Hers, “Episode 2”, Tori Sampson, writer (Netflix)
Imperfect Women, “Monster”, Kay Oyegun, writer (Apple TV+)
Ironheart, “Take Me Home”, Chinaka Hodge, writer (Disney+)
Ruth & Boaz, Michael Elliot & Cory Tynan, writers (Netflix)
The Man successful My Basement, Walter Mosley & Nadia Latif, writers (Hulu)
Outstanding Score
The Chi (Showtime)
Cross (Prime Video)
Ironheart (Disney+)
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (Netflix)
Nemesis (Netflix)
Outstanding Music Supervision
BMF (Starz)
The Chi (Showtime)
Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)
Washington Black (Hulu)
The Vince Staples Show (Netflix)
Outstanding Original Song
The Boys, “Raise Him Up”; Daveed Diggs, performer (Prime Video)
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, “Cookin’ It Up”; Precious Way, performer (NBC)
The Gray House, “Love Will Rescue Me”; Yolanda Adams, performer (Prime Video)
Ruth & Boaz, “Faithful”; Serayah, performer (Netflix)
Ruth & Boaz, “Goodness”; Serayah & Babyface, performers (Netflix)
Outstanding Cinematography
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (Netflix)
Allen Iv3rson (Prime Video)
The Vince Staples Show (Netflix)
Outstanding Editing
Bel-Air (Peacock)
Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott, Cinque Northern (ESPN)
Daredevil: Born Again (Disney+)
Ironheart (Disney+)
Reasonable Doubt (Hulu)
Outstanding Hair & Makeup
Cross (Prime Video)
Euphoria (HBO)
His & Hers (Netflix)
Ironheart (Disney+)
Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)
Outstanding Costume Design
Bel-Air (Peacock)
Cross (Prime Video)
Ironheart (Disney+)
Nemesis (Netflix)
Reasonable Doubt (Hulu)
Outstanding Production Design
Euphoria (HBO)
IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO)
The Gilded Age (HBO)
Paradise (Hulu)
Wonder Man (Disney+)
