NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News/Information – Series or Special

This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News/Information – Series or Special. Originally entitled Outstanding News, Talk or Information, the award was later split to honor series' and specials separately. The categories were merged back together following the 2003 ceremony, before a separate category for talk series' was created in 2008 and the category was renamed to its current title.

Winners and nominees edit

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1980s edit

Year Series / Special Ref
1989
Oprah Winfrey: On Location in Forsythe County [1]

1990s edit

Year Series / Special Ref
1990 – 91
1992
The Oprah Winfrey Show [2]
1993
The Oprah Winfrey Show [3]
1994
The Oprah Winfrey Show [4]
1995
The Oprah Winfrey Show [5]
1996 See Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Series and Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Special
1997
BET News Special: Ron Brown – A Celebration of Life [6]
60 Minutes
America's Black Forum
Biography
Dateline NBC
1998 – 99 See Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Series and Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Special

2000s edit

Year Series / Special Ref
2000 – 02 See Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Series and Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Special
2003
BET Tonight with Ed Gordon [7]
60 Minutes II
ABC News Nightline
Biography
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
2004
Judge Mathis [8]
106 & Park Top 10 Live
American Experience
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2005
Tavis Smiley [9]
American Experience
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Brown vs. Board of Education Anniversary
Judge Mathis
2006
Tavis Smiley [10]
CNN
Judge Mathis
The Tyra Banks Show
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2007
Tavis Smiley [11]
Biography
Crisis in Darfur
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
The Tyra Banks Show
2008
In Conversation: The Senator Barack Obama Interview [12]
American Gangster
American Morning
Dr. Sonja Gupta: Saving Your Life
Good Morning America
2009
In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview [13]
American Gangster
Anderson Cooper 360°
The Oprah Winfrey Show
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel

2010s edit

Year Series / Special Ref
2010
President Obama: The Inauguration [14]
Anderson Cooper 360°
CNN Presents
Judge Mathis
Leading Women
2011
Unsung [15]
A Conversation with President Obama
Anderson Cooper 360°
Judge Mathis
Washington Watch with Roland Martin
2012
Unsung [16]
BET News Exclusive: The President Answers Black America
Judge Mathis
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
Washington Watch with Roland Martin
2013
Unsung [17]
Ask Obama Live: An MTV Interview with The President
Judge Mathis
Save My Son with Dr. Steve Perry
Washington Watch with Roland Martin
2014
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. [18]
Justice for Trayvon
Mandela: Freedom's Father
Oprah: Where Are They Now?
Unsung
2015
Unsung [19]
America After Ferguson
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Melissa Harris-Perry
Oprah's Lifeclass
2016
Unsung [20]
Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm
News One Now
Oprah Prime: Celebrating Dr. King and the Selma Marches 50 Years Later
Oprah: Where Are They Now?
2017
BET Love and Happiness White House Special [21]
AM Joy with Joy Reid
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Stay Woke
Unsung for Sugarhill Gang
2018
Unsung [22]
News One Now
Oprah's Master Class
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
Through the Fire: The Legacy of Barack Obama
2019
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama [23]
AM Joy
Angela Rye's State of the Union
A Thousand Words with Michelle Obama
Unsung

2020s edit

Year Series / Special Ref
2020
Unsung [24]
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
Surviving R. Kelly
The Breakfast Club
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
2021
The New York Times Presents "The Killing of Breonna Taylor" [25]
AM Joy: Remembering John Lewis Special
Desus & Mero: The Obama Interview
The Color of COVID
The ReidOut

Multiple wins and nominations edit

Wins edit

Nominations edit

References edit

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  3. ^ "1993 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  4. ^ "1994 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  5. ^ "1995 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  6. ^ "1997 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  7. ^ "2003 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  8. ^ "2004 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  9. ^ "2005 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  10. ^ "2006 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  11. ^ "2007 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  12. ^ "2008 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  13. ^ "2009 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  14. ^ "2010 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  15. ^ "2011 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  16. ^ "2012 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  17. ^ "2013 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  18. ^ "2013 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  19. ^ Washington, Arlene. "Selma takes home top film honors". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  20. ^ Sutton, Joe (February 6, 2016). "NAACP Image Awards honor black achievement in Hollywood". CNN.
  21. ^ Kinane, Ruth (December 13, 2016). "Beyoncé leads the pack of 2017 NAACP Image Awards nominees". EW.
  22. ^ "NAACP Image Awards: Full List of Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. January 14, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  23. ^ "NAACP Awards: 'Black-ish,' 'Black Panther' Top Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. March 30, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  24. ^ Schaffstall, Katherine; Howard, Annie (February 22, 2020). "NAACP Image Awards: Lizzo Named Entertainer of the Year; 'Just Mercy,' 'Black-ish' Among Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  25. ^ Bosselman, Haley (March 28, 2021). "NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List". Variety. Retrieved May 1, 2021.