NAACP Image Awards: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: NAACP Image Awards
• Format: Award Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1984-12-04
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: BET
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 122 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 1/10
• TVMaze ID: 12365
• IMDb ID: tt2113779

Cast and credited roles

• Anthony Anderson — Host
• MC Lyte — On-Air Announcer
• Queen Latifah — Host
• Deon Cole — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1984: premiered 1984-12-04; final listed air date 1984-12-04; episode order: 1.
• Season 1996: premiered 1996-04-23; final listed air date 1996-04-23; episode order: 1.
• Season 2014: premiered 2014-02-22; final listed air date 2014-02-22; episode order: 1.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-02-06; final listed air date 2015-02-06; episode order: 1.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-02-05; final listed air date 2016-02-05; episode order: 1.
• Season 2017: premiered 2017-02-11; final listed air date 2017-02-11; episode order: 1.
• Season 2018: premiered 2018-01-15; final listed air date 2018-01-15; episode order: 1.
• Season 2019: premiered 2019-03-30; final listed air date 2019-03-30; episode order: 1.
• Season 2020: premiered 2020-02-22; final listed air date 2020-02-22; episode order: 1.
• Season 2021: premiered 2021-03-27; final listed air date 2021-03-27; episode order: 1.
• Season 2022: premiered 2022-02-26; final listed air date 2022-02-26; episode order: 1.
• Season 2023: premiered 2023-02-25; final listed air date 2023-02-25; episode order: 1.
• Season 2024: premiered 2024-03-16; final listed air date 2024-03-16; episode order: 1.
• Season 2025: premiered 2025-02-22; final listed air date 2025-02-22; episode order: 1.
• Season 2026: premiered 2026-02-28; final listed air date 2026-02-28; episode order: 1.

Source and licence

Adapted from NAACP Image Awards on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.