1st Annual BRAT

Drama Categories

Outstanding Drama Series

"This Is Us"
NBC

Nominees

  • "Luke Cage" (Netflix)

  • "Queen Sugar" (OWN)

  • "Power" (Starz)

  • "Underground" (WGN)

Outstanding Actor, Drama Series

Sterling K. Brown
"This Is Us"
NBC

Nominees

  • Mike Colter - "Luke Cage" (Netflix)

  • Aldis Hodge - "Underground" (WGN)

  • Terrence Howard - "Empire" (FOX)

  • Kofi Siriboe - "Queen Sugar" (OWN)

Outstanding Actress, Drama Series

Rutina Wesley
"Queen Sugar"
OWN

Nominees

  • Jurnee Smollett-Bell - "Underground" (WGN)

  • Viola Davis - "How to Get Away With Murder" (ABC)

  • Dawn-Lyen Gardner - "Queen Sugar" (OWN)

  • Taraji P. Henson - "Empire" (FOX)

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Drama Series

Ron Cephas Jones
"This Is Us"
NBC

Nominees

  • Jovan Adepo - "The Leftovers" (HBO)

  • Trai Byers - "Empire" (FOX)

  • Joe Morton - "Scandal" (ABC)

  • Jeffrey Wright - "Westworld" (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Drama Series

Thandie Newton
"Westworld"
HBO

Nominees

  • Uzo Aduba - "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)

  • Rosario Dawson - "Luke Cage" (Netflix)

  • Danai Gurira - "The Walking Dead" (AMC)

  • Aisha Hinds - "Underground" (WGN)

Outstanding Directing, Drama Series

This Is Us
"I Call Marriage"
NBC

George Tillman, Jr, directed by

Nominees

  • Queen Sugar ("First Things First") - Ava DuVernay, director

  • Empire ("A Furnace for Your Foe") - Sanaa Hamri, director

  • The Get Down ("One by One, Into the Dark") - Clark Johnson, director

  • Luke Cage ("You Know My Steez") - Clark Johnson, director

Outstanding Writing, Drama Series

Luke Cage
"Moment of Truth"
Netflix


Cheo Hodari Coker, written by

Nominees

  • Empire ("Toil and Trouble, Part 1") - Eric Haywood & Diane Ademu-John, written by

  • How to Get Away With Murder ("There Are Worse Things Than Murder") - Angela Robinson, written by

  • Queen Sugar ("First Things First") - Ava DuVernay, written by

  • This Is Us ("The Right Thing to Do") - Aurin Squire, written by

Outstanding Guest Performer, Drama Series

Mahershala Ali
"Luke Cage"
Netflix

Nominees

  • Khandi Alexander - "Scandal" (ABC)

  • Frankie Faison - "Luke Cage" (Netflix)

  • Orlando Jones - "American Gods" (Starz)

  • Jermel Nakia - "This Is Us" (NBC)

  • Phylicia Rashad - "Empire" (FOX)

Comedy Categories

Outstanding Comedy Series

"Atlanta"
FX

Nominees

  • "Ballers" (HBO)

  • "black-ish" (ABC)

  • "Chewing Gum" (E4/Netflix)

  • "Insecure" (HBO)

Outstanding Actor, Comedy Series

Donald Glover
"Atlanta"

FX

Nominees

  • Anthony Anderson - "black-ish" (ABC)

  • Brandon Bell - "Dear White People" (Netflix)

  • Dwayne Johnson - "Ballers" (HBO)

  • Kevin Hart - "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)

Outstanding Actress, Comedy Series

Issa Rae
"Insecure"

HBO

Nominees

  • Logan Browning - "Dear White People" (Netflix)

  • Michaela Coel - "Chewing Gum" (E4/Netflix)

  • Gina Rodriguez - "Jane the Virgin" (CW)

  • Tracee Ellis Ross - "black-ish" (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy Series

Tituss Burgess
"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"

Netflix

Nominees

  • Andre Braugher - "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (FOX)

  • Jay Ellis - "Insecure" (HBO)

  • Laurence Fishburne - "black-ish" (ABC)

  • LaKeith Stanfield - "Atlanta" (FX)

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Comedy Series

Jenifer Lewis
"black-ish"

ABC

Nominees

  • Tichina Arnold - "Survivor's Remorse" (Starz)

  • Leslie Jones - "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

  • Yvonne Orji - "Insecure" (HBO)

  • Yara Shahidi - "black-ish" (ABC)

Outstanding Directing, Comedy Series

Insecure
"Guilty as Fuck"

HBO

Debbie Allen, directed by

Nominees

  • Atlanta ("B.A.N.") - Donald Glover, director

  • black-ish ("40 Acres and a Vote") - Ken Whittingham, director

  • black-ish ("Lemons") - Kenya Barris, director

  • Master of None ("Thanksgiving") - Melina Matsoukas, director

Outstanding Writing, Comedy Series

Atlanta
"B.A.N."

FX

Donald Glover, written by

Nominees

  • black-ish ("Lemons") - Kenya Barris, written by

  • Chewing Gum ("Age Ain't Nothing But a Number") - Michaela Coel, written by

  • Insecure ("Broken as Fuck") - Issa Rae, written by

  • Master of None ("Thanksgiving") - Aziz Ansari & Lena Waithe, written by

Outstanding Guest Performer, Comedy Series

Dave Chappelle
"Saturday Night Live"

NBC

Nominees

  • Angela Bassett - "Master of None" (Netflix)

  • Mike Epps - "Survivor's Remorse" (Starz)

  • Dwayne Johnson - "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

  • Rashida Jones - "black-ish" (ABC)

TV Movie/Limited Series Categories

Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series

"The New Edition Story"

BET

Nominees

  • "American Crime" (ABC)

  • "Guerrilla" (Showtime)

  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO)

  • "Shots Fired" (FOX)

Outstanding Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series

Woody McClain
"The New Edition Story"

BET

Nominees

  • Laurence Fishburne - "Madiba" (BET)

  • Bryshere Y. Gray - "The New Edition Story" (BET)

  • Luke James - "The New Edition Story" (BET)

  • Stephan James - "Shots Fired" (FOX)

Outstanding Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series

Sanaa Lathan
"Shots Fired"

FOX

Nominees

  • Loretta Devine - The Lost Souls Cafe (TV One)

  • Nia Long - Beaches (Lifetime)

  • Terry Pheto - "Madiba" (BET)

  • Oprah Winfrey - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series

Wood Harris
"The New Edition Story"

BET

Nominees

  • Reg E. Cathey - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO)

  • Idris Elba - "Guerrilla" (Showtime)

  • Orlando Jones - "Madiba" (BET)

  • Caleb McLaughlin - "The New Edition Story" (BET)

Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series

Regina King
"American Crime"

ABC

Nominees

  • Viola Davis - Custody (Lifetime)

  • Aisha Hinds - "Shots Fired" (FOX)

  • Zoe Kravitz - "Big Little Lies" (HBO)

  • DeWanda Wise - "Shots Fired" (FOX)

Outstanding Directing, TV Movie or Limited Series

The New Edition Story
BET


Chris Robinson, directed by

Nominees

  • American Crime ("Season Three, Episode Three) - Victoria Mahoney, director

  • American Crime ("Season Three, Episode Five) - Tanya Hamilton, director

  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - George C. Wolfe, director

  • Madiba - Kevin Hooks, director

Outstanding Writing, TV Movie or Limited Series

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
HBO


George C. Wolfe, written by

Nominees

  • American Crime ("Season Three, Episode One") - John Ridley, written by

  • American Crime ("Season Three, Episode Seven") - Kirk A. Moore, written by

  • The New Edition Story - Abdul Williams, written by

  • Shots Fired ("Hour One: Pilot") - Gina Prince-Bythewood & Reggie Rock Bythewood, written by

Television Documentaries/Specials & Music

Outstanding Television Documentary or Special

TIME: The Kalief Browder Story
Spike TV


Jenner Furst, directed by

Nominees

  • L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later

  • LA 92

  • The Lost Tapes: LA Riots

  • Rodney King

Outstanding Music (Comedy, Drama or Limited Series)

The New Edition Story
BET


Barry Cole, music supervisor

Nominees

  • "Atlanta" (FX)

  • "Empire" (FOX)

  • "Insecure" (HBO)

  • "Luke Cage" (Netflix)