3rd Annual BRATs

DRAMA

Outstanding Drama Series

"This Is Us"
NBC

Nominees

  • "All American" (CW)

  • "Black Lightning" (CW)

  • "Claws" (TNT)

  • "Pose" (FX)

Outstanding Actor, Drama Series

Billy Porter
"Pose"
FX

Nominees

  • Sterling K. Brown - "This Is Us" (NBC)

  • Damson Idris - "Snowfall" (FX)

  • Brandon Micheal Hall - "God Friended Me" (CBS)

  • Kofi Siriboe - "Queen Sugar" (OWN)

Outstanding Actress, Drama Series

Rutina Wesley
"Queen Sugar"
OWN

Nominees

  • Angela Bassett - "9-1-1" (FOX)

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

  • Niecy Nash - "Claws" (TNT)

  • Alfre Woodard - "Luke Cage" (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Drama Series

Joe Morton
"God Friended Me"
CBS

Nominees

  • Nicholas L. Ashe - "Queen Sugar" (OWN)

  • Giancarlo Esposito - "Better Call Saul" (AMC)

  • Orlando Jones - "American Gods" (Starz)

  • Mustafa Shakir - "Luke Cage" (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Drama Series

Susan Kelechi Watson
"This Is Us"
NBC

Nominees

  • Tina Lifford - ''Queen Sugar" (OWN)

  • Indya Moore - "Pose" (FX)

  • Karmiah Westbrook - "All American" (CW)

  • Lynn Whitfield - "Greenleaf" (OWN)

Outstanding Directing, Drama Series

This Is Us
"Don't Take My Sunshine Away"
NBC

George Tillman Jr., directed by

Nominees

  • Black Lightning ("The Book of Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega") - Salim Akil, directed by

  • Pose ("Love is the Message") - Janet Mock, directed by

  • Queen Sugar ("A Rock, A River, A Tree") - DeMane Davis, directed by

  • This Is Us ("R&B") - Kevin Hooks, directed by

Outstanding Writing, Drama Series

This Is Us
"Our Little Island Girl"
NBC

Eboni Freeman, written by

Nominees

  • Claws ("Scream") - Maisha Closson, written by

  • God Friended Me ("Unfriended") - Safia M. Dirie, written by

  • Pose ("Love is the Message") - Janet Mock & Ryan Murphy, written by

  • This Is Us ("R&B") - Kay Oyegun, written by

Outstanding Guest Actor, Drama Series

Rob Morgan
"This Is Us"
NBC

Nominees

  • Mahershala Ali - "Room 104" (HBO)

  • Common - "The Chi" (Showtime)

  • Ron Cephas Jones - "Luke Cage" (Netflix)

  • Carl Lumbly - "This Is Us" (NBC)

Outstanding Guest Actress, Drama Series

Phylicia Rashad
"This Is Us"
NBC

Nominees

  • Erika Alexander - "Black Lightning" (CW)

  • Marla Gibbs - "NCIS" (CBS)

  • Cicely Tyson - "How to Get Away With Murder" (ABC)

  • Rutina Wesley - "The Walking Dead" (AMC)

Comedy

Outstanding Comedy Series

"Insecure"
HBO

Nominees

  • "black-ish" (ABC)

  • "grown-ish" (Freeform)

  • "On My Block" (Netflix)

  • "She's Gotta Have It" (Netflix)

Outstanding Actor, Comedy Series

Don Cheadle
"Black Monday"
Showtime

Nominees

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

  • Idris Elba - "Turn Up Charlie" (Netflix)

  • Keegan-Michael Key - "Friends From College" (Netflix)

  • Tracy Morgan - "The Last O.G." (TBS)

Outstanding Actress, Comedy Series

Issa Rae
"Insecure"
HBO

Nominees

  • Tiffany Haddish - "The Last O.G." (TBS)

  • Regina Hall - "Black Monday" (Showtime)

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

  • DeWanda Wise - "She's Gotta Have It" (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy Series

Tituss Burgess
"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
Netflix

Nominees

  • Jay Ellis - "Insecure" (HBO)

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

  • Anthony Ramos - "She's Gotta Have It" (Netflix)

  • Kenan Thompson - "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Comedy Series

Jenifer Lewis
"black-ish"
ABC

Nominees

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

  • Marsai Martin - "black-ish" (ABC)

  • Yvonne Orji - "Insecure" (HBO)

  • Natasha Rothwell - "Insecure" (HBO)

Outstanding Directing, Comedy Series

Black Like Us
"black-ish"
ABC


Salli Richardson-Whitfield, directed by

Nominees

  • black-ish ("Black History Month") - Tracee Ellis Ross, directed by

  • black-ish ("Purple Rain") - Charles Stone III, directed by

  • Insecure ("Ghost-Like") - Regina King, directed by

  • Insecure ("High-Like") - Millicent Shelton, directed by

Outstanding Writing, Comedy Series

Black Like Us
"black-ish"
ABC


Peter Saji, written by

Nominees

  • black-ish ("Relatively Grown Man") - Steven White, written by

  • Insecure ("Ghost-Like") - Issa Rae & Natasha Rothwell, written by

  • Insecure ("Obsessed-Like") - Prentice Penny, written by

  • She's Gotta Have It ("#NationTime") - Radha Blank, written by

Outstanding Guest Actor, Comedy Series

Katt Williams
"black-ish"
ABC

Nominees

  • RuPaul Charles - "Grace and Frankie" (Netflix)

  • Idris Elba - "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

  • Ernie Hudson - "Ballers" (HBO)

  • Kenan Thompson - "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (Netflix)

Outstanding Guest Actress, Comedy Series

Anna Deavere Smith
"black-ish"
ABC

Nominees

  • Marla Gibbs - "Rel" (FOX)

  • Regina King - "The Big Bang Theory" (CBS)

  • Rosie Perez - "She's Gotta Have It" (Netflix)

  • Maya Rudolph - "The Good Place" (NBC)

Television Movies/Limited Series

Outstanding Television Movie or Limited Series

"When They See Us"
Netflix

Nominees

  • "The Bobby Brown Story" (BET)

  • "Luther" (BBC One)

  • Native Son (HBO)

  • "True Detective" (HBO)

Outstanding Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series

Jharrel Jerome
"When They See Us"
Netflix

Nominees

  • Mahershala Ali - "True Detective" (HBO)

  • Idris Elba - "Luther" (BBC One)

  • Woody McClain - "The Bobby Brown Story" (BET)

  • Ashton Sanders - Native Son (HBO)

Outstanding Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series

Niecy Nash
"When They See Us"
Netflix

Nominees

  • Michaela Coel - "Black Earth Rising" (Netflix)

  • Emayatzy Corinealdi - "The Red Line" (CBS)

  • Aunjanue Ellis - "When They See Us" (Netflix)

  • Alfre Woodard - Juanita (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series

Michael K. Williams
"When They See Us"
Netflix

Nominees

  • Asante Blackk - "When They See Us" (Netflix)

  • Michael Ealy - Being Mary Jane: Becoming Pauletta (BET)

  • Caleel Harris - "When They See Us" (Netflix)

  • Marquis Rodriguez - "When They See Us" (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series

Marsha Stephanie Blake
"When They See Us"
Netflix

Nominees

  • Kylie Bunbury - "When They See Us" (Netflix)

  • Carmen Ejogo - "True Detective" (HBO)

  • Marla Gibbs - Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" (ABC)

  • Isis King - "When They See Us" (Netflix)

Outstanding Directing, TV Movie/Limited Series

"When They See Us"
Netflix


Ava DuVernay, directed by

Nominees

  • The Bobby Brown Story - Kiel Adrian Scott, directed by

  • Juanita - Clark Johnson, directed by

  • Native Son - Rashid Johnson, directed by

  • The Red Line ("We All Must Care") - Victoria Mahoney, directed by

Outstanding Writing, TV Movie/Limited Series

When They See Us
"Part 1"
Netflix


Ava DuVernay, Julian Breece & Attica Locke, written by

Nominees

  • The Bobby Brown Story - Abdul Williams, written by

  • When They See Us ("Part 2") - Ava DuVernay, Julian Breece & Attica Locke, written by

  • When They See Us ("Part 3") - Ava DuVernay & Robin Swicord, written by

  • When They See Us ("Part 4") - Ava DuVernay & Michael Starrbury, written by

Television Documentaries, Specials & Music

Outstanding Television Documentary or Special

"Surviving R. Kelly"

Lifetime


Nigel Bellis & Astral Finnie, directed by

Nominees

  • Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce (Netflix)

  • "Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story" (Paramount)

  • Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland (HBO)

  • "Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men" (Showtime)

Outstanding Music (Comedy, Drama, Limited Series)

"Pose"
FX


Mac Quayle, composer
Amanda Krieg, music supervisor
Alexis Martin Woodall, music supervisor

Nominees

  • "Empire" (FOX)

  • "Greenleaf" (OWN)

  • "Insecure" (HBO)

  • "When They See Us" (Netflix)