Winners & Nominees - By Category

Outstanding Comedy Series

Winner
ATLANTA
Donald Glover, showrunner

Nominees
BALLERS
Peter Berg & Evan T. Reilly, showrunners

BLACK-ISH
Kenya Barris & Jonathan Groff, showrunners

CHEWING GUM
Michaela Coel, showrunner

INSECURE
Prentice Penny, showrunner

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

Winner
DONALD GLOVER
Atlanta

Nominees
ANTHONY ANDERSON
black-ish

BRANDON P. BELL
Dear White People

DWAYNE JOHNSON
Ballers

KEVIN HART
Real Husbands of Hollywood

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

Winner
ISSA RAE
Insecure

Nominees
LOGAN BROWNING
Dear White People

MICHAELA COEL
Chewing Gum

GINA RODRIGUEZ
Jane the Virgin

TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
black-ish

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Winner
TITUSS BURGESS
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Nominees
ANDRE BRAUGHER
Brooklyn Nine-Nine

JAY ELLIS
Insecure

LAURENCE FISHBURNE
black-ish

LAKEITH STANFIELD
Atlanta

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Winner
JENIFER LEWIS
black-ish

Nominees
TICHINA ARNOLD
Survivor’s Remorse

LESLIE JONES
Saturday Night Live

YVONNE ORJI
Insecure

YARA SHAHIDI
black-ish

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

Winner
INSECURE - “GUILTY AS FUCK”
Debbie Allen

Nominees
ATLANTA - “B.A.N.”
Donald Glover

BLACK-ISH - “40 ACRES AND A VOTE”
Ken Whittingham

BLACK-ISH - “LEMONS”
Kenya Barris

MASTER OF NONE - “THANKSGIVING”
Melina Matsoukas

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

Winner
ATLANTA - “B.A.N.”
Donald Glover

Nominees
BLACK-ISH - “LEMONS”
Kenya Barris

CHEWING GUM - “AGE AIN’T NOTHING BUT A NUMBER”
Michaela Coel

INSECURE - “BROKEN AS FUCK”
Issa Rae

MASTER OF NONE - “THANKSGIVING”
Aziz Ansari & Lena Waithe

Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy Series

Winner
DAVE CHAPPELLE
Saturday Night Live

Nominees
ANGELA BASSETT
Master of None

MIKE EPPS
Survivor’s Remorse

DWAYNE JOHNSON
Saturday Night Live

RASHIDA JONES
black-ish

Outstanding Drama Series

Winner
THIS IS US
Dan Fogelman, showrunner

Nominees
LUKE CAGE
Cheo Hodari Coker, showrunner

POWER
Courtney A. Kemp, showrunner

QUEEN SUGAR
Melissa Carter, showrunner

UNDERGROUND
Misha Green & Joe Pokasi, showrunners

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

Winner
STERLING K. BROWN
This Is Us

Nominees
MIKE COLTER
Luke Cage

ALDIS HODGE
Underground

TERRENCE HOWARD
Empire

KOFI SIRIBOE
Queen Sugar

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

Winner
RUTINA WESLEY
Queen Sugar

Nominees
VIOLA DAVIS
How to Get Away With Murder

DAWN-LYEN GARDNER
Queen Sugar

TARAJI P. HENSON
Empire

JURNEE SMOLLETT
Underground

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Winner
RON CEPHAS JONES
This Is Us

Nominees
JOVAN ADEPO
The Leftovers

TRAI BYERS
Empire

JOE MORTON
Scandal

JEFFREY WRIGHT
Westworld

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Winner
THANDIWE NEWTON
Westworld

Nominees
UZO ADUBA
Orange is the New Black

ROSARIO DAWSON
Luke Cage

DANAI GURIRA
The Walking Dead

AISHA HINDS
Underground

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

Winner
THIS IS US - “I CALL MARRIAGE”
George Tillman Jr.

Nominees
EMPIRE - “A FURNACE FOR YOUR FOE”
Sanaa Hamri

THE GET DOWN - “ONE BY ONE, INTO THE DARK”
Clark Johnson

LUKE CAGE - “YOU KNOW MY STEEZ”
Clark Johnson

QUEEN SUGAR - “FIRST THINGS FIRST”
Ava DuVernay

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

Winner
LUKE CAGE - “MOMENT OF TRUTH”
Cheo Hodari Coker

Nominees
EMPIRE - “TOIL AND TROUBLE, PART 1”
Eric Haywood & Dianne Ademu-John

HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER - “THERE ARE WORSE THINGS THAN MURDER”
Angela Robinson

QUEEN SUGAR - “FIRST THINGS FIRST”
Ava DuVernay

THIS IS US - “THE RIGHT THING TO DO”
Aurin Squire

Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series

Winner
MAHERSHALA ALI
Luke Cage

Nominees
KHANDI ALEXANDER
Scandal

FRANKIE FAISON
Luke Cage

ORLANDO JONES
American Gods

JERMEL NAKIA
This Is Us

PHYLICIA RASHAD
Empire

Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series

Winner
THE NEW EDITION STORY
Brooke Payne, Valerie Bleth Sharp, Debra Lee, Jesse Collins, Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill, Bobby Brown, Michael L. Bivins, Ricky Bell, Stephen Hill, Ronnie DeVoe & Chris Robinson, producers

Nominees
AMERICAN CRIME
John Ridley & Julie Hebert, showrunners

GUERRILLA
John Ridley, showrunner

THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
Kathryn Dean, Alan Ball, Oprah Winfrey, Peter Macdissi, Carla Gardini, Lydia Dean Pilcher, producers

SHOTS FIRED
Reggie Rock Bythewood, showrunner

Outstanding Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series

Winner
WOODY MCCLAIN
The New Edition Story

Nominees
LAURENCE FISHBURNE
Madiba

BRYSHERE Y. GRAY
The New Edition Story

LUKE JAMES
The New Edition Story

STEPHAN JAMES
Shots Fired

Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series

Winner
SANAA LATHAN
Shots Fired

Nominees
LORETTA DEVINE
The Lost Souls Cafe

NIA LONG
Beaches

TERRY PHETO
Madiba

OPRAH WINFREY
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series

Winner
WOOD HARRIS
The New Edition Story

Nominees
REG E. CATHEY
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

IDRIS ELBA
Guerrilla

ORLANDO JONES
Madiba

CALEB MCLAUGHLIN
The New Edition Story

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series

Winner
REGINA KING
American Crime

Nominees
VIOLA DAVIS
Custody

AISHA HINDS
Shots Fired

ZOE KRAVITZ
Big Little Lies

DEWANDA WISE
Shots Fired

Outstanding Directing in a TV Movie or Limited Series

Winner
THE NEW EDITION STORY
Chris Robinson

Nominees
AMERICAN CRIME - “SEASON THREE: EPISODE THREE”
Victoria Mahoney

AMERICAN CRIME - “SEASON THREE - EPISODE FIVE”
Tanya Hamilton

THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
George C. Wolfe

MADIBA
Kevin Hooks

Outstanding Writing in a TV Movie or Limited Series

Winner
THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
George C. Wolfe

Nominees
AMERICAN CRIME - “SEASON THREE: EPISODE ONE”
John Ridley

AMERICAN CRIME - “SEASON THREE - EPISODE SEVEN”
Kirk A. Moore

THE NEW EDITION STORY
Abdul Williams

SHOTS FIRED - “HOUR ONE: PILOT”
Gina Prince-Bythewood & Reggie Rock Bythewood

Outstanding Documentary or Special

Winner
TIME: THE KALIEF BROWDER STORY
Jennfer Furst

Nominees
LA 92
T.J. Martin & Daniel Lindsay

L.A. BURNING: THE RIOTS 25 YEARS LATER
One9 & Erik Parker

THE LOST TAPES: LA RIOTS
Tom Jennings

RODNEY KING
Spike Lee

Outstanding Music

Winner
THE NEW EDITION STORY
Barry Cole

Nominees
ATLANTA
Ludwig Goransson, Donald Glover & Jen Malone

EMPIRE
Fil Eisler & Jen Ross

INSECURE
Raphael Saadiq, Kier Lehman & Solange Knowles

LUKE CAGE
Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Gabe Hilfer & Season Kent