Whoo Hoo: ‘The Daily Show With Trevor Noah’ Is A Double Win Win At 2022 NAACP Image Awards’ Pre-Telecast Awards (Non-Televised Will Continue To Be Announced Nightly Through Friday.)

Whoo Hoo: ‘The Daily Show With Trevor Noah’ Is A Double Win Win At 2022 NAACP Image Awards’ Pre-Telecast Awards (Non-Televised Will Continue To Be Announced Nightly Through Friday.)

"The Daily Show With Trevor Noah, Red Table Talk and the film The Harder They Fall each won two awards on night three of the NAACP Image Awards’ pre-telecast awards.

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah took outstanding variety or game show, while Noah also won for outstanding host in a reality/reality competition, game show or variety (series or special). The show has been Emmy-nominated for outstanding variety talk series the last four years running. Noah is set to host the 64th annual Grammy Awards on April 3. It will be his second year in a row hosting the show.

Red Table Talk won outstanding talk series, while its hosts Jada Pinkett Smith, Adrienne Banfield-Norris and Willow Smith won outstanding host in a talk or news/information (series or special).

The Harder They Fall won outstanding ensemble cast in a motion picture, while Jeymes Samuel, who directed, co-wrote, co-produced and scored the film, won outstanding breakthrough creative (motion picture).

The NAACP Image Awards are following the lead of the Primetime Emmys in stripping their “pre-telecast” awards across an entire week.

Shaka King won two NAACP Image Awards on Tuesday for his work on the film Judas and the Black Messiah. The filmmaker won for outstanding directing in a motion picture and shared the award for outstanding writing in a motion picture.

“Jemele Hill Is Unbothered” was the only double winner on Monday. It won for outstanding society and culture podcast and outstanding arts and entertainment podcast.

Will Smith, who received two Oscar nominations for his work on King Richard, won an NAACP Image Award on Monday for outstanding literary work – biography/autobiography for Will. Smith is also nominated for outstanding actor in a motion picture and outstanding motion picture. Those awards will be presented on the 53rd NAACP Image Awards, which are set to air on Saturday (Feb. 26) at 8 p.m. ET/PT on BET.

Non-televised awards will be announced nightly through Friday Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on naacpimageawards.net and the NAACP Image Awards YouTube channel.

Billboard will update this story each night this week with the most recent winners on top.

 

 

Wednesday, Feb. 23

Outstanding Talk Series: Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)

Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble: Jada Pinkett Smith, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, Willow Smith- Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)

Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series: Wild ‘n Out (VH1)

Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble: Trevor Noah- The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

Outstanding Variety or Game Show (Series or Special): The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special): The Reidout (MSNBC)

Outstanding Documentary (Television): High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (Netflix)

Outstanding Children’s Program: Family Reunion (Netflix)

Outstanding Animated Series: We the People (Netflix)

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television): Cree Summer- Rugrats (Nickelodeon)

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – Motion Picture: Letitia Wright- Sing 2 (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture: Danny Boyd Jr.- Bruised (Netflix)

Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture): Jeymes Samuel- The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture: The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

Outstanding International Motion Picture: 7 Prisoners (Netflix)

Outstanding Guest Performance: Maya Rudolph- Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Special Award: Roy Wilkins Civil Rights Award: Members of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, Texas House Democratic Caucus, and Texas Legislative Black Caucus

Tuesday, Feb. 22

Outstanding Short-Form Series – Comedy or Drama: “Between the Scenes” – The Daily Show (Comedy Central)

Outstanding Short-Form Series or Special – Reality/Nonfiction: “Token of a Great Day:  Lynching Postcards” (Paramount +)

Outstanding Short-Form (Live Action): “When the Sun Sets (Lakutshon’ Ilanga)” (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Short-Form (Animated): “Us Again” (Walt Disney Animation Studios)

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series: Issa Rae- Insecure – Episode #510 “Everything’s Gonna Be, Okay?!” (HBO)

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series: Davita Scarlett- “The Good Fight” – 505, “And the Firm Had Two Partners” (Paramount +)

Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special: Abdul Williams- “Salt-N-Pepa” (Lifetime Movie Network)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture: Shaka King, Will Berson, Kenny Lucas, Keith Lucas- Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series: Bashir Salahuddin, Diallo Riddle – South Side – “Tornado” (208) (HBO Max)

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series: Barry Jenkins- The Underground Railroad “Indiana Winter” (Amazon Studios)

Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special: Kenny Leon- Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)

Outstanding Directing in a Documentary: Samantha Knowles, Yoruba Richen, Geeta Gandbhir, Nadia Hallgren- Black and Missing–  Ep 103 (HBO)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture: Shaka King- Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Special Award: NAACP Activist of the Year: Scot X. Esdaile, president of the Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches and a member of the NAACP national board of directors.

 

Monday, Feb. 21

Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction: Long Division – Kiese Laymon (Simon & Schuster)

Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction: The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story – Nikole Hannah-Jones (Penguin Random House)

Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author: Just as I Am – Cicely Tyson (Amistad)

Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography: Will – Will Smith (Penguin Random House.)"- Billboard.com