Tyler Perry Tops 42nd NAACP Image Awards Nominees List with 19 Nods

Tyler Perry tops the list of NAACP Image Awards nominees this year, having received 19 nominations. The popular American actor, comedian and moviemaker was recognized with NAACP Image Awards nominations for Outstanding Director ("For Colored Girls"), Outstanding Screenplay ("Why Did I Get Married Too?"), Outstanding Comedy Series ("Tyler Perry's House of Payne") and more.

What are the NAACP Image Awards?

Presented annually by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the NAACP Image Awards honor the most outstanding creative achievements, productions and performances by people of color. Five categories are included in the NAACP Image Awards each year: television, recording, literature, motion picture and writing/directing.

The 42^nd Annual NAACP Image Awards will be broadcast on FOX TV on Friday, March 4, 2011, beginning at 8:00 PM EST.

Who are the nominees for the 42^nd annual NAACP Image Awards?

Here is the full list of this year's NAACP Image Awards nominees - in all categories - with no annoying page jumps or pop-ups.

Current NAACP Image Award nominees in the Television category are as follows:

Outstanding Comedy Series
Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series include NBC's "30 Rock," TBS' "Are We There Yet," FOX TV's "Glee," ABC's "Modern Family" and TBS' "Tyler Perry's House of Payne."

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series are David Mann (in "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns on TBS), Dule Hill (in "Psych" on USA), LaVan David (in "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" on TBS), Phil Morris (in "Love That Girl!" on TV One and Terry Crews (in "Are We There Yet?" on TBS).

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series include Cassi Davis (in "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" on TBS), Essence Atkins (in "Are We There Yet" on TBS), Salli Richardson-Whitfield (in "Eureka" on SyFy), Tatyana Ali (in "Love That Girl!" on TV One) and Vanessa Williams (in "Desperate Housewives" on ABC).

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series are Craig Robinson (in "The Office" on NBC), Ice Cube (in "Are We There Yet?" on TBS), Lamman Rucker (in "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns" on TBS), Lance Gross (in Tyler Perry's House of Payne" on TBS) and Tracy Morgan (in "30 Rock" on NBC).

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series include Amber Riley (in "Glee" on Fox TV), Anna Deavere Smith (in "Nurse Jackie" on Showtime), Keshia Knight Pulliam (in "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" on TBS), Sofia Vergara (in "Modern Family" on ABC), and Viola Davis (in United States of Tara" on Showtime).

Outstanding Drama Series

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Drama Series are ABC's "Detroit 1-8-7," ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," TNT's "HawthoRNe," NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and HBO's "Treme."

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series include Anthony Anderson (in "Law & Order" on NBC), Blair Underwood (in "The Event" on NBC), Hill Harper (in "CSI: NY" on CBS), Laurence Fishburne (in "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" on CBS) and LL Cool J (in "NCIS: Los Angeles" on CBS).

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series include Chandra Wilson (in "Grey's Anatomy" on ABC), GuGu Mbatha-Raw (in "Undercovers" on NBC), Jada Pinkette Smith (in "HawthoRNe" on TNT), Regina King (in "Southland" on TNT) and Wendy Davis (in "Army Wives" on Lifetime).

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series are Andre Braugher (in "Men of a Certain Age" on TNT), Giancarlo Esposito (in "Breaking Bad" on AMC), James Pickens, Jr. (in "Grey's Anatomy" on ABC), Nelsan Ellis (in "True Blood" on HB0) and Terrence Howard (in "Law & Order: Los Angeles" on NBC).

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series include Alfre Woodard (in "Memphis Beat" on TNT), Sandra Oh (in "Grey's Anatomy" on ABC), Sara Ramirez (in "Grey's Anatomy" on ABC), S. Epatha Merkerson (in "Law & Order" on NBC) and Vanessa Bell Calloway (in "HawthoRNe" on TNT).

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special are "America: The Story of Us (Part 4)" on The History Channel, "Filling the Gap" on PBS, "Luther" on BBC America , "Sins of the Mother" on Lifetime Movie Network and "The Wronged Man" on Lifetime Movie Network.

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special include Benito Martinez (in "Lies in Plain Sight" on Lifetime Movie Network), Idris Elba (in "Luther" on BBC America), Jon Seda (in "The Pacific" on HBO), Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (in "The Wronged Man" on Lifetime Movie Network) and Michael Jai White (in "One Angry Juror" on Lifetime Movie Network).

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special are Jill Scott (in "Sins of the Mother" on Lifetime Movie Network), Lucy Liu (in "Marry Me" on Lifetime Movie Network), Rosie Perez (in "Lies in Plain Sight" on Lifetime Movie Network), Tamera Mowry (in "Double Wedding" on Lifetime Movie Network) and Tia Mowry (in "Double Wedding" on Lifetime Movie Network).

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series include Aaron D. Spears (in "The Bold and the Beautiful" on CBS), Cornelius Smith, Jr. (in "All My Children" on ABC), Darnell Williams (in "All My Children" on ABC) and Rodney Saulsberry (in "The Bold and the Beautiful" on CBS).

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series are

Debbi Morgan (in "All My Children" on ABC), Julia Pace Mitchell (in "The Young and the Restless" on CBS), Tatyana Ali (in "The Young and the Restless" on CBS), Tonya Lee Williams (in "The Young and the Restless" on CBS) and Yvette Freeman (in "The Bold and the Beautiful" on CBS).

Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special) include "A Conversation with President Obama" (on BET, CMT and MTV), "Anderson Cooper 360" (on CNN), "The Judge Mathis Show" (Syndicated), "Unsung" (on TV One) and "Washington Watch with Roland Martin" (on TV One).

Outstanding Talk Series

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Talk Series are "Conversations with Ed Gordon" (on BET Networks), "Larry King Live" (on CNN), "The Mo'Nique Show" (on BET Networks), "The View" (on ABC ) and "TV One on One with Cathy Hughes" (on TV One).

Outstanding Reality Series

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Reality Series include "American Idol" (on FOX TV), "America's Next Top Model" (on The CW), "Dancing with the Stars" (on ABC), "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (on ABC) and "Sunday Best" (on BET Networks).

Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Variety (Series or Special) are "2010 BET Honors" (on BET Networks), "Beyoncé: I AM...WORLD TOUR" (on ABC), "Black Girls Rock!" (on BET Networks), "TV One Night Only: Live from the Essence Music Festival" (on TV One) and "UNCF An Evening of Stars Tribute to Lionel Richie" (Syndicated).

Outstanding Children's Program

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Children's Program include "Brave New Voices 2010" (on HBO), "Dora the Explorer" (on Nickelodeon), "The Backyardigans" (on Nickelodeon), "True Jackson, VP" (on Nickelodeon) and "Wizards of Waverly Place" (on Disney Channel).

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Program (Series or Special)

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Program (Series or Special) are Keke Palmer (in "True Jackson, VP" on Nickelodeon), Lance Robertson (in "Yo Gabba Gabba: Baby" on Nickelodeon), Nick Cannon (in "TeenNick Halo Awards 2010" on TeenNick), Selena Gomez (in "Wizards of Waverly Place" on Disney Channel) and Victoria Justice (in "Victorious" on Nickelodeon).

Current NAACP Image Award nominees in the Recording category are as follows:

Outstanding New Artist

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding New Artist include B.o.B, Bruno Mars, Jason Derulo, Nicki Minaj and Willow.

Outstanding Male Artist

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Male Artist are Cee Lo Green, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Ne_Yo and Usher.

Outstanding Female Artist

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Female Artist include Chrisette Michele, Corinne Bailey Rae, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna and Sade.

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration are Diddy-Dirty Money, Eminem & Rihanna, Herbie Hancock (featuring India.Arie, Chaka Khan and others), John Legend and The Roots and The Black Eyed Peas.

Outstanding Jazz Album

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Jazz Album include "Dee Dee Bridgewater Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee" (Dee Dee Bridgewater), "From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf - Live in Marciac" (The Wynton Marsalis Quintet & Richard Galliano), "Geri Allen & Timeline Live" (Geri Allen & Timeline Live), "The Imagine Project" (Herbie Hancock) and "VOCAbuLarieS" (Bobby McFerrin).

Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary)

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary) are "Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter III" (Kirk Whalum), "Here I Am" (Marvin Sapp), "Just Love Deluxe" (Brian Courtney Wilson), "Master Plan" (Tamela Mann) and "You Are Not Alone" (Mavis Staples).

Outstanding World Music Album

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding World Music Album include "Hymns for the Rebel Soul" (Rocky Dawuni), "Oyo" (Angelique Kidjo), "The Imagine Project" (Herbie Hancock), "The Sound of Sunshine" (Michael Franti) and "VOCAbuLarieS" (Bobby McFerrin).

Outstanding Music Video

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Music Video are "Fistful of Tears" (Maxwell), "Soldier of Love" (Sade), "Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)" (Alicia Keys), "Whip My Hair" (Willow) and "Why Don't You Love Me" (Beyoncé Knowles).

Outstanding Song

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Song include "Bittersweet" (Fantasia), "Fistful of Tears" (Maxwell), "Forget You" (Cee-Lo Green), "Soldier of Love" (Sade) and "Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)" (Alicia Keys).

Outstanding Album

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Album are "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" (Kanye West), "Now and Then" (Smokey Robinson), "Raymond vs. Raymond" (Usher), "Soldier of Love" (Sade) and "Wake Up!" (John Legend and The Roots).

Current NAACP Image Award nominees in the Literature category are as follows:

Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction include "A Taste of Honey," by Jabari Asim; "Getting to Happy," by Terry McMillan; "Glorious," by Bernice L. McFadden, "Till You Hear From Me, by Pearl Cleage, and "Wench," by Dolen Perkins.

Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction are "Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority," by Tom Burrell; "Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts of Women in SNCC," by Editors (Faith S. Holsaert, Judy Richardson, Martha Prescod Norman Noonan, Betty Garman Robinson, Jean Smith Young and Dorothy M. Zellner); "Surviving and Thriving 365 Days in Black Economic History," by Dr. Julianne Malveaux; "The History of White People," by Nell Irvin Painter, and "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness," by Michelle Alexander.

Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author include "Wench," by Dolen Perkins-Valdez; "The Girl Who Fell from the Sky," by Heidi Durrow; "The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration," by Isabel Wilkerson' "Beneath the Lion's Gaze," by Maaza Mengiste, and "Forest Gate," by Peter Akinti.

Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/Auto-Biography

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/Auto-Biography are "Conversations with Myself," by Ruth Hobday and Nelson Mandela ; "Decoded," by Jay-Z; "Extraordinary, Ordinary People," by Condoleezza Rice; "I'm Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen - My Journey Home," by Shoshana Johnson, and "You Don't Know Me: Reflections of My Father, Ray Charles," by Ray Charles Robinson, Jr.

Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional include "A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie: And Other Lessons for Succeeding in Life," by Antwone Fisher; "Diet-Free for Life: A Revolutionary Food, Fitness and Mindset Makeover to Maximize Fat Loss," by Robert Ferguson; "If it Takes a Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways You Can Too," by Malaak Compton-Rock; "The Blueprint: A Plan for Living Above Life's Storms," by Kirk Franklin, and "The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women," by Elaine Meryl Brown, Rhonda McLean and Marsha Haygood.

Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry are "100 Best African-American Poems," by Nikki Giovanni; "Hard Times Require Furious Dancing," by Alice Walker and Shiloh McCloud; "Holding Company," by Major Jackson; "Suck on the Marrow," by Camille T. Dungy, and "White Egrets," by Derek Walcott.

Outstanding Literary Work - Children

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Literary Work - Children include "Grandma's Gift," by Eric Velasquez; "Mama Miti: Wangai Maathai and the Tree of Kenya," by Donna Jo Napoli and Kadir Nelson; "My Brother Charlie," by Holly Robinson Peete and Ryan Elizabeth Peete; "Side by Side/Lado a Lado: The Story of Delores Huerta and Cesar Chavez," by Monica Brown and Joe Cepeda," and "The Great Migration: Journey to the North

Eloise Greenfield and Jan Pivey Gilchrist.

Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens are "Condoleezza Rice A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me," by Condoleezza Rice; "Lockdown," by Walter Dean Myers; "Malcolm X: I Believe in the Brotherhood of Man, All Men," by Jeff Burlingame; "Out of My Mind," by Sharon Draper, and "One Crazy Summer," by Rita Williams-Garcia.

Current NAACP Image Award nominees in the Motion Picture category are as follows:

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Motion Picture include "For Colored Girls," "Just Wright," "The Book of Eli," "The Kids Are All Right" and "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?"

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture are Anthony Mackie (in "Night Catches Us"), Common, (in "Just Wright"), Denzel Washington (in "The Book of Eli"), Jaden Smith (in "The Karate Kid") and Morgan Freeman (in "Red").

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture include Halle Berry (in "Frankie & Alice"), Janet Jackson (in "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?"), Kerry Washington (in "Night Catches Us"), Queen Latifah (in "Just Wright") and Zoe Saldana (in "The Losers").

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture are Don Cheadle (in "Brooklyn's Finest"), Idris Elba (in "Takers"), Justin Timberlake (in "The Social Network"), Michael Ealy (in "For Colored Girls") and Samuel L. Jackson (in "Mother and Child").

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture include Anika Noni Rose (in "For Colored Girls"), Kimberly Elise (in "For Colored Girls"), Phylicia Rashad (in "For Colored Girls"), Jill Scott (in "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?") and Whoopi Goldberg (in "For Colored Girls").

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Independent Motion Picture are "Conviction," "Frankie & Alice," "La Mission," "Mother and Child" and "Night Catches Us."

Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture include "A Barefoot Dream," "Biutiful," "Four Lions," "Mother" and "Outside the Law."

Outstanding Documentary (Theatrical or Television)

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Documentary (Theatrical or Television) include "For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots," "If God is Willing and the Creek Don't Rise," "Waiting for Superman" and "William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe."

Current NAACP Image Award nominees in the Writing/Directing category are as follows:

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series are Aaron McGruder (for "The Boondocks - The Fund-Raiser" on Cartoon Network), Daniel Chun (for ""The Office - Nepotism" on NBC), Kenny Smith (for "Pair of Kings - Where the Wild Kings Are" on Disney XD), Myra J. (for "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns - Meet the Racist" on TBS) and Vali Chandrasekaran (for "30 Rock - Khonani" on NBC).

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series include Alexander Woo (for "True Blood - It Hurts Me Too" on HBO), Janine Sherman Barrois (for "Criminal Minds - Rememberance of Things Past" on CBS), Judith McCreary (for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Disabled" on NBC), Leyani Diaz and Venessa Rojas (for "The Event - Loyalty" on NBC) and various writers (for "Private Practice - Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?" on ABC).

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television)

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television) are Mary King, Anna Waterhouse, Joe Shrapnel, Marko King, Jonathan Watters and Cheryl Edwards (for "Frankie & Alice"), Michael C. Martin (for "Brooklyn's Finest"), Michael Elliot (for "Just Wright"), Rodrigo Garcia (for "Mother and Child") and Tyler Perry (for "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?").

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series include Joe Morton (for "Eureka - Stoned" on Syfy), Justin Lin (for "Community - Modern Warfare" on NBC), Ken Whittingham (for "30 Rock - Anna Howard Shaw Day" on NBC), Kevin Rodney Sullivan (for "Modern Family - Game Changer" on ABC) and Michael Schultz (for "Chuck - Chuck vs. 'The Couch Lock'" on NBC).

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series

Nominees for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series are

Felix Alcal (for "Southland - What Makes Sammy Run" on TNT), Millicent Shelton (for "Men of a Certain Age - Go with the Flow" on TNT), Paris Barclay (for "In Treatment - Sunil: Week 6" on HBO ), Seith Mann (for "Friday Night Lights - Injury List" on DirecTV/NBC ) and Stephen L. Williams (for "Undercovers - Instructions" on NBC).

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television)

NAACP Image Awards nominees for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television) include Geoffrey Sax (for "Frankie & Alice"), George Tillman, Jr. (for "Faster"), Tanya Hamilton (for "Night Catches Us"), The Hughes Brothers (for "The Book of Eli") and Tyler Perry (for "For Colored Girls").

There you have it - the full roster of nominees for the 42^nd annual NAACP Image Awards - with no annoying page jumps or pop-ups. Who will win the NAACP Image Awards this year? The answers will be revealed during the March 4^th broadcast on Fox TV.