TBS Tops NAACP Image Awards Nominations

By R. Thomas Umstead
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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TBS garnered the lion's share of the cable industry's NAACP Image Awards nominations, announced Wednesday.

The
"very funny" network led all cable network nominations with 11,
followed by Lifetime Movie Network, which drew 10 nods. Overall 19 cable
networks drew acknowledgements from The NAACP Image Awards, which honor
multicultural excellence in television, music and movies.

TBS comedy Tyler Perry's House Of Payne
drew nominations in all five comedy categories, including best comedy
series where it will look to defend last year's win against TBS series Are We There Yet?, NBC's 30 Rock, Fox's Glee and ABC's Modern Family.

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R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.