We have the nominees for the 10th annual Black Reel TV Awards, with Ryan Coogler’s Disney+/Marvel drama Ironheart leading the field with 10. ABC comedy Abbott Elementary is next with nine noms, followed by HBO’s creepshow IT: Welcome to Derry and Netflix telefilm Ruth & Boaz with seven each.  

Netflix led all networks and platforms with 35 nominations, followed by HBO with 20, Hulu with 17 and ABC and Prime Video with 14 each. Apple TV scored 13 noms. See the full list below.

The 2026 Black Reel TV Awards aka Bolts — celebrating excellence in television across comedy, drama, limited series, TV movies, documentaries, variety programming, acting, directing, writing, music and technical achievement — will be handed out August 17.

With today’s noms, Abbott Elementary now is the most-nominated series in Bolts history with 54, while Yahya Abdul-Mateen II becomes the first performer ever nominated for both Lead Performance in a Comedy Series and Lead Performance in a Drama Series in the same year, for Disney+’s Wonder Man and Netflix’s Man on Fire, respectively.

“As we celebrate our 10th year recognizing excellence in television, this year’s nominees reflect the extraordinary depth, range, and cultural impact of Black creativity across every corner of the industry,” said Tim Gordon, founder of the Black Reel Awards. “From breakout performances to landmark achievements behind the camera, these nominations honor artists and storytellers who continue to expand what television can be.”  

Here are the nominations for the 2026 Black Reel TV Awards:

Outstanding Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
The Bear (FX on Hulu)
The ‘Burbs (Peacock)
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (NBC)
Wonder Man (Disney+)

Outstanding Drama Series
Industry (HBO)
IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO)
Man on Fire (Netflix)
Paradise (Hulu)
Reasonable Doubt (Hulu)

Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series
Demascus (Tubi)
His & Hers (Netflix)
Imperfect Women (Apple TV+)
Ironheart (Disney+)
Washington Black (Hulu)

Outstanding Variety, Sketch or Talk – Series or Special
A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live: The 21st Night of September (CBS)
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy (Netflix)
Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable (Netflix)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (Syndication)
Josh Johnson: Symphony (HBO Max)

Outstanding Documentary
Allen Iv3rson (Prime Video)
Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott (ESPN)
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (Netflix)
Magic City: An American Fantasy (Starz)
Sean Combs: The Reckoning (Netflix)

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Comedy Series
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Wonder Man (Disney+)
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (FX on Hulu)
David Alan Grier, St. Denis Medical (NBC)
Keke Palmer, The ‘Burbs (Peacock)
Maya Rudolph, Loot (Apple TV+)
Adjani Salmon, Dreaming Whilst Black (Showtime)
Jaz Sinclair, Gen V (Prime Video)
Vince Staples, The Vince Staples Show (Netflix)
Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams, The Ms. Pat Show (BET+)

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Man on Fire (Netflix)
Jovan Adepo, IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO)
Angela Bassett, 9-1-1 (ABC)
Sterling K. Brown, Paradise (Hulu)
Emayatzy Corinealdi, Reasonable Doubt (Hulu)
Aldis Hodge, Cross (Prime Video)
Chase Infiniti, The Testaments (Hulu)
Myha’la, Industry (HBO)
Y’lan Noel, Nemesis (Netflix)
Zendaya, Euphoria (HBO)

Outstanding Lead Performance in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Idris Elba, Heads of State (Prime Video)
Taraji P. Henson, Straw (Netflix)
Ernest Kingsley Jr., Washington Black (Hulu)
Okieriete Onaodowan, Demascus (Tubi)
Winston Sawyers, Lord of the Flies (Netflix)
Serayah, Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)
Daryl Stephens, Noah’s Arc: The Movie (Paramount+)
Dominique Thorne, Ironheart (Disney+)
Tessa Thompson, His & Hers (Netflix)
Kerry Washington, Imperfect Women (Apple TV+)

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series
Erika Alexander, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (NBC)
Danielle Brooks, Peacemaker (HBO Max)
Danielle Deadwyler, Rooster (HBO)
Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons (Netflix)
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Lamorne Morris, Spider-Noir (Prime Video)
Danielle Pinnock, Ghosts (CBS)
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Jessica Williams, Shrinking (Apple TV+)
Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Euphoria (HBO)
Kyle Bary, Reasonable Doubt (Hulu)
Nicole Beharie, The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Chris Chalk, IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO)
Gabrielle Dennis, Nemesis (Netflix)
Skye P. Marshall, Matlock (CBS)
Taylour Paige, IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO)
Karen Pittman, The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Sonja Sohn, Will Trent (ABC)
Alfre Woodard, The Boroughs (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Sterling K. Brown, Washington Black (Prime Video)
Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Old Guard 2 (Netflix)
Sope Dirisu, Black Rabbit (Netflix)
Jay Ellis, All Her Fault (Peacock)
Crystal Fox, His & Hers (Netflix)
Leslie Odom Jr., Imperfect Women (Apple TV+)
Wendell Pierce, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War (Prime Video)
Anthony Ramos, Ironheart (Disney+)
Lyric Ross, Ironheart (Disney+)
Joy Sunday, DTF St. Louis (HBO)

Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy Series
Khandi Alexander, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
RJ Cyler, The ‘Burbs (Peacock)
Danielle Deadwyler, The Bear (FX on Hulu)
Zach Fox, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Taraji P. Henson, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Samuel L. Jackson, Tulsa King (Paramount+)
Clifford “Method Man” Smith, Poker Face (Peacock)
Octavia Spencer, Running Point (Netflix)
Robert Townsend, The Bear (FX on Hulu)
Damon Wayans Jr., Shrinking (Apple TV+)

Outstanding Guest Performance in a Drama Series
Morris Chestnut, Reasonable Doubt (Hulu)
Giancarlo Esposito, The Boys (Prime Video)
Danielle Deadwyler, Euphoria (HBO)
Colman Domingo, Euphoria (HBO)
Yvette Freeman, Will Trent (ABC)
Ernest Harden Jr., The Pitt (HBO Max)
Ayeshia Harris, The Pitt (HBO Max)
Leslie Uggams, The Gilded Age (HBO)
Malcolm Jamal Warner, Murder in a Small Town (FOX)
Susan Kelechi Watson, Will Trent (ABC)

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary, “Mall Part 2: Questions & Concerns”, Tyler James Williams, director (ABC)
The Bear, “Worms”, Janicza Bravo, director (FX on Hulu)
The Four Seasons, “Hiking”, Colman Domingo, director (Netflix)
Shrinking, “And That’s Our Time” , Randall Keenan Winston, director (Apple TV+)
Wonder Man, “Callback”, Tiffany Johnson, director (Disney+)

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
The Gilded Age, “My Mind is Made Up”, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, director (HBO)
IT: Welcome to Derry, “29 Neibolt Street” , Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr., director (HBO)
The Morning Show, “Amari”, Millicent Shelton, director (Apple TV+)
Paradise, “Exodus”, Hanelle M. Culpepper, director (Hulu)
The Pitt, “4:00 PM”, Damian Marcano, director (HBO Max)

Outstanding Directing in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Imperfect Women, ‘The Bridge”, Jet Wilkinson, director (Apple TV+)
Ironheart, “The Past is the Past”, Angela Barnes, director (Disney+)
Love Story: John F. Kennedy & Carolyn Bessette, “Battery Park”, Crystle Roberson Dorsey, director (FX )
The Man in My Basement, Nadia Latif, director (Hulu)
Ruth & Boaz, Alanna Brown, director (Netflix)

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary, “Team Building”, Quinta Brunson, writer (ABC)
The Bear, “Worms”, Lionel Boyce & Ayo Edebiri, writers (FX on Hulu)
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, “Nittany Means Big”, Phil Augusta Jackson, writer (NBC)
Shrinking, “The Field” , Ashley Nicole Black, writer (Apple TV+)
Wonder Man, “Doorman”, Zeke Nicholson, writer (Disney+)

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
Cross, “Quemar”, Ben Watkins & Aiyana White, writers (Prime Video)
IT: Welcome to Derry, “In the Name of the Father”, Jason Fuchs, Cord Jefferson & Brad Caleb Kane, writers (HBO)
Paradise, “Mayday”, Jason Wilborn, writer (Hulu)
The Pitt, “1:00 PM”, Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman & R. Scott Gemmill, writers (HBO Max)
The Pitt, “3:00 PM”, Cynthia Adarkwa, writer (HBO Max)

Outstanding Writing in a TV Movie or Limited Series
His & Hers, “Episode 2”, Tori Sampson, writer (Netflix)
Imperfect Women, “Monster”, Kay Oyegun, writer (Apple TV+)
Ironheart, “Take Me Home”, Chinaka Hodge, writer (Disney+)
Ruth & Boaz, Michael Elliot & Cory Tynan, writers (Netflix)
The Man in My Basement, Walter Mosley & Nadia Latif, writers (Hulu)

Outstanding Score
The Chi (Showtime)
Cross (Prime Video)
Ironheart (Disney+)
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (Netflix)
Nemesis (Netflix)

Outstanding Music Supervision
BMF (Starz)
The Chi (Showtime)
Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)
Washington Black (Hulu)
The Vince Staples Show (Netflix)

Outstanding Original Song
The Boys, “Raise Him Up”; Daveed Diggs, performer (Prime Video)
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, “Cookin’ It Up”; Precious Way, performer (NBC)
The Gray House, “Love Will Rescue Me”; Yolanda Adams, performer (Prime Video)
Ruth & Boaz, “Faithful”; Serayah, performer (Netflix)
Ruth & Boaz, “Goodness”; Serayah & Babyface, performers (Netflix)

Outstanding Cinematography
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (Netflix)
Allen Iv3rson (Prime Video)
The Vince Staples Show (Netflix)

Outstanding Editing
Bel-Air (Peacock)
Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott, Cinque Northern (ESPN)
Daredevil: Born Again (Disney+)
Ironheart (Disney+)
Reasonable Doubt (Hulu)

Outstanding Hair & Makeup
Cross (Prime Video)
Euphoria (HBO)
His & Hers (Netflix)
Ironheart (Disney+)
Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)

Outstanding Costume Design
Bel-Air (Peacock)
Cross (Prime Video)
Ironheart (Disney+)
Nemesis (Netflix)
Reasonable Doubt (Hulu)

Outstanding Production Design
Euphoria (HBO)
IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO)
The Gilded Age (HBO)
Paradise (Hulu)
Wonder Man (Disney+)