NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News/Information – Series or Special

This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News/Information – Series or Special. Originally entitled Outstanding News, Talk or Information, the award was later split to honor series' and specials separately. The categories were merged back together following the 2003 ceremony, before a separate category for talk series' was created in 2008 and the category was renamed to its current title.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1980s

Year	Series / Special	Ref
1989
1989	Oprah Winfrey: On Location in Forsythe County	^[1]

1990s

Year	Series / Special	Ref
1990 – 91	—
1992
1992	The Oprah Winfrey Show	^[2]
1993
1993	The Oprah Winfrey Show	^[3]
1994
1994	The Oprah Winfrey Show	^[4]
1995
1995	The Oprah Winfrey Show	^[5]
1996	See Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Series and Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Special
1997
	BET News Special: Ron Brown – A Celebration of Life	^[6]
	60 Minutes
	America's Black Forum
	Biography
	Dateline NBC
1998 – 99	See Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Series and Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Special

2000s

Year	Series / Special	Ref
2000 – 02	See Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Series and Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Special
2003
	BET Tonight with Ed Gordon	^[7]
	60 Minutes II
	ABC News Nightline
	Biography
	The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
2004
	Judge Mathis	^[8]
	106 & Park Top 10 Live
	American Experience
	Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
	Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2005
	Tavis Smiley	^[9]
	American Experience
	Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
	Brown vs. Board of Education Anniversary
	Judge Mathis
2006
	Tavis Smiley	^[10]
	CNN
	Judge Mathis
	The Tyra Banks Show
	Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2007
	Tavis Smiley	^[11]
	Biography
	Crisis in Darfur
	Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
	The Tyra Banks Show
2008
	In Conversation: The Senator Barack Obama Interview	^[12]
	American Gangster
	American Morning
	Dr. Sonja Gupta: Saving Your Life
	Good Morning America
2009
	In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview	^[13]
	American Gangster
	Anderson Cooper 360°
	The Oprah Winfrey Show
	Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel

2010s

Year	Series / Special	Ref
2010
	President Obama: The Inauguration	^[14]
	Anderson Cooper 360°
	CNN Presents
	Judge Mathis
	Leading Women
2011
	Unsung	^[15]
	A Conversation with President Obama
	Anderson Cooper 360°
	Judge Mathis
	Washington Watch with Roland Martin
2012
	Unsung	^[16]
	BET News Exclusive: The President Answers Black America
	Judge Mathis
	Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
	Washington Watch with Roland Martin
2013
	Unsung	^[17]
	Ask Obama Live: An MTV Interview with The President
	Judge Mathis
	Save My Son with Dr. Steve Perry
	Washington Watch with Roland Martin
2014
	The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.	^[18]
	Justice for Trayvon
	Mandela: Freedom's Father
	Oprah: Where Are They Now?
	Unsung
2015
	Unsung	^[19]
	America After Ferguson
	Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
	Melissa Harris-Perry
	Oprah's Lifeclass
2016
	Unsung	^[20]
	Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm
	News One Now
	Oprah Prime: Celebrating Dr. King and the Selma Marches 50 Years Later
	Oprah: Where Are They Now?
2017
	BET Love and Happiness White House Special	^[21]
	AM Joy with Joy Reid
	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
	Stay Woke
	Unsung for Sugarhill Gang
2018
	Unsung	^[22]
	News One Now
	Oprah's Master Class
	The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
	Through the Fire: The Legacy of Barack Obama
2019
	Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama	^[23]
	AM Joy
	Angela Rye's State of the Union
	A Thousand Words with Michelle Obama
	Unsung

2020s

Year	Series / Special	Ref
2020
	Unsung	^[24]
	Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
	Surviving R. Kelly
	The Breakfast Club
	The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
2021
	The New York Times Presents "The Killing of Breonna Taylor"	^[25]
	AM Joy: Remembering John Lewis Special
	Desus & Mero: The Obama Interview
	The Color of COVID
	The ReidOut

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

7 wins

Unsung

4 wins

The Oprah Winfrey Show

3 wins

Tavis Smiley

2 wins

In Conversation

Nominations

10 nominations

Unsung

7 nominations

Judge Mathis

5 nominations

The Oprah Winfrey Show

3 nominations

2 nominations

References

^ "1989 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "1992 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "1993 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "1994 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "1995 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "1997 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2003 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2004 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2005 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2006 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2007 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2008 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2009 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2010 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2011 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2012 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2013 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2013 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ Washington, Arlene. "Selma takes home top film honors". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ Sutton, Joe (February 6, 2016). "NAACP Image Awards honor black achievement in Hollywood". CNN.
^ Kinane, Ruth (December 13, 2016). "Beyoncé leads the pack of 2017 NAACP Image Awards nominees". EW.
^ "NAACP Image Awards: Full List of Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. January 14, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
^ "NAACP Awards: 'Black-ish,' 'Black Panther' Top Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. March 30, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
^ Schaffstall, Katherine; Howard, Annie (February 22, 2020). "NAACP Image Awards: Lizzo Named Entertainer of the Year; 'Just Mercy,' 'Black-ish' Among Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
^ Bosselman, Haley (March 28, 2021). "NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List". Variety. Retrieved May 1, 2021.

[1] "1989 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[2] "1992 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[3] "1993 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[4] "1994 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[5] "1995 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[6] "1997 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[7] "2003 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[8] "2004 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[9] "2005 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[10] "2006 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[11] "2007 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[12] "2008 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[13] "2009 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[14] "2010 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[15] "2011 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[16] "2012 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[17] "2013 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[18] "2013 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[19] Washington, Arlene. "Selma takes home top film honors". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[20] Sutton, Joe (February 6, 2016). "NAACP Image Awards honor black achievement in Hollywood". CNN.

[21] Kinane, Ruth (December 13, 2016). "Beyoncé leads the pack of 2017 NAACP Image Awards nominees". EW.

[22] "NAACP Image Awards: Full List of Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. January 14, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2021.

[23] "NAACP Awards: 'Black-ish,' 'Black Panther' Top Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. March 30, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2021.

[24] Schaffstall, Katherine; Howard, Annie (February 22, 2020). "NAACP Image Awards: Lizzo Named Entertainer of the Year; 'Just Mercy,' 'Black-ish' Among Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 1, 2021.

[25] Bosselman, Haley (March 28, 2021). "NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List". Variety. Retrieved May 1, 2021.

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v t e NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News/Information – Series or Special
1980s	Oprah Winfrey: On Location in Forsythe County (1988)
1990s	The Oprah Winfrey Show (1991) The Oprah Winfrey Show (1992) The Oprah Winfrey Show (1993) The Oprah Winfrey Show (1994) BET News Special: Ron Brown – A Celebration of Life (1995)
2000s	BET Tonight with Ed Gordon (2002) Judge Mathis (2003) Tavis Smiley (2004) Tavis Smiley (2005) Tavis Smiley (2006) In Conversation: The Senator Barack Obama Interview (2007) In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview (2008) President Obama: The Inauguration (2009)
2010s	Unsung (2010) Unsung (2011) Unsung (2012) The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013) Unsung (2014) Unsung (2015) BET Love and Happiness White House Special (2016) Unsung (2017) Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama (2018) Unsung (2019)
2020s	The New York Times Presents: "The Killing of Breonna Taylor" (2020) The ReidOut (2021) ABC News 20/20 Michelle Obama: The Light We Carry, A Conversation with Robin Roberts (2022) 20/20 – Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water – A Conversation with Robin Roberts (2023)