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This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. Originally entitled Outstanding Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie, the award was retitled to its current name in 1995.

Winners and nominees

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1980s{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%;"

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1982

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Sister, Sister (1982 film)>Sister, Sister	{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

1983 – 89| colspan="2" {{n/a}}

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1990s{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%;"

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1990| colspan="2" {{n/a}}

1991

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The Women of Brewster Place (TV miniseries)>The Women of Brewster Place	HTTPS://WWW.IMDB.COM/EVENT/EV0000345/1991/1>TITLE = IMAGE AWARDS (NAACP) - 1991 AWARDS, IMDb,

1992

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In the Heat of the Night (TV series)>In the Heat of the Night	HTTPS://APNEWS.COM/CF4CB54F8070A5548A4CE6647211927E>TITLE=NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED,

Equal Justice (TV series)>Equal Justice

| Gabriel's Fire

Separate but Equal (film)>Separate but Equal

1993

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In the Heat of the Night (TV series)>In the Heat of the Night	{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

1994

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I'll Fly Away (TV series)>I'll Fly Away	{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

1995

style="background:#B0C4DE"| (Queen: The Story of an American Family)

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

1996

style="background:#B0C4DE"| The Tuskegee Airmen

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

Children of the Dust (miniseries)>Children of the Dust

| Divas

The Piano Lesson (1995 film)>The Piano Lesson

Tyson (1995 film)>Tyson

1997

style="background:#B0C4DE"| America's Dream

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| Deadly Voyage| (Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault)| Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story| Soul of the Game

1998

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Miss Evers' Boys

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

Buffalo Soldiers (1997 film)>Buffalo Soldiers

Cinderella (1997 film)>Cinderella

| (Don King: Only in America)| First Time Felon

1999

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The Temptations (miniseries)>The Temptations	{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| Always Outnumbered| Mama Flora's Family

Ruby Bridges (film)>Ruby Bridges

The Wedding (miniseries)>The Wedding

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2000s{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%;"

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2000

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

A Lesson Before Dying (film)>A Lesson Before Dying

(Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (film)>Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years)

| Jackie's Back| Selma, Lord, Selma

2001

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| A House Divided| The Corner| Disappearing Acts

Freedom Song (film)>Freedom Song

2002

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Boycott (2001 film)>Boycott	{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| A Huey P. Newton Story

Bojangles (film)>Bojangles

| Dancing in September| Fire and Ice

2003

style="background:#B0C4DE"| The Rosa Parks Story

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| 10,000 Black Men Named George| Keep the Faith, Baby| The Middle Passage| (Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story)

2004

style="background:#B0C4DE"| (D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear)

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

Deacons for Defense (film)>Deacons for Defense

| Good Fences

Jasper, Texas (film)>Jasper, Texas

Sounder (2003 film)>Sounder

2005

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Something The Lord Made

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| Crown Heights| Justice| (Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story)| Walking on Sunshine

2006

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Lackawanna Blues

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| Mississippi Justice

The Reading Room (film)>The Reading Room

| Sometimes in April

Their Eyes Were Watching God (film)>Their Eyes Were Watching God

2007

style="background:#B0C4DE"| (When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts)

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| Life Is Not a Fairy Tale

Sleeper Cell (TV series)>Sleeper Cell

| (Tsunami: The Aftermath)| The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Til

2008

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Life Support (film)>Life Support	{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| The Bronx Is Burning| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Five Days (TV series)>Five Days

The List (2007 film)>The List

2009

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A Raisin in the Sun (2008 film)>A Raisin in the Sun	{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| (24: Redemption)| Accidental Friendship| House of Saddam| Racing for Time">

2010s{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%;"

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2010

style="background:#B0C4DE"| (Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story)

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

America (2009 film)>America

Brick City (TV series)>Brick City

Georgia O'Keeffe (2009 film)>Georgia O'Keeffe

| Relative Stranger

2011

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Sins of the Mother

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

(America: The Story of Us) {{small>(Part 4)}}

| Filling the Gap

Luther (TV series)>Luther

| The Wronged Man

2012

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Thurgood

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

Five (2011 film)>Five

Have a Little Faith (film)>Have a Little Faith

| The Least Among You

Luther (TV series)>Luther

2013

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Steel Magnolias (2012 film)>Steel Magnolias	{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| (Abducted: The Carlina White Story)

Firelight (2012 film)>Firelight

| Raising Izzie| Sugar Mommas

2014

style="background:#B0C4DE"| Being Mary Jane

{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

| Betty & Coretta| (CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story)

Luther (TV series)>Luther

| Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

2015

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The Trip to Bountiful (play)#2014 Television film>The Trip to Bountiful	HTTP://WWW.HOLLYWOODREPORTER.COM/NEWS/NAACP-IMAGE-AWARDS-2015-WINNERS-771018 >TITLE=SELMA TAKES HOME TOP FILM HONORS	FIRST=ARLENE	THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER>DATE=6 FEBRUARY 2015, July 31, 2016,

| A Day Late and a Dollar Short| (American Horror Story: Freak Show)| (Drumline: A New Beat)| The Gabby Douglas Story

2016

style="background:#B0C4DE"| The Wiz Live!

SUTTON>FIRST=JOE	URL=HTTP://WWW.CNN.COM/2016/02/06/ENTERTAINMENT/NAACP-IMAGE-AWARDS/	DATE=FEBRUARY 6, 2016,

American Crime (TV series)>American Crime

Bessie (film)>Bessie

The Book of Negroes (miniseries)>The Book of Negroes

Luther (TV series)>Luther

2017

style="background:#B0C4DE"| (The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story)

KINANE>FIRST=RUTH	URL=HTTP://WWW.EW.COM/ARTICLE/2016/12/13/NAACP-IMAGE-AWARDS-NOMINEES-2017	DATE=DECEMBER 13, 2016,

American Crime (TV series)>American Crime

Confirmation (film)>Confirmation

| The Night Of

Roots (2016 miniseries)>Roots

2018

style="background:#B0C4DE"| The New Edition Story

NAACP IMAGE AWARDS: FULL LIST OF WINNERS >URL=HTTPS://WWW.HOLLYWOODREPORTER.COM/LISTS/2018-NAACP-IMAGE-AWARD-WINNERS-COMPLETE-LIST-1064208	THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER >LANGUAGE=EN, January 14, 2018,

Flint (film)>Flint

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (film)>The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Shots Fired (TV series)>Shots Fired

| (When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story)

2019

style="background:#B0C4DE"| The Bobby Brown Story

LEWIS >FIRST=HILARY	URL=HTTPS://WWW.HOLLYWOODREPORTER.COM/LISTS/2019-NAACP-IMAGE-AWARDS-NOMINATIONS-COMPLETE-LIST-1174374	THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER >LANGUAGE=EN, February 13, 2019,

| Behind the Movement| The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar

Seven Seconds (TV series)>Seven Seconds

| Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert">

2020s{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%;"

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2020

style="background:#B0C4DE"| When They See Us

SCHAFFSTALL >FIRST1=KATHERINE	FIRST2=ANNIE	URL=HTTPS://WWW.HOLLYWOODREPORTER.COM/LISTS/2020-NAACP-IMAGE-AWARD-WINNERS-COMPLETE-LIST-UPDATING-1276771	THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER >LANGUAGE=EN, February 22, 2020,

American Son (2019 film)>American Son

| Being Mary Jane

Native Son (2019 film)>Native Son

| True Detective

2021

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Self Made (miniseries)>Self Made	BOSSELMAN >FIRST=HALEY	URL=HTTPS://VARIETY.COM/2021/AWARDS/NEWS/2021-NAACP-IMAGE-AWARDS-WINNERS-LIST-1234939378/	VARIETY (MAGAZINE)>VARIETY, March 28, 2021,

Hamilton (2020 film)>Hamilton

Little Fires Everywhere (miniseries)>Little Fires Everywhere

| Sylvie's Love| (The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel)

2022

style="background:#B0C4DE" | Colin in Black & White

NAACP IMAGE AWARDS>URL=HTTPS://NAACPIMAGEAWARDS.NET/NOMINEES/	DATE=FEBRUARY 26, 2022,

| (Genius: Aretha)

Love Life (American TV series)>Love Life

| (Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia)

The Underground Railroad (miniseries)>The Underground Railroad

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

2 wins

• In the Heat of the Night

Nominations

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4 nominations

• Luther

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2 nominations

• American Crime
• In the Heat of the Night

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References

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