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The 55th annual NAACP Awards will be broadcast live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Saturday (March 16) at 8 p.m. ET/PT on BET and CBS and will air on Paramount+.
Queen Latifah returns to host this year's ceremony. Last year, she became the first solo female host since Diana Ross took over the ceremony in 2000.
The non-televised categories have been announced throughout the week via live stream at naacpimageawards.net and at the NAACP Image Awards dinner scheduled for Friday, March 15. The dinner will be hosted by Friday Night Live's Nina Parker and Kevin Fredericks aka KevOnStage.
Read on for candidates and presenters, and ways to watch and stream from anywhere.
How to Watch the NAACP Awards: How to Stream
The 2024 NAACP Awards will air live at 8 p.m. ET/PT and at 7 p.m. CT. The show will air on BET and CBS and will be simulcast on BET HER, VH1, CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, MTV2, Paramount Network, Logo, Pop TV, Smithsonian Channel and TV Land.
No cable? Do not worry! Viewers can watch the NAACP Awards on Paramount+, Philo, Fubo, Sling, Direct TV and Hulu + Live TV.
Paramount+ with Showtime has access to your local CBS channel, meaning you can stream the NAACP Images Awards live on the platform.
Subscription is $11.99/month after a one-week free trial (Paramount+ Essential plan is $5.99/month, plus a free trial).
If you're looking for the best streaming deal, Philo offers a free trial for the first week. Membership costs $25 per month after the free trial and gives you access to 70+ cable channels including BET, A&E, AMC, ID Network, Lifetime, Food Network, HGTV, MTV, OWN, TLC, WE tv and VH1.
Fubo offers a one-week free trial and $20 off streaming plans for the first month. DirecTV has streaming plans with 75+ channels and Sling TV also costs $20 for the first month. Viewers streaming internationally can use ExpressVPN for cross-platform access.
NAACP Awards Nominees and Presenters
This year's nominees include Victoria Monét, Usher, Halle Bailey, Fantasia Barrino, Ari Lennox, Burna Boy, HER, Janelle Monáe, Tems, Chris Brown, Davido, Jon Batiste, Summer Walker, Coco Jones, Megan Thee Stallion, FLO, Kirk Franklin , Kierra Sheard and Jonathan McReynolds.
The Color Purple, American fiction, They cloned Tyrone, Origin and Rustin is among the film's nominees.
Presenters include Keke Palmer, who is also nominated for Artist of the Year, Kerry Washington, Taraji P. Henson, Erika Alexander, Delroy Lindo, Deon Cole, Leslie Jones, Lil Rel Howery, Kenya Barris, Morris Chestnut, Sterling K. Brown, Ryan Michelle Bathe and Sabrina Elba.
