NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series explained

This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. This category was first awarded during the 1988 ceremony and since its inception, Black-ish holds the records for most wins with six.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1980s

Year	Series	Ref
1988
	The Cosby Show	[1]
1989
	Muppet Babies	[2]

1990s

Year	Series	Ref
1990
	Muppet Babies	[3]
1991
	A Different World	[4]
	The Cosby Show
	Fresh Prince of Bel Air
	Family Matters
	In Living Color
1992
	In Living Color	[5] [6]
	A Different World
	The Cosby Show
	Fresh Prince of Bel Air
	Family Matters
1993
	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	[7]
1994
	Martin	[8] [9]
	Living Single
	Roc
	Fresh Prince of Bel Air
	Where I Live
1995
	Martin	[10]
1996
	Living Single	[11]
	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
	In the House
	Martin
	Sister, Sister
1997
	Cosby	[12]
	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
	Living Single
	Martin
	Moesha
1998
	Living Single	[13]
	Cosby
	The Gregory Hines Show
	Moesha
	The Steve Harvey Show
1999
	Cosby	[14]
	The Jamie Foxx Show
	Moesha
	Sister, Sister
	The Steve Harvey Show

2000s

Year	Series	Ref
2000
	The Steve Harvey Show	[15]
	The Cosby Mysteries
	For Your Love
	The Hughleys
	Linc's
2001
	The Steve Harvey Show	[16]
	For Your Love
	The Hughleys
	The Jamie Foxx Show
	The Parkers
2002
	The Steve Harvey Show	[17]
	The Bernie Mac Show
	Girlfriends
	The Hughleys
	My Wife and Kids
2003
	The Bernie Mac Show	[18]
	Girlfriends
	My Wife and Kids
	One on One
	The Parkers
2004
	The Bernie Mac Show	[19]
	Girlfriends
	Half & Half
	My Wife and Kids
	Whoopi
2005
	The Bernie Mac Show	[20]
	Chappelle's Show
	Girlfriends
	Half & Half
	My Wife and Kids
2006
	Everybody Hates Chris	[21]
	The Bernie Mac Show
	The Boondocks
	Girlfriends
	Half & Half
2007
	Ugly Betty	[22]
	All of Us
	The Bernie Mac Show
	Everybody Hates Chris
	Girlfriends
2008
	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	[23]
	30 Rock
	Everybody Hates Chris
	Girlfriends
	Ugly Betty
2009
	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	[24]
	30 Rock
	Everybody Hates Chris
	The Game
	Ugly Betty

2010s

Year	Series	Ref
2010
	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	[25]
	30 Rock
	Everybody Hates Chris
	Glee
	Ugly Betty
2011
	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	[26]
	30 Rock
	Are We There Yet?
	Glee
	Modern Family
2012
	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	[27]
	The Game
	Love That Girl!
	Modern Family
	Reed Between the Lines
2013
	The Game	[28]
	Glee
	The Mindy Project
	Modern Family
	The Soul Man
2014
	Real Husbands of Hollywood	[29]
	The Game
	House of Lies
	Modern Family
	The Soul Man
2015
	Black-ish	[30]
	House of Lies
	Key & Peele
	Orange Is the New Black
	Real Husbands of Hollywood
2016
	Black-ish	[31]
	House of Lies
	Key & Peele
	Orange Is the New Black
	Survivor's Remorse
2017
	Black-ish	[32]
	Atlanta
	Insecure
	Survivor's Remorse
	The Carmichael Show
2018
	Black-ish
	Ballers
	Dear White People
	Insecure
	Survivor's Remorse
2019
	Black-ish
	Atlanta
	Insecure
	Grown-ish
	Dear White People

2020s

Year	Series	Ref
2020
	Black-ish	[33]
	Ballers
	Dear White People
	Grown-ish
	The Neighborhood
2021
	Insecure	[34]
	blackAF
	Black-ish
	Grown-ish
	The Last O.G.
2022
	Insecure	[35]
	Black-ish
	Harlem
	Run the World
	The Upshaws

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

6 wins

• Black-ish

5 wins

• Tyler Perry's House of Payne

3 wins

• The Bernie Mac Show
• The Steve Harvey Show

2 wins

• Cosby
• Insecure
• Living Single
• Martin
• Muppet Babies

Nominations

8 nominations

• Black-ish

7 nominations

• Girlfriends

6 nominations

• The Bernie Mac Show

5 nominations

• Everybody Hates Chris
• Insecure
• The Steve Harvey Show
• Tyler Perry's House of Payne

4 nominations

• 30 Rock
• The Game
• Martin
• Modern Family
• My Wife and Kids
• Ugly Betty
• Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

3 nominations

• Cosby

• Dear White People
• Glee
• Grown-ish
• Half & Half
• House of Lies
• Living Single
• Moesha
• The Hughleys
• Survivor's Remorse

2 nominations

• Ballers
• For Your Love
• Key & Peele
• Muppet Babies
• Orange Is the New Black
• Real Husbands of Hollywood
• Sister, Sister
• The Cosby Show
• The Jamie Foxx Show
• The Parkers
• The Soul Man

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1988 Image Award Winners. IMDb. August 20, 2016.
2. Web site: 1989 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
3. Web site: 1990 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
4. Web site: 1991 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
5. Web site: 1992 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
6. Web site: NAACP Image Award Nominees Announced.
7. Web site: 1993 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
8. Web site: 1994 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
9. Web site: Indianapolis Recorder 1 January 1994 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program.
10. Web site: 1995 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
11. Web site: 1996 Image Awards . Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
12. Web site: 1997 Image Awards . Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
13. Web site: 1998 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
14. Web site: 1999 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
15. Web site: 2000 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
16. Web site: 2001 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
17. Web site: 2002 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
18. Web site: 2003 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
19. Web site: 2004 Image Awards . Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
20. Web site: 2005 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
21. Web site: 2006 Image Awards . Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
22. Web site: 2007 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
23. Web site: 2008 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
24. Web site: 2009 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
25. Web site: 2010 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
26. Web site: 2011 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
27. Web site: 2012 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
28. Web site: 2013 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
29. Web site: 2013 Image Awards. Awards and Winners. July 31, 2016.
30. Web site: Selma takes home top film honors. Washington. Arlene. The Hollywood Reporter. 6 February 2015. July 31, 2016.
31. News: Sutton. Joe. NAACP Image Awards honor black achievement in Hollywood. CNN. February 6, 2016.
32. News: Kinane. Ruth. Beyoncé leads the pack of 2017 NAACP Image Awards nominees. EW. December 13, 2016.
33. Web site: Schaffstall . Katherine . Howard . Annie . NAACP Image Awards: Lizzo Named Entertainer of the Year; 'Just Mercy,' 'Black-ish' Among Top Winners . . February 22, 2020.
34. Web site: Bosselman . Haley . NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List . . March 28, 2021.
35. Web site: NAACP Image Awards. NAACP Image Awards. February 26, 2022.