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The honorees are programmes that dealt with thought-provoking issues last year. In the case of “Coupe de Grace”, CSI tackled race and prejudice in the police force. Other winners include freshman Fox series Glee (”Wheels”), ABC’s Private Practice (”Nothing to Fear”) and the Discovery Health documentary Unlocking Autism.

“This year, we were impressed by not only the number of entries received but also by the breadth of subject matters addressed,” said Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Chairman and CEO John Shaffner. “We went to great lengths to select [programmes] that reflect the mission of the Television Academy Honors committee — to highlight the power of television and its ability to initiate important dialogue and ultimately instigate change.”

A full list of recipients can be found on the official Television Academy Honors website.

For a complete list of winners, visit Zap2It.

“Anika Noni Rose and Hill Harper are a part of a new generation of Hollywood that embodies the spirit of the Image Awards,” said NAACP Hollywood Bureau Executive Director Vicangelo Bulluck. “Their talent and success is inspiring and adds a sophisticated glamour to the evening.” The awards will be broadcast live on the Fox network.

The 57th Golden Reel Awards will take place on February 20, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.

“The Visual Effects Society is proud to present these nominations as the most outstanding work in the field this year,” said VES Chair Jeffrey A Okun. “It’s important to keep in mind that it wasn’t machines that created these images but incredibly talented artists. We congratulate them all and look forward to seeing who is chosen as the best of the best at the awards show in February.”

The ceremony will take place on February 28 in Los Angeles, California.

Laurence Fishburne (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’s Dr Ray Langston) and Hill Harper (Dr Sheldon Hawkes on CSI: New York) were recognized in the “Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series” category for their work in the franchise. Harper was also nominated for the “Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional” award for his third book, The Conversation: How Black Men & Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships. CSI received one other nomination: Paris Barclay was recognized in the “Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series” category for the season ten episode “Coup de Grace”. CSI: Miami’s Adam Rodriguez (Eric Delko) was nominated in the “Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture” category for his role in the Tyler Perry film I Can Do Bad All By Myself.

According to the official website, “the NAACP Image Awards is the nation’s premier event celebrating the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts as well as those individuals or groups who promote social justice.” Harper has won the “Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series” award for the past two years for his role on New York, and he also won the category for the show’s premiere season at the 37th NAACP Image Awards. Harper was recognized in the “Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens” category in 2009 for his second book, Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny, and the debut author and youth/teen literature categories for Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny in 2007.

Fishburne has received multiple NAACP Image Award nominations, and he won three awards in the past: “Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series” for Miss Evers’ Boys in 1998, “Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series” for The Tuskegee Airmen in 1996 and “Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture” for Higher Learning in 1996. Barclay is the winner of two previous NAACP Image Awards. He took home the “Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series” award in 2006 for the CBS programme Cold Case, and he was the recipient of the “Outstanding Drama Series” award in 2000 for City of Angels, in which Harper was a series regular. This is the first NAACP Image Award nomination for Rodriguez.

The 41st NAACP Image Awards will be presented at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on February 26. The awards will be televised live on the Fox network beginning at 8:00pm EST.

(I apologize for any errors and/or omissions in the list of previous NAACP Image Awards.)

“The rapid evolution of high-definition televisions in homes has made the role cinematographers play in creating content for episodic television more challenging and more important than ever,” said ASC Awards Committee Chairman Richard Crudo. “All of the nominees artfully helped to transport audiences to fantasy worlds.” The other cinematographers acknowledged in the category are Eagle Egilsson (Dark Blue, TNT), Jeffrey Jur (FlashForward, ABC), Michael Price (Ugly Betty, ABC) and Glen Winter (Smallville, CW).