Empire leading NAACP Image Awards nominations
Musical drama Empire is leading the TV nominees for 2016’s National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People’s NAACP Image Awards.
The US show is up for 12 prizes, including outstanding drama series, actor and actress.
Family comedy Black-ish came second in the TV nominations with 10, including outstanding comedy series.
The awards celebrate the accomplishments of people of colour in television, music, literature and film. Empire centres on a hip-hop music and entertainment company and the drama among the family members that run it.
The show, which has been running since the beginning of year, will compete against Being Mary Jane, How to Get Away with Murder, Power and Scandal for the outstanding TV drama award.