Best Television Series (Drama/ Comedy)

The Smart Money Woman – Arese Ugwu, Isoken Ogiemwonyi, Lala Akindoju & Akintunde Marine Marinho

Adaptations are not the easiest to pull off. It takes an immense amount of imagination and creative alignment to be able to bring fictional characters in novels to life on screen. And this makes it open to a lot of criticism as each reader paints a unique picture with each page they read. Based on a 2016 novel of the same name by Arese Ugwu, The Smart Money Woman did justice with the transition from print to TV, thanks to the creative direction of Bunmi Ajakaiye. It has created so much buzz with its first season that fans all over the continent have successfully forced a season two that is presently in the works.

Other nominees

The Mystic River – Rogers Ofime

Rumour Has It Season 3 – Vincent Nwachukwu

Little Black Book – Olawale Adetula and Lydia IdakulaSobogun

My Name A-Zed – Olawale Adetula and Ijeoma Grace Agu

Butuku – Mwaka Nakweti

Jenifa's Diary – Olufunke Akindele