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Michele Weaver as Nuri and Will Catlett as Yasir in "Love Is__" (Michael Desmond/Warner Bros.)

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Cress Williams as Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning in "Black Lightning" (The CW/Bob Mahoney)

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