Queen Latifah will return as host of the '2010 People's Choice Awards' ij January, and a few people of color and their respective projects will battle it out for the title of 'People's Choice.'

Emmy Award-winning supermodel-turned-talk show host Tyra Banks' daily talk show is nominated for favorite TV talk show, but she will have to beat 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' as well as 'Chelsea Lately,' 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' and 'Live with Regis & Kelly.'

LL Cool J's show, 'NCIS: Los Angeles' -- the newest in the popular CBS franchise -- is nominated in the new TV drama category, but would have to oust 'The Good Wife,' 'The Forgotten,' 'Mercy,' 'Melrose Place,' FlashForward,' 'Eastwick,' 'The Vampire Diaries,' 'V,' and 'Three Rivers,' for the win.

Finally, competing for 'New TV Comedy' are two Fox shows the feature African-American ensembles;'The Cleveland Show,' the animated series featuring the voices of Sanaa Lathan and Regan Preston-Gomez, and 'Brothers' starring former New York Giants star Michael Strahan and Darryl 'Chill' Mitchell. Also nominated in that category are 'Accidentally on Purpose,' 'Community,' 'Cougar Town,' 'Glee,' 'Hank,' 'The Middle' and 'Modern Family.'

The People's Choice Awards will air live on Jan.6 on CBS from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles.

Below is a complete list of nominees and categories:

TV DRAMA:
'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'
'Grey's Anatomy'
'House'
'Lost'
'NCIS'

TV COMEDY:
'Desperate Housewives'
'How I Met Your Mother'
'The Big Bang Theory'
'The Office'
'Two and a Half Men'

TV DRAMA ACTOR:
Hugh Laurie
Kiefer Sutherland
Mark Harmon
Matthew Fox
Patrick Dempsey

TV DRAMA ACTRESS:
Anna Paquin
Blake Lively
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Katherine Heigl
Mariska Hargitay

TV COMEDY ACTOR:
Alex Baldwin
Charlie Sheen
Jim Parsons
Neil Patrick Harris
Steve Carell

TV COMEDY ACTRESS:
Alyson Hannigan
America Ferrera
Amy Poehler
Eva Longoria Parker
Tina Fey

TV OBSESSION:
'Dexter'
'Gossip Girl'
'The Hills'
'The Secret Life of the American Teenager'
'True Blood'

TV TALK SHOW:
'Chelsea Lately'
'Live with Regis & Kelly'
'The Ellen DeGeneres Show'
'The Oprah Winfrey Show'
'The Tyra Banks Show'

TV SCI-FI FANTASY:
'Heroes'
'Lost'
'Supernatural'
'The Vampire Diaries'
'True Blood'

TV COMPETITION SHOW:
'American Idol'
'Dancing With the Stars'
'Project Runway'
'So You Think You Can Dance'
'Survivor: Samoa'

ANIMAL SHOW:
'Animal Cops'
'DogTown'
'Dog Whisperer'
'It's Me or the Dog'
'Rescue Ink'

NEW TV DRAMA:
'Eastwick'
'FlashForward'
'Melrose Place'
'Mercy'
'The Forgotten'
'The Good Wife'
'The Vampire Diaries'
'Three Rivers'
'NCIS: Los Angeles'
'V'

NEW TV COMEDY:
'Accidentally on Purpose'
'Brothers'
'Community'
'Cougar Town'
'Glee'
'Hank'
'The Cleveland Show'
'The Middle'
'Modern Family'