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Sunday, August 5, 2018

#SmallScreenScenes @PBS #WhomYouKnow Nominated for 44 News & Documentary Emmys®

PBS programs received 44 nominations for the 39th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards, the most earned by any organization. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the nominees on Thursday, July 26, 2018. The awards honor programming distributed during the 2017 calendar year. 

PBS programs receiving multiple nominations include FRONTLINE (14), INDEPENDENT LENS (8), NATURE (6) and POV(6). A complete list of PBS nominations is below. 


The News & Documentary Emmy® Awards will be presented on Monday, October 1, 2018 during a ceremony at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, located in the Time Warner Center in New York City. To see the full list of nominees, please click here.



In addition to those nominated, the NATAS will honor NOVA’s Senior Executive Producer, Paula Apsell, with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Congratulations to all PBS programs and producers, Paula Apsell, and public television nominees.

PBS Nominees


Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary

Outstanding Lighting Direction and Scenic Design




Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary




Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary




Best Story in a Newsmagazine




Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newsmagazine 

Best Story in a Newsmagazine




Outstanding Writing




Outstanding Investigative Documentary

Outstanding Research




Outstanding Social Issue Documentary




Outstanding Short Documentary

Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary




Best Documentary

Outstanding Writing




Outstanding Investigative Documentary




Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary




Outstanding Historical Documentary




Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary




Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary




Outstanding Nature Documentary




Outstanding Historical Documentary

Outstanding Music & Sound




Best Documentary




Outstanding Nature Documentary

Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary





Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary




Outstanding Nature Documentary




Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary




Outstanding Nature Documentary

Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary

Outstanding Music & Sound




Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary




Outstanding Science, Medical and Environmental Report




Outstanding Arts, Culture and Entertainment Report




Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary




Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary




Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary




Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary

Best Documentary




Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary




Outstanding Lighting Direction and Scenic Design




Outstanding Research

Outstanding Promotional Announcement

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