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
THE FARTHEST - VOYAGER IN SPACE
Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
Outstanding Lighting Direction and Scenic Design
FRONTLINE “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”
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
FRONTLINE “Divided States of America”
Outstanding Writing
Outstanding Investigative Documentary
Outstanding Research
FRONTLINE “Last Days of Solitary”
Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
Outstanding Short Documentary
Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
Best Documentary
Outstanding Writing
Outstanding Investigative Documentary
INDEPENDENT LENS “The Bad Kids”
Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
INDEPENDENT LENS “Birth of a Movement”
Outstanding Historical Documentary
INDEPENDENT LENS “Forever Pure”
Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
INDEPENDENT LENS “National Bird”
Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
INDEPENDENT LENS “SEED: The Untold Story”
Outstanding Nature Documentary
Outstanding Historical Documentary
Outstanding Music & Sound
INDEPENDENT LENS “The Witness”
Best Documentary
Outstanding Nature Documentary
Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
NATURE “Naledi: One Little Elephant”
Outstanding Nature Documentary
NATURE “Spy in the Wild: A NATURE Mini-series”
Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
Outstanding Nature Documentary
Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
Outstanding Music & Sound
Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
PBS NEWSHOUR “America Addicted”
Outstanding Science, Medical and Environmental Report
Outstanding Arts, Culture and Entertainment Report
Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
POV “The Islands and the Whales”
Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
POV “My Love, Don’t Cross That River”
Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary
Best Documentary
POV “Presenting Princess Shaw”
Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary
Outstanding Lighting Direction and Scenic Design
THE VIETNAM WAR : A FILM BY KEN BURNS & LYNN NOVICK
Outstanding Research
Outstanding Promotional Announcement
