PBS Receives 47 News and Documentary Emmy Nominations

PBS programs received 47 nominations for the 40th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, the most earned by any organization for the sixth consecutive year. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the nominees on Thursday, July 25, 2019. The awards honor programming distributed during the 2018 calendar year.

PBS programs receiving multiple nominations include INDEPENDENT LENS (12), FRONTLINE (10), PBS NEWSHOUR (6) and POV (6). A complete list of PBS nominations is below.

As America's home for documentaries, PBS is committed to telling stories that deepen understanding and encourage conversation, said Paula Kerger, PBS President and CEO. We're thrilled that public television continues to be recognized for the quality of our programming, and we look forward to another season of educating, inspiring and entertaining our audiences.

The News & Documentary Emmy Awards will be presented on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 during a ceremony at Alice Tully Hall in New York City. To see the full list of nominees, please click here.

Congratulations to all PBS programs and producers!

PBS Nominees

AMERICA REFRAMED

Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary

FRONTLINE Documenting Hate

Outstanding Investigative Documentary

Outstanding Writing

FRONTLINE Exodus: The Journey Continues

Best Documentary

FRONTLINE Myanmars Killing Fields

Outstanding Investigative Documentary

FRONTLINE Separated: Children at the Border

Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary

FRONTLINE The Facebook Dilemma

Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary

Outstanding Research

FRONTLINE The Last Generation

Outstanding New Approaches: Documentary

FRONTLINE The Pension Gamble

Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary

FRONTLINE UN Sex Abuse Scandal

Outstanding Investigative Documentary

GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM

Outstanding Lighting Direction and Scenic Design

GOING TO WAR

Outstanding Historical Documentary

INDEPENDENT LENS Dawnland

Outstanding Research

Outstanding Music and Sound

INDEPENDENT LENS Dolores

Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary

INDEPENDENT LENS Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities

Outstanding Historical Documentary

INDEPENDENT LENS The Cleaners

Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary

INDEPENDENT LENS The Judge

Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary

INDEPENDENT LENS Unrest

Outstanding Editing: Documentary

INDEPENDENT LENS I Am Not Your Negro

Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary

Best Documentary

INDEPENDENT LENS Wildland

Outstanding Nature Documentary

Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary

Outstanding Editing: Documentary

INSIGHT WITH JOHN FERRUGIA (Colorado) Traded and Trafficked | Rocky Mountain PBS

Outstanding Regional News Story: Investigative Report

NATIVE AMERICA

Outstanding Music and Sound

NATURE Sex, Lies and Butterflies

Outstanding Nature Documentary

NATURE Super Cats: Cats in Every Corner

Outstanding Nature Documentary

NATURE Super Cats: Extreme Lives

Outstanding Music and Sound

NEANDERTHAL

Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction

NOVA Black Hole Apocalypse

Outstanding Writing

NOVA Decoding the Weather Machine

Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary

NOVA Transplanting Hope

Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary

PBS NEWSHOUR Flossie Lewis, Still Spectacular at 94

Outstanding Feature Story in a Newscast

PBS NEWSHOUR Kept Out

Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Report

PBS NEWSHOUR Rape, Harassment and Retaliation in the U.S. Forest Service: Women Firefighters Tell Their Stories

Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newscast Continued

PBS NEWSHOUR The End of AIDS: Far From Over

Outstanding Science, Medical or Environmental Report

PBS NEWSHOUR These Girls Escaped Boko Haram. Now They're Pleading for Help to Save Their Generation

Outstanding Edited Interview Continued

PBS NEWSHOUR Yemens Spiraling Hunger Crisis is a Man-Made Disaster

Outstanding Hard News Feature Story in a Newscast

POV Nowhere to Hide

Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary

Best Documentary

POV Quest

Outstanding Social Issue Documentary

Best Documentary

POV Survivors

Outstanding Social Issue Documentary

POV The Workers Cup

Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary

POV Shorts Earthrise

Outstanding Short Documentary

POV Shorts Give

Outstanding New Approaches: Documentary

THE AMAZING HUMAN BODY

Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction

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