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
FRONTLINE Bannon's War
Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
FRONTLINE Inside Yemen
Best Story in a Newsmagazine
FRONTLINE Battle for Iraq
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newsmagazine
Best Story in a Newsmagazine
FRONTLINE Divided States of America
Outstanding Writing
FRONTLINE Iraq Uncovered
Outstanding Investigative Documentary
Outstanding Research
FRONTLINE Last Days of Solitary
Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
FRONTLINE Mosul
Outstanding Short Documentary
Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
FRONTLINE Putin's Revenge
Best Documentary
Outstanding Writing
FRONTLINE War on the EPA
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
INDEPENDENT LENS Tower
Outstanding Historical Documentary
Outstanding Music & Sound
INDEPENDENT LENS The Witness
Best Documentary
IRELAND'S WILD COAST
Outstanding Nature Documentary
Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
NATURE Forest of the Lynx
Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
NATURE Naledi: One Little Elephant
Outstanding Nature Documentary
NATURE Spy in the Wild: A NATURE Mini-series
Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
NATURE Yosemite
Outstanding Nature Documentary
Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
Outstanding Music & Sound
NOVA Poisoned Water
Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
PBS NEWSHOUR America Addicted
Outstanding Science, Medical and Environmental Report
PBS NEWSHOUR Ear Hustle
Outstanding Arts, Culture and Entertainment Report
POV Almost Sunrise
Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
POV The Islands and the Whales
Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
POV Last Men In Aleppo
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
THE SULTAN AND THE SAINT
Outstanding Lighting Direction and Scenic Design
THE VIETNAM WAR : A FILM BY KEN BURNS & LYNN NOVICK
Outstanding Research
Outstanding Promotional Announcement
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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. 
