PBS 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

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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