PBS Awards & Honors
PBS is a consistent leader in television's most prestigious awards competitions, earning top honors year after year for excellence in journalism, documentary, arts, children's programming, and digital storytelling.
Highlights of PBS's 2026 awards season, along with notable achievements from recent years, include:
2026
Six (6) News & Documentary Emmy® Awards wins for FRONTLINE, POV, Independent Lens, Great Performances, and other PBS programs, following a record 51 collective nominations, the highest total among all networks.
Two (2) Peabody Awards and eight (8) nominations, recognizing PBS's excellence in news programming, with wins for FRONTLINE's “The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram” and PBS News Hour's “Immigration Crackdown.”
38 Telly Awards wins recognizing excellence in video and television across all screens, including PBS, PBS Digital Studios, PBS Creative Services, PBS KIDS, and PBS Digital & Marketing. Additionally, PBS member stations across the country received multiple Telly Awards recognizing their outstanding work.
Earned three (3) Writers Guild Awards and eight (8) nominations, with wins for AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's “Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP” and FRONTLINE's “2,000 Meters to Andriivka” and “Trump's Power & Rule of Law.”
Honored with Two (2) duPont-Columbia Silver Baton Awards for FRONTLINE “2,000 Meters to Andriivka” and PBS NEWS HOUR’s “The Fall of Assad.”
Two (2) Children’s and Family Emmy® Awards wins for PBS KIDS’s CARL THE COLLECTOR series.
Received four (4) Kidscreen Awards for PBS KIDS’s LYLA IN THE LOOP, WORK IT OUR WOMBATS, ODD SQUAD, and ALMA’S WAY.
Following its recognition as one of the Webby’s 30 Most Iconic Companies in Internet History, PBS achieved a new Webby milestone in 2026 with 37 nominations and its second recognition as Webby Media Company of the Year, earning the most honors across Webby categories. PBS received seven (7) Webby Award wins and 10 People’s Voice wins for standout digital storytelling from PBS KIDS, PBS Digital Studios, and more.
2025
99 Telly Awards wins recognizing excellence across PBS, PBS KIDS, PBS Digital Studios, FRONTLINE, AMERICAN MASTERS, and other acclaimed productions.
Two (2) Documentary Emmy® Awards wins, One (1) News Emmy® Award win, and 37 News & Documentary Emmy® Awards nominations recognizing outstanding work from programs including FRONTLINE and NOVA.
Three (3) Peabody Awards wins and eight (8) nominations honoring excellence in storytelling, including MASTERPIECE and INDEPENDENT LENS.
Four (4) NAMIC Vision Award nominations, including PBS Digital Studios’ A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICA.
PBS received eight (8) Webby Award wins, 21 nominations, and nine (9) Honoree recognitions, celebrating innovative digital storytelling from PBS Digital Studios, PBS KIDS, AMERICAN MASTERS, and more.
Seven (7) NAACP Image Award nominations, including FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.
Five (5) GLAAD Media Award nominations recognizing impactful storytelling from INDEPENDENT LENS, POV, PBS NEWS HOUR, and other PBS programs.
Two (2) wins and 12 Children’s & Family Emmy® Awards nominations recognizing the excellence of PBS KIDS programming.
2024
One (1) Academy Award® win for FRONTLINE’s “20 Days in Mariupol.”
Four (4) Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award finalists, including FRONTLINE, AMERICAN MASTERS, and AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.
Four (4) Buzzie Award wins and 16 nominations, including NOVA.
10 Kidscreen Award nominations for GBH KIDS and PBS KIDS.
Three (3) IDA Documentary Award wins and five (5) nominations, including FRONTLINE and INDEPENDENT LENS.
Three (3) Jackson Wild Media Award wins and 10 finalist recognitions, including NATURE.
Six (6) Imagen Award nominations and one (1) win for VOCES.
Four (4) News & Documentary Emmy® Awards wins and 34 nominations, including FRONTLINE, POV, and INDEPENDENT LENS.
Three (3) Primetime Emmy® Award nominations, including ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., and INDEPENDENT LENS.
Three (3) TCA Award nominations, including PBS KIDS’s DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD.
22 Telly Award wins, including PBS Drama Sizzle.
Five (5) Peabody Awards wins and 11 nominations, including PBS NEWS HOUR, FRONTLINE, and POV.
Four (4) Daytime Emmy® Awards wins and ten nominations, including PBS’s talent Lidia Bastianich receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award.
PBS won Webby Media Company of the Year, with 15 Webby and People’s Voice wins, 33 Webby Award nominations, and 16 Honoree recognitions.
Three (3) Writers Guild Award nominations and one (1) win for Ken Burns’ THE AMERICAN BUFFALO, “Episode One: Blood Memory.”