**UPDATED** Arlington, VA; September 27, 2024 — The winners for the 45th News and Documentary Emmy® Awards were announced by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) in two individual ceremonies Wednesday, September 25th, and Thursday, September 26th, 2024. PBS won four total Documentary Emmy Awards for FRONTLINE (2), POV (1) and INDEPENDENT LENS (1) (bolded below). PBS continues to be a home for trustworthy and informative documentaries.
PBS tied with National Geographic for the second most nominations this year, with 34 total News (12) and Documentary (22) nominations, including three in the acclaimed Best Documentary category. PBS programs receiving nominations include FRONTLINE (17), INDEPENDENT LENS (6), NATURE (2), NEWS HOUR (2), NOVA (2), AMERICAN MASTERS (1), POV (1), WNET RETRO REPORT (1), HUMAN FOOTPRINT (1), EVOLUTION EARTH (1). A complete list of PBS nominations and wins is listed below.
Congratulations to all the nominated and awarded PBS programs and producers!
FRONTLINE Emmy Nominations
After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics
- Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Long Form
- Outstanding Writing: News
Age of Easy Money
- Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
America and The Taliban
- Outstanding Historical Documentary
America’s Dangerous Trucks
- Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court
- Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
The Discord Leaks
- Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Long Form
- Outstanding Music Composition: News
Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover
- Best Documentary
- Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
Failure at the Fence
- Outstanding Research: News
- Outstanding Editing: News
Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus
- Outstanding Investigative Documentary
- Outstanding Research: Documentary
Inside the Uvalde Response
- Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Long Form
- Outstanding Research: News
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
- Outstanding Writing: Documentary
INDEPENDENT LENS Emmy Nominations
Free Chol Soo Lee
- Best Documentary
- Outstanding Historical Documentary
Teaser: Free Chol Soo Lee
- Outstanding Promotional Announcement: Documentary
El Equipo
- Outstanding Crime and Justice Documentary
Hidden Letters
- Best Documentary
Love in the Time of Fentanyl
- Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
NATURE Emmy Nominations
The Hummingbird Effect
- Outstanding Nature Documentary
Soul of the Ocean
- Outstanding Nature Documentary
NEWS HOUR Emmy Nominations
Haiti in Crisis
- Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form
War in the Holy Land
- Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Long Form
NOVA Emmy Nominations
Ancient Earth
- Outstanding Graphic Design: Documentary
The Battle to Beat Malaria
- Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
AMERICAN MASTERS Emmy Nomination
Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely
- Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
POV Emmy Nomination
Eat Your Catfish
- Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
WNET RETRO REPORT Emmy Nomination
How Saba Kept Singing
- Outstanding Recorded News Special
HUMAN FOOTPRINT Emmy Nomination
- Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
EVOLUTION EARTH Emmy Nomination
- Outstanding Nature Documentary