For the eighth consecutive year, PBS programs have earned more News & Documentary Emmy® Award nominations than any other organization, with 52 nominations. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the nominees on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. The awards honor programming distributed during the 2020 calendar year.
PBS programs receiving nominations include FRONTLINE (19), POV (8), PBS NEWSHOUR (4), INDEPENDENT LENS (8), NATURE (4), NOVA (4), GREAT PERFORMANCES (1), VOCES (1), and AMERICAN MASTERS (1), among others. A complete list of PBS nominations is below.
The 42nd News & Documentary Emmy® Awards will be live-streamed in two ceremonies on September 28 and 29. To see the full list of nominees, please click here.
Congratulations to all nominated PBS programs and producers!
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newsmagazine
Best Story in a Newsmagazine
Outstanding Video Journalism: News
FRONTLINE “Undocumented in the Pandemic”
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newsmagazine
FRONTLINE “Love, Life & the Virus”
Outstanding Feature Story in a Newsmagazine
Best Story in a Newsmagazine
Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newsmagazine
FRONTLINE “United States of Conspiracy”
Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
Outstanding Investigative Documentary
FRONTLINE “Once Upon A Time In Iraq”
Outstanding Historical Documentary
Best Documentary
FRONTLINE “Inside Italy’s COVID War”
Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
Outstanding Direction: Documentary
FRONTLINE “Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos”
Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
Outstanding Promotional Announcement
Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
Outstanding Writing: Documentary
Outstanding Short Documentary
FRONTLINE “Policing the Police 2020”
Outstanding Writing: Documentary
GREAT PERFORMANCES | NOW HEAR THIS “The Schubert Generation”
Outstanding Sound
INDEPENDENT LENS “Belly of the Beast”
Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
Best Documentary
Outstanding Direction: Documentary
Outstanding Editing: Documentary
Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
Outstanding Direction: Documentary
Outstanding Editing: Documentary
INDEPENDENT LENS “Feels Good Man”
Outstanding Research: Documentary
KEN BURNS PRESENTS THE GENE: AN INTIMATE HISTORY
Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
AMERICAN MASTERS “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool”
Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary
Outstanding Sound
NATURE “Cuba’s Wild Revolution”
Outstanding Nature Documentary
Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
Outstanding Sound
Outstanding Music Composition
NOT DONE: WOMEN REMAKING AMERICA
Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
Outstanding Editing: Documentary
Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction: Documentary
Outstanding Nature Documentary
PBS NEWSHOUR “Best Health Care?”
Outstanding Health or Medical Coverage
PBS NEWSHOUR “Searching for Justice”
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newscast
PBS NEWSHOUR “Desperate Journey”
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newscast
PBS NEWSHOUR “Inside Venezuela”
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newscast
Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
Best Documentary
Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary
Outstanding Short Documentary
Outstanding Music Composition
VOCES “Building the American Dream”
Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary