Arlington, VA; July 28, 2022 – The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the nominees for the 43rd News and Documentary Emmy® Awards. PBS received 30 nominations, in addition to a Lifetime Achievement Award for PBS NewsHour anchor and managing editor, Judy Woodruff.
PBS programs receiving nominations include FRONTLINE (13), NATURE (5), INDEPENDENT LENS (4), POV (4), NOVA (1), PBS NEWSHOUR (1), “Downing of a Flag,” and “The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song.” A complete list of PBS nominations is below.
The 43rd News & Documentary Emmy® Awards will be presented in two individual ceremonies September 28th and 29th live at the Palladium Times Square, as well as, live streamed on Watch.TheEmmys.TV and The Emmys ® app. To see the full list of nominees click here.
Congratulations to all the nominated PBS programs and producers!
FRONTLINE Emmy Nominations
A Thousand Cuts
- Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
- Best Documentary
American Insurrection
- Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
- Best Documentary
China’s COVID Secrets
- Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
Escaping Eritrea
- Outstanding Investigative Documentary
In the Shadow of 9/11
- Outstanding Investigative Documentary
Un(re)solved
- Outstanding Interactive Media: Innovation
Yemen’s COVID Cover-Up
- Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Long Form
The Power of the Fed
- Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
The Healthcare Divide
- Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage
Boeing’s Fatal Flaw
- Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage
The Pandora Papers
- Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Long Form
NATURE Emmy Nominations
My Garden of a Thousand Bees
- Outstanding Nature Documentary
Pumas: Legends of the Ice Mountains
- Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
The Elephant and the Termite
- Outstanding Nature Documentary
- Outstanding Writing: Documentary
- Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
INDEPENDENT LENS Emmy Nominations
Coded Bias
- Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
Cured
- Outstanding Research: Documentary
Mr. Soul!
- Outstanding Sound
Storm Lake
- Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
POV Emmy Nominations
Mayor
- Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
The Neutral Ground
- Outstanding Historical Documentary
The Changing Same: American Pilgrimage
- Outstanding Interactive Media: Innovation
A Broken House
- Outstanding Short Documentary
NOVA Emmy Nominations
Picture A Scientist
- Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
PBS NEWSHOUR Emmy Nominations
PBS NewsHour’s Special Coverage of the Electoral College Count
- Outstanding Live Breaking Coverage
DOWNING OF A FLAG
- Outstanding Historical Documentary
THE BLACK CHURCH: THIS IS OUR STORY, THIS IS OUR SONG
- Outstanding Historical Documentary