PBS Dominates News & Documentary Emmys; CBS Leads Broadcast Nets

PBS dominated the 36th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, which were doled out tonight at at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall in Manhattan. The pubcaster lapped the field with 17 trophies, nearly doubling runner-up CBS’ nine. NBC was third with four. Univision (three) and The New York Times (two) were the only other outlets to score more than a single statuette.

Amid a rocky 2015, NBC Nightly News took home the plum Emmy for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast for its reporting on Ukraine. The program also won two others. CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley also won a pair of awards.

CNN founder Ted Turner was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for News & Documentary, which was presented by Larry King.

“The journalists and documentarians we pay tribute to this evening are our eyes and ears across the globe, bringing back the stories that affect each and every one of us,” said National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Chairman Chuck Dages. “Whether, an investigative special, a breaking news report, or a documentary on a pressing social or political issue, these are the stories we tune in to each night to be better informed and to guide us in this rapidly changing and politically volatile world. I can’t think of more important work than what tonight’s nominees represent.”

PBS went in with leading 57 nominations; only CBS was close, with 43. Just four other outlets managed double-digit noms: ABC (17), NBC (14) and CNN and HBO (10 apiece).

NATAS doled out the hardware in 45 categories. Here is the complete list of winners:

OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST

NBC Nightly News NBC

Ukraine

Executive Producers

Patrick Burkey, Madeleine Haeringer, Jamie Kraft

Senior Producers

Andy Franklin, Ben Plesser

Senior Broadcast Producer

Sam Singal, Jennifer Suozzo

Producer

Yuka Tachibana

Field Producer

James Novogrod

Chief Foreign Correspondent

Richard Engel

OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley CBS

Challenge Academy

Executive Producer

Steve Capus

Senior Broadcast Producer

Kimberly Godwin

Producer

Alturo Rhymes, Simon Bouie, Michael Comfort, Miles Doran, Seth Fox

Correspondent

Michelle Miller

OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley CBS

On The Road: Pay It Forward

Executive Producer

Patricia Shevlin

Senior Broadcast Producer

Jim McGlinchy

Producer

Megan Kelty

Correspondent

Steve Hartman

OUTSTANDING HARD NEWS REPORT IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST

NBC Nightly News NBC

Inside Kobani

Executive Producers

Patrick Burkey, Madeleine Haeringer

Senior Broadcast Producer

Sam Singal

Senior Producers

Andy Franklin, Ben Plesser

Producers

James Novogrod, Yuka Tachibana

Field Producers

Randall Brown, Aziz Akyavas

Chief Foreign Correspondent

Richard Engel

OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST

PBS NewsHour PBS

Hazardous Work: Diving into the Philippines’ Dangerous Underwater Mines

Executive Producer

Linda Winslow

Senior Producer

Justin Kenny

Reporter/Producer

Frank Carlson

Correspondent

Hari Sreenivasan

Investigative Reporter

Larry Price

Contributing Reporter

Richard C. Paddock

OUTSTANDING BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING IN A REGULARY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST

Nightline ABC

Brian Ross Investigates: Herbalife– The Dream and The Reality

Executive Producer

Almin Karamehmedovic

Producer

Matthew Mosk

Field Producers

William Gallego, Rym Momtaz, Randy Kreider

Chief Investigative Correspondent

Brian Ross

Chief Investigative Producer

Rhonda Schwartz

DIgital Producer:

Lee Ferran

AND

PBS NewsHour & The Center for Investigative Reporting PBS

Who’s Behind The Chinese Takeover Of The World’s Biggest Pork Producer?

Executive Producers

Sharon Tiller, Linda Winslow

Senior Producer

Mia Zuckerkandel

Senior Editorial Producer

David Ritsher

Foreign Affairs & Defense Editor

Justin Kenny

National Affairs Editor

Murrey Jacobson

Senior Editor

Andrew Donahue

Producer

Amanda Pike

Reporter/Producer

Nathan Halverson

OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY IN A NEWS MAGAZINE

FRONTLINE PBS

The Battle for Ukraine

Executive Producer

David Fanning

Deputy Executive Producer

Raney Aronson-Rath

Executive Producer for Quicksilver Media

Eamonn Matthews

Producer/Director

James Jones

OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY IN A NEWS MAGAZINE

48 Hours CBS

Perilous Journey

Executive Producer

Susan Zirinsky

Senior Producer

Peter Schweitzer

Producers

David Franklin, Jonathan Leach, Doug Longhini, Ana Real, Josh Yager

Development Producer

Kathleen O’Connell

Correspondent

Maureen Maher

OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN A NEWS MAGAZINE

60 Minutes CBS

The Shooting at Chardon High

Executive Producer

Jeff Fager

Executive Editor

Bill Owens

Producers

Robert G. Anderson, Warren Lustig, Aaron Weisz

Correspondent

Scott Pelley

OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN A NEWS MAGAZINE

FRONTLINE PBS

Hunting Boko Haram

Executive Producer

David Fanning

Deputy Executive Producer

Raney Aronson-Rath

Series Senior Editor

Andrew Metz

Senior Producers

Frank Koughan, Dan Edge

Producer/Reporter

Evan Williams

Producer

Daniel Bogado

OUTSTANDING BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING IN A NEWS MAGAZINE

60 Minutes CBS

Over a Barrel

Executive Producer

Jeff Fager

Executive Editor

Bill Owens

Producers

Robert G. Anderson, Aaron Weisz

Co-Producer

Robert Zimet

Correspondent:

Scott Pelley

OUTSTANDING NEWS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

All In with Chris Hayes MSNBC

Fifty Year War: The Changing Face of Poverty in America

Executive Producer

Denis Horgan

Senior Producers

Marisa Buchanan, Rebekah Dryden, Kim Harvey, Brendan O’Melia

Producers

Sheara Braun, Gregg Cockrell, Todd Cole, Carey Fox, Allison Koch, Joelle Martinez, Brendan McDonald, Tara Meltzer, Brian

Montopoli, Diane Shamis, Cydney Weiner

Digital Producers

Erin Delmore, Collier Meyerson

Video Producers

Rachel Simon, Sam Ulan

Director

Christian Alicea

Special Anchor, NBC News

Maria Shriver

Host

Christopher Hayes

OUTSTANDING LIVE COVERAGE OF A CURRENT NEWS STORY – LONG FORM

NBC News Specials NBC

Malaysia Flight 17

Anchors

Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Brian Williams

Correspondents

Tom Costello, Jim Miklaszewski, Kristen Welker, Chris Jansing, Andrea Mitchell

Directors

Rob George, Brett Holey

Associate Directors

Erica Levins, Mary Muzina

Executive Producers

Bob Epstein, Don Nash

Producers

Marisa Buchanan, Katie Primm, Stephanie Psyllos, Cydney Weiner, Jay Blackman, Neal Carter, Katie Ryan, Tom Mazzarelli, Brian Cohen, Cate Cetta, Jamie Kraft, Lauren Fairbanks, Jason Cumming, Alastair Jamieson, Cassandra Vinograd, Brinley Bruton, Drew Condell, David Verdi, Tony Capra, Rob Rivas, Frank Salamone, Mary Beth Fay, Jackie Carrero, Chris Nelson, John Baiata, Lou Dubois, Emmanuelle Saliba, John Mancini, Carlo Delaverson, Sean O’Murchu, Marc Smith, Lauren Prince, Niven McCall-Mazza, Adrienne Mong, Madeleine Haeringer, Tracy Snyder, Peter Jeary, Miriam Firestone, Shanshan Dong, Alexander Smith, Lucy Muccini, Hatice Soyal, Cheryll Simpson, Ghazi Balkiz

OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A CURRENT NEWS STORY – LONG FORM

FRONTLINE PBS

United States of Secrets

Executive Producer

David Fanning

Deputy Executive Producer

Raney Aronson-Rath

Part 1

Director/ Producer

Michael Kirk

Producer

Mike Wiser

Producer/Reporter

Jim Gilmore

Part 2

Producers

Martin Smith

Co-Producers

Linda Hirsch, Ben Gold

Editorial Consultant, parts 1 & 2

Barton Gellman

OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM – LONG FORM

FRONTLINE PBS

Firestone and the Warlord

Executive Producer

David Fanning

Deputy Executive Producer

Raney Aronson-Rath

Senior Series Editor

Andrew Metz

Producer/Director

Marcela Gaviria

Co- Producers

Will Cohen, Maeve O’Boyle

Senior Editor, ProPublica

Joe Sexton

Editor-in-Chief, ProPublica

Stephen Engelberg

Reporters, ProPublica

Jonathan Jones, T. Christian Miller

OUTSTANDING INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMMING – LONG FORM

POV PBS

When I Walk

Director/Producer

Jason DaSilva

Producer

Alice Cook

Executive Producers

Lydia Dean Pilcher, Sally Jo Fifer, Simon Kilmurry, Yael Melamede, Stanley Nelson, Peter Starr

Co-Executive Producer

Cynthia López

Vice President, Programming & Production

Chris White

OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL PROGRAMMING – LONG FORM

Independent Lens PBS

The Trials of Muhammad Ali

Director/Producer

Bill Siegel

Executive Producers

Justine Nagan, Leon Gast, Gordon Quinn, Kat White, Sally Jo Fifer

Producer

Rachel Pikelny

Deputy Executive Producer, Independent Lens

Lois Vossen

OUTSTANDING BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING – LONG FORM

Independent Lens PBS

Medora

Executive Producers

Wren Arthur, Steve Buscemi, Michael B. Clark, Sally Jo Fifer, Tim Foley, Stanley Tucci, Alex Turtletaub

Producers

Andrew Cohn, Davy Rothbart , Rachel Dengiz, Rachel Counce

Deputy Executive Producer

Lois Vossen

Directors

Andrew Cohn, Davy Rothbart

OUTSTANDING INTERVIEW

60 Minutes CBS

Recruiting for ISIS

Executive Editor

Bill Owens

Executive Producer

Jeff Fager

Producer

Randall Joyce

Co-Producer

Mark Ludlow

Correspondent

Clarissa Ward

OUTSTANDING ARTS & CULTURE PROGRAMMING

HBO Documentary Films HBO

Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus

Director / Producer

Madeleine Sackler

Executive Producers

Andrea Meditch, Sheila Nevins

Supervising Producer

Sara Bernstein

OUTSTANDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMMING

CNN Films CNN

Dinosaur 13

Executive Producers

Amy Entelis, Vinnie Malhotra

Director/Producer

Todd Miller

Supervising Producer

Courtney Sexton

OUTSTANDING NATURE PROGRAMMING

Nature PBS

Snow Monkeys

Executive Producers

Jenny Apostol, Fred Kaufman

Series Producer

Bill Murphy

Series Editor

Janet Hess

Supervising Producer

Janice Young

Senior Producer

Laura Metzger Lynch

Producer

Joseph Pontecorvo

BEST STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST

NBC Nightly News and Today NBC

Hooked

Executive Producers

Patrick Burkey, James Kraft, Don Nash

Senior Producers

Janet Klein, Katie Boyle, Matt Carluccio, Tom Mazarelli

Producers

Erika Angulo, Mark Evans, Scott Feinstein, Vincent Genova, Candace Kuo, Jody Henenfeld, Victor Limjoco, Paul Manson, Molly Paul, , Savannah Sellers, Barry Silverman, Gabriel Valdes, Wonbo Woo

National Correspondent

Kate Snow

Correspondent

Mark Potter

BEST REPORT IN A NEWS MAGAZINE

60 Minutes CBS

The Case of Alex Rodriguez

Executive Producer

Jeff Fager

Executive Editor

Bill Owens

Senior Producer

Michael Radutzky

Producers

Andrew Bast, Emily Rand

Correspondent

Scott Pelley

BEST DOCUMENTARY

FRONTLINE PBS

United States of Secrets

Executive Producer

David Fanning

Deputy Executive Producer

Raney Aronson-Rath

Part 1

Director/ Producer

Michael Kirk

Producer

Mike Wiser

Producer/Reporter

Jim Gilmore

Part 2

Producers

Martin Smith

Co-Producers

Linda Hirsch, Ben Gold

Editorial Consultant, parts 1 & 2

Barton Gellman

AND

POV PBS

After Tiller

Directors/Producers

Martha Shane, Lana Wilson

Executive Producers

Simon Kilmurry, Diane Max, Regina K. Scully

Co-Executive Producer

Cynthia López

Vice President, Programming & Production

Chris White

NEW APPROACHES: CURRENT NEWS COVERAGE

Guardian US in partnership with The Texas Observer

Beyond the Border: The US’s Deadly Immigration Crisis

US News Editor

Alex Koppelman

Managing Editor

Brad Tyer

Interactive Editor

Feilding Cage

Multimedia Editor

Jen Reel

Interactive Journalists

Kenan Davis, Nadja Popovich, Kenton Powell, Rich Harris

Video Journalist

Mae Ryan

Editor

Dave Mann

Writer

Melissa del Bosque

NEW APPROACHES: DOCUMENTARIES

{THE AND}

Director

Topaz Adizes

Producer

Julia Gorbach

Co-Producers

Heran Abate, Carla Tramullas

Digital Producer

Jordan Makow

Executive Creative Director

Jeff Sikaitis

Creative Director

Nathan Phillips

Design

Mikell Fine Iles

Developers

Ricky Bacon, Jerry Bai, Mark Edgington

Editor

Christopher McNabb

Additional Editors

Armando Croda, Sebastian Diaz

Camera Operators

Adhat Campos, Julia Gorbach

Sound Editor

Dan Dzula

NEW APPROACHES: ARTS, LIFESTYLE AND CULTURE

The New York Times The New York Times

Notes On Blindness

Executive Producers

Mike Brett, Steve Jamison, Jason Spingarn-Koff, Alex Usborne

Producers

Jo-Jo Ellison, Peter Middleton

Interactive Designer and Producers

Meghan Louttit, Ryan Smith

Coordinating Producer

Kathleen Lingo

Directors

Peter Middleton, James Spinney

Series Researcher

Lindsay Crouse

OUTSTANDING WRITING

60 Minutes CBS

The Shooting at Chardon High

Writers

Scott Pelley, Robert G. Anderson, Aaron Weisz

OUTSTANDING RESEARCH

FRONTLINE PBS

Firestone & The Warlord

Researchers

Jonathan Jones, T. Christian Miller, Marcela Gaviria,, Will Cohen, Nesa Azimi, Abel Welwean

OUTSTANDING VIDEO JOURNALISM: NEWS

60 Minutes CBS

War and Hunger

Camera

Dan Bussell, Chris Everson, Ian Robbie

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY: DOCUMENTARY AND LONG FORM

Nature PBS

Snow Monkeys

Director of Photography

Joseph Pontecorvo

Additional Cinematography

Nimmida Pontecorvo

OUTSTANDING EDITING: NEWS

Retro Report The New York Times

Go Or No Go: The Challenger Legacy

Editor

Bret Sigler

OUTSTANDING EDITING: DOCUMENTARY AND LONG FORM

Mission Blue Netflix

Editor

Peter R. Livingston Jr.

OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC DESIGN AND ART DIRECTION

Future Cat National Geographic Wild

Visual Effects

Big Machine

Creative Director

Steve Peterson

Art Directors

Ming Wang, Elizabeth Steinberg

Visual Effects Supervisor

Natalie Eagan

Animators

Geoff Ciccarelli, June Sho, Zach Carnes, Abby Chang, Ariana Ziae-Mohseni , Jaques Clement

Graphics Producer

Crystal Deones

AND

Your Inner Fish PBS

Animators

Henry Affonso, Chris Seed

Compositor

Charles Brelaud

Modelers

Mathew Cooling, Xu Xing

Motion Graphics

Steven Azancot, Matthew Lee, Arnau Millet

Animation Director/Creative Director

Tom Brass

Visual Effects Producers

Amber Ducker, Carmen Perez-Marsa

CG Lead

David Cook

OUTSTANDING MUSIC AND SOUND

Nature PBS

Animal Misfits

Composers

Chris Biondo, Lenny Williams, Brollyman

Re-Recording Mixer

Ed Campbell

Sound Editor

Neil Hipkiss

Sound Mixers

Matt Coster, Pete Howell

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION AND SCENIC DESIGN

A Crime to Remember Investigation Discovery

38 Witnesses

Production Designers

Jeanelle Marie, Timothy Whidbee

Director of Photography

Andreas Burgess

OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Nature PBS

New Season of NATURE: Sneak Preview

Executive Producer

Fred Kaufman

Producer

Laura Metzger Lynch

Editor

Patrick Krass

Sound Mixer

Ed Campbell

OUTSTANDING REGIONAL NEWS STORY: SPOT NEWS

KFOR-TV News (Oklahoma City, OK)

Moore Tornado: May 20, 2013 KFOR-TV

Interim News Directors

Natalie Hughes, Steve Johnson

OUTSTANDING REGIONAL NEWS STORY: INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

KNTV NBC Bay Area (San Francisco, CA) KNTV-TV

Sysco’s Dirty Secret: Hidden Food Sheds Across North America

Executive Producer

Matt Goldberg

Producer

Felipe Escamilla

Investigative Producer

Kevin Nious

Investigative Reporter

Vicky Nguyen

Investigative Photojournalist

David Paredes

Photographers

Jeremy Carroll, Mark Villarreal

OUTSTANDING NEWSCAST OR NEWS MAGAZINE IN SPANISH

Aquí y Ahora Univision

Senior Executive Producers

Isaac Lee, Daniel Coronell, Patsy Loris

Executive Producers:

María Elena Salinas, Mirna Couto

Producers

Jorge Mota, Daily Camacaro

Reporter

María Elena Salinas

OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY IN SPANISH

Aquí y Ahora – Univision Investiga Univision

La Masacre de Iguala

Executive Producers

Jairo Marín, Daniel Coronell

Producers

Tomas Ocaña, Margarita Rabin, Mayra Rocha, Esteban Roman, Jesica Zermeño

Coordinating Producer

Jeannette Casal Miranda

Co-Hosts

Teresa Rodriguez, Maria Elena Salinas

Correspondents

Raul Benoit, Carmen Escobosa, Guillermo González del Campo, Gerardo Reyes, Tifani Roberts

OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN SPANISH

Aquí y Ahora — Univision Investiga Univision

Nuevos Narco Tesoros

Executive Producer

Jairo Marin

Executive Director

Daniel Coronell

Producers

Juan Cooper, Tomas Ocana, Margarita Rabin, Esteban Roman

Managing Producer

Jeannette Casal Miranda

Anchor

Jorge Ramos

Director and Reporter

Gerardo Reyes

AND

Telemundo, The Weather Channel, The Investigative Fund Telemundo

and Efran Films

Muriendo por Cruzar

Senior Executive Producers

Alina Falcon, Neil Katz, Sylvia Rosabal

Executive Producers

Gregory Gilderman, Solly Granatstein, Marisa Venegas

Director of Special Projects

Desiree Colomina

Senior Producers

Esther Kaplan, Shawn Efran

Producers

Sofia Lachapelle, Marisa Venegas

Field Producers

Carlos Calvo, Milton Verdugo, Ramfis Rodriguez, Eric Jankstrom, Miguel Alvarez, Orlando Bazaka, Fernando Canales, Brandon Kieffer, Roberto Rivadeneira, Robert Fuentes, Ruben Rosado

Anchors

Carmen Dominicci, John Carlos Frey, Neida Sandoval

Senior Executive Producers

Alina Falcon, Neil Katz, Sylvia Rosabal

Executive Producers

Gregory Gilderman, Solly Granatstein, Marisa Venegas

Director of Special Projects

Desiree Colomina

Senior Producers

Esther Kaplan, Shawn Efran

Producers

Sofia Lachapelle, Marisa Venegas

Field Producers

Carlos Calvo, Milton Verdugo, Ramfis Rodriguez, Eric Jankstrom, Miguel Alvarez, Orlando Bazaka, Fernando Canales, Brandon Kieffer, Roberto Rivadeneira, Robert Fuentes, Ruben Rosado

Anchors

Carmen Dominicci, John Carlos Frey, Neida Sandoval