PBS Dominates News & Documentary Emmy Awards

By R. Thomas Umstead
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PBS was the big winner at last night’s 37th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards ceremony in New York, according to the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

PBS won 14 Emmys, doubling second place CBS’s tally of seven. CNN won four awards, including the "Outstanding Coverage of A Breaking News Story" award for Anderson Cooper 360’s coverage of Europe’s Refugee Crisis.

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ABC, HBO, CNN, NBC and Univision all won multiple Emmys honoring the best in television news and documentaries.

A full list of winners can be found here.

Network Winners of News And Documentary Emmys

Network                                              Emmys

PBS                                                   14

CBS                                                    7

ABC                                                    4

CNN                                                   4

HBO                                                   3

NBC                                                   2

Univision                                            2

BBC World News                               1

CCTV America                                   1

Discovery Channel                             1

Nat Geo Wild                                      1

Smithsonian Channel                          1

Telemundo                                          1

Center For Investigative Reporting    1

Source: National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.