The News & Documentary Emmy Award nominations were announced for this year, and The Walt Disney Company has earned 53 nods across its content brands and studios, including ABC News, ESPN, Disney+, Hulu, and National Geographic.
The shows with the most nominations for Disney, with nine each were “Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller” from National Geographic, and ABC News’ “Nightline.”
News category winners will be revealed on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, while the documentary category winners will be announced on Thursday, September 28, 2023. Both ceremonies can be viewed at Watch.TheEmmys.TV, and via The Emmys app.
Nominees
Here is the full list of News & Documentary Emmy nominated titles under the Disney umbrella:
Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller (National Geographic)
9 Nominations
- Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Long Form (Episode: “Fish Pirates”)
- Outstanding Science, Technology or Environmental Coverage (Episode: “Amazon Mafia”)
- Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage (Episode: “Stolen Car”)
- Outstanding Crime and Justice Coverage (Episode: “White Supremacy”)
- Outstanding Writing: News (Episode: “Cocaine Queens”)
- Outstanding Writing: News (Episode: “Fish Pirates”)
- Outstanding Research: News (Episode: “White Supremacy”)
- Outstanding Editing: News (Episode: “Cocaine Queens”)
- Outstanding Editing: News (Episode: “White Supremacy”)
Nightline (ABC News)
9 Nominations
- Outstanding Recorded News Program
- Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Long Form (Episode: “A Reckoning: The Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools”)
- Outstanding Soft Feature Story: Short Form (Episode: “Swimming While Black”)
- Outstanding Soft Feature Story: Long Form (Episode: “Mi Niño: Chile’s Stolen Children”)
- Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form (Episode: “The Horrors in Bucha”)
- Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Long Form (Episode: “Saving Malaika”)
- Outstanding Edited Interview (Episode: “Lia Thomas”)
- Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment Coverage (Episode: “What America Owes: The Stolen Generation”)
- Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form (with ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis)* (Episode: “Inside Kharkiv’s Battle of Resilience”)
Retrograde (National Geographic)
6 Nominations
- Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
- Outstanding Direction: Documentary
- Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
- Outstanding Editing: Documentary
- Outstanding Sound
- Outstanding Promotional Announcement
ABC News Soul of a Nation Presents (ABC News)
5 Nominations
- Outstanding Recorded News Special (Episode: “Together as One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage”)
- Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment Coverage (Episode: “PRIDE: To Be Seen”)
- Outstanding Direction: News (Episode: “PRIDE: To Be Seen”)
- Outstanding Crime and Justice Coverage (Episode: “X / o n e r a t e d – The Murder of Malcolm X and 55 Years to Justice”)
- Outstanding Direction: News (Episode: “X / o n e r a t e d – The Murder of Malcolm X and 55 Years to Justice”)
Super/Natural (National Geographic)
4 Nominations
- Outstanding Nature Documentary
- Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
- Outstanding Sound
- Outstanding Promotional Announcement
20/20 (ABC News)
3 Nominations*
- Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment Coverage (Episode: “Cinderella: The Reunion”)
- Outstanding Edited Interview (with ABC World News Tonight with David Muir) (Episode: “Breaking with the President: The Mike Pence Interview”)
- Outstanding Edited Breaking News Coverage (with ABC World News Tonight with David Muir) (Episode: “Putin’s War: The Battle to Save Ukraine”)
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (ABC News)
3 Nominations*
- Outstanding Live News Program
- Outstanding Edited Interview(with 20/20) (Episode: “Breaking with the President: The Mike Pence Interview”)
- Outstanding Edited Breaking News Coverage (with 20/20) (Episode: “Putin’s War: The Battle to Save Ukraine”)
ABC News (ABC News)
2 Nominations
- Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Long Form (“Uvalde 365: A Year in the Community”)
- Outstanding Direction: News (Episode: “Election Night 2022”)
ABC News Live (ABC News)
2 Nominations
- Outstanding Live News Special (Episode: “NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Mission | Liftoff To Space”)
- Outstanding Recorded News Special (Episode: “The Struggle to Understand”)
Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story (Hulu)
2 Nominations
- Outstanding Crime and Justice Documentary
- Outstanding Promotional Announcement (Captive Audience “Shocking” Trailer)
This Week with George Stephanopoulos (ABC News)
2 Nominations
- Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis (Episode: “On the Brink of War”)
- Outstanding Live Interview – Short Form (Episode: “Defying Putin on The Air”)
37 Words (ESPN)
1 Nomination
- Outstanding Research: Documentary
Ashan Singh (ABC News)
1 Nomination
- Outstanding Emerging Journalist
ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis (with Nightline*) (ABC News)
1 Nomination
- Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form (Episode: “Inside Kharkiv’s Battle of Resilience”)
ABC News Special Report (ABC News)
1 Nomination
- Outstanding Live News Special (Episode: “Queen Elizabeth”)
ABC News Studios (ABC News/Hulu)
1 Nomination
- Outstanding Lighting Direction and Scenic Design (Episode: “Wild Crime: Murder in Yosemite”)
America the Beautiful (National Geographic/Disney+)
1 Nomination
- Outstanding Nature Documentary
The Flagmakers (National Geographic)
1 Nomination
- Outstanding Short Documentary
Sunday NFL Countdown (ESPN)
1 Nomination
- Outstanding Soft Feature Story: Short Form (Episode: “Phil & Franco”)
Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons (Hulu)
1 Nomination
- Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary