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CBS led night one of the 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, with five wins in the news categories. Right behind CBS, scoring four wins apiece were ABC, CNN and Nat Geo.
Winners of the news categories were presented Wednesday by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at the Palladium Times Square in New York City. On had was “Today” weather and feature anchor Al Roker (also the co-host of the third hour of “Today”), who received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Presenting the award was former “Today” anchor Bryant Gumbel.
Among other big wins, ABC picked up the top live news program Emmy for “World News Tonight with David Muir” for the third year in a row, while CNN’s “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper” was named outstanding recorded news program for the second year. Also notable: Nexstar’s NewsNation picked up its first-ever News Emmy, for Natasha Zouves as outstanding emerging journalist. The evening’s presenters included Jason Bellini (Scripps), Morgan Chesky (NBC News), Katie Kingsbury (The New York Times), Leila Molana-Allen (PBS NewsHour), Rhana Natour (Al Jazeera), Abby Phillip (CNN), Deborah Roberts, (ABC News), Julio Vaqueiro (Telemundo) and Bill Whitaker (CBS News).
The documentary portion of the 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards will be awarded on Thursday. Overall, Disney’s National Geographic led all noms this year 46 nominations. Behind Nat Geo was PBS with 37, followed by CNN (33), ABC (including Hulu, that brought it to 30), Netflix (29) and CBS (28). Among Spanish-lingo outlets, Univision led with 13.
“The talents of our journalistic and documentary communities have profoundly shaped our culture and nation,” said Terry O’Reilly, chair of NATAS. “In the face of an evolving media landscape, their dedication to truth and storytelling has illuminated critical issues and empowered the public.”
Adam Sharp, president and CEO of NATAS, added: “We are proud to celebrate those who do the brave work of bringing truth to our nation’s screens. Their commitment sets a high bar for future generations of journalists and documentarians. We are especially pleased to recognize the contributions of Al Roker and our 2025 Gold & Silver Circle honorees.”
The Gold and Silver Circle recognizes professionals “who have made significant contributions to television for 50 and 25 years, respectively.” This year’s news inductees in the Gold Circle were Marc Burstein (senior executive producer & mentor, ABC) and Martha Teichner (correspondent & journalist, CBS Sunday Morning). Silver Circle news inductees included Akram Abi-Hanna (veteran cameraman & photojournalist, ABC News), Cater Lee (executive management, Spectrum News and E.W. Scripps), Bill Owens (executive producer, “60 Minutes”) and Deborah Roberts (journalist & co-anchor, “20/20”).
As part of a scheduling realignment at the National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences, the 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards moved to the summer, instead of its normal fall dates, this year.
The 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards received more than 2200 submissions from the calendar year of 2024, and nominations were judged by a pool of more than 980 people from across the television and streaming/digital media news and documentary community.