The Walt Disney Company Earns Record-Breaking 77 News & Documentary Emmy Award Nominations

Collectively, The Walt Disney Company has earned a record-breaking 77 News & Documentary Emmy® Award nominations across content brands and studios ABC News, Disney+, FX, Hulu, Marvel Studios and National Geographic.

ABC News’ banner year of nominations includes “ABC World News Tonight with David Muir” with its third consecutive nomination for Outstanding Live News Program, ABC News Studios with a record 15 nominations, “ABC News Live” with a record eight nominations with “ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis” receiving its first Outstanding Live News Program nomination, becoming the first streaming newscast to be nominated for the category. Additionally, “Good Morning America” earned the most nominations since 2011, and “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” earned the most nominations in 24 years.

National Geographic set its own record, earning the most nominations ever for the brand with 34 nods, including its most-nominated series, “Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller” with 20 nominations,  “JFK: One Day in America” with five nominations, and “Incredible Animal Journeys” with four nominations.

Marvel Studios secured its first-ever documentary nomination with “Stan Lee,” which traces his life from his challenging upbringing to the meteoric rise of Marvel Comics and is told in the voice of the Disney Legend.

Below is a complete list of all The Walt Disney Company nominations. (As some of the nominations overlap, these are grand totals for each entity.

* Joint nominations have been included in the total count for certain titles.

ABC NEWS
ABC News Studios (ABC News)
15 Nominations

• ABC News Soul of a Nation Presents (ABC News Studios)
  • OUTSTANDING ARTS, CULTURE OR ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE: “The New Face of Hollywood”
  • OUTSTANDING DIRECTION: NEWS: “Black in Vegas”
  • OUTSTANDING DIRECTION: NEWS: “The Freedom to Exist”
  • OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION / SET DECORATION / SCENIC DESIGN: NEWS: “Hip Hip @50: Rhythms, Rhymes with & Reflection”
• Grand Knighthawk: Infiltrating the KKK (Hulu, ABC News Studios, The Associated Press)
  • OUTSTANDING CRIME AND JUSTICE COVERAGE
  • OUTSTANDING EDITING: NEWS
• Impact x Nightline (Hulu, ABC News Studios)
  • OUTSTANDING RECORDED NEWS PROGRAM
  • OUTSTANDING HEALTH OR MEDICAL COVERAGE: “On the Brink”
• The Ladybird Diaries (Hulu, ABC News Studios)
  • OUTSTANDING RESEARCH: DOCUMENTARY
  • OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT: DOCUMENTARY
• After the Blast: The Will to Survive (ABC News Studios)
  • OUTSTANDING SOFT FEATURE STORY: LONG FORM
  • OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT
• Rap Trap: Hip Hop On Trial (Hulu, ABC News Studios)
  • OUTSTANDING ARTS, CULTURE OR ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE
• Sound of the Police (Hulu, ABC News Studios)
  • OUTSTANDING SOCIAL ISSUE DOCUMENTARY
• Wild Crime: Blood Mountain (Hulu, ABC News Studios)
  • OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION: DOCUMENTARY

ABC News Live (ABC News)
8 Nominations*

• OUTSTANDING LIVE NEWS PROGRAM ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis
• OUTSTANDING BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE: “Mass Shooting and Manhunt in Lewiston, Maine” ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis
• OUTSTANDING LIVE INTERVIEW—LONG FORM: “The Death of Tyre Nichols: A Family Speaks” ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis
• OUTSTANDING SOFT FEATURE STORY: SHORT FORM: “Uvalde 365: Recovering from Robb” ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis
• OUTSTANDING CONTINUING NEWS COVERAGE: LONG FORM: “Uvalde 365”
• OUTSTANDING LIVE INTERVIEW—SHORT FORM: “Israeli Leader Speaks Out”
• OUTSTANDING RECORDED NEWS SPECIAL: “Uvalde: 365 Presents: Crisis of Command”
• OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION: NEWS: “ The Playlist”

20/20 (ABC News)
6 Nominations*

• OUTSTANDING RECORDED NEWS PROGRAM
• OUTSTANDING CONTINUING NEWS COVERAGE: LONG FORM: “Uvalde 365”
• OUTSTANDING SOFT FEATURE STORY: LONG FORM: “It Happened Here: A Year in Uvalde”
• OUTSTANDING RECORDED NEWS SPECIAL: “Our Barbara”
• OUTSTANDING WRITING: NEWS: “It Happened Here: A Year in Uvalde”
• OUTSTANDING EDITING: NEWS: “It Happened Here: A Year in Uvalde”

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (ABC News)
4 Nominations

• OUTSTANDING LIVE NEWS PROGRAM
• OUTSTANDING BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE: “Israel at War”
• OUTSTANDING SOFT FEATURE STORY: SHORT FORM: “South Sudan: Isolated by Water and War”
• OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE: NEWS: “Earthquake in Turkey”

This Week with George Stephanopoulos (ABC News)
3 Nominations

• OUTSTANDING NEWS DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS: “This Week: Live From Tel Aviv”
• OUTSTANDING LIVE INTERVIEW—SHORT FORM: “Interview with The House Majority Leader”
• OUTSTANDING LIVE INTERVIEW—SHORT FORM: “One on One with John Lauro”

ABC News (ABC News)
1 Nomination

• OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT: “Jeremy Renner: The Diane Sawyer Interview–A Story of Terror, Survival and Triumph“

Good Morning America (ABC News)
2 Nominations

• OUTSTANDING LIVE NEWS SPECIAL: “Maui Strong 08/17/23”
• OUTSTANDING DIRECTION: NEWS: “GMA’s Maui Strong 08/17/23”

Ashan Singh (ABC News)
1 Nomination

• OUTSTANDING EMERGING JOURNALIST

Nightline (ABC News)
1 Nomination

• OUTSTANDING NEWS DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS: “Justice for Tyre”

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller (National Geographic)
20 Nominations

• OUTSTANDING RECORDED NEWS PROGRAM
• OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE NEWS COVERAGE: LONG FORM: “Terrorist Oil”
• OUTSTANDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: “Cyber Pirates”
• OUTSTANDING HEALTH OR MEDICAL COVERAGE: “Black Market Organs”
• OUTSTANDING ARTS, CULTURE OR ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE: “Fight Clubs”
• OUTSTANDING BUSINESS, CONSUMER OR ECONOMIC COVERAGE: “Black Market Babies”
• OUTSTANDING BUSINESS, CONSUMER OR ECONOMIC COVERAGE: “Crypto Scams”
• OUTSTANDING CRIME AND JUSTICE COVERAGE: “Gangs”
• OUTSTANDING CRIME AND JUSTICE COVERAGE: “Ghost Guns”
• OUTSTANDING DIRECTION: NEWS: News: “Ghost Guns”
• OUTSTANDING VIDEO JOURNALISM: “Ghost Guns”
• OUTSTANDING VIDEO JOURNALISM: “MDMA”
• OUTSTANDING VIDEO JOURNALISM: “Terrorist Oil”
• OUTSTANDING EDITING: NEWS: “Ghost Guns”
• OUTSTANDING EDITING: NEWS: “MDMA”
• OUTSTANDING SOUND: NEWS: “Black Market Babies”
• OUTSTANDING SOUND: NEWS: “Black Market Organs”
• OUTSTANDING SOUND: NEWS: “MDMA”
• OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION: NEWS: “Ghost Guns”
• OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION: NEWS: “MDMA”

JFK: One Day in America (National Geographic)
5 Nominations

• OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY
• OUTSTANDING RESEARCH: DOCUMENTARY
• OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION: DOCUMENTARY
• OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION: DOCUMENTARY
• OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT: DOCUMENTARY

Incredible Animal Journeys (National Geographic)
4 Nominations

• OUTSTANDING NATURE DOCUMENTARY
• OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY: DOCUMENTARY
• OUTSTANDING SOUND: DOCUMENTARY
• OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT: DOCUMENTARY

The Mission (National Geographic)
2 Nominations

• OUTSTANDING DIRECTION: DOCUMENTARY
• OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT: DOCUMENTARY

Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony (National Geographic)
1 Nomination

• OUTSTANDING WRITING: DOCUMENTARY

Path of the Panther (National Geographic)
1 Nomination

• OUTSTANDING NATURE DOCUMENTARY

Science Fair: The Series (National Geographic)
1 Nomination

• OUTSTANDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DOCUMENTARY

FX
The New York Times Presents: The Legacy of J Dilla (FX)
2 Nominations

• OUTSTANDING ARTS AND CULTURE DOCUMENTARY
• OUTSTANDING SOUND: DOCUMENTARY

MARVEL STUDIOS
Stan Lee (Disney+/Marvel Studios)
1 Nomination

• OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION / SET DECORATION / SCENIC DESIGN: DOCUMENTARY

The News & Documentary Emmy Awards honor programming content from more than 2,300 submissions that originally premiered in the calendar-year 2023, judged by a pool of over 1,000 peer professionals from across the television and streaming/digital media industry.

Awards will be presented live at the Palladium Times Square in New York City on Sept. 25 and 26.

Media Contacts:
ABC News
Van Scott
Vice President, Publicity
van.scott@disney.com

Disney+ and Marvel Studios
Derek Del Rossi
Senior Vice President, Publicity
derek.del.rossi@disney.com

FX
John Solberg
Executive Vice President, Communications
john.solberg@FXNetworks.com

Hulu
Brandon Shaw
Vice President, Communications
brandon.shaw@disney.com

National Geographic
Annie McDonough
Director, Awards
annie.mcdonough@natgeo.com

Networks
Fonda Berosini
Vice President, Communications, News Group and Networks
fonda.berosini@abc.com