The Walt Disney Company Earns 20 News & Documentary Emmy® Awards in 2024
Collectively, The Walt Disney Company has won 20 News & Documentary Emmy® Awards across content brands and studios ABC News, Disney+, Hulu, Marvel Studios and National Geographic. Following ABC News' banner year of award nominations, "ABC World News Tonight with David Muir" earned two Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Live News Program for the second year in a row; ABC News Studios earned four Emmys, their first-ever for "On the Brink," "Black in Vegas," "Grand Knighthawk" and "Rap Trap: Hip-Hop on Trial." Additionally, "IMPACT x Nightline" secured its first-ever Emmy Award for "On the Brink," and "20/20" won two Emmys for longform projects, "It Happened Here: A Year in Uvalde" and "Our Barbara." ABC News Live earned their first-ever Emmy Award for "Israeli Leader Speaks Out." After National Geographic set its own record earning the most nominations ever for the brand, it secured a total of 10 wins, including its most-nominated series, "Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller," which won five awards. Additionally, "Incredible Animal Journeys," "JFK: One Day in America," "Path of the Panther," "Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony" and "Science Fair: The Series" each won awards. Marvel Studios secured its first-ever documentary Emmy Award 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 awards. (As some of these overlap, these are grand totals for each entity.)
* Joint wins have been included in the total count for certain titles.
ABC NEWS
ABC News Studios (ABC News) - 4 Wins
- ABC News Soul of a Nation Presents (ABC News Studios)
- OUTSTANDING DIRECTION: NEWS: "Black in Vegas"
- Grand Knighthawk: Infiltrating the KKK (Hulu, ABC News Studios, The Associated Press)
- OUTSTANDING CRIME AND JUSTICE COVERAGE
- IMPACT x Nightline (Hulu, ABC News Studios)
- OUTSTANDING HEALTH OR MEDICAL COVERAGE "On the Brink"
- Rap Trap: Hip-Hop On Trial (Hulu, ABC News Studios)
- OUTSTANDING ARTS, CULTURE OR ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE
20/20 (ABC News) - 2 Wins*
- "It Happened Here: A Year in Uvalde"
- OUTSTANDING SOFT FEATURE STORY: LONG FORM
- "Our Barbara"
- OUTSTANDING RECORDED NEWS SPECIAL
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (ABC News) - 2 Wins
- "ABC World News Tonight with David Muir"
- OUTSTANDING LIVE NEWS PROGRAM
- "South Sudan: Isolated by Water and War"
- OUTSTANDING SOFT FEATURE STORY: SHORT FORM
ABC News Live (ABC News) - 1 Win*
- "Israeli Leader Speaks Out"
- OUTSTANDING LIVE INTERVIEW: SHORT FORM
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller (National Geographic) - 5 Wins
- OUTSTANDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COVERAGE: "Cyber Pirates"
- OUTSTANDING BUSINESS, CONSUMER OR ECONOMIC COVERAGE: "Black Market Babies"
- OUTSTANDING VIDEO JOURNALISM: "Terrorist Oil"
- OUTSTANDING EDITING: NEWS: "Ghost Guns"
- OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION: NEWS: "MDMA"
Incredible Animal Journeys (National Geographic) - 1 Win
- OUTSTANDING SOUND: DOCUMENTARY
JFK: One Day in America (National Geographic) - 1 Win
- OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT: DOCUMENTARY
Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony (National Geographic) - 1 Win
- OUTSTANDING WRITING: DOCUMENTARY
Path of the Panther (National Geographic) - 1 Win
- OUTSTANDING NATURE DOCUMENTARY
Science Fair: The Series (National Geographic) - 1 Win
- OUTSTANDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DOCUMENTARY
MARVEL STUDIOS
Stan Lee (Disney+/Marvel Studios) - 1 Win
- 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 were presented live at the Palladium Times Square in New York City on Sept. 25 and 26.
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.