Over the past two nights, the annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards took place at the Palladium Times Square in New York City. 

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.

Disney had a successful haul of wins, picking up twenty awards across content brands and studios ABC News, Disney+, Hulu, and National Geographic.  Marvel Studios also picked up its first Emmy for a documentary, 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.

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 for 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.

Here’s a rundown of Disney’s wins at the Emmys:

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

You can watch many of these documentaries on Hulu and Disney+ now.

Have you checked out many of these documentaries?  Let me know on social media!

Roger Palmer

Roger has been a Disney fan since he was a kid and this interest has grown over the years. He has visited Disney Parks around the globe and has a vast collection of Disney movies and collectibles. He is the owner of What's On Disney Plus & DisKingdom. Email: Roger@WhatsOnDisneyPlus.com Twitter: Twitter.com/RogPalmerUK Facebook: Facebook.com/rogpalmeruk

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