NBC NEWS, MSNBC AND CNBC HONORED WITH 23 NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS
“Rock Center with Brian Williams” Honored with Five Nominations in First Eligible Season "NBC Nightly News" Nominated for Eight Awards, Including Two For "Blown Away: Southern Tornadoes" and "Mexico: The War Next Door" "Dateline" Honored with Five Nominations Including Two for "Rescue in the Mountains" "Education Nation" Receives Two Nominations Including “Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis” MSNBC Honored with Two Nominations including “Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis” CNBC Nominated for “Outstanding Business & Economic Reporting”
NEW YORK -- July 12, 2012 -- NBC News, MSNBC and CNBC have received a total of 23 News and Documentary Emmy Award nominations, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today. The News & Documentary Emmy Awards will be presented on Monday, October 1 at a ceremony at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, located in the Time Warner Center in New York City. The following is a breakdown of the 23 nominations by network and show.
"NBC Nightly News" was nominated in the following categories:
OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST: "NBC Nightly News" – Blown Away: Southern Tornadoes "NBC Nightly News " – Disaster in Japan "NBC Nightly News " – The Fall of Mubarak
OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST: "NBC Nightly News" – Battle for Libya "NBC Nightly News" – Mexico: The War Next Door "NBC Nightly News" – Revolution in Egypt
BEST STORY IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST: "NBC Nightly News" – Blown Away: Southern Tornadoes "NBC Nightly News” – Mexico: The War Next Door
"Dateline" was nominated in the following categories:
OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A BREAKING NEWS STORY IN A NEWS MAGAZINE: "Dateline" – Path of Destruction
OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY IN A NEWS MAGAZINE: "Dateline" – Rescue in the Mountains
OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN A NEWS MAGAZINE: "Dateline" – The Boy From Baby House 10
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: VIDEO JOURNALISM – NEWS “Dateline” – Rescue in the Mountains
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: EDITING – NEWS “Dateline” – Taking the Hill: Inside Congress
“Rock Center with Brian Williams” was nominated in the following categories:
OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN A NEWS MAGAZINE: “Rock Center with Brian Williams” – State of Shame
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN A NEWS MAGAZINE: “Rock Center with Brian Williams” – The Price of Gold
OUTSTANDING INTERVIEW: “Rock Center with Brian Williams” – Sandusky Speaks
OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT: INSTITUTIONAL: Launch of “Rock Center with Brian Williams”
Education Nation was nominated in the following categories:
NEW APPROACHES TO NEWS & DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMMING: CURRENT NEWS COVERAGE: Education Nation - NBC/EducationNation.com
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: LIGHTING DIRECTION & SCENIC DESIGN NBC News Education Nation - Education Nation Summit
“Rock Center with Brian Williams” and “NBC Nightly News” were nominated in the following category:
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: LIGHTING DIRECTION & SCENIC DESIGN: “Rock Center/NBC Nightly News” – Studio 3B
MSNBC was nominated in the following categories:
OUTSTANDING NEWS DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS: “The Rachel Maddow Show” – Know Nukes
OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT: INSTITUTIONAL: “MoJoe To Go” – Morning Joe’s Dance To The Music
CNBC was nominated in the following category:
OUTSTANDING BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST: CNBC’s Business Day Programming – Boomtown USA