31st News & Documentary Emmy Awards | |
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Date | September 27, 2010 |
Location | Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center New York City |
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Network | C-SPAN (aired October 9th at 8pm) |
The 31st News & Documentary Emmy Awards were held on September 27, 2010, at Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, located in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Awards were presented in 41 categories, including Breaking News, Investigative Reporting, Outstanding Interview, and Best Documentary. In attendance were over 900 television and news media industry executives, news and documentary producers and journalists.
Notable awards included the Lifetime Achievement Award given to documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman. PBS NewsHour received the Chairman's Award, with it being accepted by longtime news anchor Jim Lehrer, former anchor Robert MacNeil, longtime executive producer Les Crystal, and current executive producer Linda Winslow. [1]
The following chart is a breakdown of number of awards won this awards season per station.
Channel | Number of Emmys This Season |
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CBS | 7 |
NBC | 6 |
PBS | 5 |
ABC | 2 |
HDNet | 2 |
History Channel | 2 |
National Geographic Channel | 2 |
Planet Green | 2 |
Sundance Channel | 2 |
CNBC | 1 |
Discovery Channel | 1 |
Globeandmail.com | 1 |
HBO | 1 |
NYTimes.com | 1 |
TIME.com | 1 |
VH1 | 1 |
KPIX-TV (San Francisco) | 1 |
KHOU-TV (Houston) | 1 |
KSTP-TV (Minneapolis – Saint Paul) | 1 |
Lifetime Achievement Award | Chairman’s Award |
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Regularly Scheduled Newscast | News Magazine |
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Long Form | Interview |
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Programming | Best Story In A Regularly Scheduled Newscast |
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Best Report In A News Magazine | Best Documentary |
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New Approaches To News & Documentary Programming: | Individual Achievement In A Craft: |
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Promotional Announcement: | Regional News Story |
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