Year | Winner | Other Nominees |
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1984–1985 (1st) | Ted Koppel – Nightline (ABC) | |
1985–1986 (2nd) | Ted Koppel – Nightline (ABC) and Bill Moyers – The Vanishing Family: Crisis in Black America (CBS) | |
1986–1987 (3rd) | Eyes on the Prize (PBS) | |
1987–1988 (4th) | CNN and Nightline (ABC) | |
1988–1989 (5th) | CNN | |
1989–1990 (6th) | CNN | |
1990–1991 (7th) | Gulf War coverage (CNN) | |
1991–1992 (8th) | Frontline (PBS) | |
1992–1993 (9th) | Frontline (PBS) | |
1993–1994 (10th) | Nightline (ABC) | |
1994–1995 (11th) | Frontline (PBS) and Nightline (ABC) | |
1995–1996 (12th) | Frontline (PBS) | |
1996–1997 (13th) | The American Experience (PBS) | |
1997–1998 (14th) | The American Experience (PBS) | |
1998–1999 (15th) | Cold War (CNN) | |
1999–2000 (16th) | ABC 2000: The Millennium (ABC) | |
2000–2001 (17th) | Jazz (PBS) | |
2001–2002 (18th) | Frontline (PBS) | |
2002–2003 (19th) | Frontline (PBS) | |
2003–2004 (20th) | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) | |
2004–2005 (21st) | Frontline (PBS) | |
2005–2006 (22nd) | Frontline (PBS) | |
2006–2007 (23rd) | Planet Earth (Discovery Channel) | |
2007–2008 (24th) | The War (PBS) | |
2008–2009 (25th) | The Alzheimer's Project(HBO) | |
2009–2010 (26th) | Life (Discovery Channel) | |
2010–2011 (27th) | Restrepo (National Geographic Channel) | |
2011–2012 (28th) | 60 Minutes (CBS) | |
2012–2013 (29th) | The Central Park Five (PBS) | |
2013–2014 (30th) | Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Fox / National Geographic Channel) | |
2014–2015 (31st) | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) | |
2015–2016 (32nd) | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) | |
2016–2017 (33rd) | O.J.: Made in America (ESPN) | |
2017–2018 (34th) | Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN) | |
2018–2019 (35th) [2] [3] | Leaving Neverland (HBO) | |
2019–2020 (36th) [4] [5] | The Last Dance (ESPN) | |
2020–2021 (37th) [6] | Framing Britney Spears (FX/FX on Hulu) | |
2021–2022 (38th) [7] [8] | The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) | |
2022–2023 (39th) [9] | The U.S. and the Holocaust (PBS) | |
2023-2024 (40th) [10] | Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (Investigation Discovery) | |
2024-2025 (41st) [11] [12] | Pee-wee as Himself (HBO) | |