Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series or Special

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series or Special is handed out annually at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony. The award was established in 2013 as the awards restructured previous categories for Outstanding Nonfiction Series and Outstanding Nonfiction Special. The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series was also awarded prior to 1998, but from 1998–2012 was called Outstanding Nonfiction Series.

Winners and nominations

1990s

Year	Program	Producers	Network
Informational Series 1991–1992 (44th)^[1]
	MGM: When Lions Roared	Joni Levin (producer)	TNT
	Entertainment Tonight	Jim Van Messel (executive producer), David Nuell (executive producer), Barry Berk (supervising producer), Bill Olson (producer), Jim Ziegler (producer)	Syndicated
	Later with Bob Costas	Lou Del Prete (executive producer), Matthew McCarthy (executive producer), Bruce Cornblatt (senior producer), Fred Rothenberg (senior producer), Cynthia Parsons (producer), Michael Weinberg (producer), Bob Costas (host)	NBC
	Siskel & Ebert	Larry Dieckhaus (executive producer), Jim Murphy (supervising producer), Andrea Gronvall (producer), Gene Siskel (host), Roger Ebert (host)	Syndicated
	Unsolved Mysteries	Terry Dunn Meurer (executive producer), John Cosgrove (executive producer), Stuart Schwartz (coordinating producer), Raymond Bridgers (supervising producer), Ed Horwitz (supervising producer)	NBC
Informational Special 1991–1992 (44th)^[2]
	Abortion: Desperate Choices	Susan Froemke (executive producer)	HBO
	The Barbara Walters Summer Special with Michelle Pfeiffer, Anthony Hopkins and Tom Cruise	Bill Geddie (producer), Barbara Walters (host)	ABC
	Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio	Ken Burns (producer), Morgan Wesson (producer), Tom Lewis (producer)	PBS
	Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse	Doug Claybourne (executive producer), Fred Roos (executive producer), George Zaloom (producer), Les Mayfield (producer)	Showtime
	In the Company of Whales	Tim Cowling (executive producer), Robin Brown (producer)	Discovery Channel
Informational Series 1992–1993 (45th)^[3]
	Healing and the Mind with Bill Moyers	David Grubin (executive producer/producer), Alice Markowitz (producer), Bill Moyers (editorial producer/host), Judith Davidson Moyers (editorial producer)	PBS
	Cops	John Langley (executive producer), Malcolm Barbour (executive producer), Murray Jordan (supervising producer), Bertram van Munster (producer), Karla Bair (co-producer)	Fox
	Entertainment Tonight	Jim Van Messel (executive producer), Barry Berk (senior producer), Linda Ellman (supervising producer), Bill Olson (producer), Jim Ziegler (producer), Steve Skinner (producer)	Syndicated
	Unsolved Mysteries	Terry Dunn Meurer (executive producer), John Cosgrove (executive producer), Stuart Schwartz (supervising producer), Raymond Bridgers (supervising producer), Tim Rogan (coordinating producer)	NBC
	The Wild West	Douglas Netter (executive producer), John Copeland (producer), Kieth Merrill (producer), Jamie Smith (co-producer), Fabian Forte (co-producer)	Syndicated
Informational Special 1992–1993 (45th)^[4]
	Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie	Lucie Arnaz (executive producer), Laurence Luckinbill (executive producer), Don Buford (producer)	NBC
	The Barbara Walters Summer Special with Kathie Lee Gifford & Frank Gifford, Al Pacino, Jerry Seinfeld and Clint Eastwood	Bill Geddie (producer), Barbara Walters (host)	ABC
	D.W. Griffith: Father of Film (American Masters)	Susan Lacy (executive producer), Ian Martin (executive producer), Kevin Brownlow (producer), David Gill (producer)	PBS
	Katherine Hepburn: All About Me	Joan Kramer (producer), David Heeley (producer), Katharine Hepburn (host)	TNT
	Michael Jackson Talks to... Oprah Live	Oprah Winfrey (executive producer), Debra Di Maio (producer), Wendy Roth (coordinating producer)	ABC
Informational Series 1993–1994 (46th)^[5]
	Later with Bob Costas	Lou Del Prete (executive producer), Matthew McCarthy (executive producer), Fred Rothenberg (senior producer), Bruce Cornblatt (senior producer), Michael Weinberg (producer), Bob Costas (host)	NBC
	Cooking with Master Chefs: Hosted by Julia Child	Geoffrey Drummond (executive producer/producer), Natan Katzman (executive producer), John Potthast (executive producer), Susie Heller (coordinating producer), Julia Child (host)	PBS
	Cops	John Langley (executive producer), Malcolm Barbour (executive producer), Murray Jordan (supervising producer), Bertram van Munster (producer), Karla Bair (co-producer)	Fox
	Entertainment Tonight	Jim Van Messel (executive producer), Bill Olson (supervising producer), Jim Ziegler (supervising producer), Kathryn McEachern (supervising producer), Barry Berk (senior producer)	Syndicated
	Siskel & Ebert	Larry Dieckhaus (executive producer), Don DuPree (supervising producer/director), Andrea Gronvall (producer), Gene Siskel (host), Roger Ebert (host)	Syndicated
Informational Special 1993–1994 (46th)^[6]
	I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School	Alan Raymond (producer), Susan Raymond (producer)	HBO
	Audrey Hepburn Remembered	Gene Feldman (co-producer), Suzette Winter (co-producer)	PBS
	The Barbara Walters Summer Special with Elton John, Meg Ryan and Steven Spielberg	Bill Geddie (producer), Barbara Walters (host)	ABC
	George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin	George Stevens Jr. (producer)	Disney Channel
	Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music	Harry J. Kraut (executive producer), Klaus Hallig (executive producer), Michael Bronson (producer), Elaine Warner (coordinating producer)	PBS
Informational Series 1994–1995 (47th)^[7]
	Baseball	Ken Burns (producer/director/writer), Lynn Novick (producer), Geoffrey C. Ward (writer), John Chancellor (narrator)	PBS
	TV Nation	Michael Moore (executive producer/director/writer/host), Jerry Kupfer (supervising producer), David Wald (senior producer), Kathleen Glynn (producer), Eric Zicklin (writer), Steve Sherrill (writer), Chris Kelly (writer), Randy Cohen (writer)	NBC
	A Century of Women	Jacoba Atlas (executive producer/writer), Pat Mitchell (executive producer for TBS), Susan Krakower (supervising producer), Vivian Schiller (supervising producer for TBS), Carol Romo (coordinating producer), Lynne Tuite (producer: fiction), Kyra Thompson (producer/writer), Barbara Kopple (director: fictional family), Judy Korin (director), Chris Harty (director), Sylvia Morales (director), Lynn Roth (co-producer/writer: fictional family), Heidi Schulman (writer), Jane Fonda (narrator)	TBS
	The Hermitage: A Russian Odyssey	Daniel Wilson (executive producer), John Baehrend (producer), Rod MacLeish (writer)	Syndicated
	The History of Rock 'n' Roll	Jeffrey Peisch (series producer), Andrew Solt (executive producer), Robert B. Meyrowitz (executive producer), David Salzman (executive producer), Quincy Jones (executive producer), Ted Haimes (producer/director/writer), Greg Vines (co-producer), Marc Sachnoff (supervising producer), David Axlerod (line producer)	WBN
	Unsolved Mysteries	Terry Dunn Meurer (executive producer), John Cosgrove (executive producer), Stuart Schwartz (supervising producer), Raymond Bridgers (supervising producer), Tim Rogan (coordinating producer), Joshua Alper (writer), Glenn Kirschbaum (writer), Lynn Lawrence (writer), Jim Lindsay (director), Mike Mathis (director), Robert M. Wise (director), Robert Stack (host)	NBC
Informational Special 1994–1995 (47th)^[8]
	One Survivor Remembers	Kary Antholis (producer), Sheila Nevins (senior producer), Michael Berenbaum (co-producer), Raye Farr (co-producer)	HBO
	*Taxicab Confessions*	Joe Gantz (producer/director), Harry Gantz (producer/director), Sheila Nevins (executive producer)	HBO
	5 American Kids – 5 American Handguns	Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Vince DiPersio (producer/writer/director), Bill Guttentag (producer/writer/director), Beau Bridges (narrator)	HBO
	Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream	Denzel Washington (executive producer), Michael Tollin (executive producer/director/writer), Debra Martin Chase (executive producer), Brian Robbins (executive producer), David Houle (executive producer for TV Prod. Partners), Jack Myers (executive producer for TV Prod. Partners), Fredric Golding (producer), Dorian Harewood (narrator), Pat Mitchell (executive producer for TBS), Tom McMahon (supervising producer for TBS), Vivian Schiller (senior producer for TBS)	TBS
	Moon Shot	David Hoffman (executive producer), Kirk Wolfinger (director), Rushmore DeNooyer (producer: 3rd hour/chief writer), Dana Rae Warren (writer/producer: 1st hour), Aaron Fischer (producer: 2nd hour), Dan Gordon-Levitt (producer: 2nd hour), Jim Ohm (producer: 3rd hour), Sarah Kerruish (writer/producer: 4th hour), Barry Corbin (narrator), Pat Mitchell (executive producer for TBS), John Savage (executive producer for TBS), Vivian Schiller (supervising producer for TBS)	TBS
	30 Years of National Geographic Specials	Nicolas Noxon (executive producer), Gail Willumsen (producer/writer), Barry Nye (producer), Richard Kiley (narrator)	NBC
Informational Series 1995–1996 (48th)^[9]
	Time Life's Lost Civilizations	Joel Westbrook (executive producer), Jason Williams (producer), Robert H. Gardner (producer/director/writer), William Morgan (coordinating producer), Ed Fields (writer), Sam Waterston (host)	NBC
	The Beatles Anthology	Neil Aspinall (executive producer), Chips Chipperfield, Geoff Wonfor (director), Bob Smeaton (series director/writer)	ABC
	Biography	Josh Howard (executive producer), Michael Cascio (executive producer), Michael Rosenbaum (senior producer), Randy Martin (producer), Brooke Runnette (producer), Bill Harris (series producer/director), Diane Ferenczi (coordinating producer)	A&E
	The Private Life of Plants	Pat Mitchell (executive producer), Mike Salisbury (executive producer/producer), Vivian Schiller (senior producer), Neil Nightingale, Keith Scholey, Neil Lucas (director), David Attenborough (writer/host)	TBS
	TV Nation	Michael Moore (executive producer/director/writer), Kathleen Glynn, Jerry Kupfer (supervising producer), Annie Cohen (writer), John Derevlany (writer), Francis Gasparini (writer), Jay Martel (writer), Jeff Stilson (writer), Louis Theroux (writer)	Fox
Informational Special 1995–1996 (48th)^[10]
	Survivors of the Holocaust	Pat Mitchell (executive producer), Vivian Schiller (senior producer), June Beallor, James Moll, Jacoba Atlas (supervising producer), Allan Holzman (director)	TBS
	Andersonville Diaries	Amy Walter Richards (producer/writer), Kaye Zusmann (executive producer), Charlton Heston (narrator)	TNT
	The Battle Over Citizen Kane (American Experience)	Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein	PBS
	The Celluloid Closet	Howard Rosenman (executive producer), Bernie Brillstein (executive producer), Brad Grey (executive producer), Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Lily Tomlin (co-executive producer/narrator), Rob Epstein (producer/director/writer), Jeffrey Friedman (producer/director/writer), Michael Lumpkin (co-producer), Sharon Wood (writer), Armistead Maupin (writer)	HBO
Informational Series 1996–1997 (49th)^[11]
	Biography ("Judy Garland: Beyond the Rainbow")	Michael Cascio (executive producer), CarolAnne Dolan (supervising producer), Diane Ferenczi (co-ordinating producer), Peter Graves (host), Jack Perkins (host)	A&E
	The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century	Blaine Baggett (executive producer/writer), Jay Winter (co-producer/writer), Carl Byker (producer/director/writer)	PBS
	Discover Magazine ("Immortaliy")	Suzy Geller-Wolf (executive producer), David McKillop (executive producer), Evan Hadingham (executive producer/writer), Mark Etkind (producer/director/writer), Nancy Dubuc (coordinating producer), Dan Gordon-Levitt (co-producer), Peter DeMeo (host)	Discovery Channel
	Inside the Actors Studio	James Lipton (executive producer/host), Michael Kostel (producer), Caroline Kaplan (series producer), Jeff Wurtz (director)	Bravo
	Siskel & Ebert	Gene Siskel (host), Roger Ebert (host), Larry Dieckhaus (executive producer), Don DuPree (director), Andrea Gronvall (producer)	Syndicated
Informational Special 1996–1997 (49th)^[12]
	National Geographic Special: Tigers of the Snow	Nicolas Noxon (executive producer), Mark Stouffer (producer/director), Kevin McCarey (writer), Richard Kiley (narrator)	NBC
	Without Pity: A Film About Abilities	Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Michael Mierendorf (producer/director/writer), Jonathan Moss (coordinating producer), Christopher Reeve (narrator)	HBO
	Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant Garde (American Masters)	Mel Stuart (producer/director), Neil Baldwin (writer), Susan Lacy (executive producer), Tamar Hacker (senior producer), William T. Cartwright (co-producer)	PBS
	Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills	Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Joe Berlinger (producer/director), Bruce Sinofsky (producer/director), Jonathan Moss (coordinating producer)	HBO
	Talked to Death	John Parsons Peditto (producer), Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Ellen Goosenberg Kent (co-producer), Diane Rosenberg (co-producer), Nancy Abraham (associate producer), Eames Yeates (director)
	Taxicab Confessions III	Joe Gantz (producer/director), Harry Gantz (producer/director), Sheila Nevins (executive producer)

Note: Between 1998–2012, the award was bestowed as Outstanding Nonfiction Series.

2010s

Year	Program	Producers	Network
2012–2013 (65th)
	Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown	Anthony Bourdain (executive producer), Christopher Collins (executive producer), Lydia Tenaglia (executive producer), Sandra Zweig (executive producer), Nick Brigden (producer), Michael Steed (producer), Tom Vitale (producer), Jared Andrukanis (producer)	CNN
	Inside the Actors Studio	James Lipton (executive producer), Christian Barcellos (executive producer), Shawn Tesser (produced by), Jeff Wurtz (produced by)	Bravo
	Brain Games	Jerry Kolber (executive producer), Allan Butler (executive producer), Adam 'Tex' Davis (supervising producer), Isaac Holub (supervising producer), Jason Williams (producer), Jason Silva (host)	Nat Geo
	Oprah's Master Class	Justin Wilkes (executive producer), Jon Kamen (executive producer), Jon Sinclair (executive producer), Oprah Winfrey (executive producer)	OWN
	Stand Up to Cancer	Joel Gallen (executive producer), Gwyneth Paltrow (executive producer), Nikki Varhely-Gillingham (supervising producer), Rick Austin (supervising producer), Emily Wolfe (producer)	ABC/CBS/NBC
2013–2014 (66th)
	Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown	Anthony Bourdain (executive producer), Christopher Collins (executive producer), Lydia Tenaglia (executive producer), Sandra Zweig (executive producer), Nick Brigden (producer), Michael Steed (producer), Tom Vitale (producer), Jared Andrukanis (producer)	CNN
	Vice	Bill Maher (executive producer), Shane Smith (executive producer), Eddy Moretti (executive producer), Bradley J. Levin (executive producer), Jedd Thomas (senior producer), Jonah Kaplan (series producer)	HBO
	Inside the Actors Studio	James Lipton (executive producer), Shawn Tesser (produced by), Jeff Wurtz (produced by)	Bravo
	Through the Wormhole	Producing Team	Science
	The Writers' Room	Tom Forman (executive producer), Brad Bishop (executive producer), Mike Maloy (executive producer), Neal Kendall (executive producer), Jim Rash (producer/host)	Sundance Channel
2014–2015 (67th)
	Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown	Anthony Bourdain (executive producer), Christopher Collins (executive producer), Lydia Tenaglia (executive producer), Sandra Zweig (executive producer), Tom Vitale (producer), Erik Osterholm (producer)	CNN
	Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways	James A. Rota (executive producer), John Ramsay (executive producer), Dave Grohl (executive producer), John Silva (produced by), Gaby Skolnek (produced by), John Cutcliffe (produced by), Kristen Welsh (produced by)	HBO
	Inside the Actors Studio	James Lipton (executive producer), Shawn Tesser (produced by), Jeff Wurtz (produced by)	Bravo
	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson (executive producer), Helen Matsos (executive producer), Brian Lovett (executive producer), Michael Kovnat (executive producer), Drew Pulley (co-executive producer)	Nat Geo
	Vice	Bill Maher (executive producer), Shane Smith (executive producer), Eddy Moretti (executive producer), Bradley J. Levin (executive producer), Jonah Kaplan (co-executive producer), Tim Clancy (supervising producer), Ben Anderson (senior producer)	HBO
2015–2016 (68th)^[13]
	*Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown*	Anthony Bourdain (executive producer/host), Christopher Collins (executive producer), Lydia Tenaglia (executive producer), Sandra Zweig (executive producer), Toby Oppenheimer (producer), Mike Steed (producer), Tom Vitale (producer)	CNN
	Inside the Actors Studio	James Lipton (executive producer/host), Shawn E. Tesser (produced by), Jeff Wurtz (produced by)	Bravo
	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson (executive producer/host), Helen Matsos (executive producer), Brian Lovett (executive producer), Michael Kovnat (executive producer), Drew Pulley (co-executive producer)	Nat Geo
	The Story of God with Morgan Freeman	Morgan Freeman (executive producer/host), James Younger (executive producer), Lori McCreary (executive producer), Michael J. Miller (executive producer), Simon Andreae (executive producer), Scott Tiffany (supervising producer), Frank Kosa (producer)	Nat Geo
	Vice	Shane Smith (executive producer), Eddy Moretti (executive producer), Bradley J. Levin (executive producer), Bill Maher (executive producer), Jonah Kaplan (co-executive producer), Tim Clancy (supervising producer), Ben Anderson (produced by)	HBO

Programs with multiple awards

4 awards

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (consecutive)

References

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Primetime Emmy Award categories

Programs	Comedy Series Drama Series Limited Series Television Movie Variety Talk Series Variety Sketch Series Reality-Competition Program Animated Program Children's Program Documentary or Nonfiction Series Documentary or Nonfiction Special Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Informational Series or Special Short-Format Animation Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series Short Form Variety Series Special Class Program Structured Reality Program Unstructured Reality Program Variety Special

Performance	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Lead Actor in a Drama Series Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lead Actress in a Drama Series Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Guest Actor in a Drama Series Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Guest Actress in a Drama Series Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Character Voice-Over Performance Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program Narrator

Directing	Directing for a Comedy Series Directing for a Drama Series Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Directing for a Variety Series Directing for a Variety Special Directing for Nonfiction Programming

Writing	Writing for a Comedy Series Writing for a Drama Series Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Writing for a Variety Series Writing for a Variety Special Writing for Nonfiction Programming

Creative Arts	Casting for a Comedy Series Casting for a Drama Series Casting for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Choreography Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series Cinematography for a Reality Program Commercial Costumes for a Contemporary Series, Limited Series, or Movie Costumes for a Period/Fantasy Series, Limited Series, or Movie Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series Individual Achievement in Animation Main Title Design Main Title Theme Music Makeup for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic) Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic) Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) Music and Lyrics Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Music Composition for a Series Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie, or Special Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less) Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More) Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Sound Editing for a Series Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera) Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special Special and Visual Effects / Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series, or Movie

Engineering	Engineering Philo T. Farnsworth Award

Retired	Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series Animated Program (One Hour or More) Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series Cinematography for a One Hour Series Costumes for a Series Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Miniseries or Movie New Series Picture Editing for Reality Programming Program of the Year Reality Program Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program Stunt Coordination Super Emmy Variety Series Voice-Over Performance

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