2025/2026 Winners & Nominees

Awards of Excellence

Competition

The Box
Production Company: Seefood TV
Produced for: TV 2 Norway

Lifestyle

David Blaine Do Not Attempt
Production Company: Imagine Documentaries
Produced for: National Geographic

Non-Fiction

Sally
Production Company: Muck Media & A Story Syndicate Production
Produced for: National Geographic

Reality

Love Is Blind UK
Production Company: CPL Productions
Produced for: Netflix

Talent

The Cast of
"Love on the Spectrum"
Production Company: Northern Pictures
Produced for: Netflix

Competition - Dating & Relationships

winner

Love Island USA
Production Company: ITV America
Produced for: Peacock

Bad Boyfriends
Production Company: Optomen
Produced for: ITV2

Farmer Wants A Wife
Production Company: Eureka Productions
Produced for: FOX

The Golden Bachelorette
Production Company: Warner Horizon Unscripted Television, a Warner Bros. Television Group company
Produced for: ABC

Competition - Game and Quiz

winner

The Floor
Production Company: Eureka Productions, Talpa Studios, BiggerStage
Produced for: FOX

Jeopardy!
Production Company: Sony Pictures Television
Produced for: CBS

The Quiz With Balls
Production Company: Eureka Productions, Talpa Studios
Produced for: FOX

Who Wants to be a Millionaire
Production Company: Sony Pictures Television
Produced for: ABC

Competition - Lifestyle

winner

The Great British Baking Show
Production Company: Love Productions
Produced for: Netflix

Is It Cake? Holiday
Production Company: Alfred Street Industries
Produced for: Netflix

The Flip Off
Production Company: DIGA Studios in association with Homemade Productions, Inc. and Unbroken Productions
Produced for: HGTV

Wildcard Kitchen
Production Company: Lando Entertainment
Produced for: Food Network

Competition - Reality & Studio-Based

winner

The Box
Production Company: Seefood TV
Produced for: TV 2 Norway

Beast Games
Production Company: Amazon MGM Studios, MrBeast Productions
Produced for: Prime Video

House of Secrets
Production Company: Sphere Media
Produced for: Crave

The Traitors
Production Company: Studio Lambert
Produced for: Peacock

Lifestyle - Food

winner

No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
Production Company: Studio Ramsay Global
Produced for: National Geographic

Chef's Table: Legends
Production Company: Boardwalk Pictures and David Gelb Planetarium
Produced for: Netflix

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Production Company: Knuckle Sandwich and Citizen Pictures
Produced for: Food Network

Eva Longoria: Searching for Spain
Production Company: Hyphenate Media Group
Produced for: CNN

Tucci in Italy
Production Company: BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions and Salt Productions
Produced for: National Geographic

Lifestyle - House & Home

winner

Breaking New Ground
Production Company: Scott Brothers Entertainment
Produced for: Discovery +

Mini Reni
Production Company: Blind Nil
Produced for: Magnolia Network

Our Welsh Chapel Dream
Production Company: Love Productions
Produced for: Channel 4

Queen of The Castle
Production Company: Blink49 Studios in partnership with Nest Productions
Produced for: CTV

Lifestyle - Travel & Exploration

winner

David Blaine Do Not Attempt
Production Company: Imagine Documentaries
Produced for: National Geographic

Expedition Unknown
Production Company: Ping Pong Productions
Produced for: Discovery Channel

Get Hooked
Production Company: Bone Vault Inc.
Produced for: OUTtv/Accessible Media Inc.

Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand
Production Company: Southern Pictures
Produced for: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, British Broadcasting Corporation, Sky New Zealand

Non-Fiction - Arts & Culture

winner

Hollywood Black
Production Company: RadicalMedia, Culture Machine, Significant Productions
Produced for: MGM+

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Production Company: Two One Five Entertainment, RadicalMedia, Broadway Video
Produced for: NBC

Martha
Production Company: A Netflix Documentary / A This Machine Production
Produced for: Netflix

Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
Production Company: Pulse Films, Four Screens, and the Ol’ Dirty Bastard Estate in association with GroupM Motion Entertainment for A&E Network
Produced for: A&E

Non-Fiction - Crime & Investigation

winner

Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter
Production Company: A Netflix Documentary / A Tripod Media Production / A Denver & Delilah Production
Produced for: Netflix

Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror
Production Company: Original Productions
Produced for: Netflix

The Fox Hollow Murders: Playground of a Serial Killer
Production Company: ABC News Studios
Produced for: Hulu

Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy
Production Company: Passion Pictures
Produced for: Netflix

Non-Fiction - History & Biography

winner

Sally
Production Company: Muck Media & A Story Syndicate Production
Produced for: National Geographic

American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden
Production Company: A Netflix Documentary Series / The Cut, Tillerman Films and Ventureland
Produced for: Netflix

Atomic People
Production Company: Minnow Films
Produced for: BBC

The Twister: Caught in the Storm
Production Company: A Netflix Documentary / A RAW Production
Produced for: Netflix

Non-Fiction - Nature & Science

winner

Underdogs
Production Company: Wildstar Films and Maximum Effort
Produced for: National Geographic

A Real Bug's Life
Production Company: Plimsoll Productions
Produced for: National Geographic

Ocean with David Attenborough
Production Company: Silverback Films and Open Planet Studios
Produced for: National Geographic

Planet Earth: Asia
Production Company: BBC Studios Natural History Unit
Produced for: BBC One / BBC America / AMC+

Non-Fiction - Social Issues & Current Affairs

winner

Hell Jumper
Production Company: Expectation TV
Produced for: BBC

Blink
Production Company: MRC, A Fishbowl Films Production, EYESTEELFILM
Produced for: National Geographic

POV: The Body Politic
Production Company: RowHouse, LC | RowHouse Collective
Produced for: POV on PBS

Undercover: Exposing the
Far Right
Production Company: Tigerlily Productions, Marking Inc, in association with Hidden Light
Produced for: Channel 4 UK

Wingman
Production Company: Laud People
Produced for: DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)

Non-Fiction - Sports Documentary

winner

Mr. McMahon
Production Company: A Netflix Documentary Series / A Library Films Production in association with Ringer Films
Produced for: Netflix

Game On
Production Company: USA TODAY Studios and Blue Chalk Media
Produced for: USA TODAY Fast Channel, CICC and Guizhou Satellite TV

Not Her First Rodeo
Production Company: ABC News Studios
Produced for: Freeform

SEC Storied: In Spirit
Production Company: ESPN Films & Orange Lion Productions
Produced for: ESPN/SEC Network

The Money Game
Production Company: Amazon MGM Studios, Campfire Studios, Axios Entertainment, Jersey Legends Productions
Produced for: Prime Video

Untold
Production Company: UNINTERRUPTED in association with MakeMake, Propagate, and Stardust Frames Productions
Produced for: Netflix

Podcasts - Best Non-Fiction Podcast

winner

Tested
Production Company: Bucket of Eels, CBC, NPR’s Embedded
Produced for: CBC & NPR’s Embedded

30 for 30 Podcasts:
GIRL v. HORSE
Production Company: ESPN Films, 30 for 30 Podcasts
Produced for: ESPN

Corked
Production Company: Marc Fennell and Vespucci
Produced for: Audible

Criminal
Production Company: Vox Media
Produced for: Vox Media

Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant
Production Company: PBS Nature, Great Feeling Studios, RWG Ventures
Produced for: PBS Nature

The Big Family
Production Company: RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana
Produced for: RaiPlaySound

Reality - Docureality

winner

Love on the Spectrum
Production Company: Northern Pictures
Produced for: Netflix

Down in the Valley
Production Company: STARZ Original Presents, Zero Point Zero Productions, Kat Buggy Productions
Produced for: STARZ

Full Court Press
Production Company: ESPN, Omaha Productions, Words + Pictures
Produced for: ESPN, ESPN+

Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn's Treasure
Production Company: Vox Media Studios, Nomadica Films
Produced for: Netflix

Reality - Docusoap

winner

Jay & Pamela
Production Company: Jarrett Creative
Produced for: TLC

Selling Sunset
Production Company: Done and Done Productions, Lionsgate
Produced for: Netflix

The Secret Lives of
Mormon Wives
Production Company: Jeff Jenkins Productions, 3BMG, Select Entertainment, Walt Disney Television Alternative
Produced for: Hulu

Wayne Brady: The Family Remix
Production Company: Fremantle and A Wayne & Mandie Creative
Produced for: Freeform

Reality - Structured Reality

winner

Love Is Blind UK
Production Company: CPL Productions
Produced for: Netflix

Love is Blind
Production Company: Kinetic Content
Produced for: Netflix

Naked and Afraid
Production Company: Lionsgate Alternative Television
Produced for: Discovery Channel

What Would You Do?
Production Company: Walt Disney Television Alternative, ABC News Studios
Produced for: ABC

Talent - Best Ensemble Cast, Unscripted

winner

The Cast of
"Love on the Spectrum"
Production Company: Northern Pictures
Produced for: Netflix

Fab 5 for
"Queer Eye"
Production Company: Scout Productions Inc. and ITV Entertainment LLC
Produced for: Netflix

The Cast of
"Welcome to Wrexham"
Production Company: More Better Productions, Maximum Effort, 3 Arts Entertainment and Boardwalk Pictures
Produced for: FX on Hulu

The Sharks for
"Shark Tank"
Production Company: MGM Television, Sony Pictures Television.
Produced for: ABC

Talent - Best Host or Presenter, Unscripted Program or Series

winner

John Quiñones for
"What Would You Do?"
Production Company: Walt Disney Television Alternative, ABC News Studios
Produced for: ABC

Antoni Porowski for
"No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski"
Production Company: Studio Ramsay Global
Produced for: National Geographic

Dr. Sandra Lee for
"Dr. Pimple Popper: Breaking Out"
Production Company: Invent TV
Produced for: Lifetime

Guy Fieri for
"Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives"
Production Company: Knuckle Sandwich and Citizen Pictures
Produced for: Food Network

Phil Rosenthal for
"Somebody Feed Phil"
Production Company: Lucky Bastards and a494
Produced for: Netflix

Stanley Tucci for
"Tucci in Italy"
Production Company: BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions and Salt Productions
Produced for: National Geographic

Talent - Best Host, Unscripted Competition

winner

Alan Cumming for
"The Traitors"
Production Company: Studio Lambert
Produced for: Peacock

Antonia Lofaso and Jeff Mauro for
"Worst Cooks in America"
Production Company: Objective Media Group America an All3Media America Company
Produced for: Food Network

Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown for
"Kids Baking Championship"
Production Company: Sonic Dog
Produced for: Food Network

RuPaul Charles for
"RuPaul's Drag Race"
Production Company: World of Wonder
Produced for: MTV

Talent - Best Presenter or Narrator, Non-Fiction

winner

Mark Coles Smith for
"The Kimberley"
Production Company: Wild Pacific Media
Produced for: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Love Nature, Arte France and PBS

Phoebe Waller-Bridge for
"Octopus!"
Production Company: Amazon MGM Studios, Jigsaw Productions, Wells Street Films
Produced for: Prime Video

Ryan Reynolds for
"Underdogs"
Production Company: Wildstar Films and Maximum Effort
Produced for: National Geographic

Shane Campbell-Staton for
"Human Footprint"
Production Company: Day's Edge Productions
Produced for: PBS

DIALOG AWARD

winner

Wingman
Production Company: Laud People
Produced for: DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)

Hollywood Black
Production Company: RadicalMedia, Culture Machine, Significant Productions
Produced for: MGM+

Love on the Spectrum
Production Company: Northern Pictures
Produced for: Netflix

POV: The Body Politic
Production Company: RowHouse, LC | RowHouse Collective
Produced for: POV on PBS