2021 Winners & Nominees

Competition - Game or Quiz Show

The Wall
Production Company: SpringHill Entertainment, Glassman Media, and CORE Media in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group
Produced for: NBC
Brain Games
Production Company: Magical Elves
Produced for: National Geographic
Don't
Production Company: Banijay Studios North America, Maximum Effort
Produced for: ABC
The Misery Index
Production Company: Grandma's House Entertainment, Bongo Pictures and 3Arts Entertainment
Produced for: TBS

Competition - Lifestyle Competition

Nailed It! Holiday!
Production Company: Magical Elves
Produced for: Netflix
Beat Bobby Flay
Production Company: Rock Shrimp Productions
Produced for: Food Network
Making It
Production Company: Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with 3 Arts Entertainment and Paper Kite Productions
Produced for: NBC
MasterChef Australia
Production Company: Endemol Shine Australia
Produced for: Network Ten

Competition - Reality Competition

Shark Tank
Production Company: MGM Television in association with Sony Pictures Television
Produced for: ABC
Moonshiners: Master Distiller
Production Company: Magilla Entertainment
Produced for: Discovery Channel
The Challenge
Production Company: Bunim-Murray Productions
Produced for: MTV
The Circle
Production Company: Studio Lambert, Motion Content Group
Produced for: Netflix

Competition - Talent & Studio-Based Competition

RuPaul's Drag Race
Production Company: World of Wonder
Produced for: VH1
Floor Is Lava
Production Company: Haymaker Media, Gang of Wolves
Produced for: Netflix
Legendary
Production Company: Scout Productions
Produced for: HBO Max
The Masked Singer
Production Company: FOX Alternative Entertainment Studios
Produced for: FOX

Digital Content - Short-Form Content - Non-Fiction

NightGowns
Production Company: The Documentary Group
Produced for: Quibi
Almost Famous
Production Company: Breakwater Studios
Produced for: New York Times
Blackballed
Production Company: District 33, Will Packer Media and Strike Anywhere
Produced for: Quibi
You Ain’t Got These
Production Company: Boardwalk Pictures, Hillman Grad Productions
Produced for: Quibi

Digital Content - Short-Form Content - Reality & Lifestyle

Centerpiece with Maurice Harris
Production Company: Le Train Train, Bloom & Plume, Alldayeveryday
Produced for: Quibi
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Production Company: CBS Television Studios, Fulwell 73
Produced for: AppleTV+
Chrissy's Court
Production Company: Suit & Thai, Alfred Street, 3 Arts Entertainment
Produced for: Quibi
Punk'd
Production Company: STX Entertainment, MTV Studios
Produced for: Quibi

Lifestyle - Docureality-Style Food Program

Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi
Production Company: Hulu, Delicious Entertainment, Part2 Pictures
Produced for: Hulu
Made From Scratch
Production Company: Fuse Content Studio
Produced for: Fuse
Somebody Feed Phil
Production Company: Zero Point Zero Productions, Lucky Bastard
Produced for: Netflix
Somewhere South
Production Company: Markay Media
Produced for: PBS

Lifestyle - Home Program (Design, Renovation, etc.)

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Production Company: Endemol Shine North America
Produced for: HGTV
Celebrity IOU
Production Company: Scott Brothers Entertainment
Produced for: HGTV
Design At Your Door
Production Company: JV Productions
Produced for: HGTV
Home Town
Production Company: RTR Media
Produced for: HGTV

Lifestyle - Studio-Based Food Program

Guy's Ranch Kitchen
Production Company: Pre-Sliced Productions
Produced for: Food Network
Amy Schumer Learns to Cook
Production Company: It's So Easy Productions, Big Fish Entertainment
Produced for: Food Network
Giada at Home
Production Company: Linguine Pictures
Produced for: Food Network
Pati's Mexican Table
Production Company: Mexican Table, Frank Productions
Produced for: WETA Washington, D.C. / nationally distributed by American Public Television

Lifestyle - Travel & Exploration Program

Lost on Everest
Production Company: National Geographic Studios
Produced for: National Geographic
High Road Low Road
Production Company: Green Inc Film & Television
Produced for: RTE 1
Mighty Trains
Production Company: Exploration Production Inc.
Produced for: Discovery Channel
Ride with Norman Reedus
Production Company: Left/Right Productions, AMC Studios
Produced for: AMC

Non-Fiction - Archive-Based Program

Putin: A Russian Spy Story
Production Company: Rogan Productions
Produced for: Channel 4
Afghanistan. The Wounded Land
Production Company: LOOKSfilm
Produced for: NDR/Arte, Aljazeera Documentary Channel, Ceská televize, Format TV, DR, Knowledge Network, Mediawan Thematics for Toute l’Histoire, NRK, VPRO
Be Water
Production Company: ESPN Films in association with Dorothy Street Pictures and East Films
Produced for: ESPN
The Story of Drug Trafficking
Production Company: YAMI 2
Produced for: Arte

Non-Fiction - Arts & Culture Program

Free Meek
Production Company: Roc Nation and The Intellectual Property Corporation
Produced for: Amazon Prime Video
Abstract: The Art of Design
Production Company: A Radical Media Production in association with Tremolo Productions and Godfrey Dadich Partners
Produced for: Netflix
Spelling the Dream
Production Company: Exit Zero Productions
Produced for: Netflix
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
Production Company: Crew Neck Productions
Produced for: ABC

Non-Fiction - Crime & Investigation Program

Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer
Production Company: Raw TV
Produced for: Netflix
Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez
Production Company: Blackfin, MakeMake Entertainment
Produced for: Netflix
The Pharmacist
Production Company: A Netflix Original Documentary Series in association with The Cinemart
Produced for: Netflix
The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
Production Company: A Luminant Media Production in association with Investigative Reporting Productions and Common Sense Media
Produced for: Netflix

Non-Fiction - Environmental & Natural History Program

Seven Worlds, One Planet
Production Company: A BBC Studios Natural History Unit production co-produced with BBC America, Tencent Penguin Pictures, ZDF, France Télévisions and China Media Group CCTV9
Produced for: BBC America
Australia's Ocean Odyssey
Production Company: Wild Pacific Media, ginclear film
Produced for: Australian Broadcasting Corporation and ARTE France
Chris Packham: Plant A Tree To Save The World
Production Company: ITN Productions
Produced for: Channel 5
Night on Earth
Production Company: Plimsoll Productions
Produced for: Netflix

Non-Fiction - History & Biography Program

AKA Jane Roe
Production Company: Ventureland, Monomania Productions, FX Productions in association with Vice Studios
Produced for: FX Networks
Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust
Production Company: Saloon Media, Blue Ant Studios
Produced for: History Canada
Liberty: Mother of Exiles
Production Company: World Of Wonder
Produced for: HBO
The Food That Built America
Production Company: Lucky 8
Produced for: History

Non-Fiction - Science & Technology Program

Cosmos: Possible Worlds
Production Company: Cosmos Studios and Fuzzy Door, in association with FOX and National Geographic
Produced for: National Geographic
NASA & SPACEX: Journey To The Future
Production Company: Storied Media Group
Produced for: Discovery Channel and Science Channel
The Age of A.I.
Production Company: Network Entertainment, Team Downey, Sonar Entertainment
Produced for: YouTube Originals
The Great Hack
Production Company: Noujaim Films, The Othrs
Produced for: Netflix

Non-Fiction - Social Issues & Current Affairs Program

The Cave
Production Company: A Danish Documentary Production, in Co-Production with Ma.Ja.De, Hecat Studio Paris, Madam Films National Geographic
Produced for: National Geographic
Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible
Production Company: ESPN Films
Produced for: ESPN
Lost & Found
Production Company: National Geographic Documentary Films in association with The Nobel Prize / A Rideback and Grain Media Production
Produced for: National Geographic
Why We Hate
Production Company: Amblin Television and Jigsaw Productions in association with Escape Artists
Produced for: Discovery Channel

Non-Fiction - Sports Documentary Program

Basketball or Nothing
Production Company: WorkShop Content Studios
Produced for: Netflix
D. Wade: Life Unexpected
Production Company: ESPN Films in association with Imagine Documentaries, Metelus Studios, 59th and Prairie Entertainment
Produced for: ESPN
LANCE
Production Company: ESPN Films in association with DLP Media Group
Produced for: ESPN
The Last Dance
Production Company: A Mandalay Sports Media Production in Association with NBA Entertainment, ESPN Films and Netflix
Produced for: ESPN

Reality - Constructed Reality

Flirty Dancing
Production Company: Second Star
Produced for: Channel 4
Dating Around
Production Company: Eureka Productions
Produced for: Netflix
Love Is Blind
Production Company: Kinetic Content
Produced for: Netflix
Naked and Afraid
Production Company: Renegade 83
Produced for: Discovery Channel

Reality - Docureality

Love on the Spectrum
Production Company: Northern Pictures
Produced for: Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Netflix
Cheer
Production Company: One Potato Productions, Boardwalk Pictures, Caviar
Produced for: Netflix
Jay Leno's Garage
Production Company: Original Productions, a Fremantle Company, and Kitten Kaboodle
Produced for: CNBC
Taken At Birth
Production Company: Good Caper Content, an ITV America company
Produced for: TLC

Reality - Docusoap

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days
Production Company: Sharp Entertainment
Produced for: TLC
Family Karma
Production Company: Truly Original
Produced for: Bravo
I Am Jazz
Production Company: This Is Just a Test
Produced for: TLC
Shaq Life
Production Company: Shaq Productions, The Content Group
Produced for: TNT

Best New Format

Don't
Production Company: Banijay Studios North America, Maximum Effort
Produced for: ABC

Diversity & Inclusion

Almost Famous
Production Company: Breakwater Studios
Produced for: New York Times
Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible
Production Company: ESPN Films
Produced for: ESPN
Love on the Spectrum
Production Company: Northern Pictures
Produced for: Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Netflix
The Cave
Production Company: A Danish Documentary Production, in Co-Production with Ma.Ja.De, Hecat Studio Paris, Madam Films National Geographic
Produced for: National Geographic