The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has nominated 60 Minutes’ interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris for a News & Documentary Emmy award or Outstanding Edited Interview.
That interview is also the subject of a defamation suit brought by President Donald Trump, who accused CBS News of “deceitful” editing. Shari Redstone—who heads up the network’s parent company, Paramount Global—is reportedly seeking to settle the suit ahead of Paramount’s planned merger with Skydance Media.
On April 22, 60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens exited the program citing a loss of journalistic independents. Correspondent Scott Pelley addressed his departure on-air last Sunday.
Overall, CBS News received 28 nominations for the 46th News & Documentary Emmys. The Eye Network also received two nods in the Outstanding Live News Program category for CBS Mornings and CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell. (O’Donnell has since stepped down from the anchor’s chair, and a new format has been introduced.)
ABC News was also recognized in that category for its flagship morning and evening shows, Good Morning America and ABC World News Tonight with David Muir. The network received 30 nominations overall when combined with Hulu.
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt and Top Story with Tom Llamas rounded out the Outstanding Live News Program nominees. Holt recently announced that he would be departing the anchor’s chair on May 30, with Llamas taking over on June 2.
CNN was the big winner among the cable news networks with 33 nominations, including a pair of nods for Outstanding Breaking News Coverage for its reports on Hurricane Milton and South Korea declaring martial law.
Other news outlets to receive Emmy nods include NBC News (13), MSNBC (8), Scripps News (8), Telemundo (8), Univision/Vix (7), Al Jazeera (7), BBC News/BBC America (6), Vice News (4), Bloomberg (3), NewsNation (3), PBS (3), The Weather Channel (2), CNBC (1), ESPN (1).
Prime Video also earned a single nod for its first foray into news, Brian Williams’ Election Night special. That newscast was nominated for its title sequence.
The 2025 News & Documentary Emmys ceremony will be held at the Palladium Times Square Theater in New York City. It will take place over two days, with the News Ceremony held on Wednesday, June 25, and the Documentary Ceremony on Thursday, June 26.
The full list of nominees can be found here.
