CBS led the way with 46 nominations, followed closely by PBS with 45, as the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 34th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards on Thursday.
"60 Minutes" had the most nominations of any show with 24; "CBS This Morning" and "CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley" garnered five and eight, respectively. Eighteen of PBS's noms were for "Frontline." HBO Documentary Films was the second-most nominated program with 21.
There are 42 categories in all, recognizing excellence in everything from breaking news to investigative reporting to editing and writing.
The ceremony, set for Oct. 1 in New York City, will also honor "Frontline" founder and executive producer David Fanning with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Also read: CBS Leads News & Docmentary Emmy Awards With 43 Nominations
Here's the complete list of nominations:
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
ABC News Special Events, World News with Diane Sawyer and Nightline ABC
Tragedy at the Elementary School
BBC World News America BBC World News
Egypt: Second Round of Revolution
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley CBS
Attack on Benghazi
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley CBS
House Arrest, A Daring Escape From China
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley CBS
The Fight For Idlib
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
BBC World News America BBC World News
Inside Syria’s Uprising
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley CBS
Inside Syria
CNN’s Coverage of the War in Syria CNN
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams NBC
Inside Syria
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams NBC
Washed Ashore
Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
ABC News Nightline ABC
Arctic Journey: The Unicorn of the Sea
ABC News Nightline ABC
Inside the New Ku Klux Klan
CBS This Morning CBS
Chuck Close: A Note to Self
CBS This Morning CBS
Tagging Great Whites
CBS This Morning CBS
Wynton Marsalis: An Essay for Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sunday Morning CBS
Glen Campbell
Sunday Morning CBS
Starting Over
Sunday Morning CBS
Walking on Air
Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
ABC World News with Diane Sawyer and Nightline ABC
Brian Ross Investigates: TSA Theft
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley CBS
Ivory Poaching
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley CBS
Medevac
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley; CBS This Morning Saturday CBS
Libya Dying for Security
CBS This Morning; CBS Sunday Morning CBS
Exposing the Business of Congress
Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
ABC News Nightline ABC
Brian Ross Investigates: Phantom Debt Collectors
ABC World News with Diane Sawyer and Nightline ABC
Brian Ross Investigates: Tragedy in Bangladesh
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley CBS
Cancer Drug Shortages
CBS This Morning; CBS Evening News Saturday; CBS Evening News
Sunday CBS
Green Energy Going Red
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine
Dateline NBC NBC
Tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary
48 Hours CBS
CBS News Special Report: Newtown
60 Minutes CBS
Tragedy In Newtown
FRONTLINE PBS
The Battle for Syria
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine
60 Minutes CBS
Aleppo
60 Minutes CBS
Three Generations of Punishment
FRONTLINE PBS
Al Qaeda in Yemen Executive Producer David Fanning
FRONTLINE PBS
The Regime Responds
Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine
60 Minutes CBS
Face Blindness
60 Minutes CBS
Joy in the Congo
60 Minutes CBS
The Baby Lab
Dateline NBC NBC
Josie's Story
FRONTLINE PBS
Middle School Moment
Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine
Dan Rather Reports AXS TV
Adopted or Abducted?
60 Minutes CBS
Stem Cell Fraud
FRONTLINE PBS
Opium Brides
Need to Know PBS
Crossing the Line at the Border
Aquí y Ahora Univision
Fast and Furious (Rápido y Furioso)
Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a News Magazine
60 Minutes CBS
Hard Landing
60 Minutes CBS
The Case Against Lehman Brothers
Rock Center with Brian Williams NBC
The Target
FRONTLINE PBS
Cell Tower Deaths
FRONTLINE PBS
Six Billion Dollar Bet
Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis
This Week with George Stephanopoulos ABC
Tragedy at the Elementary School
AC360 CNN
Kids on Race: The Hidden Picture
Morning Joe MSNBC
Newtown Tragedy
NOW with Alex Wagner MSNBC
Women In Politics: August 20, 2012
The Rachel Maddow Show MSNBC
Special Report: Now with 100% Less Armageddon
Need to Know PBS
The Massachusetts Mandate
Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story-Long-Form
ABC NEWS ABC
Shooting at the Elementary School
Good Morning America ABC
Superstorm Sandy: The Aftermath
CBS Evening News CBS
Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
CNN CNN
Election Night in America
CNN CNN
Israel/Gaza Conflict
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story-Long Form
HBO Documentary Films HBO
The Tsunami and The Cherry Blossom
FRONTLINE PBS
Climate of Doubt
FRONTLINE PBS
Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown
FRONTLINE PBS
Poor Kids
Outstanding Investigative Journalism-Long-Form
FRONTLINE PBS
Big Sky, Big Money
FRONTLINE PBS
Dollars and Dentists
Independent Lens PBS
As Goes Janesville Executive Producer Sally Jo Fifer
POV PBS
Give Up Tomorrow
POV PBS
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
Outstanding Informational Programming-Long-Form
MSNBC Documentaries MSNBC
Semper Fi: Always Faithful
FRONTLINE PBS
The Interrupters
FRONTLINE PBS
The Suicide Plan
POV PBS
My Reincarnation
Wish Me Away Showtime
Outstanding Historical Programming-Long-Form
HBO Documentary Films HBO
The Loving Story
HBO Documentary Films HBO
Vito
American Experience PBS
Jesse Owens
Independent Lens PBS
We Were Here
POV PBS
Nostalgia for the Light
Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting-Long Form
CNBC Original CNBC
The Costco Craze: Inside the Warehouse Giant
Fareed Zakaria GPS CNN
Global Lessons: The GPS Road Map for Saving Health Care
HBO Documentary Films HBO
Hard Times: Lost on Long Island
FRONTLINE PBS
Money, Power and Wall Street
Outstanding Interview
Moyers & Company American Public Television
Interview: Karl Marlantes
60 Minutes CBS
Killing Bin Laden
60 Minutes CBS
Spielberg
Andrea Mitchell Reports MSNBC
Ambassador Nancy Brinker's First Interview
Rock Center with Brian Williams NBC
One-On-One
Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming
HBO Documentary Films HBO
God is the Bigger Elvis
HBO Documentary Films HBO
Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present
HBO Documentary Films HBO
Raising Renee
Independent Lens PBS
Circo
Freud's Naked Truths Smithsonian Channel
Outstanding Science and Technology Programming
HBO Documentary Films HBO
Project NIM
HBO Documentary Films HBO
Saving Face
Space Dive National Geographic Channel
POV PBS
The City Dark
Outstanding Nature Programming
Winged Planet Discovery Channel
War Elephants National Geographic Channel
Nature PBS
An Original DUCKumentary
Nature PBS
Ocean Giants
Nature PBS
Siberian Tiger Quest
Best Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
ABC News Nightline ABC
Brian Ross Investigates: Undercover Grandma
ABC World News with Diane Sawyer and Nightline ABC
Brian Ross Investigates: Tragedy in Bangladesh
ABC World News with Diane Sawyer and Nightline ABC
Hidden America: Don't Shoot I Want to Grow Up
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley CBS
On The Road: The Longest Wait
CBS This Morning CBS
"Note to Self" Series
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams NBC
Inside Syria
Today NBC
– American Story: Payback Painter
Best Report in a News Magazine
60 Minutes CBS
Aleppo
60 Minutes CBS
Killing Bin Laden
60 Minutes CBS
Stem Cell Fraud
60 Minutes CBS
The Cost of Admission
Dateline NBC NBC
Conviction
Need to Know PBS
Crossing the Line at the Border
Best Documentary
HBO Documentary Films HBO
Project NIM
HBO Documentary Films HBO
Saving Face
HBO Documentary Films HBO
The Loving Story
HBO Documentary Films HBO
The Tsunami and The Cherry Blossom
Independent Lens PBS
Hell and Back Again
POV PBS
Nostalgia for the Light
New Approaches: Current News Coverage
Center for Investigative Reporting Center for Investigative Reporting
In Jennifer's Room
FRONTLINE PBS
Targeting the Electorate
Slate V Slate
Political Kombat '12
The New York Times The NewYork Times
Breakdown: Death and Disarray at America's Racetracks
The New York Times The NewYork Times
Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek
The Washington Post The Washington Post
How Much Science is in Forensic Science?
New Approaches: Documentaries
The JFK Presidential Library & Museum cloudsovercuba.com
Clouds Over Cuba
CNN Digital CNN
Slavery's Last Stronghold
The Commercial Appeal The Commercial Appeal
Memphis Poverty: What Obama Didn't See
The New York Times The New York Times
Op-Docs
Powering A Nation UNC Chapel Hill/Powering a Nation
100 Gallons: How Water Powers Life
New Approaches: Arts, Lifestyle, Culture
National Geographic Magazine Digital Edition National Geographic Magazine
Walking with Giants
The Picture Show NPR
Lost And Found: Discover A Black-And-White Era In Full Color
POV PBS
POV | StoryCorps Animated Series
POV PBS
Sound of Vision
The New York Times The New York Times
Life, Interrupted
Outstanding Writing
ABC News Nightline ABC
Amazing Race: Organ Donation
60 Minutes CBS
Hard Landing
60 Minutes CBS
Joy in the Congo
60 Minutes CBS
Remembering Mike Wallace
60 Minutes CBS
The Cost of Admission
CNN CNN
Nick Paton Walsh: Reports from Syria and Afghanistan
Nature PBS
An Original DUCKumentary
Outstanding Research
60 Minutes CBS
The Cost of Admission
The JFK Presidential Library & Museum cloudsovercuba.com
Clouds Over Cuba
HBO Documentary Films HBO
Saving Face
HBO Documentary Films HBO
Vito
American Experience PBS
Jesse Owens
American Experience PBS
The Amish
MLK: The Assassination Tapes Smithsonian Channel
Outstanding Video Journalism: News
Dan Rather Reports AXS TV
In the Running
60 Minutes CBS
The Sports of Kings
Biz Asia America CCTV America
Melting Point
Dateline NBC NBC
Conviction
Rock Center with Brian Williams NBC
Tomb Raiders
Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary and Long Form
Winged Planet Discovery Channel
HBO Documentary Films HBO
Saving Face
Inocente MTV
Untamed Americas National Geographic Channel
Nature National Geographic Wild
Ice Bear
Nature PBS
An Original DUCKumentary
Outstanding Editing: News
60 Minutes CBS
Joy in the Congo
60 Minutes CBS
Lion Kings
60 Minutes CBS
The Sports of Kings
Dateline NBC NBC
Conviction
Outstanding Editing: Documentary and Long Form
HBO Documentary Films HBO
Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present
HBO Documentary Films HBO
Saving Face
HBO Documentary Films HBO
The Loving Story
FRONTLINE PBS
The Interrupters
Great Performances at the Met PBS
Wagner's Dream
Outstanding Graphic Design & Art Direction
In the Loop Bloomberg
The Economy Of Caterpillar
CNN Opinion CNN
Our Mobile Society: Photographers Embrace Instagram
Curiosity Discovery Channel
Battlefield Cell
WWII From Space History Channel
The Woman Who Wasn't There Investigation Discovery
Outstanding Music & Sound
HBO Documentary Films HBO
Birders: The Central Park Effect
HBO Documentary Films HBO
In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution
Untamed Americas National Geographic Channel
American Experience PBS
Jesse Owens
Nature PBS
An Original DUCKumentary
Outstanding Lighting Direction & Scenic Design
CBS This Morning CBS
CBS This Morning: Studio 57
Mankind: The Story of All of Us History Channel
Plague
NBC News: Decision 2012 NBC
Election Night from Democracy Plaza
Jefferson's Secret Bible Smithsonian Channel
Titanic's Final Mystery Smithsonian Channel
Outstanding Promotional Announcement – Institutional
CBS News CBS
What We Do
CNBC Network Image Spot: "Winning" CNBC
FRONTLINE PBS
FRONTLINE Fall Preview: How Come?
POV PBS
25th Anniversary Promotional Reel
Outstanding Promotional Announcement – Episodic
ABC NEWS ABC
ABC News Political Conventions "Slide Puzzle"
Wicked Tuna National Geographic Channel
Wicked Tuna: No Fear and Face Off
Through the Wormhole Science Channel
Outstanding Regional News Story – Spot News
WBZ-TV News (Boston, MA) WBZ-TV
Newtown Tragedy
NBC 5 NEWS AT 10 (Chicago, IL) WMAQ-TV
NATO Protest
WNBC Breaking News Coverage (New York, NY) WNBC-TV
Shooting Near the Empire State Building
Outstanding Regional News Story – Investigative Reporting
KING 5 News (Seattle, WA) KING 5 TV
Their Crime, Your Dime
ABC15 News (Phoenix, AZ) KNXV-TV
Sheriff's School of Abuse
WABC TV News (New York, NY) WABC-TV
Mace in Your Face?
WTTG-TV News (Washington, DC) WTTG-TV
UDC
WXYZ-TV Investigative Reports (Detroit, MI) WXYZ-TV
Corruption in the County