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PSB Programs Win Emmy Awards

July 19, 2021

Several PBS programs have won Emmy Awards, according to the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. PBS and PBS KIDS originally received 16 Daytime Emmy nominations. Fellow public television nominees include programs distributed by American Public Television (APT), which air on PBS stations, earning nine nominations. The nominations were announced June 28 by NATAS. 

Additionally, 40 Daytime Emmy categories were televised June 25. ODD SQUAD won Outstanding Lighting Direction and Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design.

The Daytime Emmy Awards Children’s Programming and Animation ceremony was presented on the Emmy® OTT platform on Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 8 p.m. ET. The Daytime Emmy Awards Lifestyle Programming ceremony was presented on the Emmy® OTT platform on Sunday, July 18, 2021 at 8 p.m. ET. 

See below for a full list of winners and nominees!

PBS Winners

Ask This Old House| Outstanding Instructional and How-to Program

Ask This Old House

E26 | Working from Home | Ask This Old House

The team shares what they have been up to during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prideland | Outstanding Short Form Daytime Non-Fiction Program

Prideland

Prideland

Follow queer actor Dyllón Burnside on a journey of LGBTQ discovery across the South.

This Old House| Outstanding Instructional and How-to Program, Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Non-Fiction Series

American Black Journal

This Old House in Detroit

“This Old House” puts the spotlight on Detroit. Ep 4526/Seg 4.

PBS Kids Winners

ODD Squad |Outstanding Lighting Direction Daytime Emmy Award (winner), Outstanding Art Direction/ Set Decoration/ Scenic Design Daytime Emmy Award (winner), Outstanding Costume Design/Styling

PBS KIDS Talk About|Outstanding Educational and Informational Series

PBS Nominees

Self-Evident | Outstanding Short Form Daytime Non-Fiction Program

Self-Evident

Join our hosts as they explore the lives of Americans during this unprecedented time.

PBS KIDS Nominees

Elinor Wonders Why|Outstanding Preschool Children’s Animated Series, Outstanding Directing Team for a Preschool Animated Program

Let's Go Luna!| Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Preschool Animated Program

Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: I Am Madam President|Outstanding Special Class Daytime Animated Program

Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum|Outstanding Directing Team for a Preschool Animated Program, Outstanding Editing for a Preschool Animated Program

APT Nominees

Articulate with Jim Cotter | Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program

 

Legacy List with Matt Paxton | Outstanding Lifestyle Series

 

Lidia's Kitchen | Outstanding Culinary Series

 

Lucky Chow | Outstanding Culinary Series

 

Pati's Mexican Table | Outstanding Culinary Series

 

Real Rail Adventures: Swiss International Hubs | Outstanding Travel, Adventure and Nature Program

 

Samantha Brown's Places to Love |Outstanding Travel, Adventure and Nature Program

 

tasteMakers| Outstanding Culinary Series

 

The Good Road | Outstanding Multiple Camera Editing

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