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Watch previews for the 10 Oscar-nominated documentaries—and watch some of the films, including on Netflix and PBS.

NBC’s The Voice won its third consecutive Emmy for outstanding reality competition program, because the Television Academy doesn’t care about reality TV. At least, that’s my cynical takeaway. The award was presented by Lea Michele and Kumail Nanjiani and accepted by executive producer Audrey Morrissey, who said she accepted “on behalf of our Voice family.”… continue reading

The Television Academy awarded Emmys in the creative arts categories last night. Here are all the winners.

The Television Critics Association presented awards two one documentary filmmaker and two nonfiction series as part of its 33rd awards last night.

All nominees for reality TV, documentary, and nonfiction television Emmy awards, including reality host, reality TV casting, and technical awards.

The rumor that Jeff Probst removed himself from Emmy consideration, after his fourth consecutive win, is false, the Survivor host says.

The Television Critics Association just announced its nominees for the 2017 TCA Awards, and that includes the two nonfiction categories. The reality TV category has a mix of documentary (The Circus, The Keepers), docudrama (Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath), and competition (The Great British Baking Show, Shark Tank, and Survivor Game Changers). O.J.: Made… continue reading

The 2017 Emmy ballots are out, and here are all the reality show hosts and documentary/nonfiction/unscripted reality TV shows that are eligible.

A long overdue award has been added to the Emmys by the Television Academy: casting for reality shows and competition series.

ESPN’s five-part documentary series O.J.: Made in America won the Oscar for best documentary feature during the 89th Academy Awards.

The Reality TV Awards are in their fourth year of recognizing reality TV stars and shows. Their producers explain how they work and respond to criticism.

The Emmy for best reality competition program went to The Voice again. Mark Burnett—the target of joking criticism from Jimmy Kimmel—accepted and stumbled.

The winners of reality TV-related Emmy Awards will nearly all be ignored Sunday night, during the big telecast on ABC. It’s time to change that.

A full list of the Emmy-winning reality TV and nonfiction television show winners, who were announced during the Creative Arts Emmy awards.

The Netflix series Making a Murderer has won the Television Critics Association award for outstanding achievement in reality television. Among the shows it beat were E!’s I Am Cait, PBS’ broadcast of The Great British Baking Show, and CBS’ Survivor Cambodia: Second Chance. Making a Murderer directors and producers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos accepted the award. Demos spoke and started by acknowledging “the incredible other nominees… continue reading

The Television Academy announced nominees for the 68th annual Emmy Awards, and in the reality TV categories, there were new shows and new people nominated.

Nominations for the 2016 TCA Awards, presented by the Television Critics Association, have been announced, and include eight nominations for reality shows.

Emmy nomination voting began yesterday, and as part of that process, the Television Academy has released its nominating ballots, showing all of the people and television shows eligible for nominations, in addition to technical categories, such as cinematography, directing, and editing. The lists below represent the unscripted shows and hosts who are eligible to be nominated… continue reading

The day before its ninth season premiere, The Voice won its second Emmy, meaning The Amazing Race did not win its 11th Emmy. The outstanding reality competition Emmy was the only unscripted category presented at the prime-time Emmy telecast, because Hollywood fails to see a significant portion of television as deserving of its time (and, yes,… continue reading

The Creative Arts Emmys were held last night, and the results were just about as predictable as the nominees. Shark Tank, Deadliest Catch, Anthony Bourdain, and Jane Lynch all won Emmys, just like they did last year. Although the winners are mostly strong programs, they also represent sameness: Anthony Bourdain, Jane Lynch, Deadliest Catch, again,… continue reading