32nd Annual News and Documenatary Emmy Nominations Announced

CBS leads broadcast nets with 24 nominations; 'NBC Nightly News' top evening newscasts

By Lindsay Rubino -- Broadcasting & Cable, 7/19/2011 12:05:13 PM

The 32^nd annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards nominees were announced Monday, with CBS leading the broadcast networks with 34 nominations. PBS followed with 32, NBC with 19, and ABC with 12. On the cable network side, CNN nabbed eight nominations, CNBC with six and MSNBC with four.

CBS' 60 Minutes drew the most nominations with 23. NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams was honored with seven nominations, while CBS Evening News with Katie Couric picked up four. ABC World News with Diane Sawyer followed with three.

Larry King will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the event, which is scheduled to take place on Sept. 26.

Below is a list of networks listed by number of nominations.

Network	Number of Nominations	Network	Number of Nominations
CBS	34	MediaStorm	2
PBS	32	NPR	2
NBC	19	Smithsonian Channel	2
National Geographic	15	Airshowbuzz.com	1
ABC	12	Council on Foreign Relations & MediaStorm	1
HBO	12	Detroit Free Press	1
CNN	8	Los Angeles Times	1
Discovery	7	San Jose Mercury News	1
CNBC	6	Yahoo!	1
BBC America	4	Planet Green	1
HD Net	4	Science Channel	1
MSNBC	4	Showtime	1
A&E	3	Sundance	1
New York Times	3	VH1	1
Animal Planet	2	Washington Post	1
History Channel	2

Regional Nominees
KHOU-TV	1	WSM-TV	1
KMGH-TV	1	WTHR-TV	1
KUSA-TV	1	WVUE-TV	1
WMAQ-TV	1

Click here to view the full list of nominations at the Emmys site.