National Geographic Channel Receives Seven Emmys For Excellence In News And Documentaries - More Than Any Other Cable Network

Largest Number of Wins in Channel History; Follows Four-Year Streak

With the Most Nominations of Any Ad-Supported Cable Network

National Geographic Channel (NGC) received seven Emmy Awards for excellence in news and documentaries, as announced last night by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - the most Emmy wins of any cable network.

It is the largest number of Emmy wins in the channel's 10-year history; the fourth year in a row of receiving the most Emmy nominations for news and documentaries of any ad-support cable network.

NGC's Emmy-winning documentaries:

Restrepo: Afghan Outpost (2) - chronicles the deployment of U.S. troops stationed at one of the most dangerous outposts in Afghanistan, by the late award-winning photojournalist Tim Hetherington and journalist/author Sebastian Junger.

* Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long Form

* Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Editing


Great Migrations (2) - tells the powerful stories of many of the planet's species and their epic journeys to ensure survival of the species.

* Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Cinematography - Nature

* Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Music & Sound


Witness Katrina - reconstructs the storm and its aftermath in all its epic human complexity, entirely through the eyes of those who experienced it.

* Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form

Explorer: Lost Mummies of New Guinea - an expedition to solve the mysteries of a remarkable form of body preservation.

* Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Cinematography - News & Documentaries


Explorer: Can the Gulf Survive - hunts for the truth of what happened with the crude oil that blew out the Deepwater Horizon wellhead, with exclusive access to BP's operations.

* Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research