# Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series is handed out annually at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony. The award was established in 2013 as the awards restructured previous categories for Outstanding Nonfiction Series and Outstanding Nonfiction Special. The category was called Outstanding Nonfiction Series from 1998–2012. Prior to 1998, the category was called Outstanding Informational Series.

## Winners and nominations
### 1990s

| Year | Program | Producers | Network |
| 1998 (50th) |
| 1998 (50th) | American Experience | Judy Crichton, consulting executive producer; Margaret Drain, executive producer; David Grubin, producer/writer; Allyson Luchak, senior producer for Truman; Mark Samels, senior producer | PBS |
| 1998 (50th) | Biography | Michael Cascio and Susan E. Leventhal, executive producers; CarolAnne Dolan, supervising producer for A&E; Diane Ferenczi, coordinating producer for A&E; Deirdre O'Hearn, producer/writer | A&E |
| 1998 (50th) | Desmond Morris' The Human Sexes | Sandra Gregory and Michael Rosenberg, executive producers; Clive Bromhall, series producer; Clare Hargreaves, Beverley Parr, Bonni Cohen and John Longley, producers; Desmond Morris, host/writer | TLC |
| 1998 (50th) | Discover Magazine | Suzy Geller-Wolf and David McKillop, executive producers; Evan Hadingham, co-executive producer; Nancy Dubuc, series producer; Marc Etkind, senior producer; Dan McCabe and Bob Burns, producers/directors | Discovery |
| 1998 (50th) | Inside the Actors Studio | James Lipton, executive producer/writer/host; Frances Berwick, executive producer; Michael Kostel, John Servidio and Vienna Steiner, producers; Jeff Wurtz, director | Bravo |
| 1999 (51st) |
| 1999 (51st) | American Experience | Margaret Drain, executive producer; Mark Samels, senior producer; Austin Hoyt, producer | PBS |
| 1999 (51st) | American Masters | Susan Lacy, executive producer; Tamar Hacker, senior producer | PBS |
| 1999 (51st) | The Awful Truth | Michael Moore and Kathleen Glynn, executive producers; Dave Hamilton, supervising producer; Tia Lessin, senior producer; Ellin Baumel, producer; Annie Cohen, head writer; Francis Gasparini, Jay Martel, Nick McKinney and Henriette Mantel, writers | Bravo |
| 1999 (51st) | Biography | Michael Cascio and Peter Jones, executive producers; CarolAnne Dolan, supervising producer | A&E |
| 1999 (51st) | Inside the Actors Studio | James Lipton, executive producer/writer/host; Vienna Steiner and Frances Berwick, executive producers; Michael Kostel, Eileen Lanci and John Servidio, producers; Jeff Wurtz, director | Bravo |

### 2000s

| Year | Program | Producers | Network |
| 2000 (52nd) |
| 2000 (52nd) | American Masters | Susan Lacy, executive producer; Tamar Hacker, senior producer; Michael Epstein, producer/writer/director; Karen Bernstein, producer | PBS |
| 2000 (52nd) | Behind the Music | Jeff Gaspin, Gay Rosenthal and George Moll, executive producers; Paul Gallagher, supervising producer; Susan Biesack, Victoria Zielinski and Paul Barrosse, producers | VH1 |
| 2000 (52nd) | Biography | CarolAnne Dolan, executive producer; Maryellen Cox, supervising producer | A&E |
| 2000 (52nd) | Inside the Actors Studio | James Lipton, executive producer/writer/host; Frances Berwick, Christian Barcellos and Vienna Steiner, executive producers; Michael Kostel and John Servidio, producers; Jeff Wurtz, director | Bravo |
| 2000 (52nd) | New York: A Documentary Film | Ric Burns, executive producer/director/writer; Lisa Ades, producer/co-director; Margaret Drain, executive producer for American Experience; Judy Crichton, executive producer for WGBH; Mark Samels, producer for American Experience; James Sanders, writer | PBS |
| 2001 (53rd) |
| 2001 (53rd) | American Masters | Susan Lacy, executive producer; Pamela Mason Wagner, producer/director; Thomas Wagner, producer/writer; Tamar Hacker, producer | PBS |
| 2001 (53rd) | Behind the Music | George Moll, Jeff Gaspin and Gay Rosenthal, executive producers; Paul Gallagher and Paul Barrosse, supervising producers; Allie Brown Torgan, producer | VH1 |
| 2001 (53rd) | Biography | CarolAnne Dolan and Susan E. Leventhal, executive producers; Maryellen Cox, supervising producer; Jonathan Talmadge, producer; Harry Smith, host | A&E |
| 2001 (53rd) | Inside the Actors Studio | James Lipton, executive producer/writer/host; Frances Berwick, Christian Barcellos and Vienna Steiner, executive producers for Bravo; Michael Kostel and John Servidio, producers; Jeff Wurtz, director | Bravo |
| 2001 (53rd) | Jazz | Ken Burns, producer/director; Lynn Novick, producer; Geoffrey C. Ward, writer; Keith David, narrator | PBS |
| 2002 (54th) |
| 2002 (54th) | Biography | CarolAnne Dolan and Kevin Burns, executive producers; Maryellen Cox and Kerry Jensen, supervising producers; Jeanne Begley, producer/director; Gidion Phillips, writer | A&E |
| 2002 (54th) | Antiques Roadshow | Peter B. Cook, executive producer; Marsha Bemko, senior producer | PBS |
| 2002 (54th) | Behind the Music | George Moll and Paul Gallagher, executive producers; Justin Sturken, senior series producer; Mark Ford, producer | VH1 |
| 2002 (54th) | E! True Hollywood Story | Jeffrey Shore, executive producer; Mark Harris, supervising producer; Eric Shepard, producer | E! |
| 2002 (54th) | Inside the Actors Studio | James Lipton, executive producer/writer/host; Christian Barcellos and Frances Berwick, executive producers for Bravo; Michael Kostel and John Servidio, producers; Jeff Wurtz, director | Bravo |
| 2003 (55th) |
| 2003 (55th) | American Masters | Susan Lacy, executive producer; Julie Sacks, supervising producer; Prudence Glass, series producer; Anne Makepeace, producer | PBS |
| 2003 (55th) | Behind the Music | George Moll, Paul Gallagher and Justin Sturken, executive producers; Mark Ford, senior producer; Erica Hanson, producer | VH1 |
| 2003 (55th) | Biography | Adam Friedman, Bill Evashwick, CarolAnne Dolan and Maryellen Cox, executive producers; Iain Kennedy and Catherine Dyer, supervising producers | A&E |
| 2003 (55th) | E! True Hollywood Story | Mark Jonathan Harris, executive producer; Andreas Kanonenberg, supervising producer; Michael Lynn, producer | E! |
| 2003 (55th) | Inside the Actors Studio | James Lipton, executive producer/host; Christian Barcellos and Frances Berwick, executive producers for Bravo; Michael Kostel and John Servidio, producers | Bravo |
| 2004 (56th) |
| 2004 (56th) | American Masters | Susan Lacy, Roger Mayer and George Feltenstein, executive producers; Julie Sacks, supervising producer; Prudence Glass, series producer; John Fricke, producer | PBS |
| 2004 (56th) | Biography | Joe Townley and Dierdre O'Hearn, executive producers; Maro Chermayeff, supervising producer; Steven Hilliard Stern and Eliza Kurtz, producers | A&E |
| 2004 (56th) | Cold Case Files | Laura Fleury, executive producer; Michael Harvey, supervising producer; Mike West, producer; Bill Kurtis, host | A&E |
| 2004 (56th) | Inside the Actors Studio | Frances Berwick and Christian Barcellos, executive producers for Bravo; James Lipton, producer/host; Alice Siess, John Servidio and Michael Kostel, producers | Bravo |
| 2004 (56th) | The Soul of a Man | Martin Scorsese, Paul G. Allen, Jody Allen, Ulrich Felsberg and Peter Schwartzkopff, executive producers; Alex Gibney, series producer; Margaret Bodde, producer | PBS |
| 2005 (57th) |
| 2005 (57th) | Broadway: The American Musical | David Horn and Jac Venza, executive producers; Bill O'Donnell, supervising producer; Michael Kantor, Jeff Dupre and Sally Rosenthal, producers; Julie Andrews, host | PBS |
| 2005 (57th) | Biography | Craig Haffner, Donna E. Lusitana and Dierdre O'Hearn, executive producers; Rhys Thomas and Jeff Hasler, executive producers; Darryl Rehr, produced by | A&E |
| 2005 (57th) | Cold Case Files | Michael Harvey and Laura Fleury, executive producers; Tania Lindsay and Mike West, supervising producers; Mary Frances O'Conner, producer; Bill Kurtis, host | A&E |
| 2005 (57th) | Dinner for Five | Alison Palmer Bourke, Evan Shapiro and Jon Favreau, executive producers; Peter Billingsley and Lisa Tauger, co-executive producer; Chris Donovan, producer | IFC |
| 2005 (57th) | Inside the Actors Studio | James Lipton, executive producer/host; Frances Berwick and Christian Barcellos, executive producers for Bravo; Sabrina Fodor, Jeff Wurtz and Alice Siess, producers | Bravo |
| 2006 (58th) |
| 2006 (58th) | 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America | Susan Werbe, executive producer; Joe Berlinger, co-executive producer; Sidney Beaumont and Greg Schultz, supervising producers | History |
| 2006 (58th) | American Masters | Susan Lacy, executive producer; Prudence Glass, series producer; Julie Sacks, supervising producer; Jeff Rosen, Martin Scorsese, Nigel Sinclair and Anthony Wall, producers | PBS |
| 2006 (58th) | Biography | Kevin Burns, executive producer; Dierdre O'Hearn, executive producer for A&E; Kim Sheerin, co-executive producer; Steven Smith, supervising producer; Gary Simson, producer | A&E |
| 2006 (58th) | Deadliest Catch | David McKillop and Thom Beers, executive producers; Tracy Green, co-executive producer; Jeff Conroy, supervising producer; Nathanial Havholm, Doug Stanley, Todd Stanley, Patrick Costello, Monica Martino, Chris Nee, Johnny Petillo, Ethan Prochnik, Brian Lovett and Larry Law, producers | Discovery |
| 2006 (58th) | Inside the Actors Studio | James Lipton, Frances Berwick and Christian Barcellos, executive producers; Sabrina Fodor and Jeff Wurtz, produced by | Bravo |
| 2007 (59th) |
| 2007 (59th) | Planet Earth | Maureen Lemire, executive producer; Alastair Fothergill, series producer; Mark Linfield, producer | Discovery |
| 2007 (59th) | American Masters | Susan Lacy, executive producer for American Masters; Prudence Glass, series producer for American Masters; Julie Sacks, supervising producer for American Masters; Peter Brant, Larry Gagosian and Diane von Fürstenberg, executive producers; Donald Rosenfeld, Daniel Wolf and Ric Burns, produced by | PBS |
| 2007 (59th) | Biography | Kevin Burns, executive producer; Dierdre O'Hearn, executive producer for A&E; Kim Sheerin, co-executive producer; Steven Smith, supervising producer; Andrew Berg, supervising producer for A&E; David Silver and Rick Hull, producers; Dave Hoffman, narrator | A&E |
| 2007 (59th) | Deadliest Catch | Thom Beers, executive producer; Paul Gasek, executive producer for Discovery Channel; Jeff Conroy, co-executive producer; Lisa Tanzer, supervising producer; Ethan Prochnik, senior producer; Tim Pastore, Matt Renner, Kyle Wheeler, Christian Skovly, Todd Stanley, Cameron Glendenning, Zac McFarlane, Doug Stanley and Kelly Coskran, producers | Discovery |
| 2007 (59th) | Inside the Actors Studio | James Lipton, executive producer/host; Frances Berwick and Christian Barcellos, executive producers; Sabrina Fodor and Jeff Wurtz, produced by | Bravo |
| 2008 (60th) |
| 2008 (60th) | American Masters | Susan Lacy, executive producer; Prudence Glass, series producer; Julie Sacks, supervising producer; Jim Brown, Michael Cohl and William Eigen, produced by | PBS |
| 2008 (60th) | This American Life | Producing Team | Showtime |
| 2008 (60th) | Biography | Gregory Hall, executive producer; Peter Tarshis, executive producer for Biography Channel; Barbara Hall, producer | Biography |
| 2008 (60th) | Deadliest Catch | Thom Beers and Paul Gasek, executive producers; Jeff Conroy and Tracy Rudolph, co-executive producers; Matt Renner, series producer; Lisa Tanzer, supervising producer; Ethan Prochnik, senior producer | Discovery |
| 2008 (60th) | Inside the Actors Studio | James Lipton, Frances Berwick and Christian Barcellos, executive producers; Sabrina Fodor and Jeff Wurtz, produced by | Bravo |
| 2009 (61st) |
| 2009 (61st) | American Masters | Susan Lacy, executive producer; Prudence Glass, series producer; Julie Sacks, supervising producer; Judy Kinberg, producer | PBS |
| 2009 (61st) | American Experience | Mark Samels and Nick Fraser, executive producers; Susan Bellows, series producer; David Grubin, produced by; Sharon Grimberg, senior producer | PBS |
| 2009 (61st) | Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations | Myleeta Aga, Christopher Collins and Lydia Tenaglia, executive producers; Paul Cabana, producer | Travel |
| 2009 (61st) | Biography | Gary Cohen and Peter Tarshis, executive producers; Eliza Kurtz, producer | Bio |
| 2009 (61st) | Deadliest Catch | Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, Paul Gasek and Tracy Rudolph, executive producers; Matt Renner, co-executive producer; Ethan Prochnik, supervising producer | Discovery |
| 2009 (61st) | This American Life | Producing Team | Showtime |

### 2010s

| Year | Program | Producers | Network |
| 2010 (62nd) |
| 2010 (62nd) | The National Parks: America's Best Idea | Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, produced by | PBS |
| 2010 (62nd) | American Experience | Mark Samels, executive producer; Sharon Grimberg, senior producer; Susan Bellows, series producer; Ric Burns, Mary Recine, Bonnie Lafave and Robin Espinola, produced by | PBS |
| 2010 (62nd) | American Masters | Susan Lacy, executive producer; Prudence Glass, series producer; Julie Sacks, supervising producer; John Beug, Jeff Jampol and Dick Wolf, producers; Peter Jankowski, produced by | PBS |
| 2010 (62nd) | Deadliest Catch | Thom Beers and Jeff Conroy, executive producers; Paul Gasek and Tracy Rudolph, executive producers for Discovery Channel; Matt Renner, co-executive producer; Ethan Prochnik, supervising producer; Eric Lange, producer | Discovery |
| 2010 (62nd) | Life | Catherine McCarthy, executive producer for BBC; Michael Gunton, executive producer; Susan Winslow and Paul Spillenger, producers for Discovery Channel; Martha Holmes, series producer | Discovery |
| 2010 (62nd) | Monty Python: Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut) | Harold Gronenthal, George Lentz Jr. and Christine Lubrano, executive producers for IFC; Andrew Winter, supervising producer; Bill Jones, and Ben Timlett, series producers | IFC |
| 2011 (63rd) |
| 2011 (63rd) | American Masters | Susan Lacy, Stanley F. Buchthal and Michael Cohl, executive producers; Prudence Glass, series producer; Julie Sacks, supervising producer; Michael Epstein and Jessica Levin, producers | PBS |
| 2011 (63rd) | Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations | Lydia Tenaglia and Christopher Collins, executive producers; Anthony Bourdain, executive producer/host; Stone Roberts, executive producer for Travel Channel | Travel |
| 2011 (63rd) | Biography | Judith Belushi-Pisano, executive producer; Peter Tarshis and Thomas Moody, executive producers for Bio; Kevin Bachar, executive producer for Pangolin Pictures; Amelia Hanibelsz, supervising producer; Joey Allen and Rob Goldberg, producers | Bio |
| 2011 (63rd) | Moguls & Movie Stars | Bill Haber, executive producer; Jon Wilkman, produced by | TCM |
| 2011 (63rd) | Pioneers of Television | Mike Trinklein and Steve Boettcher, producers | PBS |
| 2011 (63rd) | 30 for 30 | John Dahl, Connor Schell, Bill Simmons, Joan Lynch, John Skipper, John Walsh and Keith Clinkscales, executive producers | ESPN |
| 2012 (64th) |
| 2012 (64th) | Frozen Planet | Alastair Fothergill and Susan Winslow, executive producers; Vanessa Berlowitz, series producer | Discovery |
| 2012 (64th) | Woody Allen: A Documentary | Susan Lacy, executive producer for American Masters; Erik Gordon, Andrew S. Karsch, Michael Peyser, Brett Ratner and Fisher Stevens, executive producers; Robert B. Weide, producer | PBS |
| 2012 (64th) | Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations | Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, Anthony Bourdain, Sandra Zweig and Stone Roberts, executive producers; Tom Vitale, producer | Travel |
| 2012 (64th) | Inside the Actors Studio | James Lipton, Frances Berwick and Christian Barcellos, executive producers; Shawn Tesser and Jeff Wurtz, producers | Bravo |
| 2012 (64th) | The Weight of the Nation | Sheila Nevins and John Hoffman, executive producers; Dan Chaykin and Sarah Teale, producers | HBO |
| 2013 (65th) |
| 2013 (65th) | American Masters | Susan Lacy, executive producer; Julie Sacks, supervising producer; Prudence Glass, series producer; Jessica Levin, produced by | PBS |
| 2013 (65th) | The Abolitionists | Sharon Grimberg and Mark Samels, executive producers; Rob Rapley, produced by | PBS |
| 2013 (65th) | The Men Who Built America | Stephen David, Dirk Hoogstra, Russell McCarroll and Paul Cabana, executive producers; Tim W. Kelly, co-executive producer; Randy Counsman, producer; David C. White, series producer | History |
| 2013 (65th) | Through the Wormhole | Producing Team | Science |
| 2013 (65th) | Vice | Bill Maher, Shane Smith and Eddy Moretti, executive producers; Bradley J. Levin, co-executive producer; Jonah Kaplan, senior producer; Jason Mojica and Brendan Fitzgerald, producers | HBO |
| 2014 (66th) |
| 2014 (66th) | American Masters | Susan Lacy, executive producer; Julie Sacks, series producer; Junko Tsunashima, supervising producer; Dori Berinstein, produced by | PBS |
| 2014 (66th) | Years of Living Dangerously | Joel Bach, David Gelber, Daniel Abbasi, James Cameron, Jerry Weintraub and Arnold Schwarzenegger, executive producers; Solly Granatstein, co-executive producer; Jennifer Latham, supervising producer; Adam Bolt, senior producer; Jacob Kornbluth, producer | Showtime |
| 2014 (66th) | Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey | Ann Druyan, Seth MacFarlane, Mitchell Cannold and Brannon Braga, executive producers; Jason Clark, co-executive producer; Livia Hanich and Steven Holtzman, producers; Neil deGrasse Tyson, host | Fox |
| 2014 (66th) | Pioneers of Television | Mike Trinklein and Steve Boettcher, producers | PBS |
| 2014 (66th) | The World Wars | Stephen David, Russell McCarroll, Paul Cabana and Elaine Frontain Bryant, executive producers; Tim W. Kelly, co-executive producer; David C. White, series producer; Shirley Escott, series producer | History |
| 2015 (67th) |
| 2015 (67th) | The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst | Jason Blum, executive producer; Zachary Stuart-Pontier, cp-executive producer; Marc Smerling and Andrew Jarecki, producers | HBO |
| 2015 (67th) | American Masters | Susan Lacy and Michael Kantor, executive producers; Junko Tsunashima, supervising producer; Julie Sacks, series producer; Robert Trachtenberg, produced by | PBS |
| 2015 (67th) | Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies | Ken Burns, Dalton Delan, David S. Thompson, Pamela Oas Williams and Laura Ziskin, executive producers; Barak Goodman, series producer | PBS |
| 2015 (67th) | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | Ken Burns, Paul Barnes and Pam Tubridy Baucom, produced by | PBS |
| 2015 (67th) | The Sixties | Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog, executive producers; Christopher G. Cowen and Kirk Saduski, co-executive producers; Dan Partland, supervising producer; Stephen J. Morrison, producer | CNN |
| 2016 (68th) |
| 2016 (68th) | Making a Murderer | Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos, executive producers | Netflix |
| 2016 (68th) | American Masters | Michael Kantor, executive producer; Junko Tsunashima, supervising producer; Julie Sacks, series producer; Julian Schlossberg, produced by | PBS |
| 2016 (68th) | Chef's Table | David Gelb, Andrew Fried, Brian McGinn, Matthew Weaver and Dane Lillegard, executive producers | Netflix |
| 2016 (68th) | The Seventies | Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog, executive producers; Christopher G. Cowen and Kirk Saduski, co-executive producers; David Rivera, series producer; Stephen J. Morrison, producer | CNN |
| 2016 (68th) | Woman with Gloria Steinem | Amy Richards, Gloria Steinem, Nomi Ernst Leidner, Ariel Wengroff and Shane Smith, executive producers; Joanna Forscher, co-executive producer | Viceland |
| 2017 (69th) |
| 2017 (69th) | Planet Earth II | Michael Gunton, executive producer; Tom Hugh-Jones, series producer; Elizabeth White, produced by | BBC America |
| 2017 (69th) | American Masters | Michael Kantor, executive producer; Junko Tsunashima, supervising producer; Julie Sacks, series producer; Suzanne Hillinger and Brent Miller, producers | PBS |
| 2017 (69th) | Chef's Table | David Gelb, Andrew Fried, Brian McGinn and Matthew Weaver, executive producers; Dane Lillegard, co-executive producer | Netflix |
| 2017 (69th) | The Keepers | Jessica Hargrave, Ryan White and Josh Braun, executive producers; Matthew Goldberg and Brandon Carroll, co-executive producers | Netflix |
| 2017 (69th) | 30 for 30 | Connor Schell, John Dahl, Libby Geist, Judd Apatow, Michael Bonfiglio and Dave O'Connor, executive producers; Jenna Anthony, produced by | ESPN |
| 2018 (70th) |
| 2018 (70th) | Wild Wild Country | Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Josh Braun and Dan Braun, executive producers; Juliana Lembi, produced by; Chapman Way and Maclain Way, producers | Netflix |
| 2018 (70th) | American Masters | Michael Kantor and Chiz Schultz, executive producers; Junko Tsunashima, supervising producer; Julie Sacks, series producer; Tracy Heather Strain and Randall MacLowry, produced by | PBS |
| 2018 (70th) | Blue Planet II | James Honeyborne, executive producer; Mark Brownlow, series producer; Jonathan Smith, produced by | BBC America |
| 2018 (70th) | The Defiant Ones | Allen Hughes and Doug Pray, executive producers | HBO |
| 2018 (70th) | The Fourth Estate | Vinnie Malhotra, David Sirulnick and Dan Cogan, executive producers; Lisa Diamond, supervising producer; Liz Garbus, Jenny Carchman and Justin Wilkes, produced by | Showtime |
| 2019 (71st) |
| 2019 (71st) | Our Planet | Sophie Lanfear, produced by; Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey, series producers | Netflix |
| 2019 (71st) | American Masters | Michael Kantor, producer/executive producer; Sally Rosenthal, producer; Julie Sacks, series producer; Junko Tsunashima, supervising producer | PBS |
| 2019 (71st) | Chef's Table | Matthew Weaver, Brian McGinn, Andrew Fried and David Gelb, executive producers; Dane Lillegard, co-executive producer | Netflix |
| 2019 (71st) | Hostile Planet | Guillermo Navarro, Martha Holmes, Grant Mansfield, Bear Grylls, Kevin Tao Mohs and Tim Pastore, executive producers; Tom Hugh-Jones, series producer | Nat Geo |
| 2019 (71st) | 30 for 30 | Philip Aromando, produced by; Connor Schell, John Dahl, Libby Geist, Rob King and Jonathan Hock, executive producers; Erin Leyden, senior producer | ESPN |

### 2020s

| Year | Program | Producers | Network |
| 2020 (72nd) |
| 2020 (72nd) | The Last Dance | Jason Hehir, produced by; Mike Tollin, Estee Portnoy, Curtis Polk, Connor Schell, Gregg Winik and Andrew Thompson, executive producers | ESPN |
| 2020 (72nd) | American Masters | Michael Kantor, Jay Alix, Una Jackman and Suzi Dietz, executive producers; Julie Sacks, series producer; Jeff Kaufman and Marcia S. Ross, producers | PBS |
| 2020 (72nd) | Hillary | Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens and Nanette Burstein, executive producers; Timothy Moran, Chi-Young Park and Tal Ben-David, producers; Isabel San Vargas, produced by | Hulu |
| 2020 (72nd) | McMillion$ | Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Archie Gips, James Lee Hernandez, Brian Lazarte, Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller, executive producers | HBO |
| 2020 (72nd) | Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness | Chris Smith, Fisher Stevens, Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin, executive producers | Netflix |
| 2021 (73rd) |
| 2021 (73rd) | Secrets of the Whales | James Cameron, Maria Wilhelm, Shannon Malone-deBenedictis and Pamela Caragol, executive producers; Kevin Krug, Sam Legrys and Brian Skerry, producers | Disney+ |
| 2021 (73rd) | Allen v. Farrow | Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick, Dan Cogan, Lisa Heller, Nancy Abraham and Tara Lynda Guber, executive producers; Amy Herdy and Jamie Rogers, producers; Sara Rodriguez, senior producer | HBO |
| 2021 (73rd) | American Masters | Michael Kantor, Alicia Keys, Lacey Schwartz Delgado, Mehret Mandefro, Elliott Halpern and Elizabeth Trojian, executive producers; Julie Sacks, series producer | PBS |
| 2021 (73rd) | City So Real | Diane Weyermann, Alex Kotlowitz, Gordon Quinn and Jolene Pinder, executive producers; Steve James and Zak Piper, produced by | Nat Geo |
| 2021 (73rd) | Pretend It's a City | Martin Scorsese, Fran Lebowitz, David Tedeschi, Ted Griffin, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Joshua Porter and Margaret Bodde, executive producers | Netflix |
| 2022 (74th) |
| 2022 (74th) | The Beatles: Get Back | Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison, producers; Peter Jackson, Clare Olssen and Jonathan Clyde, produced by | Disney+ |
| 2022 (74th) | The Andy Warhol Diaries | Ryan Murphy, Andrew Rossi, Josh Braun, Alexis Martin Woodall and Stanley Buchthal, executive producers; Daniel Braun and Stacey Reiss, co-executive producers; Maya E. Rudolph, producer | Netflix |
| 2022 (74th) | jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy | Ian Orefice, Rebecca Teitel, Alexa Conway, Kevin Thomson, Connor Schell, Mike Beck, Gee Roberson and Free Maiden, executive producers; Coodie Simmons, Chike Ozah and Leah Natasha Thomas, produced by; Marjorie Clarke, producer | Netflix |
| 2022 (74th) | 100 Foot Wave | Joe Lewis, Chris Smith, Maria Zuckerman, Ryan Heller, Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller, executive producers; Bentley Weiner, senior producer | HBO |
| 2022 (74th) | We Need to Talk About Cosby | W. Kamau Bell, Andrew Fried, Katie A King, Vinnie Malhotra, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma and Jordan Wynn, executive producers; Geraldine L. Porras, co-executive producer; Erik Adolphson, supervising producer | Showtime |
| 2023 (75th) |
| 2023 (75th) | The 1619 Project | Nikole Hannah-Jones, Roger Ross Williams, Shoshana Guy, Caitlin Roper, Kathleen Lingo, Helen Verno and Oprah Winfrey, executive producers; Geoff Martz and Carla Gardini, co-executive producers; Jonathan Clasberry, producer | Hulu |
| 2023 (75th) | Dear Mama | Lasse Järvi, Nelson George, Peter Nelson, Jamal Joseph, Ted Skillman and Allen Hughes, executive producers; Stef Smith, produced by; Loren Gomez, Joshua Garcia and James Jenkins, producers | FX |
| 2023 (75th) | 100 Foot Wave | Maria Zuckerman, Ryan Heller, Joe Lewis, Chris Smith, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller and Bentley Weiner, executive producers | HBO |
| 2023 (75th) | Secrets of the Elephants | James Cameron, Maria Wilhelm, Pamela Caragol, Lucinda Axelsson and Caroline Hawkins, executive producers; Jonathan Frisby, series producer; Dr. Paula Kahumbu and Kim Butts, producers | Nat Geo |
| 2023 (75th) | The U.S. and the Holocaust | Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick, Ken Burns and Mike Welt, produced by | PBS |
| 2024 (76th) |
| 2024 (76th) | Beckham | David Gardner and Gary Neville, executive producers; Jonathan Sides and Craig South, co-executive producers; John Battsek, Nicola Howson, Fisher Stevens and Billie Shepherd, produced by | Netflix |
| 2024 (76th) | The Jinx — Part Two | Andrew Jarecki, Zac Stuart-Pontier, Kyle Martin, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller and Sara Rodriguez, executive producers; Charlotte Kaufman and Sam Neave, producers | HBO |
| 2024 (76th) | Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV | Mary Robertson, Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman, Nicholas Carlson, Kate Taylor, Joel Stonington and Pamela E. Deutsch, executive producers; Emma Schwartz and Lisa Kalikow, co-executive producers; Meredith Russell, producer | Investigation Discovery |
| 2024 (76th) | Stax: Soulsville U.S.A. | Ezra Edelman, Caroline Waterlow, Nigel Sinclair, Nicholas Ferrall, Michele Smith, Sophia Dilley, David Blackman and Tina Nguyen, executive producers; Jamila Wignot and Kara Elverson, produced by | HBO |
| 2024 (76th) | Telemarketers | Adam Bhala Lough, Sam Lipman-Stern, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Dani Bernfeld, Danny McBride, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller and Tina Nguyen, executive producers; Claire Read, produced by | HBO |

## Total awards by network

* PBS – 15
* Netflix – 3
* Showtime – 2
* Disney+ – 2
* A&E – 1
* BBC America – 1
* Discovery – 1
* ESPN – 1
* HBO – 1
* History – 1
* Hulu – 1