CNN 17 prime-time Emmy nominations

CNN Films earned nine Emmy® nominations – four for RBG, three for Three Identical Strangers and two for Love, Gilda. CNN Original Series earned eight Emmy® nominations – six for Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown and two for United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell.

The award winners will be announced at the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards presentation on September 14th and September 15th at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

The 2019 CNN Primetime Emmy® nominations are as follows:

Outstanding Informational Series or Special
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell

Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown – “Bhutan”

Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown – “Kenya” 

Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown – “Lower East Side”
RBG
Three Identical Strangers 

Outstanding Picture Editing for An Unstructured Reality Program
United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell – “Hmong Americans and the Secret War”

Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown – “Far West Texas”

Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown – “Kenya”

Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
Three Identical Strangers
RBG

Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
RBG
Three Identical Strangers

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special  
Love, Gilda

Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special 
RBG
Love, Gilda

Press Contacts: Heather Brown; CNN Original Series PR; Heather.Brown@turner.com
Jennifer Dargan; CNN Films PR; Jennifer.Dargan@turner.com