PBS Cleans Up At News Emmys

PBS Cleans Up At News Emmys

PBS dominated the field Monday during the 28th annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards, racking up 10 wins for a collection of unflinching programs on varied topics, including the sex-slave trade, scientific research on chimpanzees, and the war in Iraq.

The commercial broadcast and cable networks trailed substantially: CBS, in second place, won half as many awards, most of them for its Sunday-night newsmagazine "60 Minutes." NBC and Discovery Channel followed with three wins each, and ABC and CNN each garnered one.

Amid a night of celebrating the best in television news, one of the most poignant moments was a personal one, with lifetime achievement recipient Ted Koppel performing a song he composed for his wife. As the anchor warbled, "Any place you're not is a place I wouldn't want to be," many in the black-tie crowd wiped their eyes.

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