Bruce Springsteen: Backstage and Backstreets, created by ABC News Studios, received a nomination for outstanding arts, culture or entertainment coverage at the 2025 News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The announcements of the nominations took place on Thursday (May 1).
Springsteen has garnered three Primetime Emmys nominations, but has not yet secured a win. His nominations include outstanding variety, music or comedy special for Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (HBO, 2001), outstanding special class – short-form live action entertainment program for Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Super Bowl Halftime Show (NBC, 2009), and outstanding variety special (pre-recorded) for Springsteen on Broadway (Netflix, 2019).
The artist has claimed 20 Grammys along with an Oscar. He was awarded a Special (honorary) Tony Award in 2018 recognizing his production Springsteen on Broadway, which ran in 2017-18 and returned in 2021.
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Celine’s Story, a special NBC News program featuring Hoda Kotb, represents Celine Dion’s initial TV interview following her diagnosis with Stiff Person Syndrome, and is nominated for outstanding edited interview.
As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial has received a nomination for outstanding arts and culture documentary. The documentary, which debuted on Paramount+ in February 2024, features Killer Mike interviewing rapper Kemba to examine the criminalization of lyrics in hip-hop.
The 46th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards celebrate programming that first aired in the calendar year 2024. Over 2,200 entries were evaluated by a panel of more than 980 peer professionals from the television and streaming/digital media news and documentary sector.
The 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards ceremony will take place live at the Palladium Times Square in New York City, with a live stream available on The Emmys website and through The Emmys apps for iOS, tvOS, Android, FireTV, and Roku.
The ceremonies for the awards will occur in two distinct events:
- News ceremony – Wednesday, June 25, at 7 p.m. ET
- Documentary ceremony – Thursday, June 26, at 7 p.m. ET
Below are the nominees in categories pertinent to the music industry. The full list of nominees can be found on The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ website:
Outstanding arts, culture or entertainment coverage
10 Million Names, ABC News Live, ABC
Bruce Springsteen: Backstage and Backstreets, ABC News Studios, ABC
“Finding His Voice,” CBS Sunday Morning, CBS
“Illegal Gambling,” Trafficked: Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller, National Geographic [Muck Media]
“The Last Heroes of Normandy,” ABC World News Tonight With David Muir and Nightline, ABC
“Netflix Is Betting Big on Latin America,” The Circuit With Emily Chang, Bloomberg
Outstanding arts and culture documentary
As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial, Paramount+ [MTV Entertainment Studios, District 33, Park Pictures, Strike Anywhere]
Butterfly in the Sky, Netflix [Sidestilt Films, Window Pictures, XTR]
Hollywood Black, MGM+ [Radical Media, Culture Machine, Significant Productions]
King Coal, POV, PBS [Narrow Vision Endeavors, Cottage M, Drexler Films, King Coal Productions LLC, Fishbowl Films]
Madu, Disney + [Disney Branded Television, Hunting Lane Films]
Outstanding edited interview
“Celine’s Story: An NBC News Special with Hoda Kotb,” NBC News Special Report, NBC News
“The Democratic Ticket,” 60 Minutes, CBS News
“Ketanji Brown Jackson,” CBS Sunday Morning, CBS
“Pope Francis,” 60 Minutes, CBS News
“Prisoner in Russia: The Brittney Griner Interview,” 20/20, ABC
Outstanding music composition – documentary
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story, National Geographic [Silverback Films]
“Dan Winters: Life is Once. Forever,” Photographer, National Geographic [Little Monster Films]
Endurance, National Geographic [A Little Dot Studios, Consequential, History Hit Production, Little Monster Films, National Geographic Documentary Films]
Frida, Prime Video [Imagine Documentaries, TIME Studios]
Mafia Spies, Paramount+ [CreativeChaos vmg]
- Source: NEWHD MEDIA
