- The great math mystery, written by Dan McCabe ; produced and directed by Dan McCabe, Richard Reisz ; a Nova Production for WGBH Boston
- Japan's killer quake, written and produced by Richard Burke-Ward, Robert Strange ; produced by Pioneer Productions for NOVA in association with Channel 4 ; WGBH
- Smothered, the censorship struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Muldaur Media Ltd. presents a Bravo Original production ; producer, Maureen Muldaur ; written & directed by Maureen Muldaur
- Mister Rogers: it's you I like, produced by JoAnn Young, John Paulson ; directed by John Paulson ; written by JoAnn Young ; produced by Young Productions, John Paulson Productions ; the Fred Rogers Company
- America's untold story, producers, Robbie Gordon [and four others] ; writer, Robbie Gordon ; a production of Small Planet Pictures Inc., Investigative Media Group Inc., and 1186 Pictures in association with the University of Florida Historic St. Augustine, Inc. and Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET
- The story of the costume drama, directed and produced by Yvette Lyons, Ali Anderson, Kerry Allison, Richard Makinson
- Serving life, produced, directed and written by Lisa R. Cohen ; producer, Jeca Taudte ; produced by Lightworks Pictures in association with KPI for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network ; Significant Productions
- Klansville U.S.A., American Experience Films (PBS) presents ; produced and directed by Callie T. Wiser ; telescript by David Espar and Callie T. Wiser ; a Five O'Clock Films production for American experience
- The incredible human journey, 2 Entertain ; BBC Productions ; Travel Channel co-production, in association with France 5 ; series producer, Paul Bradshaw
- Crane song, producer/writer, Perry Stoner ; NET Television
- D-Day 360, producer, Glenn Swift ; writer and director, Ian Duncan ; a Windfall Films production for PBS
- The mystery of matter, search for the elements, A production of Moreno/Lyons Productions in association with Oregon Public Broadcasting ; written & produced by Stephen Lyons ; directed by Muffie Meyer & Stephen Lyons
- St. Paul's Cathedral, produced by Atlantic Productions Ltd. for National Geographic Channels in association with PBS & France TV ; director, Jay Taylor ; series producer, Lara Acaster
- Growing up trans, produced, written & directed by Miri Navasky & Karen O'Connor ; a Frontline production with Mead Street Films
- Tesla, American Experience Films ; written and produced by David Grubin ; executive producer, Mark Samels ; a David Grubin Productions film for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation
- The amazing world of aviation, past, present & future, World Wide Entertainment
- War on the EPA, written and directed by James Jacoby ; produced by Anya Bourg, James Jacoby ; senior producer, Frank Koughan ; For Left/Rights Docs: produced by Kevin Vargas ; a Frontline production with Left/Right Docs ; a production of WGBH/Boston
- The day Carl Sandburg died, a production of Bonesteel Films in association with Thirteen's American Masters for WNET ; producer, Matthew Gellert ; writer, director and editor, Paul Bonesteel
- Bill Nye, science guy, a Structure Films production ; in association with Exhibit A, Complex Corporation and the Redford Center ; directed by David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg ; produced by Seth Gordon, p.g.a., Nick Pampenella, David Alvarado, p.g.a., Kate McLean, p.g.a., Jason Sussberg, p.g.a
- The undertaking, a Frontline co-production with Mead Street Films ; written, produced and directed by Miri Navasky and Karen O'Connor
- The soul of a man, a film by Wim Wenders ; produced by Alex Gibney ; written & directed by Wim Wenders
- Thomas Hart Benton, a film by Ken Burns ; produced by Ken Burns and Julie Dunphey ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward
- Life in the undergrowth, by David Attenborough ; a BBC/Animal Planet co-production ; series producer, Mike Salisbury
- The miracle of life, directors and producers, Bo G. Erikson, Carl O. Lofman ; for Nova, written and produced by Bebe Nixon
- 49 up, produced by Claire Lewis, Michael Apted ; directed by Michael Apted ; Granada Television Ltd. ; Granada International
- The man who shot the great war, produced by Diarmuid Lavery ; directed by Brian Henry Martin ; Doubleband Films for BBC Northern Ireland
- Hemingway, a film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; a Florentine Films production ; directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick, Ken Burns ; co-produced with WETA Washington, D.C.
- The Civil War, a Florentine Films presentation ; a film by Ken Burns ; produced by Ken Burns and Ric Burns ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ric Burns with Ken Burns ; produced in association with WETA-TV ; a production of Florentine Films
- Our American presidents, their lives & legacies, directed and written by Tom DeMichael ; produced by Tom Edinger, Tom DeMichael, Volume 1
- Monster of the Milky Way, a Nova production by Thomas Lucas Productions, Inc. for WGBH Boston ; produced and directed by Thomas Lucas and Julia Cort ; written by Julia Cort and Jonathan Grupper ; science directors, Lynn Cominsky, Andrew Hamilton ; senior executive producer, Paula S. Apsell
- Raúl Juliá, the world's a stage, co-producers, Sikay Tang, Cionin Lorenzo, Edgar Andrade ; producer, Jill Krikorian ; produced & directed by Ben DeJesus ; co-production of NGL Studios, Diamante Content, Independent Television Service (ITVS), and Latino Public Broadcasting in association with American Masters Pictures
- Muhammad Ali, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns & David McMahon ; a production of Florentine Films and WETA Washington ; directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns & David McMahon ; written by David McMahon & Sarah Burns ; produced by Sarah Burns, David McMahon, Stephanie Jenkins & Ken Burns
- The British Empire in color, IMG Media/Carlton Production
- Si ji Zhongguo, Colorful seasons in China, Beijing xi ken guo ji wen hua fa zhan you xian gong si she zhi ; Zhong wai wen hua jiao liu zhong xin jian zhi ; Zhonghua ren min gong he guo wen hua bu wai lian ju chu pin
- Prisoner of paradise, Média Vérité and Café Productions, in association with BBC [and others] ; directed by Malcolm Clarke & Stuart Sender ; written by Malcom Clarke ; produced by Malcolm Clarke & Karl-Eberhard Schaefer
- Tulsa, the fire and the forgotten : a centennial exploration of the 1921 race massacre, a film by Deneen L. Brown, Jonathan Silvers, Eric Stover ; produced and directed by Jonathan Silvers ; produced and reported by DeNeen L. Brown ; produced by Eric Stover ; a production of Saybrook Productions Ltd. in association with the WNET Group ; WNET Thirteen
- Biography, behind the legend, produced by Del Jack & Cress Darwin ; directed by N. Brice Shipley ; written by Bob Waldman ; produced by Millenial Entertainment and Archive Films in association with Arts & Entertainment Networks
- Hearts of darkness, a filmmaker's apocalypse, a Showtime presentation ; written and directed by Fax Bahr with George Hickenlooper ; documentary footage directed by Eleanor Coppola ; produced by George Zaloom and Les Mayfield ; Zaloom-Mayfield Productions in association with Zoetrope Studios
- Lucy Worsley's royal palace secrets, a BBC Studios Documentary Unit production for PBS ; produced and directed by Eleanor Scoones
- The planets, a BBC Studios production with Nova and WGBH Boston for PBS and BBC ; co-produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures and the Open University ; produced and directed by Stephen Cooter, Martin Johnson, Nic Stacey ; series director, Stephen Cooter ; series producers, Zoe Heron and Gideon Bradshaw
- Million dollar American princesses, the complete series, produced by Finestripe Productions and Smithsonian Networks ; series producer and director, Michael Burke ; for Smithsonian Channel
- The Galapagos Islands, land of evolutionary change, Discovery Communications ; Animal Planet
- Dealing dogs, [the betrayal of man's best friend], HBO America Undercover presents ; produced by Tom Simon and Sarah Teale
- Annie Oakley, PBS ; produced and directed by Riva Freifeld ; written by Ken Chowder ; co-produced by Amy Brown ; a Riva Productions film for American Experience ; WGBH Boston
- We shall remain, America through native eyes, an American Experience film in association with Apograph Productions, Inc., Tecumseh LLC and Native American Public Telecommunications ; executive producer, Sharon Grimberg ; coordinating producer, Cathleen O'Connell, [Disc] 2
- Ground war, an ITV Studios production for Thirteen in association with ITV Global Entertainment, National Geographic Channels International and WNET.Org ; producer/director, Roger Finnigan, James Millar
- Comedy Central roast of Pamela Anderson, executive produced and directed by Joel Gallen ; Tenth Planet Productions ; a presentation of Comedy Central
- Wall Street & the emergence of Asia, presented by Jiao Li for Film Ideas in conjunction with CCTV ; chief producers, Xu Wenguang, Yan Weiyi ; general director, Li Chencal ; scriptwriters, Wan Jianying, Li Guoping
- Divided states of America, a Frontline production with the Kirk Documentary Group ; producers, Michael Kirk, Mike Wiser, Philip Bennett, Jim Gilmore, and Gabrielle Schonder ; writers, Michael Kirk, Mike Wiser ; director, Michael Kirk
- Arlington, field of honor, produced by National Geographic Television & Film ; written, produced, & directed by John Bredar