- Ancient roads, from Christ to Constantine, a production of Galan Incorporated Television and Film for Sunrise Films ; produced and directed by Hector Galán
- The Civil War, American Documentaries, Inc., Florentine Films and Time-Life Video presents a film by Ken Burns ; producers, Ken Burns, Ric Burns ; writers, Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward ; director, Ken Burns
- The vote, a 42nd Parallel Films production for American Experience ; written and directed by Michelle Ferrari ; produced by Connie Honeycutt and Michelle Ferrari ; edited by Ilya Chaiken and Nancy Novack ; narrated by Kate Burton
- Spillover, Zika, Ebola & beyond, executive producer, David Elisco ; producer, director, writer, James Barrat ; a Tangled Bank Studios, LLC production in association with Barrat Media, LLC
- Soundbreaking, stories from the cutting edge of recorded music, Higher Ground in association with Sir George Martin present a Show of Force production ; producers, Joshua Bennett [and four others] ; series produced and directed by Jeff Dupre, Maro Chermayeff
- Earth, the biography, the story of our world, a BBC/National Geographic Channel US/ZDF co-production ; series producer, Jonathan Renouf
- The National parks, America's best idea, a production of Florentine Films and WETA Television ; written by Dayton Duncan ; produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns
- Being mortal, 2over10 Media ; producer and director Thomas Jennings ; writers Thomas Jennings & Atul Gawande
- The truth about fat, a Nova production by Holt Productions, LLC, for WGBH Boston in association with ARTE France ; written, directed and produced by Sarah Holt
- Historic pubs of Dublin, Iowa Public Television ; producer/director, Duane Huey ; writer, Debra Herbold ; executive producers, Michael M. Seymour and Bill Young
- Parrot confidential, Thirteen Productions LLC and ArgoFilms in association with WNET ; produced and written by Allison Argo