Discovery’s long-running series Deadliest Catch picked up five prizes at the Realscreen Awards in Santa Monica tonight (June 4), with RuPaul’s Drag Race and Skywire Live with Nik Wallenda (pictured) among the other winners.
Deadliest Catch cleaned up in the technical categories, taking awards for best editing, directing and music, as well as the Docureality prize and the Award of Excellence – Reality.
Meanwhile, Logo show RuPaul’s Drag Race was victorious in the Competition – Talent and Studio-Based Program category; as well as the Best Host/Presenter category, recognizing RuPaul Andre Charles.
Also a double winner was Channel 4′s Rebuilding the World Trade Center, which took the prizes for Best Cinematography and Non-Fiction – Social Issues and Current Affairs Program.
Elsewhere, live stunt special Skywire Live with Nik Wallenda won the prizes for Digital and Branded Content – Multi-Platform Project; and for Most Original Concept. High wire walker Wallenda also won the prize for Personality of the Year, as previously reported.
Other award winners included Discovery Channel’s All the President’s Men Revisited, which won for Non-Fiction – History and Biographical Program; CBS’s The Amazing Race, which triumphed in the Competition – Game category; and NBC’s Million Second Quiz, which won in the new category of Competition – Shiny Floor Game Show.
Finally, and as previously announced, Undercover Boss creator Stephen Lambert was inducted into the Realscreen Hall Of Fame; A+E Networks president and CEO Nancy Dubuc received the inaugural Television Trailblazer award; and Wallenda was named Personality of the Year.
The full list of award winners, who were honored during the first day of Realscreen West 2014, follows below:
COMPETITION – GAME
The Amazing Race
Produced by: World Race Productions
Broadcaster: CBS
COMPETITION – LIFESTYLE
Iron Chef America
Produced by: Triage Entertainment
Broadcaster: Food Network
COMPETITION – TALENT AND STUDIO-BASED PROGRAM
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Produced by: World of Wonder Productions
Broadcaster: Logo TV
COMPETITION – SHINY FLOOR GAME SHOW
Million Second Quiz
Produced by: Studio Lambert, all3media america and Universal Television
Broadcaster: NBC
LIFESTYLE – FOOD
Choccywoccydoodah: Starstruck
Produced by: TwoFour
Broadcaster: Good Food Channel – UKTV
LIFESTYLE – HEALTH AND WELL BEING
Oprah’s Lifeclass
Produced by: Harpo Studios
Broadcaster: OWN – The Oprah Winfrey Network
LIFESTYLE – DESIGN
Écho-Logis (Greenest Stories)
Produced by: TV ONLY
Broadcaster: France 5
LIFESTYLE – HOME
Vanilla Ice Goes Amish
Produced by: Juma Entertainment
Broadcaster: DIY Network
DIGITAL AND BRANDED CONTENT – MULTI-PLATFORM PROJECT
Skywire Live with Nik Wallenda
Produced by: Discovery Channel, Discovery Digital Media and the Discovery Agency (digital); Peacock Productions (linear)
Broadcaster: Discovery Channel
DIGITAL AND BRANDED CONTENT – BRAND-FUNDED PROGRAM
Verses and Flow
Produced by: McMann, Tate & Stephens
Broadcaster: TV One
DIGITAL AND BRANDED CONTENT – WEB SERIES
Casualties of the Gridiron
Produced by: Conde Nast Entertainment and Football Film
Broadcaster: GQ Channel
NON-FICTION – ARCHIVE-BASED PROGRAM
JFK: The Final Hours
Produced by: Creative Differences Productions
Broadcaster: National Geographic Channel
NON-FICTION – HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHICAL PROGRAM
All the President’s Men Revisited
Produced by: Partisan Pictures in association with Sundance Productions
Broadcaster: Discovery Channel
NON-FICTION – SOCIAL ISSUES AND CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM
Rebuilding the World Trade Center
Produced by: Lion Television
Broadcaster: Channel 4
NON-FICTION– ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL HISTORY PROGRAM
How To Build A Planet
Produced by: BBC Television
Broadcaster: Science Channel
NON-FICTION– SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
The Incredible Bionic Man
Produced by: Darlow Smithson Productions
Broadcaster: Smithsonian Channel
NON-FICTION– ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAM
Esquire’s 80th
Produced by: World of Wonder Productions
Broadcaster: Esquire Network
REALITY – DOCUFORMAT
The Millionaire Matchmaker
Produced by: Intuitive Entertainment
Broadcaster: Bravo
REALITY – DOCUSOAP
Connected
Produced by: Koda Communications
Broadcaster: HOT
DOCUREALITY
Deadliest Catch
Produced by: Original Productions
Broadcaster: Discovery Channel
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Rebuilding the World Trade Center
Produced by: Lion Television
Broadcaster: Channel 4
BEST CASTING/TALENT/SUBJECTS
(tie)
Cast of Catfish: The TV Show
Cast of Duck Dynasty
BEST DIRECTING
Deadliest Catch
Produced by: Original Productions
Broadcaster: Discovery Channel
BEST EDITING
Deadliest Catch
Produced by: Original Productions
Broadcaster: Discovery Channel
BEST MUSIC
Deadliest Catch
Produced by: Original Productions
Broadcaster: Discovery Channel
BEST HOST/PRESENTER
RuPaul Andre Charles
RuPaul’s Drag Race
MOST ORIGINAL CONCEPT
Skywire Live with Nik Wallenda
Produced by: Discovery Channel, Discovery Digital Media and the Discovery Agency (digital); Peacock Productions (linear)
Broadcaster: Discovery Channel
MOST COMPELLING CHARACTER
“Mama June” Shannon
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE – NON-FICTION
Rebuilding the World Trade Center
Produced by: Lion Television
Broadcaster: Channel 4
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE – REALITY
Deadliest Catch
Produced by: Original Productions
Broadcaster: Discovery Channel