MUMBAI: The 23rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards this year have a record 1,654 entries, up from last year's 1450.

PBS leads the final tally with 41 nominations, while CBS follows with 26. The awards that recognise outstanding achievement by individuals and programmes broadcast during the 2001 calendar year will this year take place a day after the first anniversary of 9/11 in New York City.

According to an official release, the awards will pay tribute to the role of broadcast journalists in covering 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan, and will reflect that same excellence in the coverage of news in other key areas affecting world culture including the AIDS crisis as a world health problem and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 

This year, the presentation of the News and Documentary Emmy Awards will be part of a series of events titled "9/11 to 9/11: A Tribute to News Professionals." At the ceremony, NATAS will honor Roone Arledge, Chairman, ABC News with the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award. Barbara Walters will make the presentation.

The numerical breakdown, by broadcast and cable entities, as compiled by the independent accountancy firm of Lutz and Carr, LLP -