NATPE 2018 Unscripted Breakthrough Award Winners Revealed

The winners of the fourth annual Unscripted Breakthrough Awards were unveiled at NATPE Miami during a ceremony hosted by Dan Abrams, chief legal analyst for ABC News and host of Big Fish Entertainment’s hit series Live PD on A&E.

The winners were revealed during a special luncheon ceremony at the Eden Roc Miami Beach Resort. The NATPE Unscripted Breakthrough Awards honor programs and celebrate people that broke through the clutter and altered the expectations of what constitutes a reality program.

Awards were presented in the categories of innovation, competition, documentary, docusoap, factual and game shows. The winner in the competition category is RuPaul’s Drag Race, while the documentary award went to The Defiant Ones. In the docusoap area, the Real Housewives franchise took home the prize, while Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and The Wall won for factual and game shows, respectively. Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath won for innovation, which was a new category this year.