'Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown' earns six nominations at the 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards for its final season

The final season of "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown" earned six nominations at this year's Creative Arts Emmy Awards.  Between 'RBG' vs. 'Free Solo' and other Oscar nominees at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards and 'Hostile Planet' vs. 'Our Planet' — Nature and science nominees at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards for National Wildlife Day, I managed to list five of them.  Now for the sixth nomination.

Outstanding Informational Series or Special

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN)
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Netflix)
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (A&E)
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (Netflix)
Surviving R. Kelly (Lifetime)

"Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown" has won this category five of the past six years, being beaten only by "Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath" once two years ago.  Based on that and the other nominees having only their single nomination in this category, I think it's still the favorite, despite all the rest of the nominees being about show business.

Follow over the jump for the rest of the series' nominations along with my comments on the nominees' chances.

Here are the series' nominations from 'RBG' vs. 'Free Solo' and other Oscar nominees at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards and 'Hostile Planet' vs. 'Our Planet' — Nature and science nominees at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards for National Wildlife Day.

Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – Morgan Fallon, Todd Liebler and Zach Zamboni (Episode: "Bhutan") (CNN)
Free Solo – Jimmy Chin, Clair Popkin and Mikey Schaefer (Nat Geo)
Our Planet – Doug Anderson and Gavin Thurston (Episode: "Coastal Seas") (Netflix)
Our Planet – Alastair MacEwen and Matt Aeberhard (Episode: "Jungles") (Netflix)
Our Planet – Jamie McPherson and Roger Horrocks (Episode: "One Planet") (Netflix)

The "Our Planet" series may have better camera work overall, but I suspect having three episodes nominated may split its voters, giving "Free Solo" a better shot.  That written, its main competition may be the final season of "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, which may still be benefiting from the death of its star.
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Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – Tom Patterson (Episode: "Lower East Side") (CNN)
Free Solo – Bob Eisenhardt (Nat Geo)
Leaving Neverland – Jules Cornell (HBO)
RBG – Carla Gutierrez (CNN)
Three Identical Strangers – Michael Harte (CNN)

"Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown" won this category last year, so it's the nominal favorite.  However, it's up against very stiff competition.  I'm rooting for "RBG," but I'm not very hopeful.

Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Far West Texas") (CNN)
Free Solo (Nat Geo)
FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (Netflix)
Leaving Neverland (HBO)
Our Planet (Episode: "Frozen Worlds") (Netflix)

"Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown" won this category last year as well, so it is also the nominal favorite here.  Again, it's competing against a very tough field with my heart going to "Free Solo" and "Our Planet" and my head going with the two music documentaries.  I can't choose.

Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera)

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Kenya") (CNN)
Free Solo (Nat Geo)
FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (Netflix)
Leaving Neverland (HBO)
Our Planet (Episode: "Frozen Worlds") (Netflix)

For a third time today, "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown" won this category last year as well and it's facing identical competition, so I have nothing new to say.
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Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Kenya") (CNN)
The Case Against Adnan Syed (Episode: "Forbidden Love") (HBO)
Fyre Fraud (Hulu)
Hostile Planet (Episode: "Grasslands") (Nat Geo)
Our Planet (Episode: "Jungles") (Netflix)
Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men (Episode: "Episode 1") (Showtime)

"Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown" won this award last year, so I think it's the nominal favorite.  Also, there are two nominees about entertainment, "Fyre Fraud" and "Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men," which gives them a leg up, although not as much as if they were about movies or television instead of music.  Still, this is a category in which both nature series have nominations, which attests to their quality.

As my readers can see, I had nothing to add, as I already mentioned my take on the odds for "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown" in every single category.  All I have to say now is good luck to all the nominees.  Now on to the reality nominees, which do a surprisingly good job of showcasing nature, diversity, and inclusion, as I wrote last year about "Born This Way," "Deadliest Catch," and "United Shades of America," all of which have been nominated again this year.  Stay tuned.

Previous entries in this series.

• 'Point of View: Sandy Hook Promise' among Emmy nominees for Outstanding Commercial
• Nine Emmy nominations for 'Veep' on National Veep Day
• 'RBG' vs. 'Free Solo' and other Oscar nominees at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards
• 'Hostile Planet' vs. 'Our Planet' - Nature and science nominees at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards for National Wildlife Day