More shows are in the offing, said Nancy Dubuc, the vice president for documentary programming.

The couple work for Calamari Productions, a company in New York that specializes in documentary programming.

Foreign drama and documentary programming dubbed foreign films in Japanese, and also while working on subtitling, audio-visual studio operates.

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences gives the award for daytime, sports, news and documentary programming.

The rest of the Emmys for local news and documentary programming are instead awarded during the Regional Emmys.

The programs cost about $200,000 each - low for documentary programming, Mr. Baker says - and are shot in about 10 days.

As a result, the tickers have been permanent features on all three channels ever since, except during some documentary programming, presidential speeches, or other selected programs.

"The consensus here was that there was much more to be said," recalled Cis Wilson, the director of documentary programming.

On Fridays, the program airs documentary programming.

The channel airs documentary programming.