CNN’s Parts Unknown presenter Anthony Bourdain, Discovery Channel’s Naked and Afraid (pictured) and Fox and Nat Geo’s science series reboot Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey were the big winners at the Realscreen Awards this evening (June 2), picking up prizes for outstanding host, best docuformat and best science and technology program, respectively.

In addition to winning outstanding achievement in hosting as well as most compelling character, the chef and author – as previously announced - was also named the Realscreen Awards’ 2015 Personality of the Year, and inducted into the organization’s Hall of Fame at the annual awards ceremony in Santa Monica, California.

“It’s many weeks, months out of the year, far from home and long absences from family, and some very dodgy plumbing, I can tell you,” said Bourdain in a previously taped video message. He was unable to attend due to a shoot in Borneo.

Also entering the Hall of Fame was Pilgrim Studios CEO and president Craig Piligian, who was one of the original executive producers of CBS’ competition series Survivor and has overseen such long-running series as American Chopper and Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe for Discovery Channel, while also steering his company towards a diverse range of programming, including series for OWN, CNN and Lifetime, among many other networks.

In accepting his award, Piligian told the audience gathered at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel: “When you have a bad day, a bad week, a bad month, those things happen but in the end of the day, in this business, it’s really a wonderful life.”

Meanwhile, CNN’s Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown picked up best non-fiction arts and culture program, while Discovery Channel’s Naked and Afraid took home best reality docuformat, as well as prizes for most original concept and an award of excellence for reality.

Elsewhere, Blue Chalk Media-produced web series First Sight: Sonia & Anita took the digital and branded content prize for web series, as well as winning outstanding achievement in cinematography as well as casting/talent/subjects.

Rounding out the evening’s multiple award-winners was Fox and National Geographic Channel’s Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey, which won best non-fiction science and technology program, along with an award of excellence for non-fiction.

For a complete list of winners, please see below:

COMPETITION – GAME

Release the Hounds

Gogglebox Entertainment

ITV 2

COMPETITION – LIFESTYLE

MasterChef Junior

Endemol Shine North America

One Potato Two Potato

Fox

COMPETITION – TALENT AND STUDIO-BASED PROGRAM

The Voice

Talpa Media USA, United Artists Media Group and Warner Horizon

NBC

COMPETITION – SHINY FLOOR GAME SHOW

Hollywood Game Night

Mission Control Media, Hazy Mills Productions and Universal Television

NBC

LIFESTYLE – FOOD (a tie)

Booze Traveler

Karga 7 Pictures

Travel Channel

Epic Meal Empire

Collective Digital Studio and NextTime Productions

FYI

LIFESTYLE – HEALTH AND WELL BEING

Extreme Weight Loss

3 Ball Entertainment

ABC

LIFESTYLE – HOME

The Shatner Project

Scott Sternberg Productions

DIY Network

DIGITAL AND BRANDED CONTENT – MULTI-PLATFORM PROJECT

Tornado Hunters

Saloon Media

CMT Canada

DIGITAL AND BRANDED CONTENT – BRAND-FUNDED PROGRAM

World’s Largest Urban Zipline

Fullscreen

Fullscreen and Youtube

DIGITAL AND BRANDED CONTENT – WEB SERIES

First Sight: Sonia & Anita

Blue Chalk Media

bluechalk.com

NON-FICTION– ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAM

Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown

Zero Point Zero Production

CNN

NON-FICTION– ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL HISTORY PROGRAM

Crazy Monster Frogs

Earth Touch

Smithsonian Channel

NON-FICTION– SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM

Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey

Fuzzy Door Productions and Cosmos Studios

National Geographic Channel and FOX

HALL OF FAME – PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

Anthony Bourdain

NON-FICTION – EVENT PROGRAM

The First 48: 10th Anniversary Special

ITV Studios America

A&E

NON-FICTION – ARCHIVE-BASED PROGRAM

The Sixties

Playtone Productions and Herzog & Company Productions

CNN

NON-FICTION – HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHICAL PROGRAM

Inside the Hunt for The Boston Bombers

Raw TV

National Geographic Channel and Channel 4

NON-FICTION – SOCIAL ISSUES AND CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM

Morgan Spurlock Inside Man

Warrior Poets Entertainment

CNN

REALITY – DOCUFORMAT

Naked and Afraid

Renegade83

Discovery Channel

REALITY – DOCUSOAP

Lindsay

Pilgrim Studios

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

DOCUREALITY

Life Below Zero

Adjacent Productions

National Geographic Channel

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT – CINEMATOGRAPHY



First Sight: Sonia & Anita

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT – CASTING/TALENT/SUBJECTS (a tie)

First Sight: Sonia & Anita

73 Questions

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT – DIRECTING

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT – EDITING

World’s Largest Urban Zipline

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT – MUSIC

The Voice

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT – HOST/PRESENTER

MOST COMPELLING CHARACTER

Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

MOST ORIGINAL CONCEPT

Naked and Afraid

HALL OF FAME – PRODUCER EXTRAORDINAIRE



Craig Piligian



AWARD OF EXCELLENCE – NON-FICTION

Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE – REALITY



Naked and Afraid