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Ronan Farrow took a swipe at the controversial last season of HBO's Game of Thrones as he hosted the Peabody Awards, an annual celebration of electronic media's deep dives into weighty topics from race and gender inequality, to mental illness, plastic pollution and ISIS. "Why did Daenerys go so crazy?" Farrow griped…

The storied Peabody Awards and cable network FX have partnered on a TV special airing this summer where winning writers and producers will explore key social issues from race to rape culture to multicultural representation in media. Peabody executive director Jeffrey Jones announced the documentary-style show, called S…

The Peabody Awards on Tuesday revealed its winners in the News and Radio/Podcast categories, rounding out the organization’s honors for 2018’s most powerful, enlightening and invigorating stories in TV, radio and digital media. Winners of the 78th annual awards will be honored May 18 during a ceremony at Cipriani Wall…

The Peabody board has selected nine entertainment winners and a special institutional award for Sesame Street for its 78th edition of the awards, which will be handed out May 18 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. The winners for programs released in 2018 include Showtime’s Barry, Netflix’s Hannah Gadsby: Nanette, Pat…

The first Peabody Awards of 2019 were announced today, with eight documentaries being honored and Kartemquin Films (Minding the Gap, Hoops Dreams) set for an Institutional Award for its “commitment to unflinching documentary filmmaking and telling an American history rooted in social justice and the stories of the…

The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors has announced the 60 nominees that represent “the most compelling and empowering stories” released in broadcasting and digital media during 2018. Read the list below. The group also said today that Ronan Farrow will the May 18 awards show in New York City. The nominees were selected…

EGOT winner Rita Moreno is set to receive the Peabody Career Achievement Award as part of this year’s Peabody Awards. The honor will be bestowed May 18 at a gala event at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The Peabody Career Achievement Award is for individuals whose work and commitment to electronic media has…

The Peabody Awards has five new board members, and all are veterans of the entertainment business. Newly seated are Susanne Daniels, global head of original content at YouTube; Peter Roth, president and chief content officer for Warner Bros. Television Group; Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios; Michael Schwimmer…

The Peabody Awards rounded out the Peabody 30 today unveiling the winners in News, Radio/Podcast, and Public Service. The winners list included CNN, NPR, Vice as well as 60 Minutes, which received an Institutional Award. Peabody Award honorees represent superior investigative reporting at the local and national…

The Peabody Awards has unveiled its Entertainment winners for TV shows released during 2017, with streaming series dominating the mix. Honorees this year include the past two Golden Globes Best Drama Series winners in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; the Netflix trio of American Vandal…

While Netflix and Spike projects were among the winners of Peabody Awards for documentary, the category was dominated by PBS, whose titles took five of the nine total prizes. The honorees include “stories that give insight to the lingering grief of communities after mass shootings, the impact of climate change on…

Carol Burnett has been set to receive the inaugural Peabody Career Achievement as part of this year’s Peabody Awards. The honor will be bestowed May 19 at a gala event at Cipriani Wall Street in New York hosted by Hasan Minhaj. The Peabody Career Achievement is for individuals whose work and commitment to broadcast…