The Peabody Awards kicked off five days, yes, five days of winners announcements on Monday, and today’s big winners were “Ted Lasso,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and the Oscar-nominated documentary, “Time.” These honors were presented virtually by Will Ferrell, Steve Carell and D.L. Hugley, respectively.
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Other winners announced today included the documentary “Asian Americans,” the podcast “Floodlines” (proceed by The Atlantic) and the Disney Channel series “The Owl House.” News category winners included KNXV-TV in Arizona for it’s “Full Disclosure” reports which chronicled issues with “Brady” lists used to track officers with documented histories of corruption, false arrests and crimes, among other issues. The other News winner went to the PBS series “Frontline” for it’s “China Undercover” episode.
The Peabody Awards committee previously announced honors for Sam Pollard (Career Achievement Award), Judy Woodruff (Journalistic Integrity Award), and Ava DuVernay’s company ARRAY (Institutional Winner).
All of the prerecorded presentations and acceptance speeches can be found here.
Here are today’s complete list of Peabody Awards winners.
ENTERTAINMENT
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS)
“Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+)
DOCUMENTARY
“Asian Americans” (PBS)
“Time” (Amazon Studios)
PODCAST/RADIO
“Floodlines” (The Atlantic)
NEWS
“Full Disclosure” (KNXV-TV)
“China Undercover” FRONTLINE (PBS / GBH)
CHILDREN’S & YOUTH
“The Owl House” (Disney Channel)
The rest of this year’s Peabody Winners will be revealed over the next four days.