Happy Birthday Trey Parker! The co-creator of South Park accepted a 2005 Peabody Award "for pushing buttons and envelopes with stringent social commentary."
Corrupt doctors. Greedy pharmacists. Negligent drug wholesalers. There are many players in the biggest healthcare crisis facing our country today, as Ashley Velie, CBS News producer, notes upon accepting a 2016 Peabody Award for "Heart of an Epidemic: West Virginia's #OpioidAddiction."
Do you know your history of the largest minority group in the U.S.? Peabody Award-winner Latino Americans chronicles Latino history from the 16th century to the present day. #Hispanicheritagemonth
Calling all foodies! A Chef’s Life Season 5 has launched on PBS. The Southern-flavored series, chronicling the ups and downs of a farm-to-fork restaurant operated by Vivian Howard and her husband, Ben Knight, received a Peabody Award in 2013.
"In this era where everyone tries to divide us, please do not be afraid to tell your story. Our boss Beyoncé wasn’t afraid to tell hers, and we’re so glad you appreciate it," says Steve Pamon of Parkwood Entertainment upon accepting a 2016 Peabody Award for Lemonade.
Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) and her crew of #gladiators return tonight as Scandal launches its last season. The Shonda Rhimes series was honored with a Peabody Award in 2013.
"Anytime you tell a story that people think they know or they knew at one time, and then you shed some new light or make new connections…I think that resonates with people," says Caroline Waterlow, producer of "O.J.: Made in America." The 2016 Peabody Award-winning documentary explores how culture, race, celebrity, masculinity, and criminality shaped the story of an American icon.
Statistics indicate the number of Hispanic active-duty personnel in the U.S. Military has risen in recent decades. Peabody Award-winner For My Country? Latinos in the Military (2006) documents how young Latinos are often targeted by military recruiters as they complete high school, and how service provides a pathway to citizenship for some.
Hola Amigos! #FlashbackFriday to 2003, when Peabody Awards honored Dora the Explorer, a 7-year-old Latina who introduced many preschoolers to multilingual education while exploring the world with her monkey, Boots, and faithful Backpack.
#OTD in 1973 Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in a tennis match billed as "Battle of the Sexes." 2006 Peabody Award-winning documentary "Billie Jean King: Portrait of a Pioneer" tells her story and the significant role she played in sports and women's rights.
"The fact that we won a Peabody Award…oh my God, I'm going to cry again. It's insane," Pamela Adlon told Splitsider before last week's premiere of the second season of Better Things. Read the entire interview here.
“We put people away at a higher rate than any other country in the world,” explains filmmaker Ava DuVernay. Her 2016 Peabody Award-winning documentary 13th explores the history of incarceration in the U.S., including the criminalization of black males and police brutality.
Ken Burns set the standard for historical documentaries, starting with 1990’s The Civil War, which “forever changed the medium,” according to the Peabody Board of Jurors, which has honored the auteur four times. His latest project on the Vietnam War airs Sunday on PBS.
Data mining like that in the Equifax breach involves more than just identity theft, it’s also a matter of national security. 2016 Peabody Award-winner Zero Days deconstructs how the current lack of cybersecurity puts us at risk.
Peabody Winner: This American Life #581 - Anatomy of Doubt
Two mirrored tales of justice not served and justice served, Anatomy of Doubt looks at a young woman’s allegations of rape that are dismissed as attention-seeking lies by both the police and those closest to her, before then considering how her rapist was later captured by another police department. The program takes the crimes from a serial racist and demonstrates how police investigations can be conducted properly or can be done abysmally wrong.
Read the full winner’s citation: http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/this-american-life-anatomy-of-doubt
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John Oliver - Last Week Tonight - 2014 Peabody Award Acceptance Speech
Good satire helps citizens cope. It announces what’s wrong and assures us that others have noticed, too. It encourages us to come together – first to ridicule politics’ failings, then hopefully to overcome them – and it’s deeply funny while doing so.
Read the full winner’s citation: http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver
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KFOR-TV, KOCO-TV and KWTV-TV - Murrah Building Bombing - 1995 Peabody
At 9:02 a.m. on April 19, 1995, an act of terrorism struck our nation’s heartland. In the days that followed, America and the world came to know the extraordinary courage and indomitable spirit of the people of Oklahoma City. That message was carried forth by the heroic television journalism of local stations KFOR-TV, KOCO-TV and KWTV-TV. Located in a comparatively small city by television standards (market size 43), each of these stations set aside the competitive rivalries which often drive TV news today, and instead concentrated on transmitting reliable, compelling reports to their community and to the world. The Peabody Board was struck by the extraordinary news judgement demonstrated by each of the stations involved and by the overriding commitment to accuracy, professionalism and public service which marked the television journalism surrounding the Murrah Building bombing. To news directors Mary Ann Eckstein, KFOR-TV, Susan Kelley, KOCO-TV, and Joyce Reed, KWTV-TV, and the dedicated employees of all three news operations, a Peabody Award.
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Back-to-school season reminds us of 2016 Peabody Award-winning documentary Audrie & Daisy, a timely tale of the repercussions the toxic mix of sexual assault and social media can have on young lives.
Carroll O'Connor Accepts 1980 Personal Peabody Award
O’Connor’s sensitive reaction to the loss of Archie’s beloved wife, Edith, is so profound, so moving and so real that it becomes more than a performance; it has all the agony of real grief.
Read the full winner's citation: http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/personal-award-carroll-oconnor
Norman Lear Accepts 1977 Personal Peabody Award
He lets us laugh at our own shortcomings and prejudices, and while doing this, maintains the highest entertainment standards.
Read the full winner's citation: http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/personal-award-norman-lear-for-all-in-the-family