Oscar-winning documentary Summer of Soul, Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick’s Colin in Black & White and impactful TV series from Reservation Dogs and Yellowjackets to Hacks, Only Murders in the Building, Dopesick, The Wonder Years and The Underground Railroad are among the 60 nominees revealed Tuesday for the 82nd annual Peabody Awards.The awards will honor the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2021.
More than 1,200 entries were submitted across the fields of TV, podcasts/radio and the web in the categories of entertainment, news, documentary, arts, children’s/youth, and public service.A total of 30 winners will be unveiled across a series of virtual announcements June 6-9.PBS leads all platforms this year with 13 nominations, followed by HBO with eight noms, and Hulu and Netflix with five apiece.
The nominees list includes 19 documentaries, including fellow Oscar nominees Attica and The Queen of Basketball. In the news categories, nominated fare focused on timely topics like the January 6 insurrection, the global Covid pandemic, and global conflicts in Yemen, Syria and Afghanistan.“Following yet another turbulent year, Peabody is proud to honor an array of stories that poignantly and powerfully help us make sense of the challenges we face as a nation and world,” said Jeffrey Jones, executive director of Peabody, the annual awards based at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. “Demonstrating the immense power of stories, these nominees exposed our societal failures and celebrated the best of the human spirit.
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