85th Peabody Awards Winners: ‘Baby Reindeer,’ ‘Ripley,’ ‘Say Nothing,’ ‘Shōgun’ and More Share Top Prizes
A trio of Emmy-winning series’ were among the 34 winners chosen by the Peabody Awards jury to win this year’s prizes in the fields of entertainment, documentary, news, podcast/radio, arts, children’s and youth, immersive and interactive media, and public service programming. Baby Reindeer, Ripley and Shōgun shared entertainment wins with Fantasmas, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Say Nothing and We Are Lady Parts.
Several high-profile documentaries that were in the running for the Oscars but failed to make the cut, instead found appreciation on the television side of awards, among them Black Box Diaries, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin and Will & Harper.
“The winners of the 85th annual Peabody Awards encompass a wide range of contemporary and historical issues, including the war in Gaza, rural healthcare, a focus on disabilities, authoritarianism, and sexual violence,” said Jeffrey Jones, executive director of Peabody. “Whether enlightening audiences on global issues or bringing a smile and sense of community through thoughtful entertainment, these works deserve to be recognized and celebrated.”
According to Peabody, which is based at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia, the 34 winners were chosen out of 68 nominees – from a list of 1,000 entries in all categories. The final winners were chosen by a unanimous vote by 27 jurors.
This year’s winners came from 12 in Documentary, then Entertainment with seven and four each for Interactive/Immersive Programming, Podcasts/Radio, and News. By org, Netflix won the most with six awards, followed by HBO/Max (four), PBS (three) then FX/Hulu and Al Jazeera, each with two.
As previously announced, NBC News’ chief Washington and chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell will receive this year’s Peabody Career Achievement Award, while the 50-season NBC late-night sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live will be recognized with Peabody’s Institutional Award.
The 85th annual Peabody Awards winners will be recognized with a ceremony hosted by Roy Wood Jr. at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on June 1.
Here is the complete list of winners, alphabetized by category.
ARTS
Photographer (National Geographic)
National Geographic, Little Monster Films
CHILDREN’S/YOUTH
Out of My Mind (Disney+)
Big Beach, Participant, EveryWhere Studios LLC, and Disney Branded Television
DOCUMENTARY
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (Crave)
A Bangers Films and National Film Board of Canada production
Black Box Diaries (MTV Documentary Films / Showtime)
Hanashi Films, Cineric Creative, and Star Sands
Bread & Roses (Apple TV+)
Apple Original Films presents an Eyan Foundation presentation in association with
Extracurricular and Excellent Cadaver
Daughters (Netflix)
A Netflix Documentary / An Object & Animal and Epoch Films Production / A Park Pictures
and XTR Production / In association with OPC, World of HA, Simpson Street, and Two One
Five
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa (Netflix)
A Netflix Documentary / An SK Global Entertainment Production / An OBB Pictures
Production / An Avocados and Coconuts Production / In association with MakeMake
Entertainment
Night is Not Eternal (HBO | Max)
HBO Documentary Films presents A Little Horse Crossing the River and Hard Working
Movies Production in association with NiKa Media and Secret Sauce Media
One With the Whale (Independent Lens, PBS)
Vitamin Sea Productions and Vision Maker Media
Queendom
A Galdanova Film Production in association with Sundance Institute Documentary Film
Program, International Documentary Association, InMaat Productions, Doc Society and
Sopka Films
STAX: Soulsville U.S.A. (HBO | Max)
HBO Documentary Films presents in association with Concord Originals, Polygram
Entertainment, Warner Music Entertainment; A Laylow Pictures production; A White Horse
Pictures production
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (Netflix)
Medieoperatørene and VGTV for Netflix
The Truth vs. Alex Jones (HBO | Max)
HBO Documentary Films presents an Amos Pictures Production
Will & Harper (Netflix)
A Netflix Documentary / A Wayfarer Studios Film / A Delirio Films Production / A Gloria
Sanchez Production
ENTERTAINMENT
Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
A Netflix Series / A Clerkenwell Films Production
Fantasmas (HBO | Max)
HBO in association with Irony Point, Fruit Tree, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Space Prince Inc.
Mr Bates vs The Post Office (PBS/Masterpiece)
A Co-Production of ITV Studios, Little Gem, and Masterpiece for ITV
Ripley (Netflix)
Showtime and Endemol Shine North America in association with Entertainment 360 and
Filmrights for Netflix
Say Nothing (FX/Hulu)
FX Productions
Shōgun” (FX/Hulu)
FX Productions
We Are Lady Parts (Peacock)
Working Title Television, which is a part of Universal International Studios, a division of
Universal Studio Group
INTERACTIVE & IMMERSIVE
1000xRESIST
sunset visitor 斜陽過客 and Fellow Traveller
Inside the Deadly Maui Inferno, Hour by Hour
The New York Times
One Day in Gaza | Close Up
Al Jazeera Digital
What Does Racial Bias in Medicine Look Like?
Dr. Joel Bervell
NEWS
Confronting Hate (WTVF – TV)
WTVF-TV
Policing Phoenix (ABC15 Arizona (KNXV-TV))
ABC15 Arizona (KNXV-TV)
Surviving Nova (Vice TV)
Vice News
The Night Won’t End (Fault Lines / Al Jazeera English / Television)
Al Jazeera English
PUBLIC SERVICE
The Only Doctor (Reel South / PBS)
Reel South, BellaFran Productions, PBS North Carolina, South Carolina ETV, Louisiana
Public Broadcasting
RADIO/PODCAST
Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows
WNYC and The History Channel
In the Dark: The Killings in Haditha
The New Yorker
Pulse: The Untold Story
Trevor Aaronson, Western Sound, and Audible
Yousef, Youmna, Banias, and Majd: Four Lives in Gaza
This American Life
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