The Good Place

Michael Schur’s fantasy-comedy about the afterlife refuses to follow the formulas of broadcast network sitcoms, constantly moving into unexpected territory and renegotiating its format before our eyes. After the series…

Personal Award: Christiane Amanpour

The true mark of broadcast journalists is not their recognizability and familiarity among the public, or their ability to command seven-figure salaries. The test is whether they are willing to…

Southland

Southland is grounded in one of television’s most familiar and traditional forms, yet in each episode it shatters the traditions and startles with the unfamiliar. It’s not enough to say…

Design Squad

Design Squad is a true delight—educational television in the best sense of the term. This series, directed at viewers ages 12 to 17, works because it recognizes and appreciates the…

Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!

It would be entirely in keeping with the mischievous spirit of Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me to refer to it as something like “Washington Week in Rebuke,” but the public-radio series…

How Far Will the Army Go?

The KCNC-TV Investigation Team’s startling news story How Far Will the Army Go? began when David McSwane, a 17-year-old honor student and reporter for his high school paper, contacted them…

Peabody Awards Adds Five Members to Board of Jurors Story

Leaders from across the industry bring diverse experience and representation to prestigious board Athens, Ga. – Peabody has appointed Vanessa K. De Luca, Hannah Giorgis, Nicholas Quah, Kent Rees and…

Forensic Architecture (2010)

In the 21st century, human rights crimes are executed at inconceivable scale, orchestrated through state-of-the-art surveillance and algorithmic military power. States and corporations have in their arsenals drones, chemical gasses,…