ABC Afterschool Specials
To produce a well-balanced, effective, yet entertaining, television series for young people and children is an undertaking which requires the utmost in human skills. It is not all that difficult…
ABC Afterschool Specials
A George Foster Peabody Award for presenting an outstanding series of hour-long specials, which successfully focused upon the interests and concerns of young people. The series varied both in format…
A Special Gift (An ABC Afterschool Special)
A boy with two exciting talents—basketball and ballet—gives the American television viewer a real treat in the ABC Afterschool Specials presentation A Special Gift. Martin Tahse Productions took a story…
Andrea Mitchell & Saturday Night Live Honored Story
The Peabody Awards Honors Longtime NBC News Correspondent Andrea Mitchell with Career Achievement Award and Landmark Comedy Sketch Series “Saturday Night Live” with Institutional Award Mitchell and “Saturday Night...
The National Geographic Specials
When members of the Peabody Board were viewing the four National Geographic Specials submitted in this year’s competition—Chesapeake Borne, Creatures of the Mangrove, Jerusalem: Within These Walls and Realm of…
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
Part of the ABC Afterschool Specials series, The Woman Who Willed A Miracle is a powerful drama for adults as well as for children. The film centers on May and…
85th Ceremony Will Be Held June 1 in LA Story
THE PEABODY AWARDS RETURNS TO LOS ANGELES JUNE 1, AS IT CELEBRATES 85 YEARS OF HONORING STORYTELLING THAT REFLECTS THE SOCIAL ISSUES AND EMERGING VOICES OF OUR DAY Athens,...
New Board of Jurors Announced Story
Daniel D’Addario, Michael X. Delli Carpini and Roxana Hadadi join Peabody jury. Athens, GA (January 22, 2025) – The Peabody Awards will return to Los Angeles and the Beverly...
Roy Wood Jr To Host June 1 Ceremony Story
ROY WOOD JR. SET AS HOST OF THE 85TH ANNUAL PEABODY AWARDS Athens, GA (March 25, 2025) – Stand-up comic, television personality and Emmy-nominated documentary producer Roy Wood Jr. will…
National Geographic Specials
National Geographic Specials, CBS, were an outstanding scientific, entertaining television series including Hidden World, Americans on Everest, Dr. Leakey and the Dawn of Man, The World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, The…