How HBO Transformed Television Story
…network allow for comedy with no language and content restrictions, it also offered up solo comedy specials, giving comedians space to do an entire set. Because of this freedom, HBO…
Dissecting the Disorienting Brilliance of Hannah Gadsby Story
…comfort of their listeners.” Since Nanette, Gadsby has released two more well-reviewed specials on Netflix, Douglas and Something Special. And, yes, these were comedy specials, so Gadsby didn’t take their…
Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) Schools Us on Optimism Story
…creative decisions of Abbott Elementary Quinta shares her longtime dream about opening an afterschool center in Philadelphia What Martin and other 90s Black sitcoms taught Quinta about comedy Using her…
Peabody Awards to be Televised on @Pivot_TV Story
The Peabody Awards has signed a three-year contract with Pivot, a new TV network aimed at millennials, to produce annual prime-time specials about the awards presentation and the winners. The…
Personal Award: Perry Como for “Perry Como’s Christmas in Austria”
To Perry Como, a Peabody Award for Perry Como’s Christmas in Austria, one of a series of musical specials that have provided millions of viewers with sparkling and moving musical…
Joshua’s Confusion
A Peabody Award goes to Joshua’s Confusion, one of a series of programs produced by Multimedia Program Productions in Cincinnati, Ohio, under the overall title: Young People’s Specials. This was…
Personal Award: George Heinemann
…psychologists, researchers, and educators. He has been responsible for many outstanding NBC Children’s Theatre specials and for such current innovative series as Take a Giant Step and Watch Your Child/The…
Institutional Award: The Grand Ole Opry
…Opry has spawned hundreds of television specials, a number of regularly scheduled radio and television programs, and 1983 saw the beginning of The Nashville Channel, a 24-hour program service from…
A World of Difference
…than just talk about it, as many do. Collaborating with New England’s Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith and the Greater Boston Civil Rights Coalition, WCVB’s multi-pronged approach, which included specials,…
Personal Award: Pamela Ilott for “Lamp Under My Feet” and “Look Up and Live”
…substance and imagination for many years on such regular shows as Look Up and Live and Lamp Unto My Feet as well as innumerable specials. For her, a Peabody Award….