84th Peabody Award winners announced
The Peabody Awards will be presented in Los Angeles on June 9. Thirty-four winners were selected to represent the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2023. The winners were chosen from more than 1,100 entries in categories including television, podcasts/radio, and the web/digital in entertainment, news, documentary, arts, children’s/youth, public service and interactive programming.
"Star Trek," the beloved science fiction franchise, will receive the Institutional Award and WITNESS, the international rights group that assists citizens across the globe in using video and digital technologies to protect and defend human rights, receives Peabody’s inaugural Global Impact Award.
Mel Brooks, the award-winning actor, comedian, writer and director whose career has spanned over seven decades, will be presented with the Peabody Career Achievement Award; and Quinta Brunson, the award-winning writer, producer, actor and comedian, will receive the Peabody Trailblazer Award.
Kumail Nanjiani, Oscar-nominated writer and Emmy-nominated actor and comedian, will serve as host.
