The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors announced the winners selected to represent the most captivating and inspiring stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2024.
The winners were chosen by a unanimous vote of 27 jurors from more than 1,000 entries from television, podcasts/radio and the web in entertainment, news, documentary, arts, children’s/youth, public service and interactive/immersive programming and media.
“The winners of the 85th annual Peabody Awards encompass a wide range of contemporary and historical issues, including the war in Gaza, rural health care, 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.”
Of the 34 total wins, Netflix received the most awards with six, followed by HBO/Max with four, PBS with three and FX/Hulu and Al Jazeera both with two. Documentary led all categories this year with 12 wins, followed by seven for entertainment and four each for interactive/immersive programming, podcasts/radio and news.
Peabody previously announced two other specialty awards. Andrea Mitchell was named winner of the Peabody Career Achievement Award while “Saturday Night Live” won the Institutional Award.
The winners of the 85th annual Peabody Awards will be celebrated on June 1 at a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, hosted by Roy Wood Jr. This will be Peabody’s second year hosting the ceremony in Los Angeles. The awards ceremony will be produced by Bob Bain Productions and sponsored by Delta with Variety serving as the media partner for ceremony.
Peabody is based at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.
Today’s Peabody Award winners, listed by category and in alphabetical order (network/platform in parentheses) are:
ARTS
“Photographer” (National Geographic)
National Geographic, Little Monster Films
CHILDREN’S/YOUTH
“Out of My Mind” (Disney+)
Big Beach, Participant, EveryWhere Studios LLC, Disney Branded Television
DOCUMENTARY
“Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story” (CRAVE)
A Bangers Films, National Film Board of Canada production
“Black Box Diaries” (MTV Documentary Films / Showtime)
Hanashi Films, Cineric Creative, 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; Object & Animal and Epoch Films Production; 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, SK Global Entertainment Production, OBB Pictures Production, 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, 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, Wayfarer Studios Film, Delirio Films Production, Gloria Sanchez Production
ENTERTAINMENT
“Baby Reindeer” (Netflix)
A Netflix Series, Clerkenwell Films Production
“Fantasmas” (HBO | Max)
HBO in association with Irony Point, Fruit Tree, 3 Arts Entertainment, Space Prince Inc.
“Mr Bates vs The Post Office” (PBS/MASTERPIECE)
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, The History Channel
“In the Dark: The Killings in Haditha”
The New Yorker
“Pulse: The Untold Story”
Trevor Aaronson, Western Sound, Audible
“Yousef, Youmna, Banias, and Majd: Four Lives in Gaza”
This American Life
The Peabody Awards is celebrating 85 years of honoring stories that defend public interest, encourage empathy and expand our understanding of the world. The awards were founded in 1940 at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia and remain there today.
