‘I May Destroy You,’ ‘Crip Camp’ Among Next Batch of 2021 Peabody Award Winners

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeCBS looked inside its own neighborhood to find this year’s Emmy host: Cedric the Entertainer will take the stage when the 73rd Primetime Emmys airs on Sept. 19.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe Peabody Awards is expanding its domain to include honors for storytelling in interactive, immersive and new media categories. As part of the expansion — which comes a week after Peabody announced its 30 winners for 2021 — an additional board of ten newly appointed jurors has been named.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeGreetings from Variety Awards Headquarters! Today is June 28, 2021, which means nomination-round voting ends TODAY. Get your votes in! Meanwhile, it’s 15 days until nominations are announced on July 13; 52  days until final-round voting starts on Aug.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe Daytime Emmys aren’t over yet.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is handing out the awards for this year’s broadcast portion of the 48th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, airing on CBS.Among the big winners: “Jeopardy!” once again picked up award for best game show. Executive producer Mike Richards dedicated the award to late host Alex Trebek.“We’ve heard from so many of you since he passed and we know how much he meant to you,” Richards said.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeWhen then-Turner Entertainment president Steve Koonin pitched Conan O’Brien on launching a show at TBS, he was upfront with the host: We won’t be able to deliver you an audience as big as the one you had at NBC. But you can do whatever you want.“He was true to his word,” said “Conan” executive producer Jeff Ross.

In the journalism section, “PBS NewsHour” anchor Judy Woodruff was named the first-ever recipient of the Peabody Award for Journalistic Integrity, with “PBS NewsHour” also receiving two Peabodys for their work covering the COVID-19 pandemic and migrant caravans in Central America.

The Peabody Awards ended its four days of virtual announcements crowning Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” as its final entertainment category winner. It was joined by acclaimed documentaries “Welcome to Chechnya” and “The Cave.” Apple TV+’s “Stillwater” rounded out the last children’s and youth category winner.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAmazon Prime Video’s “Small Axe” is among the final batch of this year’s Peabody Award winners, which have been announced throughout the week.

The third day of Peabody Awards results are in and in a wonderful reminder to Emmy voters, today’s big winner was Michaela Coel’s “I May Destroy You.” The HBO limited series was the only entertainment category winner announced today along with “La Llorona,” an International Film Oscar shortlist film that somehow qualified for a Peabody (I guess…streaming?).

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is prepping for a return to normalcy in 2022, including a live, in-person Daytime Emmys at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. But that’s next year.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeWhen Discovery launched a new initiative with No Kid Hungry in 2019, the goal was to deliver a billion meals to hungry children in five years. They’ve already pulled it off with years to spare — but the campaign isn’t over.“We’re not done,” said Jessica Beatus, Discovery’s group vice president for standards and social good.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TV“The Good Lord Bird” and “Unorthodox” are two of the latest Peabody Award winners, announced Tuesday.This year the 81st annual Peabody Awards are being virtually presented over the course of four days.

There are few people as well equipped as Steve Carell to present Stephen Colbert with an award.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticEvery year, the Peabody Awards recognize a stacked group of TV projects across all different genres, taking care to highlight shows that are worthy of further consideration.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“Ted Lasso” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” are among the first batch of this year’s Peabody Award winners.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“RuPaul’s Drag Race” led all programs at this year’s virtual Critics Choice Real TV Awards, with two nods — for best competition series and best ensemble cast in an unscripted series.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe film version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” was never going to be an Oscar contender, due to Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rules that recorded stage productions are not eligible for consideration.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe Television Academy first expanded the short form categories in 2016, buoyed by the promise of original fare from Maker Studios, Fullscreen, AwesomenessTV, YouTube Red, Adult Swim and others. Maker and Fullscreen basically don’t exist anymore, and the excitement of the short form races has perhaps further cooled after the Quibi debacle.