‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘Crip Camp,’ ‘I May Destroy You’ Among 2021 Peabody Award Nominees

Mistaking the cast of “Ted Lasso” for regular soccer fans.

Ted Lasso recently fooled a reporter looking for fan reactions at Wembley at the FA Cup Final.ITV News reporter Chris Skudder interviewed the cast, including Toheeb Jimoh, Cristo Fernández and more, who play the fictional football team AFC Richmond in the Apple TV+ show.Fernández tells Skudder about being a fan of Leicester, after the team beat Chelsea 1-0 in the final – and he pretends he has come all the way from Mexico to watch the game – while the cast is in fact currently staying in London,

Cheers to the graduates! Vice President Kamala Harris, Lisa Kudrow and more celebrity parents praised their children’s major milestones this year.

Apple TV+’s breakout rookie hit and awards magnet Ted Lasso didn’t come about in the usual way for a successful TV comedy series. It emerged out of improv comedy shows that star Jason Sudeikis was doing in Amsterdam, creating a loud, bombastic, very silly Ted Lasso. Eventually, NBC and the English Premier League asked him to do some spots based on it to promote the league’s games, but Sudeikis always had it in the back of his head that this character could make for a great TV series on its own.

Tina Turner, JAY-Z and Carole King are among its 2021 class.Other inductees in the performer category, which honors bands and solo artists who have created music whose originality, impact and influence has changed the course of rock & roll, include The Go-Go's, Foo Fighters and Todd Rundgren.This marks Turner's second spot in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, as she was inducted in 1991 as part of Ike & Tina Turner.

Tina Turner, Carole King and The Go-Go’s are heading to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, along with Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and Todd Rundren.

Naman Ramachandran In today’s Global Bulletin, the deceasing average of ages in BAFTA TV actress nominees raises ageism concerns; Gary Barlow sets music show at the BBC; RED Productions hires Chloe Dunbar as head of development; the European Audiovisual Observatory and the U.K.’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announce sustainability conference; “Game of Thrones” prequel finds home at Sky Atlantic; and a Stanley Tucci Italian culinary series will debut in June on CNN

Clayton Davis Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars and Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar and Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories.

The 60 nominees for the 2021 Peabody Awards were revealed this morning and there were quite a few surprises on the narrative side. That being said, critically acclaimed programs such as “I May Destroy You,” “Small Axe,” “Ted Lasso,” “Never Have I Ever,” “Unorthodox” and “The Good Lord Bird” still made the cut.

The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors on Tuesday announced its 60 nominees representing “the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and streaming media” in 2020.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“I May Destroy You,” “Small Axe,” “Ted Lasso,” “The Good Lord Bird” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” are among this year’s entertainment nominees for the Peabody Awards.The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors on Tuesday announced this year’s nominees for entertainment, documentaries, news, podcast/radio, children’s & youth, public service and arts.

EXCLUSIVE: NBC News Studios has enlisted Nicole Newnham, co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp, to helm a feature non-fiction project about the life and work of Shere Hite, whose research on female sexuality drew widespread attention, and controversy, in the 1970s and 80s, ultimately leading to her self-exile to Europe.

Rita Moreno and Fernanda Luisa Gordon are looking gorgeous together!

(CNN)Apple has kindly given us our first sneak peek at the second season of "Ted Lasso." In the teaser trailer, debuted on Tuesday, Ted and the blokes from Richmond are back and fighting for their future on the pitch. Part of the strategy for getting back on track involves the addition of a sports psychologist (Sarah Niles of "I May Destroy You" fame) and Ted's tried-and-true strategy -- believing.