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‘Modern Family’ and other Peabody winners announced
The 69th annual Peabody Awards, given out by the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication for excellence in electronic media, were announced today. Winners included the freshman ABC comedy “Modern Family,” “The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson” and Fox’s popular musical comedy, “Glee.”
In addition, honors were bestowed upon ABC, CBS and NPR documentaries as well as several HBO programs.
Here’s the complete list of TV-related awards from the organization’s press release:
Twentieth Century Fox Television in association with Levitan Lloyd Productions
This wily, witty comedy puts quirky, contemporary twists in family ties but maintains an old-fashioned heart.
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson: An Evening with Archbishop Desmond Tutu (CBS)
Worldwide Pants, Inc.
As this fascinating, often funny interview attests, the Scottish-born Ferguson has made late-night television safe again for ideas.
Noodle Road: Connecting Asia’s Kitchens (KBS1 TV)
Korean Broadcasting System
The who, where, what, why and how of Asia’s culinary staple, rolled into one visually delicious hour.
A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains (ABC)
ABC News
A powerful documentary shot in the hollows and house trailers of Appalachia reminds us that not all critical problems lie in “developing” nations.
SesameStreet.org
Sesame Workshop
Big Bird and company display prodigious adaptability on this delightfully educational, interactive site.
BBC World News America: Unique Broadcast, Unique Perspective (BBC America)
BBC World News America, BBC America
A nightly newscast like none the United States has ever had, it places our actions and concerns in a global context.
The Cost of Dying (CBS)
CBS News 60 Minutes
Steve Kroft’s report addressed inconvenient truths about the cost of end-of-life medical care with courage and compassion.
Independent Lens: Between the Folds (PBS)
Green Fuse Films, ITVS
A beautiful documentary about the art of paper folding, it makes you gasp at the possibilities - of paper and of human creativity.
Glee (FOX)
Twentieth Century Fox Television
Dependably tuneful and entertaining, the musical dramedy that revolves around the motley members of a high-school choral club hit especially high notes with episodes such as “Wheels,” about the daily struggles of a wheelchair-bound singer.
The OxyContin Express (Current TV)
Vanguard on Current TV
With tales of drug-dealing MDs in Florida and Appalachian “pill-billies,” the documentary makes clear the enormity of the prescription-drug epidemic.
In Treatment (HBO)
Leverage, Closest to the Hole Productions and Sheleg in association with HBO Entertainment
Giving new meaning to the phrase “theater of the mind,” this fictional series of psychiatrist-patient one-on-one’s is the very essence of drama.
Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times (PBS)
Peter Jones Productions
Digging into the lives and machinations of the first family of Los Angeles newspapers, documentary filmmaker Peter Jones finds drama enough for several feature films.
No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (HBO)
Mirage Enterprises and Cinechicks in association with The Weinstein Company, BBC and HBO Entertainment
Alexander McCall Smith’s best-selling novels about Precious Ramotswe, an African detective, come vividly to life in this groundbreaking series, shot on location in Botswana.
Sabotaging the System (CBS)
CBS News 60 Minutes
Alarming and then some, Steve Kroft’s survey of cyber-threats to America’s infrastructure made it clear the siege is on and questioned our readiness to defend.
Brick City (Sundance Channel)
Sundance Channel, Brick City TV LLC
In this five-hour documentary series, the struggles of Newark’s young mayor and other citizens trying to resurrect their blighted communities are sociologically instructive and dramatically compelling.
Thrilla in Manila (HBO)
Darlow Smithson Production, HBO Sports, HBO Documentary Films
Taking its title from the last of three legendary heavyweight bouts between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, the documentary pulls no punches and lays bare misconceptions about their rivalry.
FRONTLINE: The Madoff Affair (PBS)
FRONTLINE, RAINmedia
The documentary takes viewers into the very heart of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, explaining how and why it worked for so long.
I-Witness: Ambulansiyang de Paa (GMA Network)
GMA Network, Inc., Philippines
Condemning deplorable conditions while celebrating neighborly valor and ingenuity, the report shows how people in a poor village carry their sick and injured over dangerous terrain to distant medical care using “ambulances on foot.”
Independent Lens: The Order of Myths (PBS)
Folly River, Inc., Netpoint Productions, Lucky Hat Entertainment, ITVS
Margaret Brown’s exploration of two Mardi Gras traditions in Mobile, Ala., one white, one black, is highly original, moving and insightful.
Iran & the West
Brook Lapping Productions for the BBC in association with National Geographic Channel, France 3, NHK, VPRO, SVT, RTBF, VRT, NRK, SRC/CBC, DRTV SBS, YLE, TVP and Press TV
A spectacular, epic documentary that explains in fascinating, sometimes startling detail how the West and Iran arrived at the present standoff, it’s imminently watchable and historically invaluable.
Endgame (PBS)
Daybreak/Channel 4/Target Entertainment, Presented on PBS/MASTERPIECE by WGBH Boston
This intensely dramatic film, focused on secret negotiations at an English country estate - talks that helped to end apartheid in South Africa - offers a lesson in the possibilities of peaceful conflict resolution.
Sichuan Earthquake: One Year On (Now-Broadband TV News Channel)
Now-TV News, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong-based news organization noted the anniversary of the terrible
Sichuan quake with respect for the victims and their families and hard questions about the substandard construction that worsened the death toll.
BART Shooting (KTVU-TV)
KTVU, Oakland, Calif.
KTVU’s quick response to a train-station altercation that ended in a fatal shooting gave its reporters an edge, but it was their persistent digging afterwards that revealed serious, systematic problems in the Bay Area Rapid Transit police’s tactics.
American Masters: Jerome Robbins - Something to Dance About (PBS)
Thirteen/WNET
A retrospective of Robbins’ life and work illustrated with dazzling performance clips and annotated with comments from noted ballet and Broadway colleagues, this brilliant documentary captured the legendary director/choreographer’s “dark genius.”
Chronicle: Paul’s Gift (WYFF-TV)
WYFF 4, Greenville, S.C.
Simple, ingenious and effective, this public-service special followed the donated organs of an accident victim to a variety of recipients, showing their joy and gratitude, thus boosting a most worthy cause.
Under Fire: Discrimination and Corruption in the Texas National Guard (KHOU-TV)
KHOU-TV, Houston, Tex., Belo, Inc.
Dogged work by the Houston station’s investigative reporters found such blatant discriminatory treatment of female soldiers that three top Texas Guard generals were fired and a new commanding officer was appointed.
Derrion Albert Beating (WFLD-TV)
FOX Chicago News: WFLD-TV and myfoxchicago.com
WFLD got national attention with horrifying video it obtained of the beating death of an honor student just blocks from his Chicago high school, but the greater feat was its comprehensive follow-up coverage of the suspects, the legal process and prevalence of similar violence.
Where Giving Life Is a Death Sentence (BBC America)
BBC World News America, BBC America, BBC World News
Correspondent Lyse Doucet trekked deep into Afghanistan’s rugged Badakshan province to document conditions that give it the worst recorded rate of maternal mortality in the world.
Up in Smoke (KCET-TV)
KCET, Los Angeles
Lively, eye-opening coverage by KCET’s “SoCal Connected” included a revelation that there are now more legal, medical-marijuana dispensaries in the city than Starbucks franchises, and a rare look at the “Cannabis Cowboys,” an elite police team of pot-farm eradicators.
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