By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Tuesday, April 12, 2016
For the first time in University of Georgia's prestigious Peabody's 75-year history, the awards board has named 60 finalists instead of just announcing winners.
David Letterman and "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" will receive institutional awards.
11Alive received a nomination with a story about the 911 network
Entertainment and children’s/youth winners will be announced on NBC's “The Today Show” April 21, and documentary and educational winners via Facebook Live April 26.
Among the TV series finalists include Netflix's "Master of None" and "Marvel's Jessica Jones," FX's "Fargo," Amazon's "Catastrophe" and "Transparent," Lifetime's "Unreal," USA's "Mr. Robot," ABC's "Black-ish" and "Fresh Off the Boat," HBO's "The Leftovers" and "Veep" and CNN's coverage of guns in America.
Among notable documentaries: HBO's "Going Clear," "Night Will Fall" and "The Jinx," "Glen Campbell... I'll Be Here," which aired on CNN, and Netflix's "What Happened, Miss Simone?"
The 30 winners will be feted in New York City May 21. The event will air on Pivot June 6.
The awards don't get as much media attention as the Emmy's but are widely respected within the entertainment and news industries.
The 60 finalists are as follows:
"Abdi and the Golden Ticket" (This American Life)
This American Life
Radio/Podcast
"All In with Chris Hayes: Back to Baltimore" (MSNBC)
MSNBC’S All in with Chris Hayes
News
"American Experience: Last Days In Vietnam" (PBS)
A Moxie Firecracker Production for American Experience, WGBH
Documentary
"American Experience: Walt Disney" (PBS)
A Sarah Colt Productions Film with the participation of Arte for American Experience, WGBH
Documentary
"Beasts of No Nation" (Netflix)
Red Crown Productions, Participant Media, Come What May Productions, New Balloon
Entertainment
"Black-ish" (ABC)
ABC Studios
Entertainment
"Book of Negroes" (BET Networks)
Conquering Lion Pictures
Entertainment
"Burning Questions: WTAE Investigates Fire Response Times" (WTAE-TV)
WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh
News
"Catastrophe" (Amazon Video)
Avalon Television/Amazon Studios
Entertainment
CNN's Coverage of Guns in America (CNN & CNN Digital)
CNN
News
"Cruel and Unusual: The Texas Prison Crisis" (WFAA-TV)
WFAA-TV, Dallas
News
"Desperate Journey" (PBS, WETA-TV)
PBS NewsHour
News
"Deutschland 83" (SundanceTV)
Fremantle International/Kino Lorber
Entertainment
"Divided by Law" (KUAT-TV)
Arizona Public Media
Radio/Podcast
Do Not Track (donottrack.us)
Upian, National Film Board of Canada, Arte, Bayerischer Rundfunk, CBC/Radio-Canada
Web
European Migrant Crisis/A New Life in Europe/Year of Migration (BBC News, BBC World Service, BBC Radio)
BBC News, BBC World Service, BBC Radio
News
"Fargo Installment 2" (FX Networks)
FX Productions, MGM Studios
Entertainment
"Fresh Off The Boat" (ABC)
20th Century Fox Television
Entertainment
"Gardeners of Eden" (Pivot)
Ganesh Forever
Documentary
"Get Real—Heart of the Haze" (Channel NewsAsia, Mediacorp Pte Ltd)
Channel NewsAsia, Mediacorp Pte Ltd
Public Service
"Glen Campbell…I'll Be Me" (CNN)
PCH Films
Documentary
"Going Clear: Scientology and The Prison Of Belief" (HBO)
Jigsaw Productions, HBO Documentary Films, and Sky Atlantic
Documentary
"Gravity Falls" (Disney XD)
Disney Television Animation
Children's/Youth
"Growing Up Trans" (PBS/WGBH)
FRONTLINE
Documentary
"How to Dance in Ohio" (HBO)
HBO Documentary Films, Gidalya Pictures, and Blumhouse
Documentary
"Independent Lens: 1971" (PBS)
Maximum Pictures LLC and the Independent Television Service in Association with Big Mouth Productions, Motto Pictures and Fork Films
Documentary
"Independent Lens: India's Daughter" (PBS)
Assassin Films, BBC Storyville, UK-INDIA, and Tathagat Films in association with Gamini Plyatissa Foundation, Vital Voices Global Partnership, DR, Plus Pictures Aps, CBC News Network, SVT, IKON, RTS, SRF and RAI
Documentary
"Independent Lens: Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People" (PBS)
Through a Lens Darkly, LLC, and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), produced in association with the National Black Programming Consortium
Documentary
"Inheritance" (PBS/WGBH)
FRONTLINE
Web
"Injured Heroes, Broken Promises" (KXAS-TV, NBC 5)
KXAS-TV, NBC 5, Dallas-Ft. Worth
News
"Invisibilia" (NPR)
National Public Radio
Radio/Podcast
"ISIS in Afghanistan" (PBS/WGBH)
FRONTLINE
Documentary
"Katie Morag" (Cbeebies)
Move on Up
Children's/Youth
"Listen to Me Marlon" (Showtime)
Showtime Documentary Films Presents, A Passions Pictures Production, Cutler Productions
Documentary
"Marvel's Jessica Jones" (Netflix)
Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios for Netflix
Entertainment
"Master of None" (Netflix)
Universal TV, Oh Brudder Productions, Alan Yang Productions, Fermulon
Entertainment
"Meet the Composer" (WQXR.org)
WQXR’s Q2 Music
Radio/Podcast
"MR. ROBOT" (USA Network)
Universal Cable Productions
Entertainment
"Night Will Fall" (HBO)
Spring Films, Angel TV, and Ratpac Documentary Films in association with HBO Documentary Films
Documentary
"911: Lost On The Line" (WXIA-TV)
WXIA-TV
News
"POV: Don't Tell Anyone" (No Le Digas a Nadie) (PBS)
American Documentary Inc. | POV
Documentary
"Precious Lives" (WUVM, WNOV, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism)
371 Productions
Radio/Podcast
"Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: The Killing Fields" (HBO)
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
News
"Secret Mustard Gas Experiments" (NPR News)
National Public Radio
News
"60 Minutes: A Crime Against Humanity" (CBS)
CBS News 60 Minutes
News
"60 Minutes: The Death Penalty in America" (CBS)
CBS News 60 Minutes
News
"The Case for School Desegregation Today" (This American Life)
This American Life
Radio/Podcast
"The Cosby Accusers Speak" (NBC)
Dateline NBC
News
The Counted: People killed by police in the United States (http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/series/counted-us-police-killings/)
The Guardian US
Web
"The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst" (HBO)
Hit the Ground Running
Documentary
The LaQuan McDonald Investigation (WMAQ-TV)
WMAQ-TV, Chicago
News
"The Leftovers" (Season 2) (HBO)
HBO Entertainment and Warner Bros Television in association with Damon Lindelof Productions and Film 44
Entertainment
"The Memory Palace" (http://thememorypalace.us/, Radiotopia)
Nate Dimeo
Radio/Podcast
"The Rain Forest Was Here—Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon" (NPR Broadcast + Digital npr.org)
National Public Radio
Radio/Podcast
"Transparent" (Amazon Video)
Amazon Studios
Entertainment
"UnREAL" (Lifetime)
A+E Studios
Entertainment
"VEEP" (Season 4) (HBO)
HBO Entertainment in association with Dundee Productions
Entertainment
"What Happened, Miss Simone?" (Netflix)
A Radical Media Production in association with Moxie Firecracker for Netflix
Documentary
"Wild Kratts" (PBS Kids)
Kratt Brothers Company and 9 Story Media Group
Children’s/Youth Programming
"Wolf Hall" (PBS)
A Playground Entertainment and Company Pictures Production for BBC and MASTERPIECE in association with BBC Worldwide, Altus Media and Prescience
Entertainment
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