The nominees for the 2018 Peabody Awards were announced this morning and a number of standout television series made the cut. FX’s “Legion,” Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” HBO’s “Insecure,” CBS’ “Star Trek: Discovery” and NBC’s “The Good Place” were all included in the Entertainment category while familiar award season docs “Stronger Island,” “Chasing Coral” and “City of Ghosts” also are up for honors in the Documentary category.
The winners will be saluted in a ceremony on May 19, but the category winners will be revealed over the next few weeks. Documentary on April 17; Entertainment/Children’s & Youth on April 19, News/Radio/Public Service programming on April 24.
Last year’s winners included “Atlanta,” “Veep” and Beyonce’s “Lemonade.”
This year’s nominees are as follow:
CHILDREN’S & YOUTH PROGRAMMING
Andi Mack
Horizon Productions
Disney Channel
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Netflix
DOCUMENTARY
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
A Mitten Media, Motto Pictures, and Kartemquin Films Production for WGBH/FRONTLINE and Independent Television Service (ITVS), with WGBH/FRONTLINE and Independent Television Service (ITVS), with Blue Ice (PBS/WGBH)
America ReFramed: Deej
American Documentary, Inc., WORLD Channel, Rooy Media LLC, ITVS
(WORLD Channel)
Chasing Coral
An Exposure Labs Production
(Netflix)
City of Ghosts
Amazon Studios, A&E IndieFilms, Our Time Projects, in association with Jigsaw Productions
(A&E)
Heroin(e)
A Netflix Original Documentary in association with The Center for Investigative Reporting, A Requisite Media Production
(Netflix)
I Have A Message For You
The New York Times Op-Docs
(The New York Times)
Indivisible
Fuse Media
(Fuse/Linear Broadcast)
Last Men in Aleppo
American Documentary | POV, Larm Film
(PBS)
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
The People’s Poet Media Group, LLC, Thirteen’s American Masters for WNET and ITVS in association with Artemis Rising
(PBS/WNET/TV)
Motherland
CineDiaz Inc., ITVS, American Documentary | POV
(PBS)
Newtown
Mile 22 LLC, ITVS, in association with KA Snyder Productions, Cuomo Cole Productions, Artemis Rising and Transform Films
(PBS)
Planet Earth II
BBC Studios Natural History Unit production, with BBC AMERICA
(BBC AMERICA)
Strong Island
Yanceville Films, LLC and Louverture Films, LLC
(Netflix)
The Bad Kids
Low Key Pictures in association with the Filmmaker Fund
(PBS)
The Defiant Ones
HBO Entertainment and Silverback 5150 Pictures in association with Alcon Television Group
(HBO)
The Islands and the Whales
Intrepid Cinema, Radiator Film
(PBS)
Time: The Kalief Browder Story
Spike TV, The Cinemart, Roc Nation
(Spike)
Tower
Tower Documentary LLC, Go Valley Productions, ITVS, in association with Meredith Vieira Productions and Killer Impact
(PBS)
Oklahoma City
American Experience
(PBS/WGBH Education Foundation)
ENTERTAINMENT
Alias Grace
A Halfire Entertainment Production in association with CBC for Netflix
(Netflix)
American Vandal
CBS Television Studios for Netflix
(Netflix)
Bala Loca
Chilevision-Turner, Chilean National Television Council, Filmo Estudios
(Chilevision-Turner/Netflix)
Better Call Saul
Sony Pictures Television, Gran Via Productions
(AMC)
Halt and Catch Fire
AMC Studios/Gran Via Productions
(AMC)
Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King
Netflix, Art & Industry
(Netflix)
Insecure
HBO Entertainment in association with Issa Rae Productions
(HBO)
Jazz Night in America
NPR, WBGO, Jazz at Lincoln Center
(NPR)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
HBO Entertainment
(HBO)
Legion
FX Productions, Marvel Television
(FX Networks)
One Day at a Time
Sony Pictures Television for Netflix
(Netflix)
Saturday Night Live: Political Satire 2017
SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
(NBC)
Star Trek: Discovery
CBS Television Studios
(CBS All Access)
The Good Place
Universal Television, Fremulon, 3 Arts Entertainment
(NBC)
The Handmaid’s Tale
Hulu, MGM, White Oak Pictures, The Littlefield Company, Daniel Wilson Productions
(Hulu)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Amazon Studios
(Amazon)
NEWS
“Big Buses, Bigger Problems: Taxpayers Taken for a Ride”
NBC5/KXAS-TV Dallas-Fort Worth
(NBC5/KXAS)
“Charlottesville: Race & Terror”
VICE Media
(HBO)
“Cracking the Code” & “Medical Waste”
WVUE-TV, NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune/Clear Health Costs
(WVUE-TV)
“Fall of ISIS in Iraq and Syria”
CNN
(CNN)
“Human Toll in Yemen”
BBC News
(BBC World News/BBC World News America)
“Inside Putin’s Russia “
PBS NewsHour
(PBS, WETA)
“Leyla Santiago’s Hurricane Maria Coverage”
CNN
(CNN)
“My Reality: A Hidden America”
ABC News 20/20
(ABC)
“Plight of Rohingya Refugees”
BBC News
(BBC World News)
“Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: The Strongman-Ramzan Kadyrov”
HBO Sports
(HBO)
“The Whistleblower”
CBS News 60 Minutes
(CBS)
“USA Gymnastics”
CBS News 60 Minutes
(CBS)
PUBLIC SERVICE
“The Cut: Exploring FGM”
Al Jazeera Correspondent
(Al Jazeera)
“Predator In My Phone”
R.AGE, Star Media Group
(R.AGE)
“Sex.Right.Now. with Cleo Stiller”
Fusion Media Group
(FUSION)
RADIO/PODCAST
“Ear Hustle”
Radiotopia from PRX
(Radiotopia from PRX)
“Lost Mothers: Maternal Mortality in the U.S.”
NPR and ProPublica
(NPR)
“74 Seconds”
Minnesota Public Radio, American Public Media
(MPR News)
“S-Town”
Serial and This American Life
(stownpodcast.org)
“Seeing White”
The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
(podcast.cdsporch.org)
“The Pope’s Long Con”
Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, Louisville Public Media
(Louisville Public Media)
“The View from Room 205”
WBEZ-Chicago Public Media
(WBEZ)
“Uncivil: The Raid”
Gimlet Media
(Gimlet Media)
Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Comedy Series
Outstanding Limited Series
Outstanding Reality-Competition Series
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series