PBS Programs Receive 10 Peabody Award Nominations

On April 10, 2018, finalists for the 77th Annual Peabody Awards, honoring the best in electronic media for 2017, were announced. Of the 60 finalists selected by the Peabody Awards board of jurors, PBS programs received 10 nominations.

The 30 Peabody Award-winning programs will be will revealed by category in successive announcements: April 12 (Individual/Institutional), April 17 (Documentary), April 19 (Entertainment) and April 24 (News/Radio/Public Service/Web/Education).

The Peabody Awards will be presented during a ceremony hosted by Hasan Minhaj on May 19, 2018, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. A complete list of PBS finalists follows.

PBS congratulates our programs and producers!

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Oklahoma City

PBS/WGBH Education Foundation

Documentary Finalist

AMERICAN MASTERS Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

PBS/WNET/TV

Documentary Finalist

FRONTLINE Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

PBS/WGBH

Documentary Finalist

INSIDE PUTIN'S RUSSIA

PBS NewsHour (PBS, WETA)

News Finalist

POV Last Men in Aleppo

American Documentary | POV, Larm Film (PBS)

Documentary Finalist

POV Motherland

CineDiaz Inc., ITVS, American Documentary | POV (PBS)

Documentary Finalist

INDEPENDENT LENS Newtown

Mile 22 LLC, ITVS, KA Snyder Productions, Cuomo Cole Productions, Artemis Rising and Transform Films

Documentary Finalist

INDEPENDENT LENS The Bad Kids

Low Key Pictures in association with the Filmmaker Fund (PBS)

Documentary Finalist

POV The Islands and the Whales

Intrepid Cinema, Radiator Film (PBS)

Documentary Finalist

INDEPENDENT LENS TOWER

Tower Documentary LLC, Go Valley Productions, ITVS, Meredith Vieira Productions and Killer Impact (PBS)

Documentary Finalist

Additional Public Media Nominees:

America ReFramed: Deej

American Documentary, Inc., WORLD Channel, Rooy Media LLC, ITVS (WORLD Channel)

Documentary Finalist

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