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
PBS NewsHour (PBS, WETA)
News Finalist
American Documentary | POV, Larm Film (PBS)
Documentary Finalist
CineDiaz Inc., ITVS, American Documentary | POV (PBS)
Documentary Finalist
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
Tower Documentary LLC, Go Valley Productions, ITVS, Meredith Vieira Productions and Killer Impact (PBS)
Documentary Finalist
Additional Public Television Nominees:
American Documentary, Inc., WORLD Channel, Rooy Media LLC, ITVS (WORLD Channel)
Documentary Finalist
