The winners for the 86th annual Peabody Awards have been determined by the organization’s Board of Jurors, with the honorees representing a range of storytelling in broadcasting and streaming media. The winners include everything from the compassionate caregivers in an emergency room on “The Pitt,” to professional hockey players living their truths on “Heated Rivalry,” to “Andor,” a spy-thriller set within the “Star Wars” universe.
Winners were chosen by a unanimous vote of 28 jurors from over 1,000 entries across the categories for television, podcasts/radio and the web in entertainment, news, documentary, arts, children’s/youth, public service, and interactive/immersive programming and media.
The winners of the 2026 Peabody Awards will join special honorees Amy Poehler (Career Achievement Award), screenwriter Sterlin Harjo (Trailblazer Award), Academy Award-winner James L. Brooks (Inaugural Industry Icon Award), and historic programmer PBS KIDS (Institutional Award). This year’s ceremony will take on a new structure meant to be more of a unified celebration of the winners. Honorees will be grouped around shared thematic categories, creating a narrative arc that carries through the evening.
“The winners of the 86th annual Peabody Awards reflect Peabody’s mission to honor storytelling that has the potential to change culture, whether it’s examining the destructive tactics of ICE, viewing terminal illness through a deeply personal lens, or resisting attempts to stifle free speech, we look forward to recognizing and celebrating these winners,” said Jeffrey P. Jones, executive director of Peabody via statement.
Of the 34 total wins, HBO Max received the most awards with 6, followed by Apple TV, Disney+, Hulu, Netflix and PBS, each with 2 awards.
The winners of the 86th annual Peabody Awards, produced by Liz Kelly and ROK Productions, will be celebrated on Sunday, May 31, at a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. The Peabody program is based at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.
See the full list of this year’s Peabody Award winners below, listed by category and in alphabetical order (with network/platform in parentheses).
NEWS
“Fault Lines: ‘Kids Under Fire’ and ‘The Disappearance of Dr. Abu Safiya’” (Al Jazeera English)Al Jazeera English
“Immigration Crackdown” (PBS News Hour)PBS News Hour
“Los Angeles Burning” (ABC News and KABC, Los Angeles)TV, Los Angeles
“Restrained” (ABC / KMBC 9)KMBC 9
“The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram” (PBS)FRONTLINE (PBS), ProPublica
PODCAST AND RADIO
“Divine Intervention”Wonder Media Network and iHeart Media
“Scam Inc”The Economist
“When We All Get to Heaven”Eureka Street Productions
DOCUMENTARIES
“The Alabama Solution” (HBO Max)HBO Documentary Films; Hit The Ground Running
“Come See Me in the Good Light” (Apple TV)Apple / Tripod Media / Amplify Pictures / Treat Media / Something Fierce Productions
“Mr. Nobody Against Putin” (BBC Four)Made in Copenhagen in co production with Pink
“No Other Land”Antipode Films
“Pee-wee as Himself” (HBO Max)HBO Documentary Films presents an Elara & First Love Films Production
“Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk”Rêves d’Eau Productions
“Southpaw — The Life and Legacy of Jim Abbott” (ESPN)ESPN
“Thoughts & Prayers” (HBO Max)HBO Documentary Films presents a Tony Tina Production
ARTS
“Fela Kuti: Fear No Man”Audible, Higher Ground, Western Sound and Talkhouse
“Sly Lives! (a.k.a. The Burden of Black Genius)” (Hulu, Onyx Collective)MRC, Network Entertainment Inc., Two One Five Entertainment Inc., RadicalMedia, StardustFilms LLC, ID8 Multimedia, Inc., and Sony Music Entertainment
ENTERTAINMENT
“Adolescence” (Netflix)Warp Films, Matriarch Productions and Plan B for Netflix
“Andor” (Disney+)Lucasfilm Ltd.
“Common Side Effects” (Adult Swim)Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street
“Dying for Sex” (FX / Hulu)20th Television
“Forever” (Netflix)A Netflix Series
“Heated Rivalry” (HBO Max)Accent Aigu Entertainment in association with Bell Media’s Crave
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC)20th Television in association with Kimmelot
“Mussolini: Son of the Century” (MUBI)Sky Studios and Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment, a Fremantle group company, in co-production with Pathé, in association with Small Forward Productions, in collaborationwith Fremantle, CINECITTAv S.p.A. and Sky
“The Pitt” (HBO Max)HBO Max in association with John Wells Productions, R. Scott Gemmill Productions, andWarner Bros. Television
“Pluribus” (Apple TV)Sony Pictures Television in association with Apple
“The Rehearsal” (HBO Max)HBO in association with Blow Out Productions
CHILDREN’S / YOUTH
“Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur” (Disney+)Flying Bark Productions, Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television
INTERACTIVE & IMMERSIVE
“Cleared by Fire”The New Yorker
“ICE Sweeps Georgia”The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Investigating War Crimes in Gaza”Al Jazeera English
“South of Midnight”Compulsion Games
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