Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticEvery year, the Peabody Awards recognize a stacked group of TV projects across all different genres, taking care to highlight shows that are worthy of further consideration.
Looking over the 2021 nominees, it’s interesting to note the Peabodys’ assertion that this year’s honorees “represent the most compelling and empowering stories” released during an unusually fraught year marked by plague, protests and a worldwide reckoning with the unjust systems that have propped up outdated thinking for too long.
Very few of the nominated series were made with the knowledge of the pandemic year to come, and yet all echo its singular strangeness in some way or another.Winner announcements began virtually on June 21.
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