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Veep remains one of the greatest TV comedies of all time!

Veep remains one of the best TV comedies of all time!

Anonymous Content and Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions are teaming up to develop and produce a documentary project about the December 2024 murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. 

Andrés Buenahora editor The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has tapped W. Kamau Bell, the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning stand-up comedian, as the host of the 45th Annual Documentary Emmy Awards on Sept.

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The Peabody Board of Jurors released the rest of the 2024 Peabody Awards nominees today and the results were somewhat surprising. Comprising the Arts, Children’s/Youth, Entertainment, Interactive, and Immersive categories, the list of honorees included anticipated programs such as “The Last of Us,” “The Bear” and “Bluey.” What was something of a shock was a snub of the critically acclaimed and awards favorite, “Beef.” READ MORE: “20 Days in Mariupol” and “The Eternal Memory” among early 2024 Peabody Awards nominees Beyond “Last of Us” and “The Bear,” other Entertainment category nominees include “Poker Face,” “Lupin,” “Blue Eyed Samurai,” “Somebody Somewhere,” “Dead Ringers,” “Reservation Dogs,” “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Israel-Hamas War,” “Reality,” and “Jury Duty.” Surprising nominees included “Fellow Travelers” and “The Fall of the House of Usher.” On the Children/Youth front, “Bluey” was joined by fellow Disney+ series “Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,” and “Summer Camp Island.” The Arts category features “Can You Bring It: Bill T.

The organization behind the Peabody Awards said Thursday that its 2024 ceremony is set to take place on June 9 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, as the group once again attempts to hold its first-ever awards show in Los Angeles.

Jaden Thompson Barbra Streisand has been chosen as the 59th recipient of SAG-AFTRA’s highest tribute, the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievements and humanitarian accomplishments. The honor will be presented to her at the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will stream live on Netflix on Saturday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m.

Caroline Brew editor National Geographic has signed a first-look deal with Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning production company Muck Media for unscripted series and specials. Muck and National Geographic have previously collaborated on “Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller,” which is nominated for nine Emmys at the 2023 News & Documentary Emmy Awards. In “Trafficked,” van Zeller investigates shadow markets, criminal organizations and trafficking networks around the world.

Flavio Gomez pmc-editorial-manager Variety and Rolling Stone return with their Truth Seekers Summit presented by SHOWTIME® on Aug. 2 in New York City, which will feature such headlining names as Rachel Maddow, Roy Wood, Jr., Dawn Porter and Liz Garbus. Maddow, host of the Emmy Award-winning “The Rachel Maddow Show” on MSNBC, will be honored with the 2023 Variety and Rolling Stone Truth Seekers Award, recognizing her extensive accomplishments in journalism, followed by a Q&A about her experience in the news industry. “The Rachel Maddow Show” has won three Emmy Awards, and Maddow individually has received seven Emmy nominations honoring her in-depth and thorough take on the biggest stories of the day and week. Maddow has also written, produced and hosted three original podcasts for MSNBC – “Rachel Maddow Presents: Bag Man,” which won a DuPont Columbia Award and was nominated for a Peabody Award in 2020; “Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra,” which received the first-ever Hillman Prize for Broadcast Journalism for a podcast in 2023; and, most recently, the six-episode series “Rachel Maddow Presents: Deja News,” which debuts June 12, 2023.

The Peabody Awards revealed their 2023 winners in entertainment and for a number of programs it’s a welcome boost for their Emmy nomination prospects. Apple TV+ had three programs honored: “Bad Sisters,” “Pachinko” and “Severance.” HBO landed two winners in “We’re Here,” a rare non-fiction selection, and “Los Espookys,” a program the network disappointingly canceled in December.

Netflix has released the trailer for Hannah Gadsby’s next comedy special, titled “Hannah Gadsby: Something Special,” which will premiere globally May 9.

The Peabody Awards said Thursday that Lily Tomlin has won the Peabody Career Achievement Award, and Issa Rae the Peabody Trailblazer Award. The honors will be bestowed during a ceremony for the 83rd annual Peabody Awards on June 11 in Los Angeles.

UPDATED with awards dates: The Peabody Awards said Tuesday that it will announce the winning projects in its newest category, Digital and Interactive Storytelling, on March 24. The inaugural awards will be given to legacy media projects, with the category being folded into the main Peabody ceremony beginning in 2023.

Ellise Shafer Ahead of the Season 4 premiere of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” on Feb. 18, Amazon Prime Video has announced that the award-winning series has been renewed for its fifth and final season.Production for Season 5 is currently underway in New York City.“Amy, Dan, and ‘The Marvelous Mrs.

Prime Video has released the official key art for the upcoming fourth season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. It features a self-confident and determined Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) who looks ready to take on whatever comes her way. See it below.