‘The Last Of Us,’ ‘Poker Face,’ ‘Family Guy,’ ‘The Masked Singer’ Among Top Rockie Awards Winners at Banff World Media Festival
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at Large HBO’s “The Last of Us” scored two prizes from this year’s 2024 Rockie Awards International Program Competition, as announced Tuesday at the Banff World Media Festival. “The Last of Us” won for drama series: English language, and also picked up the Grand Jury Prize, which is selected from the top-scoring programs across the entire field of nominees.
Among other big winners from the U.S., Peacock’s “Poker Face” won for comedy series: English language, while Fox’s “The Masked Singer” received the honors for competition series/game shows.
Also, Fox’s “Family Guy” won for animated series. In total, 30 awards were bestowed in the category streams of Documentary & Factual, Arts & Entertainment, Children & Youth, Scripted, and Podcast, in addition to the presentation of several other Rockies Gala Awards.
The nominations for the award were announced in March (see that full list here). Here are this year’s winners: Comedy & Variety The Graham Norton Show So Television (UK) Competition Series & Game Shows The Masked Singer Fox Alternative Entertainment (USA) Docuseries Boris Woestijnvis NV (Belgium) Lifestyle Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi Part2 Pictures (USA) Reality Series Wild Cooks Avanti-Toast, Vrai, TVA, Zeste (Canada) Animation: Children The Sound Collector Eagle Vs Bat, Enanimation, Mackinnon & Saunders, ITV, RAI, Serious Kids (Italy, UK) Animation: Preschool Tabby McTat Magic Light Pictures (UK) Interactive Children and Youth Content Weirdwood Manor Vol.
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