The prestigious Peabody Award nominees for 2018 were announced today, and for the first time since 1988, Star Trek has captured the attention of the organizing committee thanks to the first season of Star Trek: Discovery.
Nominated along side critical and viewer programs like Better Call Saul, One Day at a Time, Halt and Catch Fire, and The Handmaid’s Tale, Star Trek: Discovery is the first Trek production to be recognized by the Peabody board since the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, where “The Big Goodbye” won one of that year’s coveted spots in the “Peabody 30,” the nickname for the winning group of nominees.
As the Peabody site describes them, these awards honor “the most powerful, enlightening and invigorating stories in television, radio and digital media… Honorees must be unanimously chosen by the Peabody Board of Jurors, a diverse assembly of industry professionals, media scholars, critics and journalists who each bring a unique perspective of what constitutes a story that matters.”
The full list of entertainment nominees for 2018 include:
· “Alias Grace” A Halfire Entertainment Production in association with CBC for Netflix (Netflix)
· “American Vandal” CBS Television Studios for Netflix (Netflix)
· “Bala Loca” Chilevision-Turner, Chilean National Television Council, Filmo Estudios (Chilevision-Turner/Netflix)
· “Better Call Saul” Sony Pictures Television, Gran Via Productions (AMC)
· “Halt and Catch Fire” AMC Studios/Gran Via Productions (AMC)
· “Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King” Netflix, Art & Industry (Netflix)
· “Insecure” HBO Entertainment in association with Issa Rae Productions (HBO)
· “Jazz Night in America” NPR, WBGO, Jazz at Lincoln Center (NPR)
· “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” HBO Entertainment (HBO)
· “Legion” FX Productions, Marvel Television (FX Networks)
· “One Day at a Time” Sony Pictures Television for Netflix (Netflix)
· “Saturday Night Live: Political Satire 2017” SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video (NBC)
· “Star Trek: Discovery” CBS Television Studios (CBS All Access)
· “The Good Place” Universal Television, Fremulon, 3 Arts Entertainment (NBC)
· “The Handmaid’s Tale” Hulu, MGM, White Oak Pictures, The Littlefield Company, Daniel Wilson Productions (Hulu)
· “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Amazon Studios (Amazon)
The final 2018 Peabody Award winners for the Entertainment category will be announced on April 19.