The Peabody Awards recognize distinguished and meritorious public service by radio and television stations, networks, producing organizations, individuals, and online media. This entry provides a list of winners from the years 2010 through 2019. Each year, the awards celebrate stories that matter and reflect the power of media to inform, connect, and inspire.
2010 Winners:
- Temple Grandin (HBO)
- The Lord of the Rings (BBC Radio)
- Men of a Certain Age (TNT)
- Modern Family (ABC)
- Glee (FOX)
- If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise (HBO)
- Between the World and Me (The Apollo Theater)
- POV: The Oath (PBS)
- Independent Lens: Precious Knowledge (PBS)
- Reporter (HBO)
- This American Life: House Rules (Public Radio International)
- Frontline: The Spill (PBS)
- In Treatment (HBO)
- 30 for 30: The U (ESPN)
- Sherpa (ESPN)
- The Pacific (HBO)
- Justified (FX)
2011 Winners:
- Downton Abbey (PBS)
- Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
- Lights Out (FX)
- Game of Thrones (HBO)
- Louie (FX)
- Cinema Verite (HBO)
- Page One: Inside The New York Times (Magnolia Pictures)
- POV: Where Soldiers Come From (PBS)
- Frontline: Money, Power and Wall Street (PBS)
- This American Life: Mr. Daisey Goes to the Apple Factory (Public Radio International) (Note: This award was later rescinded)
- Treehouse (Sundance Channel)
- To Die in Jerusalem (HBO)
- The Cost of War: Afghanistan (CNN)
- Storycorps (NPR)
- Beyond the Brink: Saving the World's Most Endangered Species (CNN)
- Educating Essex (Channel 4)
- A Home for Veteran’s: The St. Alphonsus Project (WBIR-TV)
2012 Winners:
- Homeland (Showtime)
- Enlightened (HBO)
- Girls (HBO)
- Parks and Recreation (NBC)
- The Good Wife (CBS)
- Hatfields & McCoys (History Channel)
- Game Change (HBO)
- Portlandia (IFC)
- This American Life: Retraction (Public Radio International)
- The Central Park Five (Sundance Selects)
- Frontline: Poor Kids (PBS)
- All the Difference (PBS)
- Intersexions (SABC1)
- Slavery by Another Name (PBS)
- Locked in a Box (KTNV-TV)
2013 Winners:
- Breaking Bad (AMC)
- House of Cards (Netflix)
- Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
- The Americans (FX)
- Broadchurch (BBC America)
- Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
- Key & Peele (Comedy Central)
- A Mother's Promise: Syria's Lost Children (CNN)
- Frontline: Digital Nation (PBS)
- POV: Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer (PBS)
- 911: Lost Tapes of the Pentagon (History Channel)
- Duck Dynasty (A&E) (Note: This award drew controversy and was viewed by some as politically motivated.)
- The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross (PBS)
2014 Winners:
- Fargo (FX)
- True Detective (HBO)
- Transparent (Amazon)
- The Knick (Cinemax)
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
- Review (Comedy Central)
- Virunga (Netflix)
- Frontline: Ebola Outbreak (PBS)
- Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (FOX/National Geographic Channel)
- Radio Diaries (NPR)
- Serial (Podcast)
- Paying the Price (Al Jazeera America)
- Welcoming New Neighbors (KING-TV)
2015 Winners:
- Mr. Robot (USA Network)
- UnREAL (Lifetime)
- Master of None (Netflix)
- Jessica Jones (Netflix)
- Deutschland 83 (SundanceTV)
- Wolf Hall (PBS)
- Bessie (HBO)
- The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (HBO)
- Amy (A24)
- POV: Point and Shoot (PBS)
- 60 Minutes: The Killing Season (CBS)
- ISIS in Afghanistan (CNN)
- Trapped in the USA (Al Jazeera America)
2016 Winners:
- Atlanta (FX)
- O.J.: Made in America (ESPN)
- American Crime (ABC)
- Horace and Pete (LouisCK.net)
- Lemonade (HBO)
- Stranger Things (Netflix)
- Veep (HBO)
- The Crown (Netflix)
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS)
- Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise (PBS)
- Frontline: Plague at the Golden Gate (PBS)
- 13th (Netflix)
- Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: The Lord of the Rings (HBO)
- Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (PBS)
- Starving for Attention (WFAA-TV)
2017 Winners:
- Big Little Lies (HBO)
- The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
- One Day at a Time (Netflix)
- Better Things (FX)
- Insecure (HBO)
- A Series of Unfortunate Events (Netflix)
- Planet Earth II (BBC America)
- Last Men in Aleppo (PBS)
- Independent Lens: Dolores (PBS)
- POV: Whose Streets? (PBS)
- Rape on the Night Shift (PBS)
- The Harvey Weinstein Investigation (The New York Times)
2018 Winners:
- Killing Eve (BBC America)
- The Americans (FX)
- Barry (HBO)
- The End of the F*ing World (Netflix)
- Pose (FX)
- Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (Netflix)
- Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (Netflix)
- Sharp Objects (HBO)
- POV: Hale County This Morning, This Evening (PBS)
- POV: Minding the Gap (PBS)
- Frontline: Separated: Children at the Border (PBS)
- When They See Us (Netflix)
2019 Winners:
- Chernobyl (HBO)
- Fleabag (Amazon Prime Video)
- Ramy (Hulu)
- Succession (HBO)
- David Makes Man (OWN)
- Watchmen (HBO)
- Unbelievable (Netflix)
- Leaving Neverland (HBO)
- POV: American Factory (Netflix)
- Frontline: Right to Fail (PBS)
- The Weekly: Immigration Nation (FX/Hulu)
- The Forgotten West Memphis Three (HBO)
This list is not exhaustive and represents a selection of the most notable Peabody Award winners for each year. The Peabody Awards website offers a complete archive of all winners.