 Peabody Awards - The George Foster Peabody Awards are
presented by the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism and Mass
Communications at the University of Georgia for the "most
distinguished and meritorious public service rendered each year by
radio and television" They were established during 1940 in memory
of Georgian banker and philanthropist, G. F. Peabody (1852-1938)
to honor outstanding broadcasting achievements by networks,
programs, stations, and individuals. The first award for TV
writing went to Rod Serling's "Requiem for a Heavyweight" telecast
on the CBS network and starring Ed Wynn, Jack Palance, and Keenan
Wynn.In 2006, Comedy Central's cartoon series SOUTH PARK
won its first Peabody Award. The program was praised as a show
that "pushes all the buttons, turns up the heat, and shatters
every taboo." Peabody Awards Director Horace Newcomb said,
"Through that process of offending it reminds us of the need for
being tolerant."
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