"South Park" wins Peabody
Comedy Central‘s “South Park” won its first Peabody Award yesterday.
The George Foster Peabody Awards, for broadcasting excellence in both news and entertainment, are given annually by the University of Georgia. Thirty-two awards will be handed out June 5 in New York, hosted by recent Oscarcast grand poobah, Jon Stewart.
The AP reports that “South Park” was praised as a show that
“pushes all the buttons, turns up the heat and shatters every taboo,” Peabody Awards Director Horace Newcomb said.
WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.
Subscribe today!
To Read the Full Story Become an Adweek+ Subscriber
Already a member? Sign in