The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors announced the winners of the 84th Peabody Awards today and there were some definite surprises in the mix. As expected, “The Last of Us,” “The Bear,” “Bluey,” and “Jury Duty” were among the honorees. Happily, “Dead Ringers,” “Somebody Somewhere,” “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Israel-Hamas War,” “Fellow Travelers,” “Reality,” and “Reservation Dogs” also made the cut.

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Hey, when you think about it, 2023 started off strong, right? “M3GAN” was fun. Ariana Debose reminded us that “Angela Bassett did the thing.” The Oscars were an “Everything Everywhere All At Once” celebration. There were great new shows such as “The Last of Us” and “Poker Face.” Taylor Swift and Beyonce were going on massive tours. Life was good!

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Cody Heller was a writer on “Wilfred.” A series where Daniel Radcliffe’s character imagined his neighbor’s pet as a real person in a dog suit. She created “Dummy,” a show where Anna Kendrick became friends with her boyfriend’s sex doll. But the show that gave her “night terrors?” Where the entire premise of the show could fall apart in minutes for a multitude of reasons?

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If you can predict anything for the 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards its that the final season of “Succession” is as close to a lock as possible to win Outstanding Drama Series. With the Emmy ceremony potentially being delayed due to the ongoing guild strikes all the way to, yes, January, it doesn’t look like Jess Armstrong and his stellar cast will get to celebrate a fitting goodbye to the HBO mainstay anytime soon.

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The Television Academy giveth and the Television Academy taketh away. Outside of the Recording Academy, there is likely no awards body that frustrates the public, media, and industry more than Emmy Awards voters. So this year’s Snubs and Surprises were certainly notable because, frankly, the almost always are.

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Granted, there was no surprise that programs such as “Succession,” “The Last of Us,” “The White Lotus,” “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” or “The Bear” landed a boatload of nominations.

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