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Peabody Award–winning television programs

  • Moon ShotThe year 1994 brought a book titled Moon Shot to shelves. Alan Shepard, one of the Mercury Seven astronauts, served as the primary author.
  • The SimpsonsThe Simpsons premiered on the 17th of December 1989, and within months it had done something no animated show had managed since the 1970s: it cracked…
  • Sesame StreetSesame Street premiered on the 10th of November 1969, and within a decade, nine million American children under the age of six were watching it every single…
  • Twin PeaksTwin Peaks premiered on ABC on the 8th of April 1990, and within hours the television landscape had shifted in a way critics were struggling to describe.
  • Doctor WhoDoctor Who first reached British television screens at 17:16:20 GMT on the 23rd of November 1963 - eighty seconds later than scheduled, because BBC…
  • FrasierFrasier Crane, a pompous Seattle radio psychiatrist with a taste for Coco Chanel sofas and Eames Lounge Chairs, became one of American television's most…
  • Saturday Night LiveSaturday Night Live premiered on NBC on the 11th of October 1975, hosted by comedian George Carlin, and it has not stopped since.
  • The Civil War (miniseries)The Civil War documentary miniseries arrived on PBS on the 23rd of September 1990, and for five consecutive nights, it stopped America in its tracks.
  • Breaking BadBreaking Bad is an American crime drama television series that asked a question most storytellers never dare to pose: what if we watched a good man choose…
  • Jeopardy!Jeopardy! debuted on NBC on the 30th of March 1964, and it was born on an airplane. Merv Griffin was mulling over game show ideas during a flight back to New…
  • Game of ThronesGame of Thrones premiered on HBO on the 17th of April 2011, and when it ended on the 19th of May 2019, it had run for 73 episodes across eight seasons.
  • South ParkSouth Park debuted on Comedy Central on the 13th of August 1997, and within three months, the ratings for a single cable show had tripled.
  • Avatar: The Last AirbenderAvatar: The Last Airbender premiered on Nickelodeon on the 21st of February 2005, and what greeted viewers that evening was unlike anything American…
  • The Ed Sullivan ShowThe Ed Sullivan Show debuted on CBS on the 20th of June, 1948, with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis performing alongside Broadway composers Richard Rodgers and…