The awards will be presented at a May 17 ceremony at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. NYPD Blue in 1996 and The Larry Sanders Show in 1993. The station also shared an award with the BBC for a documentary on genocide in Rwanda. The Cold War is the first Peabody winner to make extensive use of an Internet site. The Peabodys differ from other industry awards because they are given solely on the basis of merit, rather than within designated categories.
Judges are under no restrictions on the number of annual winners.
Judging is done by the 15-person Peabody National Advisory Board that meets at the university annually for intensive deliberations. Board members include TV critics, broadcast and cable industry executives, and experts in culture and fine arts. All entries become a permanent part of the Peabody Archive in the UGA Libraries. The collection is one of the nation's oldest, largest and most respected moving-image archives. This site works best with the latest version of Netscape Navigator 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.