‘Heated Rivalry,’ ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live,’ ‘The Pitt’ Among Peabody Award 2026 Entertainment Nominees

By Michael Schneider

Michael Schneider

Variety Editor at Large

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The Peabody Awards has revealed its 2026 nominees in the arts, children’s/youth, entertainment and interactive & immersive categories. In entertainment, that included series like “Heated Rivalry,” “The Pitt,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and more. All together, selected were two arts programs, 15 entertainment series, two children’s/youth programs and eight in interactive and immersive.

The nominees were chosen by a unanimous vote of 28 jurors from over 1,000 entries from television, podcasts/radio and the web.

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