Overview
- Peabody’s Board of Jurors announced Wednesday that James L. Brooks will receive its inaugural Industry Icon Award.
- The award will be presented at the 86th Peabody Awards on May 31 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, where Amy Poehler, Sterlin Harjo, and PBS Kids will also be honored.
- Executive director Jeffrey Jones said Brooks helped define television as both an art form and a cultural force through work that blends humor, humanity, and sharp social insight.
- Brooks is a three-time Oscar and 21-time Emmy winner whose credits include The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Simpsons, and who launched Gracie Films in 1986 and helped develop The Simpsons from Tracey Ullman Show shorts.
- Peabody will announce 2026 nominees on April 7 and April 9, with winners to follow later in the month.