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Roy Wood Jr. to Host 85th Peabody Awards This June in Beverly Hills
Comedian Roy Wood Jr. has been named host of the 85th Peabody Awards, set to take place on June 1 in Beverly Hills.
This reps Wood’s first time as Peabody host, and the second consecutive year the awards ceremony has taken place in Southern California. “No higher honor than to be in the room as we celebrate some of our generation’s beststorytellers and reIlect upon the ways in which we can all contribute to bettering the times weare in,” Wood said in a statement. Last year’s winners included “The Bear,” “Bluey,” “Reservation Dogs,” “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” “The Last of Us” and “Jury Duty.” Past Peabody Award winners include “Hill Street Blues,” “Murphy Brown,” “The Wire,” “Veep,” The Sopranos,” “Breaking Bad,” “The Office,” “Succession,” “Roots,” “Dopesick,” “Cosmos” and “Nova.”
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