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'Dexter,' 'Mad Men' win Peabody awards

Published: April 2, 2008 at 11:13 PM
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'Dexter,' 'Mad Men' win Peabody awards
Stephen Colbert speaks about his new book "I Am America (And So Can You!)" at George Washington University in Washington on October 19, 2007. (UPI Photo/Alexis C. Glenn)
Presenter Tina Fey appears backstage during the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on August 27, 2006. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen)
Bob Woodruff arrives for the premiere of "The Last Mimzy" at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on March 18, 2007. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh)
ATHENS, Ga., April 2 (UPI) -- "Dexter," "Mad Men," "Planet Earth," "30 Rock" and "The Colbert Report" were among the Peabody Award winners announced Wednesday by the University of Georgia.

The programs "Project Runway," "Taxi to the Dark Side," "Art: 21 -- Art in the 21st Century," "Speaking of Faith: The Ecstatic Faith of Rumi," "Bob Woodruff Reporting: Wounds of War -- The Long Road Home of Our Nation's Veterans" also earned 2007 Peabody prizes.

Among the other winners are "Money for Nothing, The Buried and the Dead, Television Justice, Kinder Prison," "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial," "Whole Lotta Shakin,'" "White Horse," "Just Words," "CNN Presents: God's Warriors," "CBS News Sunday Morning: The Way Home," "Craft in America: Memory, Landscape and Community," "Fight for Open Records," "To Die in Jerusalem" and "Design Squad."

Awards are to be handed out a ceremony June 16 at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Brian Williams is to preside over the event.



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