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Roy Wood Jr. Set as Host for 85th Annual Peabody Awards

Joey Moser by Joey Moser
March 26, 2025
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Roy Wood Jr. Set as Host for 85th Annual Peabody Awards
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Athens, GA (March 25, 2025) – Stand-up comic, television personality and Emmy-nominated documentary producer Roy Wood Jr. will host the 85th Annual Peabody Awards ceremony, which pays tribute to storytelling that reflects the social issues and emerging voices of our day.
This year’s event is set for June 1, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. This is Wood’s
first time hosting, and the second consecutive year the ceremony has been held in Southern
California.

Wood is the host of the popular CNN series “Have I Got News for You,” which takes a comedic
look at the top news stories of the day. He also recently released his fourth stand-up comedy
special “Lonely Flowers” on Hulu. Wood Iirst gained fame as a correspondent on the Emmy and
Peabody Award-winning Comedy Central series “The Daily Show,” and recently headlined the
iconic White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

The Peabody Awards honors stories that defend public interest, encourage empathy and
expand our understanding of the world. Respected for its integrity and revered for its
standards of excellence, the Peabody, which is chosen each year by a diverse Board of Jurors
through unanimous vote, is an honor like no other for television, podcast/radio, and immersive
and interactive media. Awards will be given in the following categories: entertainment,
documentary, news, podcast/radio, arts, children’s and youth, immersive and interactive media,
and public service programming.

“No higher honor than to be in the room as we celebrate some of our generation’s best
storytellers and reflect upon the ways in which we can all contribute to bettering the times we
are in,” said Wood. “I am also there because there is a free dinner…. at least I’m assuming there
is dinner……..there better be some damn food, that’s all I know.”

Nominees for the 2025 Peabody Awards will be announced on April 15 and 17, with winners
announced on May 1.

Past Peabody Award winners include some of the most beloved and groundbreaking series of
all time, including “Hill Street Blues,” “Murphy Brown,” “The Wire,” “Veep,” The Sopranos,”
“Breaking Bad,” “The OfIice” and “Succession”, and limited/mini-series including “Roots,” “Tales
of the City,” “Chernobyl,” and “Dopesick.” Children’s and youth honorees have included “ABC
Afterschool Specials,” “Bluey” and “Doc McStufIins,” while landmark educational programs such
as “Cosmos” and “NOVA” have also been honored. Peabody began recognizing Interactive and
Immersive Media in 2021, with organizations such as The New Yorker, The Washington Post
and The New York Times receiving honors.

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Joey Moser

Joey Moser

Joey is a co-founder of The Contending currently living in Columbus, OH. He is a proud member of GALECA and Critics Choice. Since he is short himself, Joey has a natural draw towards short film filmmaking. He is a Rotten Tomatoes approved critic, and he has also appeared in Xtra Magazine. If you would like to talk to Joey about cheese, corgis, or Julianne Moore, follow him on Twitter or Instagram.

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