Bell Media Programming Lands Five Prestigious Peabody® Award Nominations

As was recently revealed by The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors, 60 nominees have been chosen for the 77^th Annual Peabody Awards, celebrating the most compelling and empowering stories released in electronic media in 2017. The nominees were selected from approximately 1,200 entries from television, radio/podcasts, and the web.   Bell Media’s specialty and pay television networks HBO Canada, Bravo, and Space are proud to be the exclusive Canadian home of some of the highest-profile nominees, including:   THE DEFIANT ONES (HBO Canada) This Grammy^®-winning four-part documentary event explores the journey and unbreakable bond between Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre, who individually and collectively played a role in shaping today’s music and popular culture. The series is currently available on CraveTV and TMN GO.   THE HANDMAID’S TALE (Bravo) A television adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s iconic dystopian novel, the award-winning drama THE HANDMAID’S TALE is Bravo’s #1 series, and returns for its 13-episode second season, Sunday, April 29 at 9 p.m. ET. Season 1 is currently streaming on CraveTV.   INSECURE (HBO Canada) Created by and starring Issa Rae, INSECURE looks at the friendship of two African American women as they deal with their own real-life flaws and cope with an endless series of uncomfortable everyday experiences. Seasons 1 & 2 are available on TMN GO, and the series has been renewed for a third season by HBO.   LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (HBO Canada) The multi-Emmy^® award winning weekly series takes a satirical look at news, current events and pop culture. New episodes premiere Sunday nights at 11 p.m. ET on HBO Canada, and are available on TMN GO. STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (Space) STAR TREK: DISCOVERY follows the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new lifeforms, and for one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself. The complete first season is available to stream on CraveTV.   Peabody Award winners will be announced over the next several weeks, with Documentary winners announced on April 17, and winners from the Entertainment category revealed on April 19.