Norman Lear & ITVS To Be Honored With Peabody Awards For Contributions To Storytelling

The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors have chosen Norman Lear to receive an Individual Award and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) an Institutional Award for their contributions to storytelling in television. Both will be honored at a gala event on Saturday, May 20 in New York. The event will be taped for a television special to air on both PBS and Fusion networks on Friday, June 2 at 9 PM, with Rashida Jones, a previous Peabody Award winner for Parks and Recreation,…