Apple TV picked up a pair of prestigious Peabody Awards Thursday for hit drama Pluribus and documentary Come See Me in the Good Light. People think of the awards as the Pulitzer Prizes of radio, TV and online media.
Peabody Awards go to Apple TV’s Pluribus and Come See Me in the Good Light
The hit genre-bending sci-fi drama Pluribus took a Peabody Awards‘ Entertainment prize, while the documentary Come See Me in the Good Light claimed a Documentary win, Apple TV said. The Peabodies recognize excellence in storytelling that reflects social issues and emerging voices. This year’s honorees will celebrate on Sunday, May 31, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. The wins burnish Apple TV’s reputation for quality, too. See the whole list of winners.
Pluribus: Apple’s most-watched drama keeps collecting trophies
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The Peabody win is the latest in a string of honors for Apple’s most-viewed drama, Pluribus. It also saw lead actress Rhea Seehorn win Best Actress in a Drama at the Golden Globe, Critics Choice and Satellite Awards. And it scored an American Film Institute Award for TV Program of the Year.
The series follows Seehorn’s character Carol, a miserably unhappy romantasy author. She feels obligated to save the world from happiness after an interstellar event creates hive-mind harmony among most humans. The darkly comic premise has clearly resonated with critics and award voters alike.
The show also earned nominations from the BAFTA TV Awards, Producers Guild Awards, Writers Guild Awards and GLAAD Media Awards, among others.
(Read Cult of Mac’s review: 3 reasons Pluribus is the new must-watch series on Apple TV.)
Come See Me in the Good Light: A love story about life and loss
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The documentary tells the story of poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley. They faced an incurable cancer diagnosis with joy, wit and an unshakable partnership. But they ended up transforming pain into purpose and mortality into a celebration of resilience.
The film also made the National Board of Review’s Top 5 Documentaries of 2025 list and won Outstanding Non-Fiction Feature at the Cinema Eye Honors. And it won the Sundance Film Festival Favorite Award and received nominations from the Academy Awards, GLAAD Media Awards, Film Independent Spirit Awards and American Society of Cinematographers Awards.
Apple TV’s growing Peabody legacy
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Thursday’s wins extend an impressive run for Apple TV at the Peabodys.
The service previously won for documentary Bread & Roses in 2025. It took three awards in 2023 for dark comedy Bad Sisters and dramas Severance and Pachinko. And it earned two wins in 2021 for Ted Lasso and Stillwater.
Watch Pluribus and Come See Me in the Good Light on Apple TV
Both Pluribus and Come See Me in the Good Light stream on Apple TV. It’s available by subscription for $12.99 with a seven-day free trial. You can also get it via any tier of the Apple One subscription bundle. For a limited time, customers who purchase and activate a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac can enjoy three months of Apple TV for free.
In November 2019, Apple TV “became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have been honored with 797 wins and 3,431 award nominations and counting,” the service said.
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David Snow, an expert on Apple hardware and software, writes on a variety of technological and cultural topics for Cult of Mac. They include Apple news, technology buying guides, and features about computer setups and Apple TV shows and movies.
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