Arlington, VA; May 23, 2023 — The Telly Awards announced their 44th annual winners, recognizing excellence in video and television content across all screens. PBS won 31 total Telly Awards; PBS Digital Studios won 9, PBS Creative Services won 14, AMERICAN MASTERS won 2, PBS NATURE won 2, WETA won 2, PBS KIDS won 1 and ANTIQUES ROADSHOW won 1.
The Telly Awards received record-breaking entries and recognized winners in multiple categories: including branded content, commercials & marketing, immersive and mixed reality, non-broadcast, series/shows/segments and social video. PBS continues to excel in a growing multiscreen industry.
PBS congratulates all our winners listed below!
GOLD
PBS 2022 Science and Nature Sizzle
Branded Content - General Promotional
PBS Making Black America Series Sell 2
Television - General Cultural
PBSD Rogue History: Meet the Most Notorious Women in Pirate History
Online – History
PBSD Historian’s Take: What is Blaccent and Why Do People Keep Using It?
Online – History
SILVER
PBS Winter 2023 Sizzle
Branded Content – General Promotion
PBS Planet California
Television - General Nature/Wildlife
PBS Ridley Road Passport Bumper
Television - General – Social Video
PBS The Green Planet
Television - General Nature/Wildlife
PBS Climate Reel 2023
Branded Content – General Promotion
PBS 2022 “Drama” Sizzle
Branded Content – General Promotion
PBS “Marie Antionette” Featurette
Television – General Entertainment
PBS Newshour “Meet Amna and Geoff” Series Sell
Television - General News
AMERICAN MASTERS Becoming Helen Keller
Television – Diversity & Inclusion
AMERICAN MASTERS Elsa Sjunneson: DeafBlind fencer, hiker, published author
Online – Diversity & Inclusion
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Wadsworth Mansion, Hour 1”
Television – General Miscellaneous
PBS KIDS City Island
Television – Series: Animation
PBSD Otherwords: Why Sign Language Was Banned in America
Online – General - Education & Training
PBSD Subcultured: I Went Clubbing in Virtual Reality
Online – General - Education & Training
PBSD Be Smart: Deep answers to simple questions about science and universe
Online Series - Science & Technology
PBSD Sound Field: The Story Behind the Music of Drumline
Online Series – Webseries: Music
NATURE Soothing Nature
Online – Social Video – Series: Documentary
NATURE on TikTok
Online – Social Video – Series: Education & Discovery
BRONZE
PBS 2022 Look Ahead Sizzle
Branded Content - General Promotional
PBS 2022 Independent Film and Documentary Sizzle
Branded Content - General Promotional
PBS Marie Antionette Series Sell
Television - General Drama
PBS Strong Women of Drama 2023
Branded Content - General Entertainment
PBSDS Weathered: Explaining natural disasters
Online – Series: Sustainability
PBSDS Monstrum: Monster mythology through oral storytelling, literature, and film
Online – Series: Education & Discovery
PBSDS Why Am I Like This?: Where Does My Skin Color Come From?
Online – Science & Technology
