Outrage! Reality TV wins its first Peabody Award

"30 Rock" followed up on its recent victories at the Emmys, Golden Globes and SAG kudos by claiming a Peabody Award. Lots of other obvious quality TV also shared in the 35 wins, including "The Colbert Report" (its predecessor, "The Daily Show," is a past winner), newbie "Mad Men" and the much admired "Planet Earth." See the full list of winners, CLICK HERE.

Among the big surprises, it wasn't Showtime's gutsy series about a serial killer, "Dexter," that had everyone screaming. It was "Project Runway," which became the first-ever reality TV show to win a Peabody.

One of our forum posters, PaulHan, was furious over its victory, denouncing all reality TV as "a plague, a cancer that is slowly putting scripted TV down for the count. . . . Reality television sucks. All of it. There are no exceptions . . . What's next, 'The Hills' winning in 2009 for their stellar Heidi-Spencer storyline? 'America's Next Top Model'? 'The Moment of Truth'? 'My Dad is Better than Your Dad'? The possibilities are endless. It's bad enough s**t like 'Idol' and 'Dancing with the Stars' are popular, but to give a Peabody to a reality show only legitimizes the whole genre. Sorry, but this blows chunks."

However, our poster Dannyboy rallied to the program's defense: "'Project Runway' is far and away the best reality show on television. I fully support its winning a Peabody. It puts all the other crappy reality shows to shame."

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