Peabodys honor TV, Web, news stars

May 18, 2009 The cream of the crop in electronic media gathered at Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel mid-day Monday for the annual George Foster Peabody Awards ceremony. The event, emceed by NBC anchor Brian Williams, brought together such diverse talent as "Saturday Night Live" boss Lorne Michaels along with Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler and Fred Armisen, CBS News and CBS Sports president Sean McManus, ABC News president David Westin, Turner Classic Movies and THR veteran Robert Osborne, NBC Sports & Olympics chairman Dick Ebersol along with Bob Costas, Matt Lauer and CNN's Wolf Blitzer. Also on hand were some of the people behind "Breaking Bad," "Lost," the website of the New York Times, the Onion News Network and YouTube.

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