NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - It might not be Mel Gibson or Tom Cruise's favourite show, but the jurors for television's prestigious Peabody Awards threw a bouquet Comedy Central's way Wednesday with an honour for "South Park."

The animated satire was one of 32 winners of the Peabody, given annually by the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications to honour the best in TV. But for a judging committee that isn't afraid to wade into controversy, "South Park" seems to be one of the most controversial in recent years.

After a 10-year track record of pushing TV boundaries and famously tangling with Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," the Catholic Church, Cruise and Scientology and many others, "South Park" won an Emmy for its Terri Schiavo-themed episode. And after eight or nine self-submitted entries during the past decade, "South Park" will get its Peabody on June 5 in New York from "The Daily Show" host (and Peabody winner) Jon Stewart.

The Schiavo episode helped seal the award for "South Park" with the Peabody judges.

"The judges felt that it was a bold program that probably offends just about everybody at some point and in doing so reminds us that we need to be tolerant," awards director Horace Newcomb said. "It's also consistent in its insistence on non-censorship." Newcomb said the decision was unanimous.