Michael C. Hall’s Dexter has been named as one of the recipients of the 67th Annual Peabody Awards, considered TV Land’s most prestigious honor that:

…recognize distinguished achievement and meritorious public service by TV and radio stations, networks, producing organizations, individuals and the World Wide Web.

The awards program, established in 1940 and administered by the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, is the oldest, most prestigious honor in electronic media.

Here’s what they wrote about Dexter:

Dexter Showtime, John Goldwyn Productions, The Colleton Company, Clyde Phillips Productions

With a premise that questions our fondness for avenging heroes – a serial killer who channels his dark urges into police forensics and the killing of other sociopaths – this Showtime series is a masterful psychological thriller and a complex and ambiguous meditation on morality.

The awards will be doled out by NBC newsman Brian Williams in a ceremony held June 16 in New York.

Last but not least, here’s a little blurb from People.com regarding Michael and Jennifer celebrating the win in Los Angeles:

Also at the Sunset Towers: Michael C. Hall, celebrating his Peabody Award with his Dexter costar and girlfriend Jennifer Carpenter.

Congratulations, Michael!