2017 Producers Guild Awards Nominations Unveiled For Television and Digital Series

We have the full list of Producers Guild Awards Nominations for Television and Digital Series. Two new shows are looking to dethrone Game of Thrones.

Yesterday The Producers Guild of America unveiled awards nominations in its TV categories. The PGA film nominations are scheduled to be announced Jan 10. It’s no surprise we are seeing many of last year’s winners from have been nominated this year. HBO shows like Game Of Thrones, Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver and Sesame Street are all looking to repeat.

The most contentious and most talked about television category is, of course, the drama. Most would assume 2016 winner Game of Thrones would take away the award again, but I say not so fast. Look for newcomers Westworld (HBO) and Stranger Things (Netflix) to pull the upset in the Norman Felton Award for television drama. I would even go as far as to say Westworld will come out on top. Granted, Game of Thrones season six is arguably one of the best seasons in the entire series, but Westworld production value took it to another level. So much so that George R.R. Martin took to his blog to rave how much he loves the show. He even floated the idea of doing a Game of Thrones crossover. I will concede Westworld did have a few production setbacks early and at one point production was temporary shutdown but watching the show you would never have known. For HBO this is a win-win situation.

Just when you think we have run out of awards to give Lin-Manuel Miranda, we are proved wrong. His PBS special Hamilton’s America received a nomination for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television.

At the PGA ceremony, the Guild will present Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television to James L. Brooks. Producer Tom Rothman will be awarded the Milestone Award and Irwin Winkler will receive the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures. Multi Oscar-nominated producer Megan Ellison take home the Visionary Award. Taking home the Stanley Kramer Award is the indie movie, Loving.

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Here’s the full list of PGA TV and Digital Series nominations below.

David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
(Encompasses movies of the week and miniseries)

Black Mirror (Season 3)
This show is in the process of being vetted for individual producer eligibility

The Night Manager (Season 1)
Producers: Simon Cornwell, Stephen Garrett, Stephen Cornwell, Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Susanne Bier, David Farr, John le Carré, William D. Johnson, Alexei Boltho, Rob Bullock

The Night Of
This show is in the process of being vetted for individual producer eligibility

The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (Season 1)
Producers: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, D.V. DeVincentis, Anthony Hemingway, Alexis Martin Woodall, John Travolta, Chip Vucelich

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
This show is in the process of being vetted for individual producer eligibility

Outstanding Sports Program

E:60 (2016)

The Fight Game with Jim Lampley: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali

Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Los Angeles Rams (Season 11)

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (Season 22)

VICE World of Sports (Season 1)

Outstanding Digital Series

30 for 30 Shorts (Season 5)

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Season 7, Season 8)

Epic Rap Battles of History (Season 5)

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: ACADEMY (Season 1)

National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts

Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama

Better Call Saul (Season 2)
Producers: Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Melissa Bernstein, Mark Johnson, Thomas Schnauz, Gennifer Hutchison, Nina Jack, Robin Sweet, Diane Mercer, Bob Odenkirk

Game of Thrones (Season 6)
Producers: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Bernadette Caulfield, Frank Doelger, Carolyn Strauss, Bryan Cogman, Lisa McAtackney, Chris Newman, Greg Spence

House of Cards (Season 4)
Producers: Beau Willimon, Dana Brunetti, Michael Dobbs, Josh Donen, David Fincher, Eric Roth, Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, John Mankiewicz, Robert Zotnowski, Jay Carson, Frank Pugliese, Boris Malden

Stranger Things (Season 1)
Producers: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, Iain Paterson

Westworld (Season 1)
Producers: J.J. Abrams, Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, Bryan Burk, Athena Wickham, Kathy Lingg, Richard J. Lewis, Roberto Patino, Katherine Lingenfelter, Cherylanne Martin

Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy

Atlanta (Season 1)
Producers: Donald Glover, Dianne McGunigle, Paul Simms, Hiro Murai, Alex Orr

Black-ish (Season 2)
Producers: Kenya Barris, Jonathan Groff, Anthony Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, Helen Sugland, E. Brian Dobbins, Vijal Patel, Gail Lerner, Corey Nickerson, Courtney Lilly, Lindsey Shockley, Peter Saji, Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry, Hale Rothstein, Michael Petok, Yvette Lee Bowser

Modern Family (Season 7)
Producers: Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Elaine Ko, Jeff Morton, Jeffrey Richman, Brad Walsh, Danny Zuker, Vali Chandrasekaran, Andy Gordon, Jon Pollack, Chuck Tatham, Chris Smirnoff, Sally Young

Silicon Valley (Season 3)
This show is in the process of being vetted for individual producer eligibility

Veep (Season 5)
Producers: David Mandel, Frank Rich, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lew Morton, Morgan Sackett, Sean Gray, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Jim Margolis, Georgia Pritchett, Will Smith, Chris Addison, Rachel Axler, David Hyman, Erik Kenward, Billy Kimball, Steve Koren

Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television

30 for 30 (Season 7)
Producers: Connor Schell, John Dahl, Libby Geist, Bill Simmons, Erin Leyden, Gentry Kirby, Andrew Billman, Marquis Daisy, Deirdre Fenton

60 Minutes (Season 48, Season 49)
This show is in the process of being vetted for individual producer eligibility

Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown (Season 5-8)
Producers: Anthony Bourdain, Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, Sandra Zweig

Hamilton’s America
This show is in the process of being vetted for individual producer eligibility

Making a Murderer (Season 1)
This show is in the process of being vetted for individual producer eligibility

Outstanding Producer of Competition Television

The Amazing Race (Season 27, Season 28)
Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri, Mark Vertullo

American Ninja Warrior (Season 7, Season 8)
This show is in the process of being vetted for individual producer eligibility

Lip Sync Battle (Season 1, Season 2)
This show is in the process of being vetted for individual producer eligibility

Top Chef (Season 13)
Producers: Daniel Cutforth, Tom Colicchio, Casey Kriley, Padma Lakshmi, Jane Lipsitz, Doneen Arquines, Erica Ross, Patrick Schmedeman, Ellie Carbajal

The Voice (Season 9-11)
Producers: Audrey Morrissey, Jay Bienstock, Mark Burnett, John de Mol, Chad Hines, Lee Metzger, Kyra Thompson, Mike Yurchuk, Amanda Zucker, Carson Daly

Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (Season 1)
This show is in the process of being vetted for individual producer eligibility

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Season 3)
Producers: Tim Carvell, John Oliver, Liz Stanton

The Late Late Show with James Corden (Season 2)
Producers: Ben Winston, Rob Crabbe, Mike Gibbons, Amy Ozols, Sheila Rogers, Michael Kaplan, Jeff Kopp, James Longman, Josie Cliff, James Corden

Real Time with Bill Maher (Season 14)
Producers: Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Marc Gurvitz, Billy Martin, Dean E. Johnsen, Chris Kelly, Matt Wood

Saturday Night Live (Season 42)
Producers: Lorne Michaels, Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward, Lindsay Shookus, Erin Doyle, Ken Aymong

Outstanding Children’s Program

Girl Meets World (Season 2, Season 3)

Octonauts (Season 4)

School of Rock (Season 1)

Sesame Street (Season 46)

SpongeBob SquarePants (Season 9)

All 2017 Producers Guild Award winners will be announced on Saturday, Jan 28, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.