“Westworld,” “Atlanta,” “Black Mirror” and “Stranger Things” are among the television series nominated by the Producers Guild of America for the 2017 Producers Guild Awards, the PGA announced on Thursday.
In the drama-series category, 2016 nominees “Game of Thrones,” “Better Call Saul” and “House of Cards” were joined by new series “Stranger Things” and “Westworld.”
On the comedy side, returning nominees “Modern Family” “Silicon Valley” and “Veep” will compete against first-time nominees “Atlanta” and “black-ish.”
In the longform category, the nominees were “Black Mirror,” “The Night Manager,” “The Night Of,” “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” and “Sherlock: The Abominable Bride.”
The PGA also announced nominees in television specials, children’s programs, sports programs and digital series categories.
While the different eligibility calendars mean that the Producers Guild television awards are not nearly as reliable an Emmy predictor as its film honors are for the Oscars, the majority of PGA nominees do have success with Emmy voters. Recent series that have won both awards in the same year include “Modern Family,” “Game of Thrones,” “Breaking Bad” and “Homeland.”
The Producers Guild’s theatrical motion picture nominations will be announced next Tuesday, January 10, with the 2017 Producers Guild Awards ceremony taking place on Saturday, January 28. That will make it the first of the four major Hollywood guilds to hand out awards, followed by the Screen Actors Guild on January 29, the Directors Guild on February 4 and the Writers Guild on February 19.
The Producers Guild Award nominees:
The 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
The 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
The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television:
“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
The Award for 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)
The Award for 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”
The Award for 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
The Award for 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
The Award for 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
The Award for 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)