The Producers Guild of America has revealed the TV category nominees for its 2017 PGA Awards. While there is no dedicated animation award, hit toons Octonauts and SpongeBob SquarePants will be squaring off against live-action series in the Outstanding Children’s Program contest — and there are a few VFX showpieces represented as well.
The PGA Award nominees for documentary were announced in November, and included Keith Maitland’s rotoscope feat Tower and Roger Ross Williams’ touching Life, Animated. Feature film nominees will be announced January 10, and the winners will be revealed Jan. 28 at the 28th Annual PGA Awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
Below is a select rundown of nominees, visit producersguild.org for more information.
2017 PGA Award Television Nominees
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)
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
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
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
