Television Series/Specials Nominees For 2016 Producers Guild Awards
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
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LOS ANGELES (December 8, 2015) – The
Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today its Television Series/Specials
nominees that will advance in the voting process for the 27th Annual
Producers Guild Awards. All other
nominations will be announced on January 5, 2016. All 2016 Producers Guild Award winners will
be presented on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza
in Los Angeles.
The
television nominees are listed below in alphabetical order:
The
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama:
Ø Better Call Saul
Producers: Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Melissa Bernstein, Mark
Johnson, Stewart A. Lyons, Thomas Schnauz, Gennifer Hutchison, Nina Jack, Diane
Mercer, Bob Odenkirk
Ø Game of Thrones
Producers: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Bernadette Caulfield, Frank
Doelger, Carolyn Strauss, Bryan Cogman, Lisa McAtackney, Chris Newman, Greg
Spence
Ø Homeland
Producers: Alex Gansa, Alexander Cary, Lesli Linka
Glatter, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Meredith Stiehm, Patrick Harbinson,
Michael Klick, Claire Danes, Lauren White
Ø House of Cards
Producers: Beau Willimon, Dana Brunetti, John David Coles, Josh Donen,
David Fincher, Eric Roth, Kevin Spacey, Robert Zotnowski, Karen Moore
Ø Mad Men
Producers: Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher, Janet Leahy, Semi Chellas,
Erin Levy, Jon Hamm, Blake McCormick, Tom Smuts
The Danny
Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:
Ø Inside Amy Schumer
Producers: This show is in the
process of being vetted for producer eligibility and a full list of nominees
will be included in our next announcement.
Ø Modern Family
Producers: Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Paul Corrigan, Abraham
Higginbotham, Jeff Morton, Jeffrey Richman, Brad Walsh, Danny Zuker, Vali
Chandrasekaran, Megan Ganz, Elaine Ko, Kenny Schwartz, Chuck Tatham, Rick
Wiener, Chris Smirnoff, Sally Young
Ø Silicon Valley
Producers: Mike Judge, Alec Berg, Jim Kleverweis, Clay Tarver, Dan
O’Keefe, Michael Rotenberg, Tom Lassally
Ø Transparent
Producers: Jill Soloway, Andrea Sperling, Victor Hsu, Nisha Ganatra, Rick
Rosenthal, Bridget Bedard
Ø Veep
Producers: Armando Iannucci, Chris Addison, Simon Blackwell, Christopher
Godsick, Stephanie Laing, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Frank Rich, Tony Roche, Kevin
Cecil, Roger Drew, Sean Gray, Ian Martin, Georgia Pritchett, David Quantick, Andy
Riley, Will Smith, Bill Hill
The Award
for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television:
Ø 30 for 30
Producers: Connor Schell, John Dahl, Bill Simmons, Erin Leyden, Andrew
Billman, Marquis Daisy, Libby Geist
Ø Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Producers: Anthony Bourdain, Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, Sandra
Zweig
Ø The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
Producers: Marc Smerling, Andrew Jarecki, Jason Blum
Ø Shark Tank
Producers: Mark Burnett, Clay Newbill, Yun Lingner, Max Swedlow, Jim
Roush, Brandon Wallace, Becky Blitz, Laura Roush, Shaun Polakow, Phil Gurin
Ø Vice
Producers: BJ Levin, Bill Maher, Eddy Moretti, Shane Smith, Jonah
Kaplan, Tim Clancy, Ben Anderson, Shawn Killebrew
The Award
for Outstanding Producer of Competition Television:
Ø The Amazing Race
Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise
Doganieri, Mark Vertullo
Ø Dancing with the Stars
Producers: Rob Wade, Ashley Edens-Shaffer, Joe Sungkur
Ø Project Runway
Producers: Jonathan Murray, Sara Rea, Desiree Gruber, Jane Cha, Heidi
Klum, Tim Gunn, Teri Weideman
Ø Top Chef
Producers: This show is in the
process of being vetted for producer eligibility and a full list of nominees
will be included in our next announcement.
Ø The Voice
Producers: Audrey Morrissey, Mark Burnett, John de Mol, Marc Jansen, Lee
Metzger, Chad Hines, Jim Roush, Kyra Thompson, Mike Yurchuk, Amanda Zucker
The Award
for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television:
Ø The Colbert Report
Producers: Stephen T. Colbert, Tom Purcell, Jon Stewart, Meredith
Bennett, Barry Julien, Emily Lazar, Tanya Michnevich Bracco, Paul Dinello, Matt
Lappin
Ø Key & Peele
Producers: This show is in the
process of being vetted for producer eligibility and a full list of nominees
will be included in our next announcement.
Ø Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Producers: Tim Carvell, John Oliver, Liz Stanton
Ø Real Time with Bill Maher
Producers: Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Marc Gurvitz, Billy
Martin, Dean E. Johnsen, Matt Wood
Ø The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Producers: Lorne Michaels, Jamie Granet Bederman, Katie Hockmeyer, Jim
Juvonen, Brian McDonald, Josh Lieb, Gavin Purcell
The
following programs were not vetted for producer eligibility this year, but
winners of the Award for Outstanding Children’s Program will be announced at
the official ceremony on January 23:
The Award
for Outstanding Children’s Program:
Ø Doc McStuffins
Ø The Fairly OddParents
Ø Octonauts
Ø Sesame Street
Ø Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Ø Toy Story That Time Forgot
During
the awards show, on January 23rd, the Producers Guild will also
present special honors to Jim Gianopulos, David Heyman, Shonda Rhimes and
Industrial Light & Magic, among others. The 2016 Producers Guild Awards
Co-Chairs are Michael De Luca (SOCIAL NETWORK, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS) and Jennifer
Todd (ALICE IN WONDERLAND, CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER). Sponsors to-date of the
event include: Cadillac, the Official Automotive Partner of the PGA; Delta Air
Lines, the 2016 Official Airline Partner of the PGA and sponsor of the 2016 Visionary Vanguard
Award; PRG, Production Resource Group, a PGA annual sponsor; Panasonic, a PGA
annual sponsor; Univision
Communications, sponsor of the Producers Guild Awards cocktail reception.
To cover the 2016
Producers Guild Awards, a completed press credential application MUST be
received no later than Friday, January 8, 2016 for consideration. To request a
Producers Guild Awards credential application, please email Alyssa Chase at alyssa.chase@42West.Net.
All other PGA and Producers Guild Awards media
inquiries should be directed to Annalee Paulo at Annalee.Paulo@42West.Net or Erika Tuzkov at Erika.Tuzkov@42west.net.
About the Producers Guild of America (PGA)
The Producers Guild of America is
the non-profit trade group that represents, protects and promotes the interests
of all members of the producing team in film, television and new media. The
Producers Guild has more than 7,000 members who work together to protect and
improve their careers, the industry and community by providing members with
employment opportunities, seeking to expand health benefits,promoting
fair and impartial standards for the awarding of producing credits, as well as
other education and advocacy efforts such as encouraging sustainable production
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