At this year’s Producers Guild Awards,Ted Lasso,Succession, andMare of Easttownwon the PGA’s biggest television prizes.Ted LassoandMare of Easttown,respectively, swept the Comedy and Limited Series categories at the 2021 Emmys. However,Succession, which lost toThe Crownat the Emmys, prevailed with the latter show not in contention for a PGA. In nonfiction and reality television, Peter Jackson’s monumentalThe Beatles: Get Backwon alongside awards darlingsLast Week TonightandRuPaul’s Drag Race.
Successionwon the Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama, beating outThe Handmaid’s Tale, The Morning Show, Squid Game,andYellowstone.Squid Game’srecent win at the Screen Actors Guild Awardsput them in a good position, but ultimately the Roy family ofSuccessioncame out on top.Successionfeatures the award-winning performances ofBrian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin, andSarah Snookas members of the Roy family, each fighting for control of their global media company Waystar RoyCo.
In comedy,Ted Lassocontinued its award’s domination winning the Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy. StarringJason Sudeikisas the titular character, the show is about an American college football coach who is asked to coach an English soccer team. Sudeikis,Hannah Waddingham, andBrett Goldsteineach won Emmy Awards for their performances in 2021.Ted Lassobeat outCobra Kai, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Hacks,andOnly Murders in the Buildingat this year’s PGAs.
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Mare of Easttownwon the David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television. While it competed against some of the shows it beat at the Emmys, such asWandaVisionandThe Undergroud Railroad, it also bested the well-receivedDopesickandThe White Lotus.Michael Keatonrecently won a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance inDopesick, butMare of Easttownstill prevailed after picking up multiple Emmy Awards in 2021, including acting awards for starsKate WinsletandEvan Peters.
Peter Jackson’s near eight-hour documentaryThe Beatles: Get Backwon the Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television. This sprawling nonfiction series, broken into three episodes, features multiple hours of previously unreleased footage of the Beatles working on their 1970 albumLet it Be.Last Week Tonight with John Oliverwon the Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television, whileRuPaul’s Drag Racewon the Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television.
This year’s Producers Guild Awards reflect the dominance of streaming television and the fall of network television.Ted Lassocomes from Apple TV+, bothSuccessionandMare of Easttowncome from HBO, andThe Beatles: Get Backis on Disney Plus. Of the winners, there was no major network represented. It seems the best of television no longer exists on, well, television, but rather can be streamed at any time on any device. You can check out the Producers Guild Award Television winners below.
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
