The 2025 Producers Guild Awards are being presented at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Saturday night.
Kicking off the ceremony, Presidents Stephanie Allain and Donald De Line took the stage for their opening remarks and talked about the recent wildfire tragedy that struck Los Angeles. “Some of our members were profoundly affected, and most of us know someone touched by the disaster,” De Line told the audience.
They revealed that the PGA started a fire fund to benefit those displaced or impacted by the fires, and told the audience that they had raised $450,000 so far, encouraging attendees to keep donating with QR codes at their tables.
Kaley Cuoco presented the first award, the Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television in Comedy, which was awarded to Hacks.
For the guild’s top film prize, the Daryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, the nominees are Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, A Real Pain, September 5, The Substance and Wicked.
No Oscar precursor’s top award is more informative about the best picture Oscar race than the Producers Guild of America’s Zanuck Award.
The PGA is about the same size as the Film Academy — both have about 10,000 members. The PGA and the Academy each nominate 10 films for its top honor. And, like the Academy but almost no other awards group, the PGA uses a weighted preferential ballot to select that category’s winner.
Last year, Oppenheimer won the Zanuck Award ahead of winning the best picture Oscar. Twelve of the past 15 Oscar best picture winners have won the Zanuck award.
On the TV side, the drama series nominees are Bad Sisters, The Diplomat, Fallout, Shogun and Slow Horses. The comedy series nominees are Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Hacks and Only Murders in the Building. And limited or anthology series nominees are Baby Reindeer, Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans, The Penguin, Ripley and True Detective: Night Country.
Winners in the children’s, sports and shortform program categories and the PGA innovation award were announced earlier this week at nominee celebrations in New York and L.A.
In addition to the competitive prizes, Dana Walden, Taika Waititi, Chris Meledandri and the late Lynda Obst and Paula Weinstein are being honored during Saturday night’s ceremony.
In the wake of the devastating wildfires that raged across Los Angeles, the Producers Guild is contributing a portion of net proceeds from this year’s PGA Awards to a fund, established in partnership with the Entertainment Community Fund, to support producers affected by the fires.
Amid the fires, the PGA also extended the voting window for members to vote on this year’s film and TV nominees, with the announcement of those nominations postponed twice before they were announced on Jan. 16.
A complete list of the 2025 PGA Awards nominees follows. Winners will be noted as they’re announced live. Refresh for the latest.
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance
Wicked
Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Flow
Inside Out 2
Moana 2
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
Bad Sisters
The Diplomat
Fallout
Shogun
Slow Horses
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Hacks (WINNER)
Only Murders in the Building
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
Baby Reindeer
Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans
The Penguin
Ripley
True Detective: Night Country
Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
Carry On
The Greatest Night in Pop
The Killer
Rebel Ridge
Unfrosted
Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
30 for 30
Conan O’Brien Must Go
The Jinx – Part Two
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
Welcome to Wrexham
Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
Ali Wong: Single Lady
The Daily Show
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Saturday Night Live
Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
The Amazing Race
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Traitors
The Voice
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Picture
Gaucho Gaucho
Mediha
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
Porcelain War
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
We Will Dance Again
The Award for Outstanding Children’s Program
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Sesame Street (WINNER)
SpongeBob SquarePants
The Award for Outstanding Shortform Program
The Crown, “Farewell To A Royal Epic”
Hacks, “Bit By Bit”
The Penguin, “Inside Gotham”
Real Time with Bill Maher, “Overtime”
Shogun, “The Making of Shogun” (WINNER)
The Award for Outstanding Sports Program
Formula 1: Drive to Survive
Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants
Messi’s World Cup: The Rise of a Legend
Simone Biles Rising (WINNER)
Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics
The PGA Innovation Award
Critterz
Emperor
Impulse: Playing with Reality
Orbital (WINNER)
The Pirate Queen with Lucy Liu
What If…? – An Immersive Story
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