The Producers Guild of America announced the nominations for the 2023 PGA Awards and, as usual, there were surprises that will impact the Best Picture race and an Emmys campaign that will begin sooner than you think. As expected “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Elvis,” “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Everything Everywhere All At Once” made the prestigious Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures honor. The PGA always throws a curveball or two and this year it comes with the inclusion of the polarizing drama “The Whale.”
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The remaining nominees included “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” “The Fablemans,” “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” and “TAR.” Films that didn’t make the PGA cut that were considered in the Best Picture race include “Babylon,” “Women Talking,” “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “The Woman King” and “Living.” Which isn’t that surprising.
The PGA is a major indicator of a film’s chances of landing a Best Picture nomination, except when it isn’t. Let’s look at the past few years shall we? In 2022, “tick, tick…BOOM!” made the PGA cut, but “Nightmare Alley” took its slot when the Oscar nominees were revealed. In 2021, just seven of the eight Oscar nominees lined up (it’s worst showing in some time). In 2020, all nine Oscar nominees were PGA nominees (“Knives Out” was the extra 10th PGA nom). In 2019, all eight Oscar nominees were PGA nominees (“Crazy Rich Asians,” “A Quiet Place” didn’t make the cut). In 2018, seven of the 10 Oscar noms were PGA noms and two other Best Picture nominees (“Darkest Hour,” “Phantom Thread”) didn’t make the PGA cut.
We would suggest not counting on these PGA nods on lining up completely with the films that The Academy nominates. The precedent for 100% accuracy simply isn’t there.
On the television side, notable nominees include “Andor” and “The White Lotus” in the five selection Drama Series category while “House of the Dragon” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” were snubbed. Disney/Hulu landed four of the Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures nominees with “Fire Island,” “Hocus Pocus 2,” “Prey” and, oh my, “Pinocchio” making the cut.
The Comedy Series nominees had few surprises with “Abbott Elementary,” “Barry,” “The Bear,” “Hacks” and “Only Muders in the Building” being honored.
The PGA Awards will be handed out on February 25.
The complete list of PGA Awards nominees are as follows:
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
The Whale
Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
Andor 
Better Call Saul 
Ozark 
Severance 
The White Lotus 
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
Abbott Elementary 
Barry 
The Bear 
Hacks 
Only Murders in the Building 
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
DAHMER – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
The Dropout 
Inventing Anna 
Obi-Wan Kenobi 
Pam & Tommy 
Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
Fire Island
Hocus Pocus 2
Pinocchio
Prey
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
30 for 30
60 Minutes 
George Carlin’s American Dream 
Lucy and Desi
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy 
Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah 
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 
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 
Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls 
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 
Top Chef 
The Voice 
The following nominees were previously announced. 
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Picture
All That Breathes
Descendant
Fire of Love
Navalny
Nothing Compares
Retrograde
The Territory
The Award for Outstanding Sports Program
Formula 1: Drive to Survive 
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Detroit Lions 
Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers 
McEnroe 
Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Come Off
The Award for Outstanding Children’s Program
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock 
Green Eggs and Ham 
Sesame Street 
Snoopy Presents: It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown 
Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant 
The Award for Outstanding Short-Form Program
Better Call Saul: Filmmaker Training 
Love, Death + Robots 
Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question 
Sesame Street’s #ComingTogether Word of the Day Series 
Tales of the Jedi