Producers Guild Announces Innovation, Short Form, Sports Nominees

The Producers Guild of America Thursday revealed the nominees for its inaugural Innovation Award, which will honor outstanding entertainment endeavors in virtual reality, augmented reality or other “experiential” media.

The guild also revealed nominees in a trio of programming categories — children’s program, short-form program and sports program.

The PGA previously announced its documentary nominees, and it will reveal the balance of its nominees for films and television on Jan. 7. The Innovation Award and short-form program honor will be presented Jan. 16 at the Hollywood Museum. The children’s program and sports program awards will be presented Jan. 13 in New York.

The 31st annual Producers Guild of America Awards ceremony will be held Jan. 18 at the Hollywood Palladium.

The nominees announced Thursday are:

The Award for Outstanding Short-Form Program

— “Billy on the Street with Billy Eichner”

— “Born This Way” (S5)

— “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” (S11)

— “Creating Saturday Night Live” (S3)

— “Under a Rock with Tig Notaro” (S1)

The Award for Outstanding Sports Program

— “Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Oakland Raiders” (S14)

— “Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season”

— “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” (S25)

— “SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt” (S5)

— “What’s My Name”

— “Muhammad Ali”

The Award for Outstanding Children’s Program

— “Carmen Sandiego” (S1, S2)

— “Green Eggs and Ham” (S1)

— “Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” (S1)

— “A Series of Unfortunate Events” (S3)

— “Sesame Street” (S49)

The PGA Innovation Award

— “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: An Interactive Adventure

— “Artificial

— “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch”

— “Bonfire”

— “Cosmos Within Us”

— “Eleven Eleven”

— “First Man VR”

— “How to Train Your Dragon: Fly with Toothless VR”

— “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Virtual Tour”

— “Interactive Play at Sesame Street Land, SeaWorld, Orlando”

— “Mesmerica”

— “Tree VR”

— “Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series – Episode I”

— “You vs. Wild”

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