Awards watchers turned their attention with bated breath to the Producers Guild of America Awards, one of the strongest indicators of where the race for Best Picture at the Academy Awards stands, and if One Battle After Another hadn't already proven its status as a frontrunner, it left little doubt after tonight.
While the PGA Awards honored the achievements of producers across media, it's the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures that inevitably draws the most eyeballs. The award, chosen from a field of 10 films through a preferential ballot, is an honor that replicates the Best Picture vote most closely in format and has predicted the previous five winners of the Oscars' top prize.
With the win, Paul Thomas Anderson's latest is now an even firmer favorite at the Academy Awards on March 15. The same is true for tonight's winner of Best Animated Feature, KPop Demon Hunters, which continued its streak of prizes in the category. Both lead their respective races at the Oscars, per Gold Derby prediction data.
One disconnect between the PGA Awards and Oscars will be in the Best Documentary race. The guild went with My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay, which wasn't even nominated at the Academy Awards.
On the TV side, the producers largely rubber-stamped recent winners from the Emmys and Golden Globes — honoring The Studio in Best Comedy Series, Adolescence in Best Limited/Anthology Series, and The Pitt in Best Drama Series.
You can find the full list of winners from tonight's Producers Guild of America Awards below.
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another [winner]
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Weapons
Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
The Bad Guys 2
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters [winner]
Zootopia 2
Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures
The Alabama Solution
Cover-Up
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay [winner]
Ocean With David Attenborough
The Perfect Neighbor
The Tale of Silyan
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television — Drama
Andor
The Diplomat
The Pitt [winner]
Pluribus
Severance
The White Lotus
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television — Comedy
The Bear
Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
South Park
The Studio [winner]
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
Adolescence [winner]
The Beast in Me
Black Mirror
Black Rabbit
Dying for Sex
Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
The Gorge
John Candy: I Like Me [winner]
Mountainhead
Nonnas
Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
aka Charlie Sheen
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
Mr. Scorsese
Pee-wee as Himself [winner]
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
The Daily Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert [winner]
SNL50: The Anniversary Special
Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
The Amazing Race
Jeopardy!
RuPaul's Drag Race
Top Chef
The Traitors [winners]
Outstanding Sports Program
100 Foot Wave
Big Dreams: The Little League World Series 2024
Formula 1: Drive to Survive [winner]
Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the Buffalo Bills
Surf Girls: International
Outstanding Children's Program
Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past
Phineas and Ferb
Sesame Street [winner]
Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical
SpongeBob SquarePants
Outstanding Short-Form Program
"Adolescence: The Making of Adolescence" [winner]
"The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains"
"Hacks: Bit by Bit"
"Overtime With Bill Maher"
"The White Lotus: Unpacking the Episode"
The PGA Innovation Award
ASTEROID
Big Wave: No Room for Error
D-Day: The Camera Soldier
Territory
The Wizard of Oz at Sphere [winner]
David O. Selznick Achievement Award
Amy Pascal
Milestone Award
Jason Blum
