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PGA Noms Improve Oscar Chances for Sound of Metal, Judas and the Black Messiah

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Though nothing will top the unbridled joy that was watching Alan Kim cry happy tears during his Critics’ Choice Award win last night, the Producers Guild of America will certainly try. The PGA today announced its nominations for the 32nd Annual Producers Guild Awards, typically a bellwether for the Academy Awards (since its inception, the PGA has predicted 21 of the previous 31 Best Picture winners). The list gives a boost to films like Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Sound of Metal, and Judas and the Black Messiah that may have been teetering on the edge; on the other hand, bubble contenders like Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods and favored News of the World were snubbed, perhaps predicting a fall from awards-show grace. On the television side, I May Destroy You was finally given its well-deserved recognition, and Ted Lasso and his hoodies continued to dominate. The winners will be announced at a virtual show on March 24 at 8 p.m. EST. See the full list of nominees below:

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Judas and the Black Messiah
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
The Croods: A New Age
Onward
Over the Moon
Soul
Wolfwalkers

Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
Better Call Saul (season 5)
Bridgerton (season 1)
The Crown (season 4)
The Mandalorian (season 2)
Ozark (season 3)

Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
Curb Your Enthusiasm (season 10)
The Flight Attendant (season 1)
Schitt’s Creek (season 6)
Ted Lasso (season 1)
What We Do in the Shadows (season 2)

David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television
I May Destroy You
Normal People
The Queen’s Gambit
The Undoing
Unorthodox

Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
Bad Education
Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square
Hamilton
Jane Goodall: The Hope
What the Constitution Means To Me

Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
60 Minutes (season 53)
The Last Dance (season 1)
Laurel Canyon
McMillion$ (season 1)
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness

Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
8:46 - Dave Chappelle (special)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (season 26)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (season 7)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (season 6)
Saturday Night Live (season 46)

Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
The Amazing Race (season 32)
The Masked Singer (season 3, season 4)
Nailed It! (season 4)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (season 12)
The Voice (season 18, season 19)

Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures The PGA previously announced the nominations in this category on February 2,
2021.
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Dick Johnson Is Dead
My Octopus Teacher
Softie
A Thousand Cuts
Time
The Truffle Hunters

PGA Noms Aid Sound of Metal, Judas and the Black Messiah