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2026 PGA Awards: ‘The Making of Adolescence’ Wins Shortform Prize While ‘Wizard of Oz at Sphere’ Wins Innovation Award
#PGA Awards#Producers Guild of America#Formula 1: Drive to Survive#Sesame Street#The Making of Adolescence#Wizard of Oz at Sphere#Hollywood#Television Programming
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Formula 1: Drive to Survive won best sports program
Sesame Street recognized as best children's program
The Making of Adolescence won shortform program category
The Wizard of Oz at Sphere received PGA Innovation Award
Weather forced consolidation of two planned ceremonies
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The Producers Guild of America announced the first four winners of the 2026 PGA Awards Thursday night at The Aster in Hollywood, recognizing 'Formula 1: Drive to Survive' as best sports program, 'Sesame Street' as best children's program, 'The Making of Adolescence' as best shortform program, and 'The Wizard of Oz at Sphere' as the recipient of the PGA Innovation Award, with inclement weather in New York City forcing the consolidation of two planned ceremonies into one event. The awards ceremony was originally planned as two separate events, with children's and sports categories to be announced on Monday and shortform and innovation categories on Thursday. However, due to adverse weather conditions affecting New York City, all categories were presented together during Thursday's event. Additionally, Lydia Dean Pilcher was honored with the Vance Van Petten Entrepreneurial Spirit Producing Award, and Jessica Li was announced as the recipient of the Debra Hill Fellowship supporting emerging producers. The full slate of 2026 PGA Awards winners will be announced on Saturday at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, with the Darryl F. Zanuck award for outstanding producer of theatrical motion pictures nominees including Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sentimental Value, Sinners, Train Dreams, and Weapons, a category that has historically often corresponded with the Oscars' best picture winner.
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Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) and was created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. It is know...
The Producers Guild of America Awards were originally established in 1990 by the Producers Guild of America (PGA) as the Golden Laurel Awards, created by PGA Treasurer Joel Freeman with the support of Guild President Leonard Stern, in order to honor the visionaries who produce and execute motion pic...
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) is a 501(c)(6) trade association representing the interests of television producers, film producers and emerging media producers in the United States. The PGA's membership includes over 8,400 members of the producing establishment worldwide.
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Formula 1: Drive to Survive , Sesame Street , Adolescence: The Making of Adolescence and The Wizard of Oz at Sphere have won the first four honors of 2026 Producers Guild of America Awards . Formula 1: Drive to Survive was recognized best sports program ; Sesame Street for best children’s program; The Making of Adolescence for best shortform program; and The Wizard of Oz at Sphere (Sphere Entertainment Co.) received the PGA Innovation Award . The awards were handed out Thursday night at The Aster in Hollywood. Due to inclement weather in New York City, the categories were all announced Thursday night instead the two planned separate ceremonies (the first was initially scheduled for Monday, to announce the children’s and sports categories; and Thursday’s event to announce the shortform and PGA Innovation Award). Related Stories Movies Chase Infiniti, Demi Moore, Javier Bardem and Chris Evans Join Oscars Presenters Movies Ethan Hawke's First Acting Award Was a Bong From 'High Times' Magazine. With 'Blue Moon' He's Aiming Even Higher Also on Thursday night, Lydia Dean Pilcher was recognized with the Vance Van Petten Entrepreneurial Spirit Producing Award. Jessica Li was additionally announced as the recipient of the Debra Hill Fellowship supporting emerging producers. The full slate of 2026 PGA Awards winners will be announced on Saturday at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. The nominees for the, Darryl F. Zanuck award for outstanding producer of theatrical motion pictures, which has historically mostly corresponded with the Oscars’ best picture winner, include Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sentimental Value, Sinners, Train Dreams and Weapons . (Last year, Anora won the award before domina...
