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PGA TV nominations, some thoughts

By April MacIntyre Jan 4, 2011, 16:55 GMT

Also notably absent are the genuinely funny and original HBO series "Bored to Death" and \'Eastbound & Down." So is Starz "Spartacus: Blood and Sand." Please don\'t tell us that the boring "Pillars of the Earth" should be on this list, for shame PGA.

PGA television award nominees have been announced, and if this is any indication on how the rest of award season is going to fly, count us not impressed with the predictable taste of these members.

With the exceptions of AMC's "Breaking Bad," Bourdain's "No Reservations," Maher's "Real Time" and HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "The Pacific," "Temple Grandin" and "You Don't Know Jack," the awards are a rinse and repeat of last year's it seems. 

As much as we absolutely love "Dexter," it couldn't hold a candle this season to BBC America's "Luther" or AMC's "Walking Dead," and once again, the excellent FX series "Sons of Anarchy" is invisible after a season that took a major chance and did it well.  Also notably absent are the genuinely funny and original HBO series "Bored to Death" and 'Eastbound & Down." So is Starz "Spartacus: Blood and Sand."  Please don't tell us that the boring "Pillars of the Earth" should be on this list, for shame PGA.

Let's have a look:

The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:
“30 Rock” (NBC)
Producers: Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Marci Klein, Jerry Kupfer, Lorne Michaels,
David Miner, Jeff Richmond, Don Scardino

“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO)
Producers: Alec Berg, Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Tim Gibbons, David Mandel,
Erin O’Malley, Jeff Schaffer

“Glee” (FOX)
Producers: Ian Brennan, Dante Di Loreto, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy, Kenneth
Silverstein

“Modern Family” (ABC)
Producers: Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Morton, Dan O’Shannon,
Jason Winer, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker

“The Office” (NBC)
Producers: Randy Cordray, Greg Daniels, Howard Klein, Paul Lieberstein

The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama:

“Breaking Bad” (AMC) - Producers: Melissa Bernstein, Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson, Stewart Lyons,
Michelle MacLaren

“Dexter” (Showtime) - Producers: Sara Colleton, John Goldwyn, Robert Lloyd Lewis, Clyde Phillips

“Lost” (ABC) - Producers: Jack Bender, Bryan Burk, Carlton Cuse, Ra’uf Glasgow, Jean Higgins, Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis, Damon Lindelof, Liz Sarnoff, Paul Zbyszewski

“Mad Men” (AMC) - Producers: Lisa Albert, Scott Hornbacher, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria, Jacquemetton, Blake McCormick, Dwayne Shattuck, Matthew Weiner

“True Blood” (HBO) - Producers: Alan Ball, Brian Buckner, Gregg Fienberg, Mark McNair, Nancy Oliver, Raelle Tucker, Alexander Woo

The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television:

“Murder on the Orient Express” (PBS)
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination

“Pillars of the Earth” (Starz)
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination

“Temple Grandin” (HBO)
Producers: Gil Bellows, Scott Ferguson, Emily Gerson Saines, Paul Lister, Alison
Owen

“The Pacific” (HBO)
Producers: Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Eugene Kelly, Todd London,
Cherylanne Martin, Bruce C. McKenna, Steven Shareshian, Steven Spielberg,
Tony To, Tim Van Patten, Graham Yost

“You Don’t Know Jack” (HBO)
Producers: Scott Ferguson, Steve Lee Jones, Barry Levinson, Lydia Dean Pilcher

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television:
“Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations” (Travel Channel)
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination

“Deadliest Catch” (Discovery Channel)
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination

“Intervention” (A&E)
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination

“Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List” (Bravo)
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination

“Undercover Boss” (CBS)
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment and Competition Television:

“The Amazing Race” (CBS)
Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Amy Chacon, Elise Doganieri, Jonathan Littman,
Bertram van Munster, Mark Vertullo

“The Colbert Report” (Comedy Central)
Producers: Meredith Bennett, Stephen T. Colbert, Richard Dahm, Tom Purcell,
Allison Silverman, Jon Stewart

“Project Runway” (Lifetime)
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination

“Real Time with Bill Maher” (HBO)
Producers: Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Dean E. Johnsen, Bill Maher, Billy
Martin

“Top Chef” (Bravo)
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination
*Special note: The Long-Form Television category encompasses both movies of the
week and mini-series.