Producers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Drama explained

Producers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Drama
Awarded For:	Outstanding Production of Episodic Television, Drama
Presenter:	Producers Guild of America
Country:	United States
Year:	2000
Holder:	Succession (2023)

The Producers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Drama, also known as the Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama, is an annual award given by the Producers Guild of America since 2000.

Previous PGA television awards

Prior to 2000, the award for outstanding producer of episodic television was not split into drama and comedy. Out of the eleven honored television programs, seven were episodic dramas:^[1]

1. 1991: Northern Exposure (CBS)
2. 1992: I'll Fly Away (NBC)
3. 1993: NYPD Blue (ABC)
4. 1994: ER (NBC)
5. 1996: Law & Order (NBC)
6. 1998: The Practice (ABC)
7. 1999: The Sopranos (HBO)

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year	Winners and nominees	Network	Season
2000 (12th)	The West Wing	NBC	Seasons 1B and 2A	^[2] ^[3]
	ER	NBC	Seasons 6B and 7A
	Law & Order	NBC	Seasons 10B and 11A
	Oz	HBO	Season 4A
	The Practice	ABC	Seasons 4B and 5A
2001 (13th)	The West Wing	NBC	Seasons 2B and 3A	^[4] ^[5]
		CBS	Seasons 1B and 2A
	Law & Order	NBC	Seasons 11B and 12A
	Six Feet Under	HBO	Season 1
	The Sopranos	HBO	Season 3
2002 (14th)	24	Fox	Seasons 1B and 2A	^[6]
		CBS	Seasons 2B and 3A
	Six Feet Under	HBO	Season 2
	The Sopranos	HBO	Season 4
	The West Wing	NBC	Seasons 3B and 4A
2003 (15th)	Six Feet Under	HBO	Season 3	^[7] ^[8]
	24	Fox	Seasons 2B and 3A
	Alias	ABC	Seasons 2B and 3A
		CBS	Seasons 3B and 4A
	The West Wing	NBC	Seasons 4B and 5A
2004 (16th)	The Sopranos	HBO	Season 5	^[9]
		CBS	Season 4B
	Nip/Tuck	FX	Season 2
	Six Feet Under	HBO	Season 4
	The West Wing	NBC	Season 5B
2005 (17th)	Lost	ABC	Season 1	^[10] <	-- The following specific archived page, even though the original url is not specific to this ceremony, has all the individual nominees for this ceremony. -->^[11]
	24	Fox	Season 4
	Boston Legal	ABC	Season 1
	Grey's Anatomy	ABC	Season 1
	Six Feet Under	HBO	Season 5
2006 (18th)	Grey's Anatomy	ABC	Season 2	^[12]
	24	Fox	Season 5
	House	Fox	Season 2
	Lost	ABC	Season 2
	The Sopranos	HBO	Season 6A
2007 (19th)	The Sopranos	HBO	Season 6B	^[13]
	Dexter	Showtime	Season 1
	Grey's Anatomy	ABC	Season 3
	Heroes	NBC	Season 1
	House	Fox	Season 3
	Lost	ABC	Season 3
2008 (20th)	Mad Men	AMC	Season 1	^[14]
	Boston Legal	ABC	Season 4
	Damages	FX	Season 1
	Dexter	Showtime	Season 2
	Lost	ABC	Season 4
2009 (21st)	Mad Men	AMC	Season 2	^[15]
	Breaking Bad	AMC	Season 2
	Dexter	Showtime	Season 3
	Lost	ABC
	True Blood	HBO	Season 1

2010s

Year	Winners and nominees	Network	Season
2010 (22nd)	Mad Men	AMC	Season 3	^[16]
	Breaking Bad	AMC	Season 3
	Dexter	Showtime	Season 4
	Lost	ABC	Season 6
	True Blood	HBO	Season 2
2011 (23rd)	Boardwalk Empire	HBO	Season 1	^[17]
	Dexter	Showtime	Season 5
	Game of Thrones	HBO	Season 1
	The Good Wife	CBS	Season 2
	Mad Men	AMC	Season 4
2012 (24th)	Homeland	Showtime	Season 1	^[18]
	Breaking Bad	AMC	Season 4
	Downton Abbey	PBS	Season 2
	Game of Thrones	HBO	Season 2
	Mad Men	AMC	Season 5
2013 (25th)	Breaking Bad	AMC	Season 5A	^[19]
	Downton Abbey	PBS	Season 3
	Game of Thrones	HBO	Season 3
	Homeland	Showtime	Season 2
	House of Cards	Netflix	Season 1
2014 (26th)	Breaking Bad	AMC	Season 5B	^[20]
	Downton Abbey	PBS	Season 4
	Game of Thrones	HBO	Season 4
	House of Cards	Netflix	Season 2
	True Detective	HBO	Season 1
2015 (27th)	Game of Thrones	HBO	Season 5	^[21]
	Better Call Saul	AMC	Season 1
	Homeland	Showtime	Season 4
	House of Cards	Netflix	Season 3
	Mad Men	AMC	Season 7B
2016 (28th)	Stranger Things	Netflix	Season 1	^[22]
	Better Call Saul	AMC	Season 2
	Game of Thrones	HBO	Season 6
	House of Cards	Netflix	Season 4
	Westworld	HBO	Season 1
2017 (29th)	The Handmaid's Tale	Hulu	Season 1	^[23]
	Big Little Lies	HBO	Season 1
	The Crown	Netflix	Season 2
	Game of Thrones	HBO	Season 7
	Stranger Things	Netflix	Season 2
2018 (30th)	The Americans	FX	Season 6	^[24]
	Better Call Saul	AMC	Season 4
	The Handmaid's Tale	Hulu	Season 2
	Ozark	Netflix	Season 2
	This Is Us	NBC	Seasons 2B and 3A
2019 (31st)	Succession	HBO	Season 2	^[25]
	Big Little Lies	HBO	Season 2
	The Crown	Netflix	Season 3
	Game of Thrones	HBO	Season 8
	Watchmen		Season 1

2020s

Year	Winners and nominees	Network	Season
2020 (32nd)	The Crown	Netflix	Season 4	^[26]
	Better Call Saul	AMC	Season 5
	Bridgerton	Netflix	Season 1
	The Mandalorian	Disney+	Season 2
	Ozark	Netflix	Season 3
2021 (33rd)	Succession	HBO	Season 3	^[27] ^[28]
	The Handmaid's Tale	Hulu	Season 4
	The Morning Show	Apple TV+	Season 2
	Squid Game	Netflix	Season 1
	Yellowstone	Paramount Network	Season 4
2022 (34th)	The White Lotus	HBO	Season 2	^[29] ^[30]
	Andor	Disney+	Season 1
	Better Call Saul	AMC	Season 6
	Ozark	Netflix	Season 4
	Severance	Apple TV+	Season 1
2023 (35th)	Succession	HBO	Season 4	^[31] ^[32]
	The Crown	Netflix	Season 6
	The Diplomat		Season 1
	The Last of Us	HBO	Season 1
	The Morning Show	Apple TV+	Season 3

Total awards by network

• HBO – 9
• AMC – 5
• ABC – 2
• NBC – 2
• Netflix – 2
• FOX – 1
• FX – 1
• Hulu – 1
• Showtime – 1

Total nominations by network

• HBO – 32
• AMC – 16
• Netflix – 16
• ABC – 13
• NBC – 10
• Showtime – 8
• FOX – 6
• CBS – 5
• Apple TV+ – 3
• FX – 3
• Hulu – 3
• PBS – 3
• Disney+ – 2
• Paramount Network – 1

Eligibility Calendar Per Year

2nd. January 1990 to December 1990

3rd. January 1991 to December 1991

4th. January 1992 to December 1992

5th. January 1993 to December 1993

6th. January 1994 to December 1994

7th. January 1995 to December 1995

8th. January 1996 to December 1996

9th. January 1997 to December 1997

10th. January 1998 to December 1998

11th. January 1999 to December 1999

12th. January 2000 to December 2000

13th. January 2001 to December 2001

14th. January 2002 to December 2002

15th. January 2003 to December 2003

16th. January 2004 to August 2004

17th. September 2004 to August 2005

18th. September 2005 to May 2006

19th. June 2006 to May 2007

20th. June 2007 to May 2008

21st. June 2008 to May 2009

22nd. June 2009 to May 2010

23rd. June 2010 to May 2011

24th. June 2011 to May 2012

25th. June 2012 to May 2013

26th. June 2013 to May 2014

27th. June 2014 to May 2015

28th. June 2015 to December 2016

29th. January 2017 to December 2017

30th. January 2018 to December 2018

31st. January 2019 to December 2019

32nd. January 2020 to December 2020

33rd. January 2021 to December 2021

34th. January 2022 to December 2022

Programs with multiple awards

3 awards

• Mad Men (consecutive)
• The Sopranos
• Succession

2 awards

• Breaking Bad (consecutive)
• The West Wing (consecutive)

Programs with multiple nominations

8 nominations

• Game of Thrones

6 nominations

• Lost
• Mad Men
• The Sopranos

5 nominations

• Better Call Saul
• Breaking Bad
• Dexter
• Six Feet Under
• The West Wing

4 nominations

• 24
• The Crown
• House of Cards

3 nominations

• Downton Abbey
• Grey's Anatomy
• The Handmaid's Tale
• Homeland
• Ozark
• Succession

2 nominations

• Big Little Lies
• Boston Legal
• House
• Law & Order
• The Morning Show
• Stranger Things
• True Blood

Notes and References

1. Web site: PGA Award Winners 1990–2010. Producers Guild of America. 22 August 2017.
2. Web site: Producers Guild of America Announces Winners of the 2001 Golden Laurel Awards . Producers Guild of America . September 24, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030215170456/http://www.producersguild.org/pg/awards_a/awards2001win.asp . February 15, 2003 . dead .
3. Web site: 12th Annual Golden Laurel Awards are announced . Producers Guild of America . September 24, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20010211184946/http://www.producersguild.com/special_bulletin/goldenlaurel.html . February 11, 2001 . dead .
4. Web site: Producers Guild Awards 2002 . Producers Guild of America . September 24, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071008181101/http://www.producersguild.org/pg/awards_a/awards2002.asp . October 8, 2007 . dead.
5. News: ‘Shrek,’ ‘Harry Potter,’ ‘Lord of the Rings’ among producing guild’s nominees . September 25, 2020 . . January 11, 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20200621200331/http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2002-01-11/article/9485?headline=-Shrek-Harry-Potter-Lord-of-the-Rings-among-producing-guild-s-nominees. June 21, 2020. live.
6. Web site: Producers Guild Awards 2003 . Producers Guild of America . September 24, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041211103659/http://www.producersguild.org/pg/awards_a/awards2003win.asp . December 11, 2004 . dead.
7. Web site: Producers Guild Awards 2004 . Producers Guild of America . September 24, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081215034907/http://www.producersguild.org/pg/awards_a/awards2004.asp . December 15, 2008 . dead.
8. Web site: Return of the King wins Producers, Online kudos. EW.com. September 25, 2020. January 6, 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20170827212325/http://ew.com/article/2004/01/06/return-king-wins-producers-online-kudos/. August 27, 2017. live.
9. Web site: Producers Guild Awards 2005 . Producers Guild of America . September 24, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081215034915/http://www.producersguild.org/pg/awards_a/awards2005.asp . December 15, 2008 . dead.
10. Web site: Producers Guild Awards 2006 . Producers Guild of America . September 24, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081215034920/http://www.producersguild.org/pg/awards_a/awards2006.asp . December 15, 2008 . dead.
11. Web site: Producers Guild Awards 2006 . Producers Guild of America . April 10, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060115042706/http://www.producersguild.org/pg/awards_a/default.asp . January 15, 2006 . dead .
12. Web site: Producers Guild Awards 2007 . Producers Guild of America . September 24, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070228065116/http://www.producersguild.org/pg/awards_a/awards2007.asp . February 28, 2007 . dead.
13. Web site: 2008 PGA Award Winners. Producers Guild of America. February 10, 2018.
14. Web site: 2009 PGA Award Winners. Producers Guild of America. February 10, 2018.
15. Web site: 2010 PGA Award Winners. Producers Guild of America. February 10, 2018.
16. Web site: 2011 PGA Award Winners. Producers Guild of America. February 10, 2018.
17. Web site: 2012 PGA Award Winners. Producers Guild of America. February 10, 2018.
18. Web site: 2013 PGA Award Winners. Producers Guild of America. February 10, 2018.
19. Web site: 2014 PGA Award Winners. Producers Guild of America. February 10, 2018.
20. Web site: 2015 PGA Award Winners. Producers Guild of America. February 10, 2018.
21. Web site: 2016 PGA Award Winners. Producers Guild of America. February 10, 2018.
22. Web site: 2017 PGA Award Winners. Producers Guild of America. February 10, 2018.
23. Web site: 2018 PGA Award Winners. Producers Guild of America. February 10, 2018.
24. Web site: 2019 PGA Awards Winners . Producers Guild of America . February 10, 2019.
25. Web site: 2020 PGA Awards Winners . Producers Guild of America . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200307135545/https://www.producersguild.org/page/2020award_winners . March 7, 2020 . January 18, 2020.
26. News: Davis . Clayton . Shafer . Ellise . 'Nomadland' Wins Top Film Prize at Producers Guild Awards, Likely Locking It Up at the Oscars . March 25, 2021 . Variety . March 24, 2021.
27. News: Donnelly . Matt . 'CODA,' 'Succession' Take Top Prizes at Producers Guild Awards . March 20, 2022 . Variety . March 19, 2022.
28. News: Pedersen . Erik . PGA Awards Nominations: ‘Licorice Pizza’, ‘Don’t Look Up’, ‘Dune’, ‘King Richard’ & ‘CODA’ Among Pics Vying For Marquee Prize . January 27, 2022 . Deadline . January 27, 2022.
29. News: Chuba . Kirsten . Lewis . Hilary . PGA Awards: Everything Everywhere All at Once Wins Top Prize . February 26, 2023 . The Hollywood Reporter . February 25, 2023.
30. News: Davis . Clayton . PGA Awards Nominations: The Whale and Four Blockbuster Sequels Recognized, Films Directed by Women Shut Out . January 12, 2023 . Variety . January 12, 2023.
31. The Producers Guild of America Awards Oppenheimer, Succession, BEEF, The Bear, American Symphony Top Honors at the 35th Annual Producers Guild Awards . Producers Guild of America . February 26, 2024 . Los Angeles, CA . February 25, 2024.
32. News: Verhoeven . Beatrice . January 12, 2024 . Oppenheimer, The Crown Among 2024 Producers Guild Awards Nominees . January 12, 2024 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.