The Producer's Guild has announced the nods for television this year, with mostly the usual suspects in play, save for a couple surprising omissions:
Drama
- House of Cards
- Breaking Bad
- Downton Abbey
- Game of Thrones
- Homeland
Comedy
- Arrested Development
- 30 Rock
- The Big Bang Theory
- Modern Family
- Veep
Non-Fiction
- 30 For 30
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
- Duck Dynasty
- Inside the Actor's Studio
- Shark Tank
Competition Television
- The Amazing Race
- Dancing With the Stars
- Project Runway
- Top Chef
- The Voice
Live Entertainment/Talk
- The Colbert Report
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
- Real Time with Bill Maher
- Saturday Night Live
Sports Program
- 24/7 (HBO)
- Hard Knocks (HBO)
- Monday Night Football (ESPN)
- Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
- Sportscenter (ESPN)
Children's Program
- Dora the Explorer
- iCarly
- Phineas and Ferb
- Sesame Street
- SpongeBob Squarepants
What's surprising to me were the snubs of Mad Men and Louie in drama and comedy program. In particular, this marks the first time that Mad Men has been left off the list since it debuted, so I guess its time has truly passed. As for other snubs, I'm personally thrilled to see The Daily Show left out of the talk show nominees, maybe that will serve as a wakeup call for them to step it up a little, and I'm so happy that Arrested Development was finally recognized by a major group! The producers seem to have gone for Netflix as a whole, with House of Cards also nodded here. The PGA's are handed out for film and television on Jan 19th.
