Producers Guild of America Award for Best Live Entertainment & Talk Television
The Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television is an annual award given by the Producers Guild of America since 2005. The award has gone through several category classifications since its inception. At its start, the award was called the Television Producer of the Year Award in Variety Television , before transitioning to Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television in 2008, until its current title was introduced in 2012.
Winners and nominations
2000s
Outstanding Producer of Variety Television
Year
Program
Producers
Network
2004 (16th) [ 1]
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Ellen DeGeneres , Mary Connelly, Ed Glavin, Andy Lassner , Karen Kilgariff
Syndication
Chappelle's Show
Dave Chappelle , Neal Brennan , Michele Armour
Comedy Central
Late Show with David Letterman
Maria Pope, Barbara Gaines , Rob Burnett , Jude Brennan
CBS
Saturday Night Live
Lorne Michaels , Steve Higgins , Marci Klein , Michael Shoemaker, Ken Aymong
NBC
The 76th Annual Academy Awards
Joe Roth , Michael B. Seligman
ABC
2005 (17th) [ 2]
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Ellen DeGeneres , Mary Connelly, Ed Glavin, Andy Lassner , Karen Kilgariff
Syndication
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Lorne Michaels , Jeff Ross, Tracy King, Frank Smiley, Daniel Ferguson
NBC
Late Show with David Letterman
Maria Pope, Barbara Gaines , Rob Burnett , Jude Brennan
CBS
Real Time with Bill Maher
Bill Maher , Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Dean E. Johnsen
HBO
The 77th Annual Academy Awards
Gilbert Cates
ABC
2006 (18th)
Real Time with Bill Maher
Bill Maher , Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Dean E. Johnsen
HBO
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Ellen DeGeneres , Mary Connelly, Ed Glavin, Andy Lassner , Karen Kilgariff
Syndication
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Lorne Michaels , Jeff Ross, Tracy King, Frank Smiley, Daniel Ferguson
NBC
Late Show with David Letterman
Maria Pope, Barbara Gaines , Rob Burnett , Jude Brennan
CBS
2006 Winter Olympics
Dick Ebersol , David Neal, Molly Solomon
NBC
Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television
Year
Program
Producers
Network
2007 (19th)
The Colbert Report
Stephen Colbert , Jon Stewart , Allison Silverman , Rich Dahm , Meredith Bennett
Comedy Central
The Amazing Race
Jerry Bruckheimer , Bertram van Munster , Jonathan Littman , Amy Chacon, Hayma Washington, Evan Weinstein, Elise Doganieri , Mark A. Vertullo
CBS
American Idol
Nigel Lythgoe , Ken Warwick , Simon Fuller , Charles Boyd, Megan Michaels, Cécile Frot-Coutaz
Fox
Project Runway
Jane Cha Cutler, Desiree Gruber, Heidi Klum , Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz
Bravo
Real Time with Bill Maher
Bill Maher , Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Dean E. Johnsen
HBO
2008 (20th)
The Colbert Report
Stephen Colbert , Jon Stewart , Allison Silverman , Rich Dahm , Meredith Bennett, Tom Purcell
Comedy Central
The Amazing Race
Jerry Bruckheimer , Bertram van Munster , Jonathan Littman , Amy Chacon, Hayma Washington, Elise Doganieri , Mark A. Vertullo
CBS
Project Runway
Rich Bye, Rich Buhrman, Jane Cha Cutler, Desiree Gruber, Heidi Klum , Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz
Bravo
Real Time with Bill Maher
Bill Maher , Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Dean E. Johnsen
HBO
Top Chef
Rich Buhrman, Elizabeth Cook, Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Shauna Minoprio, Nan Strait, Andrew Wallace
Bravo
2009 (21st)
The Colbert Report
Stephen Colbert , Jon Stewart , Allison Silverman , Rich Dahm , Meredith Bennett, Tom Purcell
Comedy Central
The Amazing Race
Jerry Bruckheimer , Bertram van Munster , Jonathan Littman , Amy Chacon, Hayma Washington, Elise Doganieri , Mark A. Vertullo
CBS
American Idol
Ken Warwick , Cécile Frot-Coutaz, Simon Fuller , Charles Boyd, Megan Michaels, Patrick Lynn
Fox
Project Runway
Rich Bye, Rich Buhrman, Jane Cha Cutler, Desiree Gruber, Heidi Klum , Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz
Bravo
Top Chef
Rich Buhrman, Elizabeth Cook, Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Shauna Minoprio, Nan Strait, Andrew Wallace
References
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(years are of film release; ceremonies are the next year)