Producers Guild of America Award for Best Non-Fiction Television

The Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television, previously called Outstanding Producer of Reality/Game/Informational Series Television (2002–2003), is an annual award given by the Producers Guild of America since 2002.

Producers Guild of America Award for Best Non-Fiction Television
Awarded forOutstanding Production of Non-Fiction Television
CountryUnited States
Presented byProducers Guild of America
First awarded2002
Currently held byWelcome to Wrexham (2023)

Winners and nominees

2000s

YearWinners and nomineesNetworkRef.
2002
(14th)
BiographyA&E[1]
American IdolFox
FrontlinePBS
The OsbournesMTV
Project GreenlightHBO
2003
(15th)
Queer Eye for the Straight GuyBravo[2][3]
American IdolFox
BiographyA&E
SurvivorCBS
The Amazing RaceCBS
Project GreenlightHBO
2004
(16th)
The Amazing Race (season 5)CBS[4]
Queer Eye for the Straight GuyBravo
Inside the Actors StudioBravo
The ApprenticeNBC
Extreme Makeover: Home EditionABC
2005
(17th)
60 MinutesCBS[5][6]
Extreme Makeover: Home EditionABC
30 DaysFX
The Amazing Race (season 6)CBS
The Amazing Race (season 7)CBS
2006
(18th)
60 MinutesCBS[7]
Dancing with the StarsABC
The Amazing RaceCBS
American IdolFox
Project RunwayBravo
2007
(19th)
Planet EarthBBC One[8]
60 MinutesCBS
Extreme Makeover: Home EditionABC
Deadliest CatchDiscovery Channel
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-ListBravo
2008
(20th)
60 MinutesCBS[9]
Deadliest CatchDiscovery Channel
FrontlinePBS
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-ListBravo
This American LifeShowtime
2009
(21st)
60 MinutesCBS[10]
Deadliest CatchDiscovery Channel
InterventionA&E
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-ListBravo
This American LifeShowtime

2010s

YearWinners and nomineesNetworkRef.
2010
(22nd)
Deadliest CatchDiscovery Channel[11]
Anthony Bourdain: No ReservationsTravel Channel
InterventionA&E
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-ListBravo
Undercover BossCBS
2011
(23rd)
American MastersPBS[12]
30 for 30ESPN
Anthony Bourdain: No ReservationsTravel Channel
Deadliest CatchDiscovery Channel
Undercover BossCBS
2012
(24th)
American MastersPBS[13]
Anthony Bourdain: No ReservationsTravel Channel
Deadliest CatchDiscovery Channel
Inside the Actors StudioBravo
Shark TankABC
2013
(25th)
Anthony Bourdain: Parts UnknownCNN[14]
30 for 30ESPN
Duck DynastyA&E
Inside the Actors StudioBravo
Shark TankABC
2014
(26th)
Cosmos: A Spacetime OdysseyFox/Nat Geo[15]
30 for 30ESPN
American MastersPBS
Anthony Bourdain: Parts UnknownCNN
Shark TankABC
2015
(27th)
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst HBO[16]
30 for 30 (season 6)ESPN
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (season 3)CNN
Shark Tank (season 6)ABC
Vice (season 3)HBO
2016
(28th)
Making a Murderer (season 1)Netflix[17]
30 for 30 (season 7)ESPN
60 Minutes (seasons 48 & 49)CBS
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (seasons 5-8)CNN
Hamilton's AmericaPBS
2017
(29th)
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (seasons 1 & 2)A&E[18]
30 for 30 (season 8)ESPN
60 Minutes (season 50)CBS
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (seasons 9 & 10)CNN
SpielbergHBO
2018
(30th)
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (season 11 & 12)CNN[19]
30 for 30 (season 9)ESPN
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (season 3)A&E
Queer Eye (seasons 1 & 2)Netflix
Wild Wild Country (season 1)Netflix
2019
(31st)
Leaving NeverlandHBO[20]
30 for 30 (season 10)ESPN
60 Minutes (seasons 51 & 52)CBS
Queer Eye (seasons 3 & 4)Netflix
Surviving R. KellyLifetime

2020s

YearWinners and nomineesNetworkRef.
2020
(32nd)
The Last Dance (season 1)ESPN[21]
60 Minutes (season 53)CBS
Laurel CanyonEpix
McMillions (season 1)HBO
Tiger KingNetflix
2021
(33rd)
The Beatles: Get Back (season 1)Disney+[22][23]
60 Minutes (season 54)CBS
Allen v. Farrow (season 1)HBO
Queer Eye (season 6)Netflix
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (season 1)CNN
2022
(34th)
Stanley Tucci: Searching for ItalyCNN[24][25]
30 for 30ESPN
60 MinutesCBS
George Carlin's American DreamHBO
Lucy and DesiAmazon
2023
(35th)
Welcome to WrexhamFX[26][27]
60 MinutesCBS
The 1619 ProjectHulu
Albert Brooks: Defending My LifeHBO
Being Mary Tyler Moore

Total awards by network

  • CBS – 5
  • CNN – 3
  • A&E – 2
  • HBO – 2
  • PBS – 2
  • BBC One – 1
  • Bravo – 1
  • Discovery Channel – 1
  • Disney+ – 1
  • ESPN - 1
  • Fox – 1
  • FX – 1
  • Nat Geo – 1
  • Netflix – 1

Programs with multiple awards

4 awards
  • 60 Minutes (2 consecutive)
2 awards
  • American Masters (consecutive)
  • Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Programs with multiple nominations

References