PGA unwraps film, TV noms

'The Artist''Hugo''The Girl using the Dragon Tattoo''The Help'Opting mostly for mainstream studio game titles, the Producers Guild of America has drawn on 10 nominees because of its top feature award -- "The Artist," "Bridesmaids," "The Descendants," "The Lady using the Dragon Tattoo," "The Assistance,Inch "Hugo," "The Ides of March," "Night time in Paris," "Moneyball," and "War Equine." The PGA, which introduced the noms because of its Daryl F. Zanuck award Tuesday morning, will disclose the champion Jan. 21 at its honours gala in the Beverly Hilton. The PGA list comprised largely of honours season management and contained merely a couple of mild surprises in "Bridesmaids" "The Lady using the Dragon Tattoo" and "Ides of March." From the PGA nominees, only "The Lady with Dragon Tattoo" wasn't named recently like a Golden Globes feature nominee. Notable PGA exclusions incorporated "50/50," "Drive," "Very Noisy & Incredibly Close," "J. Edgar," "Harry Potter and also the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," "My Week with Marilyn," "Super 8," "Mess, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" and "The Tree of Existence." "50/50" and "My Week with Marilyn receieved Golden Globe" nods. Casts of "The Artist," "Bridesmaids," "The Descendants," "The AssistanceInch and "Night time in Paris" received SAG ensemble nominations recently. Uni's "Bridesmaids" and Disney/DreamWorks' "The AssistanceInch would be the greatest box office achievements from the 10 PGA nominees with $169 million each in domestic grosses then Sony's "Moneyball" at $74 million. The Weinstein Co.'s "The Artist" is undoubtedly the littlest domestic grosser at $5 million as the next littlest are Fox Searchlight's "The Descendants" and Sony's "Ides of March" at $40 million each. The PGA made the decision in This summer to stay with 10 nominees because of its top feature award instead of following a modified voting methods from the Academy of movement Picture Arts & Sciences, which modified its voting in June to some system that will lead to between five and ten best picture nominees every year. Oscar noms is going to be introduced Jan. 24. The producers branch of AMPAS has 8Percent from the voting membership with 450 people from 5,783. Producer Letty Aronson, nominated for Woodsy Allen's "Night time in Paris," told Variety the pic most likely resonated with PGA voters because of the universality of their theme and it is $18 million budget. "I believe the PGA voters were impressed using the whole concept of getting a better some time and place, the industry fantasy that everybody has," added Aronson, who's Allen sister and longtime producer. "And that we succeeded on the minor budget." A maximum of 24 producers were drawn on as PGA nominees: Thomas Langmann for "The Artist" Judd Apatow, Craig Mendel and Clayton Townsend for "Bridesmaids" Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor for "The Descendants" Cean Chaffin, Scott Rudin for "The Lady using the Dragon Tattoo" Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus and Brunson Eco-friendly for "The AssistanceInch Graham King and Martin Scorsese for "Hugo" George Clooney, Grant Heslov and John Oliver for "Ides" Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum for "Night time in Paris" Michael P Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Kaira Pitt for "Moneyball" and Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg for "War Equine." "That one means a great deal to us," Heslov stated. "To obtain identified by other producers to have an adult drama having a 12.5 billion dollar budget, which was really only a labor of affection, it is simply terrific."Horovitz, who started focusing on "Moneyball" nine years back, stated, "It is a miracle when something works out in addition to you wished it might.InchIn the past, about 80% of PGA nominations also get an Oscar nom for the best picture. Last year's list matched up on nine from the 10 nods using the PGA using the only divergence around the PGA choosing for "The CityInch while AMPAS opted for "Winter's Bone."15 from the 22 PGA those who win go onto win the Oscar for the best picture and also have matched up during the last 4 years with "The King's Speech," "The Hurt Locker," "Slumdog Uniform" and "No Country for Old Males." Last year's PGA victory by "The King's Speech" symbolized something of the level within the honours season, which in fact had seen "The Social Networking" carry a lot of the momentum at that time. The PGA champion last diverged in the Oscar Best Picture for that 2006 award when "Little Miss Sunshine" won as the AMPAS elected for "The Departed." It is the third year where the PGA, that has over 4,750 people, has selected 10 films as challengers, in following a lead from the Academy to grow the area from five slots. Both orgs make use of a preferential voting system for his or her best picture award. The PGA's choices of accredited producers happen to be utilized by AMPAS within the last 4 years as recommendations in identifying the nominated producers within the Oscar best picture category, however the Academy has enforced a restriction since 1998 of three nominated producers per film -- even though it did exceed that in 2008 when four producers were incorporated for "The Readers" as well as in 2010 for "The Hurt Locker." Spielberg and Kennedy received another PGA jerk on Tuesday within the animated category for "The Adventures of Tintin" together with the producers of "Cars 2," "Kung Fu Panda 2," "Puss in Boots" and "Rango." "Toy Story 3" won the award this past year. The nominees in longform TV incorporated a trio of Cinemax game titles -- "Cinema Verite," "Mildred Pierce" and "Too Large to Fail" -- together with "Downton Abbey" and "The Kennedys." And Also The NOMINEES ARE:Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the season Award in Theatrical Movies:"The Artist" - Producer: Thomas Langmann"Bridesmaids" - Producers: Judd Apatow, Craig Mendel, Clayton Townsend"The Descendants" - Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor"The Lady Using the Dragon Tattoo" - Producers: Cen Chaffin, Scott Rudin"The AssistanceInch - Producers: Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Brunson Eco-friendly"Hugo" - Producers: Graham King, Martin Scorsese"The Ides of March" - Producers: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, John Oliver"Night time in Paris" - Producers: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum"Moneyball" - Producers: Michael P Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Kaira Pitt"War Equine" - Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Steven SpielbergThe Producers Guild of America Producer of the season Award in Animated Theatrical Movies:"The Adventures of Tintin" - Producers: Healing For Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg"Cars 2" - Producer: Denise Ream"Kung Fu Panda 2" - Producer: Melissa Cobb"Puss in Boots" - Producers: Joe M. Aguilar, Latifa Ouaou"Rango" - Producers: John B. Carls, Gore VerbinskiThe David L. Wolper Producer of the season Award in Lengthy-Form Television:"Cinema Verite" (Cinemax) - Producers: Zanne Devine, Karyn McCarthy"Downton Abbey" (Masterpiece) (PBS) - Producers: Julian Fellowes, Nigel Marchant, Gareth Neame"The Kennedys" (ReelzChannel) - Producers: Jon Cassar, Jonathan Koch, Stephen Kronish, Steve Michaels, Michael Prupas, Jamie Paul Rock, Joel Surnow"Mildred Pierce" (Cinemax) - Producers: Todd Haynes, Pamela Koffler, Ilene S. Landress, Christine Vachon"Too Large To Fail" (Cinemax) - Producers: Carol Fenelon, Jeffrey Levine, Paula WeinsteinThe Producers Guild of America Producer of the season Award in Documentary Theatrical Movies:"Beats, Rhymes & Existence: The Travels Of The Tribe Known as Mission" - Producers: Michael Rapaport, Edward Parks (*additional producers qualifications pending arbitration completion)"Bill Cunningham NY" - Producer: Philip Gefter"Project Nim" - Producer: Simon Chinn "Senna" - Producer: James Gay-Rees"The Union" - Producers: Cameron Crowe, Michelle PanekThe 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, Shaun Richmond, John Riggi, Don Scardino"The Large Bang Theory" (CBS) - Producers: Chuck Lorre, Steve Molaro, Faye Oshima, Bill Prady"Glee" (FOX) - Producers: Ian Brennan, Dante Di Loreto, Kaira Falchuk, Ryan Murphy, Kenneth Silverstein"Modern Family" (ABC) - Producers: Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Shaun Morton, Jeffrey Richman, Serta O'Shannon, Kaira Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker"Parks and Entertainment" (NBC) - Producers: Greg Daniels, Serta Goor, Howard Klein, Amy Poehler, Morgan Sackett, Michael SchurThe Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama:"Boardwalk Empire" (Cinemax) - Producers: Eugene Kelly, Howard Korder, Stephen Levinson, Martin Scorsese, Rudd Simmons, Tim Van Patten, Terence Winter"Dexter" (Showtime) - Producers: Sara Colleton, John Goldwyn, Nick Johannessen, Robert Lloyd Lewis"Bet on Thrones" (Cinemax) - Producers: David Benioff, Frank Doelger, Mark Huffam, Carolyn Strauss, D.B. Weiss"The Great Wife" (CBS) - Producers: Brooke Kennedy, Michelle King, Robert King, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, David W. Zucker"Mad Males" (AMC) - Producers: Jonathan Abrahams, Scott Hornbacher, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Blake McCormick, Dwayne Shattuck, Dahvi Waller, Matthew WeinerThe Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television: "The Colbert Report" (Comedy Central) - Producers: Meredith Bennett, Stephen T. Colbert, Richard Dahm, Tanya Michnevich Bracco, Tom Purcell, Jon Stewart (*additional producers qualifications pending arbitration completion)"The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (Syndicated) - Producers: Mary Connelly, Ellen DeGeneres, Melissa Geiger Schrift, Erectile dysfunction Glavin, Andy Lassner, Kevin A. Leman II, Jonathan Norman, Derek Westervelt"Real-time with Bill Maher" (Cinemax) - Producers: Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Marc Gurvitz, Dean Johnsen, Bill Maher, Billy Martin"Saturday Evening Live" (NBC) - Producers: Ken Aymong, Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney"The 64th Annual Tony Honours" (CBS) - Producers: Ough Kirshner, Glenn WeissThe Award for Outstanding Producer of Competition Television:"The Astonishing Race" (CBS) - Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Elise Doganieri, Jonathan Littman, Bertram van Munster, Mark Vertullo"The American Idol ShowInch (FOX) - Producers: Charles Boyd, Cecile Frot-Coutaz, Simon Larger, Patrick Lynn, Nigel Lythgoe, Megan Michaels, Ken Warwick"DwtsInch (ABC) - Producers: Ashley Edens Shaffer, Conrad Eco-friendly, Joe Sungkur, Take advantage of Wade"Project Runway" (Lifetime) - Producers: Jane Cha Cutler, Desiree Gruber, Tim Gunn, Heidi Klum, Jonathan Murray, Sara Rea, Colleen Sands"Top Chef" (Bravo) - Producers: Daniel Cutforth, Casey Kriley, Jane Lipsitz, Serta Murphy, Nan Strait The Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television:"30 for 30" (ESPN) - Producers: John Dahl, Connor Schell, Bill Simmons"American Masters" (PBS) - Producers: Susan Lacy, Julie Sacks"Anthony Bourdain: No Bookings" (Travel Funnel) - Producers: Christopher Collins, Julie Lei, Lydia Tenaglia, Tom Vitale"Most harmful Catch" (Discovery Funnel) - Producers: Thom Ales, Shaun Conroy, John Grey, Sheila McCormack, Ethan Prochnik, Bill Pruitt, Matt Renner"Undercover Boss" (CBS) - Producers: Chris Carlson, Susan Hoenig, Eli Holzman, Sandi Manley, Stephen Lambert, Allison SchermerhornNews Programs:"Physical Violence Worsens 360" (CNN)"BBC World News America" (BBC)"NBC News with John Williams" (NBC)"The Rachel Maddow Show" (MSNBC)"an hourInch (CBS)Sports Programs: (*There is a tie, and that's why you will find six nominees.)"Monday Evening Football" (ESPN)"Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" (Cinemax)"Sports Center" (ESPN)"30 for 30" (ESPN)"2010 FIFA World Cup" (ABC / ESPN / ESPN2)"U.S. Open Tennis Championship" (CBS / ESPN2 / Tennis Funnel)Children's Programs:"Dora the Explorer" (Nickelodeon)"iCarly" (Nickelodeon)"Phineas and Ferb" (Disney Funnel)"Sesame Street" (PBS)"SpongeBob Squarepants" (Nickelodeon)Web Series:"Request a Ninja" (blip.tv)"The Guild" (WatchTheGuild.com)"Parks and Entertainment Presents: 'April & Andy's Road Trip'" (NBC.com)"30 Rock Presents Jack Donaghy, Executive Super hero" (NBC.com)"Web Therapy" (LStudio.com) Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com