Producers Guild of America Award for Best Non-Fiction Television

Producers Guild of America Award for Best Non-Fiction Television
Producers Guild of America Award for Best Non-Fiction Television
Awarded for	Outstanding Production of Non-Fiction Television
Country	United States
Presented by	Producers Guild of America
First award	2002
Currently held by	Steve! (Martin) a documentary in 2 pieces (2024)

Awarded forOutstanding Production of Non-Fiction Television

CountryUnited States

Presented byProducers Guild of America

First award2002

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.

Year	Winners and nominees	Network	Ref.
2002 (14th)	Biography	A&E	^[1]
	American Idol	Fox
	Frontline	PBS
	The Osbournes	MTV
	Project Greenlight	HBO
2003 (15th)	Queer Eye for the Straight Guy	Bravo	^[2]^[3]
	American Idol	Fox
	Biography	A&E
	Survivor	CBS
	The Amazing Race	CBS
	Project Greenlight	HBO
2004 (16th)	The Amazing Race (season 5)	CBS	^[4]
	Queer Eye for the Straight Guy	Bravo
	Inside the Actors Studio	Bravo
	The Apprentice	NBC
	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition	ABC
2005 (17th)	60 Minutes	CBS	^[5]^[6]
	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition	ABC
	30 Days	FX
	The Amazing Race (season 6)	CBS
	The Amazing Race (season 7)	CBS
2006 (18th)	60 Minutes	CBS	^[7]
	Dancing with the Stars	ABC
	The Amazing Race	CBS
	American Idol	Fox
	Project Runway	Bravo
2007 (19th)	Planet Earth	BBC One	^[8]
	60 Minutes	CBS
	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition	ABC
	Deadliest Catch	Discovery Channel
	Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List	Bravo
2008 (20th)	60 Minutes	CBS	^[9]
	Deadliest Catch	Discovery Channel
	Frontline	PBS
	Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List	Bravo
	This American Life	Showtime
2009 (21st)	60 Minutes	CBS	^[10]
	Deadliest Catch	Discovery Channel
	Intervention	A&E
	Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List	Bravo
	This American Life	Showtime

Year	Winners and nominees	Network	Ref.
2010 (22nd)	Deadliest Catch	Discovery Channel	^[11]
	Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations	Travel Channel
	Intervention	A&E
	Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List	Bravo
	Undercover Boss	CBS
2011 (23rd)	American Masters	PBS	^[12]
	30 for 30	ESPN
	Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations	Travel Channel
	Deadliest Catch	Discovery Channel
	Undercover Boss	CBS
2012 (24th)	American Masters	PBS	^[13]
	Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations	Travel Channel
	Deadliest Catch	Discovery Channel
	Inside the Actors Studio	Bravo
	Shark Tank	ABC
2013 (25th)	Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown	CNN	^[14]
	30 for 30	ESPN
	Duck Dynasty	A&E
	Inside the Actors Studio	Bravo
	Shark Tank	ABC
2014 (26th)	Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey	Fox/Nat Geo	^[15]
	30 for 30	ESPN
	American Masters	PBS
	Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown	CNN
	Shark Tank	ABC
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 America	PBS
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
	Spielberg	HBO
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 Neverland	HBO	^[20]
	30 for 30 (season 10)	ESPN
	60 Minutes (seasons 51 & 52)	CBS
	Queer Eye (seasons 3 & 4)	Netflix
	Surviving R. Kelly	Lifetime

Year	Winners and nominees	Network	Ref.
2020 (32nd)	The Last Dance (season 1)	ESPN	^[21]
	60 Minutes (season 53)	CBS
	Laurel Canyon	Epix
	McMillions (season 1)	HBO
	Tiger King	Netflix
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 Italy	CNN	^[24]^[25]
	30 for 30	ESPN
	60 Minutes	CBS
	George Carlin's American Dream	HBO
	Lucy and Desi	Amazon
2023 (35th)	Welcome to Wrexham	FX	^[26]^[27]
	60 Minutes	CBS
	The 1619 Project	Hulu
	Albert Brooks: Defending My Life	HBO
	Being Mary Tyler Moore	HBO
2024 (36th)	Steve! (Martin) a documentary in 2 pieces	Apple TV+	^[28]
	30 for 30	ESPN
	Conan O'Brien Must Go	Max
	The Jinx: Part Two	HBO
	Welcome to Wrexham	FX

v t e Producers Guild of America Awards
Film awards	Theatrical Motion Picture Animated Motion Picture Documentary Motion Picture
Television awards	Episodic Comedy Episodic Drama Limited Series Television Streamed or Televised Movie Non-Fiction Television Sports Program Children's Program
Special awards	Milestone Award Visionary Award David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television Stanley Kramer Award
Former awards	Long-Form Television
Ceremonies	1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 (years are of film release; ceremonies are the next year)

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