Producers Guild Awards were stared in 1990 when President Leonard Stern created the Golden Laurel Awards to honor the visionaries who produce and execute motion picture and television product. Over the next ten years the awards went on to become one of the most prestigious ceremonies in the industry and has being credited with influencing both the Academy and Emmy Awards.

The ceremony is hosted each year by celebrity host/presenters. Previous hosts have included; Ronald Reagan, Ted Turner, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, and  Shirley MacLaine.

Many honors are given during the ceremony, including the Lifetime Achievement Awards, the Producer of the Year Awards, and special awards to the most promising neophyte producers, called the Nova Awards. There are also Vision Awards in collaboration with Eastman Kodak. Each year a number of outstanding motion pictures and television programs are inducted into the PGA Hall of Fame.

In 1998 the PGA, under the Chairmanship of Charles W. Fries, enhanced the Golden Laurel Awards and established the ceremony as a Black-tie dinner and reinstated the famous Milestone Award. The Producers Guild of America Board presents its celebrated Milestone Award to a unique individual who has made an historic contribution to the entertainment industry. The event resulted in establishing a new financial base for the Guild.

 

The 2008 awards wereheld on the Saturday, February 2nd at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.
 
Nominations & Winners Are:

Deadliest Catch: Crab Fishing in Alaska (2005)
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2003)
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2005)
Planet Earth (2006) (WINNER)
60 Minutes (1968)