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2026 PGA Awards: ‘The Making of Adolescence’ Wins Shortform Prize While ‘Wizard of Oz at Sphere’ Wins Innovation Award

'Formula 1: Drive to Survive' was also recognized best sports program, while 'Sesame Street' won the PGA Award for best children’s program.

EntertainmentBy Wire ServicesFebruary 27, 20263 min read

Last updated: April 4, 2026, 6:53 PM

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Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Sesame Street, Adolescence: The Making of Adolescence and The Wizard of Oz at Sphere have won the first four honors of 2026 Producers Guild of America Awards.

Formula 1: Drive to Survive was recognized best sports program; Sesame Street for best children’s program; The Making of Adolescence for best shortform program; and The Wizard of Oz at Sphere (Sphere Entertainment Co.) received the PGA Innovation Award. The awards were handed out Thursday night at The Aster in Hollywood.

Due to inclement weather in New York City, the categories were all announced Thursday night instead the two planned separate ceremonies (the first was initially scheduled for Monday, to announce the childrens and sports categories; and Thursdays event to announce the shortform and PGA Innovation Award). blogherads.adq.push(function () { blogherads .defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-article-mid-article-uid0' ) .setTargeting( 'pos', ["mid-article1","mid-articleX","mid","mid-article"] ) .setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' ) .setSubAdUnitPath("ros\/mid-article") .addSize([[300,250],[2,2],[300,251],[620,350],[2,4],[4,2],[320,480],[620,366]]) .setClsOptimization("minsize") ; }); Related Stories Movies Chase Infiniti, Demi Moore, Javier Bardem and Chris Evans Join Oscars Presenters Movies Ethan Hawke's First Acting Award Was a Bong From 'High Times' Magazine. With 'Blue Moon' He's Aiming Even Higher

Also on Thursday night, Lydia Dean Pilcher was recognized with the Vance Van Petten Entrepreneurial Spirit Producing Award. Jessica Li was additionally announced as the recipient of the Debra Hill Fellowship supporting emerging producers.

The full slate of 2026 PGA Awards winners will be announced on Saturday at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. The nominees for the, Darryl F. Zanuck award for outstanding producer of theatrical motion pictures, which has historically mostly corresponded with the Oscars’ best picture winner, include Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sentimental Value, Sinners, Train Dreams and Weapons. (Last year, Anora won the award before dominating the 2025 Academy Awards.) blogherads.adq.push(function () { blogherads .defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-dsk-tab-mid-article2-uid1' ) .setTargeting( 'pos', ["mid","mid-article2","mid-articleX"] ) .setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' ) .setSubAdUnitPath("ros\/mid-article2") .addSize([[300,250],[300,251],[620,350],[2,4],[4,2],[320,480],[620,366]]) .setClsOptimization("minsize") ; });

See below for the winners in the four PGA Awards categories announced on Thursday night.

The Award for Outstanding Sports Program

100 Foot WaveBig Dreams: The Little League World Series 2024Formula 1: Drive to Survive (WINNER)Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo BillsSurf Girls: International

The Award for Outstanding Children’s Program

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy – Pieces of the PastPhineas and FerbSesame Street (WINNER)Snoopy Presents: A Summer MusicalSpongeBob SquarePants

The Award for Outstanding Shortform Program

Adolescence: The Making of Adolescence (WINNER)The Daily Show: Desi Lydic FoxsplainsHacks: Bit By BitOvertime with Bill MaherThe White Lotus: Unpacking the Episode

The PGA Innovation Award Finalists

ASTEROID (Doug Liman’s 30 Ninjas / Google’s 100 Zeros) Big Wave: No Room for Error (Cosm) D-Day: The Camera Soldier (TARGO / TIME Studios) territory (Double Eye Studios / Kinetic Light) The Wizard of Oz at Sphere (Sphere Entertainment Co.) (WINNER)

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