The Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television is awarded annually by the Producers Guild of America (PGA) at the Producers Guild Awards ceremonies recognizing the individual's outstanding body of work in television. The award category was instituted in 1989 and first awarded at the 1st Producers Guild Awards.
History The award is named after American television producer Norman Lear. As of the 29th Producer Guild Awards, there have been 31 awards presented.
Award winners
1st: David L. Wolper 2nd: Grant Tinker 3rd: Fred de Cordova 4th: Don Hewitt 5th: Roy Huggins 6th: Leonard Goldenson 7th: Ted Turner 8th: Edgar Scherick 9th: Garry Marshall 10th: Ray Stark 11th: Aaron Spelling 12th: David E. Kelley 13th: Tom Werner, Marcy Carsey, and Caryn Mandabach 14th: Bud Yorkin 15th: Lorne Michaels 16th: John Wells 17th: Norman Lear 18th: Jerry Bruckheimer 19th: Dick Wolf 20th: David Chase 21st: Mark Burnett 22nd: Tom Hanks 23rd: Don Mischer 24th: J. J. Abrams 25th: Chuck Lorre 26th: Mark Gordon 27th: Shonda Rhimes 28th: James L. Brooks 29th: Ryan Murphy 30th: Amy Sherman-Palladino 31st: Marta Kauffman 32nd: not awarded 33rd: Greg Berlanti 34th: Mindy Kaling 35th: Gail Berman 36th: Taika Waititi 37th: Mara Brock Akil
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