HBO's ‘The White Lotus’ Season 2 bags the Best Drama Series honor at the 2023 PGA Awards

In November 2022, the series was renewed by HBO for a third season after the massive success of Season 2
PUBLISHED FEB 26, 2023
Theo James in a production still of 'White Lotus' Season 2 (IMDb)
Theo James in a production still of 'White Lotus' Season 2 (IMDb)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: This is the award season and all the creators and actors wait with bated breath to be rewarded at this time. However, the black comedy-drama anthology television series created by Mike White for HBO returned with its second season which blew the audience's mind. So, the PGA’s top TV drama award, the Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, went to HBO’s 'The White Lotus,' a nominee last year when it was categorized as an anthology series.

The 34th Producers Guild of America Awards is honoring the best film and television producers of 2022 and was being held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on February 25, 2023. Another HBO show scored when 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' won for the eighth year in a row, this time in the guild’s expanded Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television category.

RELATED ARTICLES

Emmys 2023: ‘The White Lotus’ shifted to BEST DRAMA category over non-eligibility as LIMITED SERIES

'White Lotus' Season 2 finale leads HBO into Nielsen US Streaming Top 10 chart

'White Lotus' Season 2 bags PGA’s top TV drama award

Up until now, the second season of 'White Lotus' won Golden Globe Awards for Best Limited or Anthology Series and Best Supporting Actress for Coolidge and now, they have bagged one more award at the PGA Awards. The PGA’s top TV drama award, the Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, went to HBO’s 'The White Lotus'.

The night’s first award, for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures, has already gone to 'Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio' from Netflix. Last year’s winner in the category, Disney’s 'Encanto,' went on to take the Oscar in the Animated Feature race. Other winners tonight include 'Navalny,' the BAFTA and Cinema Eye winner already this season, bolstering its Oscar bona fides by taking the Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Picture trophy, while Prime Video’s 'Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrls' repeated its Emmy win in guild’s Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television race.

What is next for 'White Lotus'?

Intended as a six-part limited series, 'The White Lotus' premiered first on July 11, 2021, to critical acclaim and high ratings. The show's success led to HBO renewing it as an anthology series and for a second season, which premiered on October 30, 2022. In November 2022, the series was renewed for a third season.

You can watch the first two seasons of 'White Lotus' on Disney+ or HBO Max. 

GET THE BIGGEST ENTERTAINMENT STORIES
STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX.

MORE STORIES

Apple TV also released first-look images as Ted returns to Richmond for his biggest challenge yet
9 hours ago
Marvel is yet to decide on as it gears up for the release of a slew of major blockbusters
11 hours ago
From blink-and-miss-it cameos to comic nods and Hollywood jokes, ‘Wonder Man’ hides more secrets in plain sight than you might expect.
11 hours ago
The latest 'Fallout' episode, titled 'The Handoff', opens with a tense flashback of Steph and her mother being chased through a snow-covered forest
15 hours ago
Tiny dialogue clues and background details quietly reveal Wonder Man's spot on the MCU timeline, and the answer isn’t as obvious as it first seems
16 hours ago
While working on 'Wonder Man', Osorio suffered a fatal accident at Stage 3 of the Radford Studio Center in Studio City
17 hours ago
Ahead of the Season 3 premiere, big moves behind the scenes hint that Shrinking's future on Apple TV+ is far from finished
18 hours ago
Secrets explode as a wedding turns into a public reckoning, exposing hidden pasts, broken trust, and choices that could doom the Vault forever
19 hours ago
As fans eagerly await the return of 'Yellowjackets', here's a closer look at the Season 4 timeline and why Season 5 will not happen
20 hours ago
'Stranger Things' Season 5 came to an end on Netflix on December 31 with 'Rightside Up', but now we've another exciting chapter coming up.
1 day ago