# Producers Guild of America Award for Best Live Entertainment & Talk Television

The Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television is an annual award given by the Producers Guild of America since 2005. The award has gone through several category classifications since its inception. At its start, the award was called the Television Producer of the Year Award in Variety Television, before transitioning to Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television in 2008, until its current title was introduced in 2012.

## Winners and nominations
### 2000s

Outstanding Producer of Variety Television
| Year | Program | Producers | Network |
| 2004 (16th) |
| 2004 (16th) | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Ellen DeGeneres, Mary Connelly, Ed Glavin, Andy Lassner, Karen Kilgariff | Syndication |
| 2004 (16th) | Chappelle's Show | Dave Chappelle, Neal Brennan, Michele Armour | Comedy Central |
| 2004 (16th) | Late Show with David Letterman | Maria Pope, Barbara Gaines, Rob Burnett, Jude Brennan | CBS |
| 2004 (16th) | Saturday Night Live | Lorne Michaels, Steve Higgins, Marci Klein, Michael Shoemaker, Ken Aymong | NBC |
| 2004 (16th) | The 76th Annual Academy Awards | Joe Roth, Michael B. Seligman | ABC |
| 2005 (17th) |
| 2005 (17th) | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Ellen DeGeneres, Mary Connelly, Ed Glavin, Andy Lassner, Karen Kilgariff | Syndication |
| 2005 (17th) | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Lorne Michaels, Jeff Ross, Tracy King, Frank Smiley, Daniel Ferguson | NBC |
| 2005 (17th) | Late Show with David Letterman | Maria Pope, Barbara Gaines, Rob Burnett, Jude Brennan | CBS |
| 2005 (17th) | Real Time with Bill Maher | Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Dean E. Johnsen | HBO |
| 2005 (17th) | The 77th Annual Academy Awards | Gilbert Cates | ABC |
| 2006 (18th) |
| 2006 (18th) | Real Time with Bill Maher | Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Dean E. Johnsen | HBO |
| 2006 (18th) | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Ellen DeGeneres, Mary Connelly, Ed Glavin, Andy Lassner, Karen Kilgariff | Syndication |
| 2006 (18th) | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Lorne Michaels, Jeff Ross, Tracy King, Frank Smiley, Daniel Ferguson | NBC |
| 2006 (18th) | Late Show with David Letterman | Maria Pope, Barbara Gaines, Rob Burnett, Jude Brennan | CBS |
| 2006 (18th) | 2006 Winter Olympics | Dick Ebersol, David Neal, Molly Solomon | NBC |
Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television
| Year | Program | Producers | Network |
| 2007 (19th) |
| 2007 (19th) | The Colbert Report | Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Allison Silverman, Rich Dahm, Meredith Bennett | Comedy Central |
| 2007 (19th) | The Amazing Race | Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Amy Chacon, Hayma Washington, Evan Weinstein, Elise Doganieri, Mark A. Vertullo | CBS |
| 2007 (19th) | American Idol | Nigel Lythgoe, Ken Warwick, Simon Fuller, Charles Boyd, Megan Michaels, Cécile Frot-Coutaz | Fox |
| 2007 (19th) | Project Runway | Jane Cha Cutler, Desiree Gruber, Heidi Klum, Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz | Bravo |
| 2007 (19th) | Real Time with Bill Maher | Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Dean E. Johnsen | HBO |
| 2008 (20th) |
| 2008 (20th) | The Colbert Report | Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Allison Silverman, Rich Dahm, Meredith Bennett, Tom Purcell | Comedy Central |
| 2008 (20th) | The Amazing Race | Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Amy Chacon, Hayma Washington, Elise Doganieri, Mark A. Vertullo | CBS |
| 2008 (20th) | Project Runway | Rich Bye, Rich Buhrman, Jane Cha Cutler, Desiree Gruber, Heidi Klum, Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz | Bravo |
| 2008 (20th) | Real Time with Bill Maher | Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Dean E. Johnsen | HBO |
| 2008 (20th) | Top Chef | Rich Buhrman, Elizabeth Cook, Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Shauna Minoprio, Nan Strait, Andrew Wallace | Bravo |
| 2009 (21st) |
| 2009 (21st) | The Colbert Report | Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Allison Silverman, Rich Dahm, Meredith Bennett, Tom Purcell | Comedy Central |
| 2009 (21st) | The Amazing Race | Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Amy Chacon, Hayma Washington, Elise Doganieri, Mark A. Vertullo | CBS |
| 2009 (21st) | American Idol | Ken Warwick, Cécile Frot-Coutaz, Simon Fuller, Charles Boyd, Megan Michaels, Patrick Lynn | Fox |
| 2009 (21st) | Project Runway | Rich Bye, Rich Buhrman, Jane Cha Cutler, Desiree Gruber, Heidi Klum, Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz | Bravo |
| 2009 (21st) | Top Chef | Rich Buhrman, Elizabeth Cook, Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Shauna Minoprio, Nan Strait, Andrew Wallace | Bravo |