PGA Unveils Early Winners: 'Drive to Survive,' 'Sesame Street,' 'Adolescence' and 'Wizard of Oz at Sphere'

Overview

• Formula 1: Drive to Survive won Outstanding Sports Program, Sesame Street took Outstanding Children’s Program, and Adolescence: The Making of Adolescence earned Outstanding Short-Form Program.
• The Wizard of Oz at Sphere received the juried PGA Innovation Award recognizing achievements in VR, AR, experiential and emerging media.
• The awards were presented Thursday night at The Aster in Hollywood after the planned New York event was called off due to severe weather.
• Lydia Dean Pilcher received the Vance Van Petten Entrepreneurial Spirit Producing Award, and Jessica Li was named the Debra Hill Fellowship recipient.
• The full slate of PGA Awards, including career honors for Jason Blum, Amy Pascal and Mara Brock Akil, is scheduled for Saturday at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.