New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Slate PR) The People's Choice Awards, the only major awards show where fans determine the nominees and winners across categories of music, movies and television, will air live from the Nokia Theater L.A. Live on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Award-winning producer Mark Burnett will return as Executive Producer of the telecast, which will serve as the kick-off to the 2012 awards show season.
"Our categories evolve each year to reflect the constantly changing popular culture"
"I love producing the People's Choice Awards and I am so glad to be back for the 2012 show," said Mark Burnett on returning for his third consecutive year as PCA Executive Producer. "I'm proud of the buzz-worthy moments we created for this year's Emmy Awards and speak on behalf of our entire production team when I say how much we are looking forward to taking on the PCAs once again."
Audrey Morrissey, Jane Mun and Hyunjoo "Kimmie" Kim will join Executive Producer Mark Burnett as the 2012 People's Choice Awards production team.
Morrissey will serve alongside Burnett as an Executive Producer, with Mun as Co-Executive Producer and Kim as Line Producer of the telecast.
In People's Choice tradition, fans will once again have the opportunity to weigh in on new People's Choice Awards categories. Starting today, 15 categories are eligible for voting on www.PeoplesChoice.com/pca/categories and the top vote getters will be added to the pool for the 2012 show. Potential new categories include Favorite Book Adaptation (Movies), Favorite Celebreality Star (TV) and Favorite Concert Tour (Music), among others. Fans also have the opportunity to write in their own submissions.
"Our categories evolve each year to reflect the constantly changing popular culture," said Fred Nelson, President of People's Choice. "In 1977, for example, Carol Burnett triumphed over
Donny & Marie and The
Captain & Tennille for Favorite TV Variety Show. You can't get more '70s than that. While in 2008, the third installment of the
Pirates of the Caribbean franchise beat out The Bourne Ultimatum and Spider-Man 3 for Favorite Movie Threequel, a category we created specifically for that year. We're letting the fans help us choose new categories for 2012; after all, their passion for entertainment is the heart and soul of the People's Choice Awards."
ABOUT PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Now in its 38th year, the People's Choice Awards continues to be the only major awards show voted on entirely by the public for fan favorites in music, movies and television. The People's Choice official website at www.PeoplesChoice.com houses the voting platform where fans determine the categories, nominees and winners for the annual awards show. Every year, potential nominees are determined by national ratings averages, box-office grosses, music sales and PeoplesChoice.com data, then vetted through EPoll Market Research. Fred
Nelson is the President of People's Choice, and the awards show is produced by Procter & Gamble Productions, Inc. (NYSE:PG), which is represented by MediaVest Worldwide, Inc., supervisors of the production.
CATEGORIES UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2012
MOVIES
Favorite BOOK ADAPTATION
Favorite MOVIE ICON
Favorite SCENE STEALER
Favorite SEQUEL
Favorite SUPERHERO
TV
Favorite CABLE TV SHOW
Favorite CANCELED SERIES
Favorite CELEBREALITY STAR
Favorite ENSEMBLE CAST
Favorite TALENT JUDGE/MENTOR
MUSIC
Favorite ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Favorite COVER SONG
Favorite DANCE SONG
Favorite CONCERT TOUR
Favorite SOUNDTRACK
