text: Producers' award to 'King's Speech' makes Oscar race interesting - USATODAY.com
  Producers' award to 'King's Speech' makes Oscar race interesting
  By Kevin Winter, Getty Images for Producers Guild
  The King's Speech producers Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin won the Producers Guild of Amerca's top prize at Saturday's awards ceremony in Beverly Hills.
  LOS ANGELES — The king, it turns out, isn't ready to give up his crown.
  In a surprise win, The King's Speech took the top prize Saturday at the Producers Guild of America Awards, giving The Social Network its first setback of the trophy season and setting up a possible showdown at the Academy Awards.
  The drama about King George VI's struggles with stuttering picked up the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award — the guild's equivalent of best picture — for producers Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin.
  Speech was considered an underdog to Social, a skewering profile of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Social had picked up key pre-Oscar award wins for best picture, including the Golden Globe and the Critics Choice Award.
  Both Speech and Social are expected not only to collect a raft of Oscar nominations Tuesday, but to head the 10-film best picture field when the Academy Awards are handed out Feb. 27.
  Over the past 21 year, the PGA best picture winner has matched the Oscar best picture winner 14 times, including the last three years. Last year, The Hurt Locker claimed the PGA award on its way to the best picture Academy Award.
  The Producers Guild also has been a bellwether for Academy Award nominations.
  Last year, the first that the Oscar went to 10 nominees, the Producers Guild followed suit. This year's PGA nominees —Social, 127 Hours, Black Swan, Inception, The Fighter, The Kids Are All Right, The King's Speech, The Town, Toy Story 3 andTrue Grit— are considered leading contenders for a best picture nomination Tuesday.
  The PGA gave its best animated film award to Toy Story 3 over Despicable Me and How To Train Your Dragon, while Waiting for Superman won the best documentary feature award.
  The guild recognized television as well. Best comedy-series went to Modern Family, while Mad Menclaimed best dramatic series. The Colbert Report picked up the trophy for best live entertainment television and The Deadliest Catch won for non-fiction TV.