The Screen Actors Guild Awards has tapped Silent House Productions — coming off their Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ratings smash — to return as producers of the show’s upcoming 31st annual edition. SAG Awards‘ Jon Brockett returns as executive producer, along with Silent House Productions’ Baz Halpin, Mark Bracco and Linda Gierahn. The 31st SAG Awards will stream live on Netflix Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT from the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall.
This reps Brockett’s fourth consecutive year overseeing the annual acting celebration, having worked on the show for more than two decades. In his position overseeing the annual SAG Awards telecast and all related operations for the org, which includes SAG-AFTRA’s special projects department, he also serves as SAG Awards’ liaison to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
This also reps the second consecutive SAG Awards production for Silent House Productions, which earlier this year won a Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding variety special (pre-recorded) for “Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love.”
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The film, streaming, television and digital media production arm of Silent House Group, the team’s credits this year also includes “Noche UFC” at Sphere Las Vegas, the 98th “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” in addition to the SAG Awards.
On NBC, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day reached a record 31.3 million viewers this year, making the parade the most-watched entertainment special on linear TV in several years.
As for the SAG Awards, on board as director of the event is Sandra Restrepo, who also directed the 29th SAG Awards; her credits include “NYE Live Nashville’s Big Bash” and the Soul Train Awards. Back as production designer is Derek McLane, whose credits include the Academy Awards and “Hairspray Live.”
SAG Awards Committee members JoBeth Williams, Daryl Anderson, Jason George, Woody Schultz, and Elizabeth McLaughlin are also back as producers for SAG-AFTRA, while Jeneine Doucette-White returns as co-executive producer. Benn Fleishman is producer, Jen Coyne-Hoerle returns as supervising producer and Gloria Fujita O’Brien is back as consulting producer. Maggie Barrett Caulfield returns as a co-producer overseeing talent booking, along with talent producers Sarah Cowperthwaite and Joe Petrovich.
Bracco has been president of Silent House Prods. since 2021; he previously was executive vice president of programming & development at Dick Clark Productions. Gierahn is the chief content officer & head of production for Silent House Productions. Halpin is CEO and founder of Silent House Group. Doucette-White spent 23 years at “Access Hollywood,” where she was supervising producer.