Any time Joss Whedon isn’t getting a prize is time wasted in our humble opinion, so a round of applause to the people at sounds-like-golf-but-isn’t PGA – that’s Producers Guild of America, acronym fanciers - for doing him the honours.
The Dollhouse mastermind is to be honoured with the PGA’s Vanguard Award, an award for “achievements in new media and technology” (which presumably cocks a salute at the excellent Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog, and his comic work on Fray.)
He’s in honourable company: previous awardees include George Lucas, James Cameron, John Lasseter and Tom from MySpace.
David Friendly and Laurence Mark, co-chairs of the PGA Awards said: "Joss Whedon has mastered the art of melding the newest technology with inspired storytelling, truly exemplifying the spirit of the Vanguard Award.”
Not going to argue with that. Hats off to the man, who’ll get to cradle his statuette at a glittering ceremony at the Hollywood Palladium on January 24.