page_title: Chas. Floyd Johnson
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: Chas. Floyd Johnson / Awards
caption_attribution_description: English: The success of the 1st Producers Guild of America's Golden Laurel Awards in 1990 (the Producers Guild of America Awards) inspired an expanded Committee to plan the 2nd Golden Laurel Awards in 1991, again held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. This photo is of the group of PGA Producers who met at the Smoke House in Burbank, across from the Warner Brothers Studios to discuss awards. Terrie Frankel came up with the idea to have the Charles B. FitzSimons Honorary Lifetime Membership Award to be given to a member who gave outstanding contributions to the Guild - with the first recipient being Charles B. FitzSimons, who was surprised at the ceremony with the honor. Charles B. FitzSimons produced the 1st Batman series for television, Love American Style and, as Executive Director of the PGA, gave tirelessly to the Guild. His sister was famed Irish actress, Maureen O'Hara. The Charles B. FitzSimons award has since been presented to dozens of producers, including Kathleen Kennedy, Howard Koch, Debra Hill, Diane Robison, Joel Freeman, Bob Finkel and George Sunga (Three's Company, the Jefferson's, Good Times, Diversity Awards and PGA Awards). Pictured here are members of the Golden Laurel Awards Committee, Left to Right: Rita Dillon, Joel Freeman (producer of Shaft, Camelot, Love at First Bite, Soapdish), Terrie Frankel (producer, co-founder of the Guild's Point Of View Magazine, early Doublemint Twin), Diane Robison (producer, founder and publisher of the Guild's POV Magazine), Bob Finkel (Elvis, The Dinah Shore Show, The People's Choice, The Andy Williams Show) and Charles Floyd Johnson (Magnum P.I., Quantum Leap, JAG, The Rockford Files, NCIS, The Oscar Micheaux Awards and Diversity Awards).
context_page_description: Chas. Floyd Johnson is an African American television producer, actor and activist, known for The Rockford Files, Magnum, P.I., and Red Tails. A three-time Emmy Award winner, Johnson currently serves as Executive Producer of the CBS Television Studios' television series, NCIS, following his tenure as an executive producer of the long-running CBS television series, JAG.
context_section_description: Johnson has received several notable awards.
  Primetime Emmys
  Outstanding Drama Series - Winner - The Rockford Files - 1978
  Outstanding Drama Series - Nominee - The Rockford Files - 1979
  Outstanding Drama Series - Nominee - Magnum, P.I. - 1983
  Outstanding Drama Series - Nominee - Magnum, P.I. - 1984
  Johnson produced and performed in the 1982 KCET Public Television Special, Voices of Our People … in Celebration of Black Poetry, where he received an Emmy Award for “Outstanding Performer in an Entertainment Special” and another Emmy Award for “Outstanding Entertainment Special.”
  Other recent awards include the Producer of the Year for NCIS (CBS), the Chairman's Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors, the Diversity Award from the Producers Guild of America and the Ron Brown Award from Minorities in Broadcasting.
caption: The Charles B. Fitzsimons Honorary Lifetime Membership Award originated in 1991 during the planning of the Guild's 2nd Golden Laurel Awards.  Pictured are members of the Golden Laurel Awards Committee; From left to right: Rita Dillon, Joel Freeman, Terrie Frankel, Diane Robison, Bob Finkel, and Chas. Floyd Johnson.