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Writer’s Guild of America awards: Winners

Breaking Bad, Recount, In Treatment, Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons take glory, along with some regular winners.

bbadRegular winners Mad Men, 30 Rock and John Adams have nabbed prizes in the Writer’s Guild of America’s annual awards.

They are joined by Recount, In Treatment, Breaking Bad, Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons.

Dramatic series
“Mad Men,” written by Lisa Albert, Jane Anderson, Rick Cleveland, Kater Gordon, David Isaacs, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Marti Noxon, Robin Veith, Matthew Weiner; AMC

Comedy series
“30 Rock,” written by Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Donald Glover, Andrew Guest, Matt Hubbard, Jon Pollack, John Riggi, Tami Sagher, Ron Weiner; NBC

New series
“In Treatment,” written by Rodrigo Garcia, Bryan Goluboff, Davey Holmes, William Merritt Johnson, Amy Lippman, Sarah Treem; HBO

Episodic drama (any length — one airing time)
“Pilot” (“Breaking Bad”), written by Vince Gilligan; AMC

Episodic comedy (any length — one airing time)
“Succession” (“30 Rock”), written by Andrew Guest & John Riggi; NBC

Longform — original (over one hour — one or two parts, one or two airing times
“Recount,” written by Danny Strong; HBO

Longform — adaptation (over one hour — one or two parts, one or two airing times)
“John Adams,” “Episode 1, Join or Die,” teleplay by Kirk Ellis, based on the book by David McCullough; “Episode 2, Independence,” Teleplay by Kirk Ellis, based on the book by David McCullough; HBO

Animation (any length — one airing time)
“Apocalypse Cow” (“The Simpsons”), written by Jeff Westbrook; Fox

Comedy/variety (including talk) series
“Saturday Night Live,” head writers Seth Meyers, Andrew Steele, Paula Pell, Writers Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Charlie Grandy, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, John Lutz, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Paula Pell, Simon Rich, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, Robert Smigel, John Solomon, Emily Spivey, Andrew Steele, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker, Additional Sketches by Robert Carlock; NBC

Comedy/variety (music, awards, tributes) specials
“2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards,” written by Billy Kimball, Aaron Lee, Jennifer Celotta, Rainn Wilson; IFC/AMC

Daytime serials
“As the World Turns,” written by Jean Passanante, Leah Laiman, Courtney Simon, Lisa Connor, David A. Levinson, Peter Brash, Richard Culliton, Susan Dansby, Cheryl Davis, Leslie Nipkow; CBS

Children’s episodic & specials
“Elmo’s Christmas Countdown” (Sesame Workshop), written by Joey Mazzarino; ABC

Children’s script — longform of special
“Polar Bears” (“The Naked Brothers Band”), written by Polly Draper; Nickelodeon

Documentary — current events
“Bush’s War: Part One” (Frontline), written by Michael Kirk; PBS

Documentary — other than current events
“Secrets of the Parthenon” (“Nova”), written by Gary Glassman; PBS

News — regularly scheduled, bulletin or breaking report
ABC Weekend News, written by Joel Siegel, Karen Mooney, David Muir; ABC

News — analysis, feature or commentary
“Yankee Stadium and the New Gilded Age” (Bill Moyers Journal), Writers Bill Moyers & Michael Winship; PBS

Source: Hollywood Reporter

4 Responses

  1. Breaking Bad was an interesting concept, well acted, but the characters were so unsympathetic, that the show really suffers from not caring what happens.

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