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WGA AWARDS

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    WGA Award (Screen)

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    Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Heaven Can Wait

      6.9 (25K)
      Elaine May
      Warren Beatty
    • [object Object]

      California Suite

      6.2 (8.8K)
      Neil Simon
    • [object Object]

      Same Time, Next Year

      7.2 (7K)
      Bernard Slade
    • [object Object]

      Superman

      7.4 (201K)
      Mario Puzo
      David Newman
      Leslie Newman
      Robert Benton
    • [object Object]

      Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

      6.4 (2.9K)
      Peter Stone

    Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Movie Movie

      6.4 (1.4K)
      Larry Gelbart
      Sheldon Keller
    • [object Object]

      National Lampoon's Animal House

      7.4 (134K)
      Harold Ramis
      Douglas Kenney
      Chris Miller
    • [object Object]

      House Calls

      6.6 (2.1K)
      Max Shulman
      Julius J. Epstein
      Alan Mandel
      Charles Shyer
    • [object Object]

      Once in Paris...

      6.3 (83)
      Frank D. Gilroy
    • [object Object]

      A Wedding

      7.0 (4K)
      John Considine
      Patricia Resnick
      Allan F. Nicholls
      Robert Altman

    Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Midnight Express

      7.5 (92K)
      Oliver Stone
    • [object Object]

      Bloodbrothers

      5.8 (1.1K)
      Walter Newman
    • [object Object]

      Go Tell the Spartans

      6.6 (3.4K)
      Wendell Mayes
    • [object Object]

      Invasion of the Body Snatchers

      7.4 (77K)
      W.D. Richter
    • [object Object]

      Who'll Stop the Rain

      6.6 (3.6K)
      Judith Rascoe
      Robert Stone

    Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Coming Home

      7.3 (16K)
      Waldo Salt
      Robert C. Jones
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      Days of Heaven

      7.7 (67K)
      Terrence Malick
    • [object Object]

      The Deer Hunter

      8.1 (378K)
      Deric Washburn
      Michael Cimino
      Louis Garfinkle
      Quinn K. Redeker
    • [object Object]

      Interiors

      7.3 (22K)
      Woody Allen
    • [object Object]

      An Unmarried Woman

      7.2 (6.5K)
      Paul Mazursky

    WGA Award (TV)

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    Anthology Adaptation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Christmas to Remember

      6.4 (184)
      Stewart Stern
      Tied with Lonne Elder III for A Woman Called Moses (1978). Co-adapter Miles Hood Swarthout had his name removed from the credits, so did not win a Writers Guild Award.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Woman Called Moses

      7.7 (439)
      Lonne Elder III
      Tied with Stewart Stern for A Christmas to Remember (1978).

    Anthology Original

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Scott Joplin

      6.5 (425)
      Christopher Knopf

    Daytime Serials

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      Winner

      Ryan's Hope

      7.2 (604)
      Claire Labine
      Jeffrey Lane
      Paul Avila Mayer
      Mary Munisteri
      Judith Pinsker
    • [object Object]

      Love of Life

      7.4 (128)
      Gabrielle Upton
    • [object Object]

      One Life to Live

      6.9 (2.8K)
      Lanie Bertram
      Margaret DePriest
      Marisa Gioffre
      Sam Hall
      Peggy O'Shea
      Gordon Russell
      Don Wallace

    Episodic Comedy

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      Winner

      M*A*S*H

      8.5 (67K)
      Gary David Goldberg
      For Baby, It's Cold Outside (1978).
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      All in the Family

      8.4 (20K)
      Milt Josefsberg
      Phil Sharp
      Bob Schiller
      Bob Weiskopf
      For California, Here We Are: Part 1 (1978) & California, Here We Are: Part 1 (1978).
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      Barney Miller

      8.3 (8K)
      Reinhold Weege
      For The Ghost (1978).
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      M*A*S*H

      8.5 (67K)
      Ken Levine
      David Isaacs
      For Point of View (1978).
    • [object Object]

      Mork & Mindy

      7.2 (14K)
      Dale McRaven
      For Pilot (1978).
    • [object Object]

      Rhoda

      6.8 (3.1K)
      Bob Ellison
      For Rhoda vs. Ida (1978).
    • [object Object]

      Taxi

      7.7 (17K)
      Michael Leeson
      For Blind Date (1978).
    • [object Object]

      Taxi

      7.7 (17K)
      Barry Kemp
      For Memories of Cab 804: Part 1 (1978) & Memories of Cab 804: Part 2 (1978).

    Episodic Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lou Grant

      7.3 (2.6K)
      Seth Freeman
      For Prisoner (1978).
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      Lou Grant

      7.3 (2.6K)
      Gary David Goldberg
      For Murder (1978).
    • [object Object]

      Columbo

      8.3 (46K)
      Howard Berk
      For The Conspirators (1978).
    • [object Object]

      The Rockford Files

      8.2 (12K)
      Stephen J. Cannell
      For The House on Willis Avenue (1978).
    • [object Object]

      The Waltons

      7.6 (9.8K)
      Ray Cunneff
      For The Captive (1978).
    • [object Object]

      The Waltons

      7.6 (9.8K)
      John McGreevey
      For The Illusion (1978).

    Multi-Part Long Form Series and/or Any Production of More Than Two Parts

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Centennial

      8.3 (4K)
      John Wilder
      For episode "Only The Rocks Live Forever" (Chapter One).

    Variety Script, Musical or Comedy

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      The Carol Burnett Show

      8.7 (7.8K)
      Roger Beatty
      Rick Hawkins
      Liz Sage
      Bob Illes
      James R. Stein
      Franelle Silver
      Larry Siegel
      Tim Conway
      Bill Richmond
      Gene Perret
      Dick Clair
      Jenna McMahon
      Ed Simmons(supervising)
      For episode with Steve Martin and Betty White.

    Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement

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    • Neil Simon at an event for Breaking and Entering (2006)
      Winner
      • Neil Simon

    Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

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    • Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward and James Costigan in front of the marquee for "Baby Want a Kiss"
      Winner
      • James Costigan

    Valentine Davies Award

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    • Winner
      • Melville Shavelson

    Morgan Cox Award

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    • George Seaton
      Winner
      • George Seaton

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    Event date

    April 5, 1979

    Event location

    USA

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