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WGA AWARDS

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    WGA Award (Screen)

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    Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

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      Winner

      Driving Miss Daisy

      7.3 (122K)
      Alfred Uhry
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      Born on the Fourth of July

      7.2 (122K)
      Oliver Stone
      Ron Kovic
    • [object Object]

      Field of Dreams

      7.5 (135K)
      Phil Alden Robinson
    • [object Object]

      Glory

      7.8 (150K)
      Kevin Jarre
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      My Left Foot

      7.8 (83K)
      Shane Connaughton
      Jim Sheridan

    Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Crimes and Misdemeanors

      7.8 (62K)
      Woody Allen
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      Dead Poets Society

      8.1 (598K)
      Tom Schulman
    • [object Object]

      The Fabulous Baker Boys

      6.9 (27K)
      Steve Kloves
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      Sex, Lies, and Videotape

      7.2 (63K)
      Steven Soderbergh
    • [object Object]

      When Harry Met Sally...

      7.7 (257K)
      Nora Ephron

    WGA Award (TV)

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    Adapted Long Form

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lonesome Dove

      8.7 (28K)
      William D. Wittliff
      For part I.

    Anthology Episode/Single Program

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Closed Set

      7.2 (15)
      Ellen M. Violett(teleplay)
    • [object Object]

      The Cosby Show

      7.4 (38K)
      John Markus
      Carmen Finestra
      Gary Kott
      For The Birth (1988) & The Birth (1988).
    • [object Object]

      The Twilight Zone

      7.7 (13K)
      Michael Reaves
      For Street of Shadows (1989).
    • [object Object]

      The Twilight Zone

      7.7 (13K)
      Jeremy Bertrand Finch
      Paul Chitlik
      For Father & Son Game (1989).

    Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials

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      Winner

      The Earth Day Special

      5.8 (524)
      Steve Tamerius(writer)

    Daytime Serials

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ryan's Hope

      7.2 (604)
      Claire Labine
      Matt Labine
      Eleanor Mancusi
      William Burritt
      Louise Shaffer
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      As the World Turns

      6.3 (2.4K)
      Douglas Marland
      John Kuntz
      Stephanie Braxton
      Juliet Law Packer
      Meredith Post
      Nancy Ford
      Penelope Koechl
      Richard Backus
      Caroline Franz
      Patti Dizenzo
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      All My Children

      6.8 (3.5K)
      Agnes Nixon
      Margaret DePriest
      Lorraine Broderick
      Victor Miller
      Peggy Sloane
      Megan McTavish
      Gillian Spencer
      Mary K. Wells
      Susan Kirshenbaum
      Elizabeth Page
      Karen Lewis
      Elizabeth Wallace
      Kathleen Klein

    Documentary - Other Than Current Events

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mr. Sears' Catalogue

      7.3 (30)
      Edward Gray(writer)
      Mark Obenhaus(writer)

    Documentary - Other than Current Events

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      Secret Intelligence

      Joseph Angier
      Blaine Baggett

    Episodic Comedy

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      Winner

      The Wonder Years

      8.4 (43K)
      Todd W. Langen
      For Coda (1989).
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      Cheers

      8.0 (66K)
      Ken Levine
      David Isaacs
      For Jumping Jerks (1988).
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      Cheers

      8.0 (66K)
      Brian Pollack
      Mert Rich
      For Please Mr. Postman (1989).
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      The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

      8.1 (610)
      Eric Ellis Overmyer
      For Here's Why You Order from the Spanish Side of the Menu (1989).
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      Murphy Brown

      6.9 (11K)
      Diane English
      For Respect (1988).
    • [object Object]

      The Wonder Years

      8.4 (43K)
      Matthew Carlson
      For Pottery Will Get You Nowhere (1989).

    Episodic Drama

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      Winner

      TV 101

      7.1 (137)
      Karl Schaefer
      For Rolling (1988).
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      China Beach

      8.2 (4K)
      Alan Brennert
      For Where the Boys Are (1989).
    • [object Object]

      China Beach

      8.2 (4K)
      John Wells
      For X-Mas Chn. Bch. VN, '67 (1988).
    • [object Object]

      CBS Summer Playhouse

      6.5 (180)
      Joan Tewkesbury
      For Elysian Fields (1989).
    • [object Object]

      L.A. Law

      7.1 (7K)
      Steven Bochco
      David E. Kelley
      Michele Gallery
      William M. Finkelstein
      For His Suit Is Hirsute (1989).
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      Star Trek: The Next Generation

      8.7 (145K)
      Melinda M. Snodgrass
      For The Measure of a Man (1989).

    Original Long Form

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nightbreaker

      6.3 (522)
      T.S. Cook

    Variety - Musical

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      Winner

      Not Necessarily the News

      7.5 (624)
      Nancy Harris
      Larry Arnstein
      Steve Barker
      Joe Guppy
      Matt Neuman
      Duncan Scott McGibbon
      Jon Ross
      Lane Sarasohn
      Steve Young
      Merrill Markoe
      Tom Kramer
      Peter Ocko

    Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement

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    • Donald Ogden Stewart
      Winner
      • Donald Ogden Stewart

    Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

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    • Winner
      • David Shaw

    Valentine Davies Award

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    • Winner
      • John Furia

    Morgan Cox Award

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    • Winner
      • Oscar Saul

    Paul Selvin Honorary Award

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    • Winner
      • Alison Cross

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    Event date

    March 18, 1990

    Event location

    USA

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