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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

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Silence of the Lambs

      8.6 (1.7M)
      Ted Tally
    • [object Object]

      The Commitments

      7.6 (41K)
      Dick Clement
      Ian La Frenais
      Roddy Doyle
    • [object Object]

      Fried Green Tomatoes

      7.7 (88K)
      Fannie Flagg
      Carol Sobieski
    • [object Object]

      JFK

      8.0 (177K)
      Oliver Stone
      Zachary Sklar
    • [object Object]

      The Prince of Tides

      6.8 (21K)
      Pat Conroy
      Becky Johnston

    Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Thelma & Louise

      7.6 (186K)
      Callie Khouri
    • [object Object]

      Boyz n the Hood

      7.8 (163K)
      John Singleton
    • [object Object]

      Bugsy

      6.8 (32K)
      James Toback
    • [object Object]

      The Fisher King

      7.5 (94K)
      Richard LaGravenese
    • [object Object]

      Grand Canyon

      6.8 (17K)
      Lawrence Kasdan
      Meg Kasdan

    WGA Award (TV)

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    Adapted Long Form

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Long Road Home

      5.9 (228)
      Jane-Howard Hammerstein

    Daytime Serial

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Santa Barbara

      5.7 (3K)
      Bridget Dobson
      Jerome Dobson
      Samuel D. Ratcliffe
      Maralyn Thoma
      Linda Hamner
      Josh Griffith
      Gary Tomlin
      Courtney Simon
      Robert Guza Jr.
      Richard Culliton
      Lynda Myles
      Michele Val Jean
      Bettina F. Bradbury
      Christopher Dunn
      Mary Dobson
      Frank Salisbury
      Patrick Mulcahey
      Meg Bennett
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Guiding Light

      6.6 (2K)
      N. Gail Lawrence
      Nancy Curlee
      Stephen Demorest
      James E. Reilly
      Melissa Salmons
      Bill Elverman
      Nancy Williams Watt
      Michael Conforti
      Pete T. Rich
    • [object Object]

      All My Children

      6.8 (3.5K)
      Agnes Nixon
      Lorraine Broderick
      Wisner Washam
      Megan McTavish
      Hal Corley
      Mary K. Wells
      Susan Kirshenbaum
      Karen Lewis
      Elizabeth Smith
      Kathleen Klein
      Gillian Spencer
      Michelle Patrick
    • [object Object]

      Days of Our Lives

      5.3 (7.9K)
      Anne Schoettle
      Richard J. Allen
      Gene Palumbo
      Leah Laiman
      Dena Higley
      Marcia E. Greenlaw
      Roberto Loiederman
      Beth Milstein
      Sheri Anderson Thomas
      Michelle Poteet Lisanti
      Mike Cohen
      Maura Penders
      Penina Spiegel
      Marlene McPherson
      Dwight D. Smith

    Documentary - Current Events

    • Winner

      Power in the Pacific

      Joseph Angier
      Carl Byker

    Episodic Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cheers

      8.0 (66K)
      Ken Levine
      David Isaacs
      For Rat Girl (1991).
    • [object Object]

      Coach

      7.0 (8.9K)
      John Peaslee
      Judd Pillot
      For Christmas Brains (1990).
    • [object Object]

      The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

      8.1 (610)
      Jay Tarses
      For Here's a Little Touch of Harry in the Night (1991).
    • [object Object]

      Evening Shade

      7.0 (1.7K)
      Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
      For A Day in the Life of Wood Newton (1990).
    • [object Object]

      The Golden Girls

      8.2 (51K)
      Marc Sotkin
      For Ebbtide's Revenge (1990).

    Episodic Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Thirtysomething

      7.5 (3.3K)
      Racelle Rosett Schaefer
      For Photo Opportunity (1990).
    • [object Object]

      China Beach

      8.2 (4K)
      Paris Qualles(teleplay)
      John Sacret Young(story)
      John Wells(story)
      Carol Flint(story)
      Lydia Woodward(story)
      For Escape (1990).
    • [object Object]

      China Beach

      8.2 (4K)
      John Wells(teleplay/story)
      John Sacret Young(story)
      Lydia Woodward(story)
      Carol Flint(story)
      For Hello Goodbye (1991).
    • [object Object]

      Law & Order

      7.8 (49K)
      Dick Wolf
      For Everybody's Favorite Bagman (1990).
    • [object Object]

      Quantum Leap

      8.2 (38K)
      Donald P. Bellisario
      For The Leap Home: Part 1 - November 25, 1969 (1990).
    • [object Object]

      Thirtysomething

      7.5 (3.3K)
      Liberty Godshall
      For Guns and Roses (1990).

    Original Long Form

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Judgment

      6.5 (496)
      Tom Topor

    Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement

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    • Frank Pierson
      Winner
      • Frank Pierson

    Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

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    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh-Davis, writers of "I Love Lucy"
      Winner
      • Madelyn Davis
    • Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis
      Winner
      • Bob Carroll Jr.
    • Winner
      • Jess Oppenheimer

    Valentine Davies Award

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    • Winner
      • Allan Burns

    Morgan Cox Award

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    • John Gay
      Winner
      • John Gay

    Paul Selvin Honorary Award

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    • George Stevens with son George Stevens Jr. at Lakeside Golf Course in Burbank, California
      Winner
      • George Stevens Jr.

    Edmund H. North Award

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    • Winner
      • William Ludwig

    WGA Award

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    Outstanding Radio Comedy

    • Winners
      • Sarit Catz(executive producer)
      • Gloria Ketterer(executive producer)
      American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
      For "Morning Show Prep"

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    Event date

    March 22, 1992

    Event location

    USA

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