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WGA AWARDS

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    WGA Award (Screen)

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    Best Original Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Milk

      7.5 (183K)
      Dustin Lance Black
    • [object Object]

      Burn After Reading

      7.0 (367K)
      Joel Coen
      Ethan Coen
    • [object Object]

      Vicky Cristina Barcelona

      7.1 (276K)
      Woody Allen
    • [object Object]

      The Visitor

      7.6 (46K)
      Tom McCarthy
    • [object Object]

      The Wrestler

      7.9 (327K)
      Robert Siegel

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Slumdog Millionaire

      8.0 (898K)
      Simon Beaufoy
    • [object Object]

      The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

      7.8 (726K)
      Eric Roth(screenplay/screen story)
      Robin Swicord(screen story)
    • [object Object]

      The Dark Knight

      9.1 (3M)
      Jonathan Nolan(screenplay)
      Christopher Nolan(screenplay/story)
      David S. Goyer(story)
    • [object Object]

      Doubt

      7.5 (143K)
      John Patrick Shanley
    • [object Object]

      Frost/Nixon

      7.6 (115K)
      Peter Morgan

    Best Documentary Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Waltz with Bashir

      8.0 (62K)
      Ari Folman
    • [object Object]

      Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

      7.6 (853)
      Stefan Forbes
      Noland Walker
    • [object Object]

      Chicago 10

      7.3 (1.5K)
      Brett Morgen
    • [object Object]

      Fuel

      7.4 (794)
      Johnny O'Hara
    • [object Object]

      Gonzo

      7.6 (8.7K)
      Alex Gibney
      Hunter S. Thompson(words)
      Nomination for Hunter S. Thompson was posthumous.

    WGA Award (TV)

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    Dramatic Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mad Men

      8.7 (278K)
      Lisa Albert
      Jane Anderson
      Rick Cleveland
      Kater Gordon
      David Isaacs
      André Jacquemetton
      Maria Jacquemetton
      Marti Noxon
      Robin Veith
      Matthew Weiner
    • [object Object]

      Dexter

      8.6 (858K)
      Scott Buck
      Daniel Cerone
      Charles H. Eglee
      Adam Fierro
      Lauren Gussis
      Clyde Phillips
      Scott Reynolds
      Melissa Rosenberg
      Tim Schlattmann
    • [object Object]

      Friday Night Lights

      8.7 (77K)
      Bridget Carpenter
      Kerry Ehrin
      Brent Fletcher
      Jason Gavin
      Carter Harris
      Liz Heldens
      David Hudgins
      Jason Katims
      Patrick Massett
      Aaron Rahsaan Thomas
      John Zinman
    • [object Object]

      Lost

      8.3 (649K)
      Carlton Cuse
      Drew Goddard
      Adam Horowitz
      Christina M. Kim
      Edward Kitsis
      Damon Lindelof
      Greggory Nations
      Kyle Pennington
      Elizabeth Sarnoff
      Brian K. Vaughan
    • [object Object]

      The Wire

      9.3 (408K)
      Ed Burns
      Chris Collins
      David Mills
      David Simon
      William F. Zorzi
      Richard Price
      Dennis Lehane
      George Pelecanos

    Comedy Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      30 Rock

      8.3 (136K)
      Jack Burditt
      Kay Cannon
      Robert Carlock
      Tina Fey
      Donald Glover
      Andrew Guest
      Matt Hubbard
      Jon Pollack
      John Riggi
      Tami Sagher
      Ron Weiner
    • [object Object]

      Entourage

      8.4 (181K)
      Doug Ellin
      Jeremy Miller
      Ally Musika
      Steve Pink
      Rob Weiss
    • [object Object]

      The Office

      9.0 (785K)
      Steve Carell
      Jennifer Celotta
      Greg Daniels
      Lee Eisenberg
      Anthony Q. Farrell
      Brent Forrester
      Dan Goor
      Charlie Grandy
      Mindy Kaling
      Ryan Koh
      Lester Lewis
      Paul Lieberstein
      Warren Lieberstein
      B.J. Novak
      Michael Schur
      Aaron Shure
      Justin Spitzer
      Gene Stupnitsky
      Halsted Sullivan
    • [object Object]

      The Simpsons

      8.6 (457K)
      J. Stewart Burns
      Daniel Chun
      Joel H. Cohen
      Kevin Curran
      John Frink
      Tom Gammill
      Stephanie Gillis
      Dan Greaney
      Reid Harrison
      Al Jean
      Billy Kimball
      Tim Long
      Ian Maxtone-Graham
      Bill Odenkirk
      Carolyn Omine
      Don Payne
      Michael Price
      Max Pross
      Mike Reiss
      Mike Scully
      Matt Selman
      Matt Warburton
      Jeff Westbrook
      Marc Wilmore
      William Wright
    • [object Object]

      Weeds

      7.9 (120K)
      Roberto Benabib
      Mark A. Burley
      Ron Fitzgerald
      Dave Holstein
      Rolin Jones
      Brendan Kelly
      Jenji Kohan
      Victoria Morrow
      Matthew Salsberg

    New Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In Treatment

      8.3 (19K)
      Rodrigo García
      Bryan Goluboff
      Davey Holmes
      Merritt Johnson
      Amy Lippman
      Sarah Treem
    • [object Object]

      Breaking Bad

      9.5 (2.4M)
      Vince Gilligan
      Peter Gould
      Patty Lin
      George Mastras
      J. Roberts
    • [object Object]

      Fringe

      8.4 (265K)
      J.J. Abrams
      Jason Cahill
      Julia Cho
      David H. Goodman
      Felicia D. Henderson
      Brad Kane
      Alex Kurtzman
      Darin Morgan
      J.R. Orci
      Roberto Orci
      Jeff Pinkner
      Zack Whedon
    • [object Object]

      Life on Mars

      7.5 (11K)
      Josh Appelbaum
      André Nemec
      Scott Rosenberg
      Becky Hartman Edwards
      David Wilcox
      Adele Lim
      Bryan Oh
      Tracy McMillan
      Sonny Postiglione
      Phil M. Rosenberg
      Meredith Averill
    • [object Object]

      True Blood

      7.9 (267K)
      Alan Ball
      Brian Buckner
      Raelle Tucker
      Alexander Woo
      Nancy Oliver
      Chris Offutt

    Episodic Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Breaking Bad

      9.5 (2.4M)
      Vince Gilligan
      For Pilot (2008).
    • [object Object]

      Breaking Bad

      9.5 (2.4M)
      Patty Lin
      For Gray Matter (2008).
    • [object Object]

      Burn Notice

      8.0 (81K)
      Craig S. O'Neill
      Jason Tracey
      For Double Booked (2008).
    • [object Object]

      Dexter

      8.6 (858K)
      Scott Reynolds
      For There's Something About Harry (2007).
    • [object Object]

      Eli Stone

      7.7 (11K)
      Greg Berlanti
      Marc Guggenheim
      For Pilot (2008).
    • [object Object]

      House

      8.7 (567K)
      Doris Egan
      Leonard Dick
      For Don't Ever Change (2008).

    Episodic Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      30 Rock

      8.3 (136K)
      Andrew Guest
      John Riggi
      For Succession (2008).
    • [object Object]

      30 Rock

      8.3 (136K)
      Robert Carlock
      For Believe in the Stars (2008).
    • [object Object]

      30 Rock

      8.3 (136K)
      Tina Fey
      For Cooter (2008).
    • [object Object]

      My Name Is Earl

      7.8 (114K)
      Gregory Thomas Garcia
      For Monkeys Take a Bath (2008).
    • [object Object]

      The Office

      9.0 (785K)
      Charlie Grandy
      For Crime Aid (2008).
    • [object Object]

      Ugly Betty

      6.8 (50K)
      Tracy Poust
      Jon Kinnally
      For Crush'd (2008).

    Long Form - Adaptation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      John Adams

      Episode: 

      Join or Die

      8.4 (39K)
      Kirk Ellis
    • [object Object]

      Generation Kill

      8.4 (62K)
      Ed Burns(teleplay ep. 6/story)
      David Simon(teleplay ep. 7/story)
    • [object Object]

      The Memory Keeper's Daughter

      6.6 (3.1K)
      John Pielmeier

    Long Form - Original

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Recount

      7.3 (14K)
      Danny Strong
    • [object Object]

      Fringe

      8.4 (265K)
      J.J. Abrams
      Alex Kurtzman
      Roberto Orci
      For the pilot episode.
    • [object Object]

      An American Crime

      7.2 (39K)
      Tommy O'Haver
      Irene Turner

    Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Saturday Night Live

      8.0 (56K)
      Seth Meyers(head writer/writer)
      Harper Steele(head writer/writer)
      Paula Pell(head writer)
      Doug Abeles
      James Anderson
      Alex Baze
      Jessica Conrad
      James Downey
      Charlie Grandy
      Steve Higgins
      Colin Jost
      Erik Kenward
      Rob Klein
      John Lutz
      Lorne Michaels
      John Mulaney
      Simon Rich
      Marika Sawyer
      Akiva Schaffer
      Robert Smigel
      John Solomon
      Emily Spivey
      Kent Sublette
      Jorma Taccone
      Bryan H. Tucker
      Robert Carlock(additional sketches)
    • [object Object]

      The Colbert Report

      8.4 (39K)
      Allison Silverman(head writer)
      Tom Purcell(head writer)
      Rich Dahm(head writer)
      Bryan Adams
      Michael Brumm
      Stephen Colbert
      Rob Dubbin
      Glenn Eichler
      Peter Grosz
      Peter Gwinn
      Barry Julien
      Laura Krafft
      Jay Katsir
      Frank Lesser
      Meredith Scardino
    • [object Object]

      The Daily Show

      8.3 (49K)
      Steve Bodow(head writer)
      Rory Albanese
      Rachel Axler
      Kevin Bleyer
      Rich Blomquist
      Tim Carvell
      Wyatt Cenac
      J.R. Havlan
      David Javerbaum
      Rob Kutner
      Josh Lieb
      Sam Means
      John Oliver
      Jason Ross
      Jon Stewart
    • [object Object]

      Late Night with Conan O'Brien

      8.2 (20K)
      Mike Sweeney
      Chris Albers
      José Arroyo
      Dan Cronin
      Kevin Dorff
      Dan Goor
      Michael Gordon
      Berkley Johnson
      Brian Kiley
      Michael Koman
      Brian McCann
      Guy Nicolucci
      Conan O'Brien
      Matt O'Brien
      Robert Smigel
      Brian Stack
      Andrew Weinberg
    • [object Object]

      Late Show with David Letterman

      7.0 (15K)
      Eric Stangel(head writer)
      Justin Stangel(head writer)
      Michael Barrie
      Jim Mulholland
      Steve Young
      Tom Ruprecht
      Lee H. Ellenberg
      Matt Roberts
      Jeremy Weiner
      Joe Grossman
      Bill Scheft
      Robert Borden
      Frank Sebastiano
      David Letterman
    • [object Object]

      Real Time with Bill Maher

      7.3 (15K)
      Bill Maher
      Billy Martin
      Scott Carter
      Adam Felber
      Matt Gunn
      Brian Jacobsmeyer
      Jay Jaroch
      Chris Kelly
      Danny Vermont

    Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Simpsons

      8.6 (457K)
      Jeff Westbrook
      For Apocalypse Cow (2008).
    • [object Object]

      King of the Hill

      7.5 (62K)
      Jim Dauterive
      For Strangeness on a Train (2008).
    • [object Object]

      King of the Hill

      7.5 (62K)
      Dan McGrath
      For Life: A Loser's Manual (2008).
    • [object Object]

      The Simpsons

      8.6 (457K)
      Joel H. Cohen
      For The DeBarted (2008).
    • [object Object]

      The Simpsons

      8.6 (457K)
      Tim Long
      For Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words (2008).
    • [object Object]

      The Simpsons

      8.6 (457K)
      Michael Price
      For E Pluribus Wiggum (2008).

    Children's Episodic & Specials

    • Winner
      • Joey Mazzarino
      For episode "Elmo's Christmas Countdown".
    • [object Object]

      Imagination Movers

      Episode: 

      The Un-Party

      7.1 (956)
      Scott Gray
      Richard Gitelson
    • [object Object]

      South of Nowhere

      Episode: 

      Spencer's 18th Birthday

      7.9 (5.3K)
      Arika Lisanne Mittman

    Childrens Script - Long Form or Special

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Naked Brothers Band

      3.5 (3.4K)
      Polly Draper
      For episode "Polar Bears".

    Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      2008 Film Independent's Spirit Awards

      5.6 (25)
      Billy Kimball
      Aaron Lee
      Jennifer Celotta
      Rainn Wilson
    • [object Object]

      Big Night of Stars

      3.7 (34)
      Jimmy Kimmel
      Gary Greenberg
      Molly McNearney
      Bryan Paulk
      Ned Rice
      Jonathan Bines
      Will Burke
      Rick Rosner
      Jacob Lentz
      Sal Iacono
      Tony Barbieri

    Daytime Serials

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      As the World Turns

      6.3 (2.4K)
      Jean Passanante
      Leah Laiman
      Courtney Simon
      Lisa Connor
      David A. Levinson
      Peter Brash
      Richard Culliton
      Susan Dansby
      Cheryl L. Davis
      Leslie Nipkow
    • [object Object]

      One Life to Live

      6.9 (2.8K)
      Ron Carlivati
      Carolyn Culliton
      Elizabeth Page
      Aïda Mashaka Croal
      Shelly Altman
      Janet Iacobuzio
      Chris Van Etten
      Anna Cascio

    Documentary - Current Events

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Frontline

      8.6 (2.5K)
      Michael Kirk
      For episode "Bush's War: Part One".
    • [object Object]

      Frontline

      Episode: 

      The Medicated Child

      8.6 (2.5K)
      Marcela Gaviria
    • [object Object]

      Frontline

      Episode: 

      Rules of Engagement

      8.6 (2.5K)
      Arun Rath
    • [object Object]

      Nova

      Episode: 

      Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial

      8.7 (3.3K)
      Joseph McMaster
    • [object Object]

      Depression: Out of the Shadows

      7.0 (25)
      Larkin McPhee

    Documentary - Other Than Current Events

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nova

      Episode: 

      Secrets of the Parthenon

      8.7 (3.3K)
      Gary Glassman
    • [object Object]

      American Experience

      Episode: 

      Kit Carson

      8.6 (2.4K)
      Michelle Ferrari
    • [object Object]

      The Jewish Americans

      7.6 (107)
      David Grubin
      For episode "The Best of Times, The Worst of Times (1924-1945)".
    • [object Object]

      Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency

      6.9 (42)
      Carl Byker
    • [object Object]

      The Truth About Cancer

      9.4 (8)
      Linda Garmon

    News - Analysis, Feature or Commentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bill Moyers' Journal

      7.8 (93)
      Bill Moyers
      Michael Winship
      Episode: "Yankee Stadium and the New Gilded Age"
    • [object Object]

      Good Morning America

      4.5 (2.2K)
      Lisa Ferri
      Episode: "The Warren Buffett Challenge: Are the Rich Taxed Enough?"
    • [object Object]

      60 Minutes

      7.4 (4.7K)
      Episode: "Exonerated"
    • [object Object]

      Good Morning America

      4.5 (2.2K)
      Episode: "Show Me the Love: Amazing Pen Pal Connection"

    News - Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin or Breaking Report

    • Joel Siegel
      David Muir in ABC World News Tonight (1953)
      Winners
      • Joel Siegel
      • Karen Mooney
      • David Muir
      • For episode "Up to the Minute".

      Television Graphic Animation

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        The CBS Evening News

        6.6 (201)
        For "Medical Animations".
        • Monica DiNatale
        (CBS).
        • For "Coverage of PGA Golf" (CBS).

        Videogame Writing

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        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

          8.0 (8.5K)
          Haden Blackman
          Shawn Pitman
          John Stafford
          Cameron Suey
        • [object Object]

          Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

          7.6 (2.3K)
          Haris Orkin(writer)
          Mical Pedriana(story producer)
          • Keith Nemitz(writing)
          • Adrianne Ambrose(additional writing)
        • [object Object]

          Fallout 3

          9.0 (21K)
          Emil Pagliarulo(lead writer)
          Erik J. Caponi(quest writing)
          Brian Chapin(quest writing)
          Kurt Kuhlmann(quest writing)
          Bruce Nesmith(quest writing)
        • [object Object]

          Tomb Raider: Underworld

          7.7 (2.4K)
          Eric Lindstrom(story/screenplay)
          Toby Gard(story)

        Animation Writers Caucus Animation Award

        Edit
        • Linda Woolverton at an event for Alice in Wonderland (2010)
          Winner
          • Linda Woolverton

        Jean Renoir Award for Screenwriting Achievement

        Edit
        • Suso Cecchi D'Amico
          Winner
          • Suso Cecchi D'Amico

        Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

        Edit
        • Winner
          • William Blinn

        Valentine Davies Award

        Edit
        • Carl Reiner
          Winner
          • Carl Reiner
        • Victoria Riskin
          Winner
          • Victoria Riskin

        Morgan Cox Award

        Edit
        • Winner
          • Larry DiTillio

        Paul Selvin Honorary Award

        Edit
        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Milk

          7.5 (183K)
          Dustin Lance Black

        Herb Sargent Award

        Edit
        • Winner
          • Norman Stiles

        John Merriman Award

        Edit
        • Winner

          Michael Collyer Memorial Fellowship in Screenwriting

          Edit
          • Winner

            Evelyn F. Burkey Award

            Edit
            • Winner
                Board Chairman Paul Steiger and Executive Director Joel Simon accepted the award on behalf of the committee.

              Ian McLellan Hunter Award

              Edit
              • John Patrick Shanley at an event for Jack Goes Boating (2010)
                Winner
                • John Patrick Shanley

              Richard B. Jablow Award

              Edit
              • Winner
                • Chris Albers
              • Tom Fontana
                Winner
                • Tom Fontana

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              Event date

              February 7, 2009

              Event location

              USA

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