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Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Comedy Series Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Dramatic Series Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Drama Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Comedy Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay New Series 1 8 13 15 17 29 40

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Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is one of the three screenwriting Writers Guild of America Awards, one that is specifically for film. The Writers Guild of America began making the distinction between an original screenplay and an adapted screenplay in 1970, when Waldo Salt, screenwriter for Midnight Cowboy, won for "Best Adapted Drama" and Arnold Schulman won "Best Adapted Comedy" for his screenplay of Goodbye, Columbus.[1] Separate awards for dramas and comedies continued until 1985.[1] Since 1990, the WGA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay has been a good indicator for its Oscar equivalent, the Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay. All but the following WGA winners were also Oscar winners: in 1992 The Player lost to Howards End, in 1998 Out of Sight lost to Gods and Monsters, in 1999 Election lost to The Cider House Rules, in 2002 The Hours lost to The Pianist (not nominated for a WGA Award) in 2003 American Splendor lost to The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. and in 2009 Up in the Air lost to Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire.

Winners and nominated films

The following lists the nominated films. For the films that won, the screenwriter(s) and the work from which the screenplay was adapted is also noted.

1970s
Drama Picture Comedy or Musical Picture

1976: All the President's Men screenplay by William Goldman based on the book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward Bound for Glory Marathon Man The Seven-Per-Cent Solution The Shootist

1976: The Pink Panther Strikes Again

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screenplay by Blake Edwards and Frank Waldman The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings Family Plot The Ritz Stay Hungry

1977: Julia screenplay by Alvin Sargent based on the novel by Lillian Hellman I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Islands in the Stream Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1977: Oh, God!

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screenplay by Larry Gelbart based on the novel by Avery Corman Semi-Tough The Spy Who Loved Me

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1978: Midnight Express screenplay by Oliver Stone based on the book by William Hayes and William Hoffer Bloodbrothers Go Tell the Spartans Invasion of the Body Snatchers Who'll Stop the Rain

1978: Heaven Can Wait

screenplay by Warren Beatty and Elaine May based on the play by Harry Segall California Suite Same Time, Next Year Superman Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

1979: Kramer vs. Kramer screenplay by Robert Benton based on the novel by Avery Corman Norma Rae

1979: Being There

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screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski based on his novel A Little Romance Starting Over

1980s
Drama Picture Comedy or Musical Picture

1980: Ordinary People screenplay by Alvin Sargent based on the novel by Judith Guest Coal Miner's Daughter The Elephant Man The Great Santini The Stunt Man

1980: Airplane!

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screenplay by Jim Abrahams, David and Jerry Zucker based on the teleplay by Arthur Hailey Hopscotch Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back [4]

1981: On Golden Pond screenplay by Ernest Thompson based on his play Cutter's Way Prince of the City Ragtime

1981: Rich and Famous

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screenplay by Gerald Ayres based on the play by John Van Druten First Monday in October For Your Eyes Only

1982: Missing screenplay by Costa-Gavras and Donald Stewart based on the book by Thomas Hauser Sophie's Choice The Verdict The World According to Garp

1982: Victor Victoria

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screenplay by Blake Edwards based on the concept by Hans Hoemburg and the 1933 script by Reinhold Schnzel Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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1983: Terms of Endearment screenplay by James L. Brooks based on the novel by Larry McMurtry A Christmas Story To Be or Not to Be

1983: Reuben, Reuben

screenplay by Julius J. Epstein based on the novel by Peter De Vries The Right Stuff The Year of Living Dangerously

1984: The Killing Fields [3] screenplay by Bruce Robinson Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes The Natural A Passage to India A Soldier's Story 1985: Prizzi's Honor [3] screenplay by Richard Condon and Janet Roach based on the novel by Condon Agnes of God The Color Purple Out of Africa The Trip to Bountiful 1986: A Room with a View screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based on the novel by E.M. Forster Children of a Lesser God Down and Out in Beverly Hills Little Shop of Horrors Stand by Me 1987: Roxanne [2] screenplay by Steve Martin based on the play by Edmond Rostand Fatal Attraction Full Metal Jacket The Princess Bride The Untouchables 1988: Dangerous Liaisons screenplay by Christopher Hampton based on the novel by Choderlos de Laclos and the play by Hampton The Accidental Tourist Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey The Unbearable Lightness of Being Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 1989: Driving Miss Daisy screenplay by Alfred Uhry based on his play Born on the Fourth of July Field of Dreams Glory My Left Foot

1990s
1990: Dances With Wolves screenplay by Michael Blake based on his novel Awakenings Goodfellas The Grifters Reversal of Fortune 1991: The Silence of the Lambs screenplay by Ted Tally based on the novel by Thomas Harris The Commitments Fried Green Tomatoes JFK The Prince of Tides 1992: The Player [3] screenplay by Michael Tolkin based on his novel Enchanted April Glengarry Glen Ross Howards End Scent of a Woman 1993: Schindler's List screenplay by Steven Zaillian based on the book by Thomas Keneally The Fugitive In the Name of the Father The Joy Luck Club The Remains of the Day 1994: Forrest Gump screenplay by Eric Roth based on the novel by Winston Groom

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Little Women The Madness of King George Quiz Show The Shawshank Redemption 1995: Sense and Sensibility screenplay by Emma Thompson based on the novel by Jane Austen Apollo 13 Babe Get Shorty Leaving Las Vegas 1996: Sling Blade screenplay by Billy Bob Thornton based on his stage play The Birdcage Emma The English Patient Trainspotting 1997: L.A. Confidential screenplay by Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland based on the novel by James Ellroy Donnie Brasco The Ice Storm Wag the Dog The Wings of the Dove 1998: Out of Sight [3] screenplay by Scott Frank based on the novel by Elmore Leonard A Civil Action Gods and Monsters Primary Colors A Simple Plan 1999: Election [3] screenplay by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor based on the novel by Tom Perrotta The Cider House Rules The Insider October Sky The Talented Mr. Ripley

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

2000s
2000: Traffic - Stephen Gaghan based on the British TV series Traffik Chocolat High Fidelity Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) Wonder Boys

2001: A Beautiful Mind - Akiva Goldsman based on the book by Sylvia Nasar Black Hawk Down Bridget Jones's Diary Ghost World The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2002: The Hours - David Hare based on the novel by Michael Cunningham About a Boy About Schmidt Adaptation. Chicago

2003: American Splendor - Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman based on the comic book series/novel by Harvey Pekar Cold Mountain The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Mystic River Seabiscuit

2004: Sideways - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor based on the novel by Rex Pickett Before Sunset The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta) Mean Girls Million Dollar Baby

2005: Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana based on the short story by Annie Proulx Capote The Constant Gardener A History of Violence Syriana

2006: The Departed - William Monahan based on the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs (Mou gaan dou) Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan The Devil Wears Prada Little Children Thank You for Smoking

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2007: No Country for Old Men - Ethan and Joel Coen based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy There Will Be Blood The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) Into the Wild Zodiac

2008: Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy based on the novel Q & A by Vikas Swarup The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Doubt Frost/Nixon

2009: Up in the Air - Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner based on the novel by Walter Kirn Crazy Heart Julie & Julia Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire Star Trek

2010s
2010: The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich 127 Hours I Love You Philip Morris The Town True Grit

2011: The Descendants - Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne, and Jim Rash based on the book The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Help Hugo Moneyball

References and footnotes

[1] [2] [3] [4] wga awards (http:/ / www. wga. org/ awards/ awardssub. aspx?id=1551) Writer(s) was not nominated for the corresponding Academy Award. Writer(s) did not win the corresponding Academy Award "Distinguished Screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan to Receive Screen Laurel Award at 2006 Writers Guild Awards" (http:/ / www. wga. org/ subpage_newsevents. aspx?id=1463). Writers Guild of America, West. December 1, 2005. . Retrieved January 6, 2011.

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay

The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay is one of the three film writing awards given by the Writers Guild of America Award. The WGA Awards have always been a good indicator for the Academy Awards. From 1984 onwards, only ten winners did not win the Academy Award: in 1984 Broadway Danny Rose lost to Places in the Heart, in 1988 Bull Durham lost to Rain Man, in 1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors lost to Dead Poets Society, in 1990 Avalon lost to Ghost, in 1994 Four Weddings and a Funeral lost to Pulp Fiction (not nominated for a WGA Award), in 1995 Braveheart lost to The Usual Suspects (not nominated for a WGA Award), in 1997 As Good As It Gets lost to Good Will Hunting, in 2000 You Can Count on Me lost to Almost Famous in 2002 Bowling for Columbine lost to Talk to Her (not nominated for a WGA Award) and in 2010 Inception lost to The King's Speech (not nominated for a WGA Award)

Winners
1980s
Year Nominees Woody Allen * Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas Robert Benton Diane Thomas Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Bruce Jay Friedman and Brian Grazer William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale Tom Benedek Anna Hamilton Phelan Woody Allen Woody Allen David Lynch Neil Jordan and David Leland Oliver Stone Richard Boyle and Oliver Stone Writers

1984 Broadway Danny Rose El Norte Places in the Heart Romancing the Stone Splash 1985 Witness Back to the Future Cocoon Mask The Purple Rose of Cairo 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters Blue Velvet Mona Lisa Platoon Salvador

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay

1987 Moonstruck Broadcast News Hope and Glory The Last Emperor Radio Days 1988 Bull Durham Big A Fish Called Wanda Rain Man Working Girl

John Patrick Shanley James L. Brooks John Boorman Bernardo Bertolucci and Mark Peploe Woody Allen Ron Shelton * Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg John Cleese and Charles Crichton Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow Kevin Wade

1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors Woody Allen * Dead Poets Society The Fabulous Baker Boys Sex, Lies, and Videotape When Harry Met Sally... Tom Schulman Steve Kloves Steven Soderbergh Nora Ephron

1990s
Year 1990 Avalon Alice Ghost Green Card Pretty Woman 1991 Thelma & Louise Boyz n the Hood Bugsy The Fisher King Grand Canyon 1992 The Crying Game Husbands and Wives Lorenzo's Oil Passion Fish Unforgiven 1993 The Piano Dave In the Line of Fire Philadelphia Sleepless in Seattle Nominees Writers Barry Levinson * Woody Allen Bruce Joel Rubin Peter Weir J.F. Lawton Callie Khouri John Singleton James Toback Richard LaGravenese Lawrence and Meg Kasdan Neil Jordan Woody Allen Nick Enright and George Miller John Sayles David Webb Peoples Jane Campion Gary Ross Jeff Maguire Ron Nyswaner Jeff Arch, Nora Ephron and David S. Ward

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Richard Curtis *

1994 Four Weddings and a Funeral

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Stephan Elliott Bullets Over Broadway Ed Wood Heavenly Creatures 1995 Braveheart The American President Clueless Mighty Aphrodite Muriel's Wedding 1996 Fargo Jerry Maguire Lone Star Secrets & Lies Shine 1997 As Good as It Gets Boogie Nights The Full Monty Good Will Hunting Titanic 1998 Shakespeare in Love Bulworth The Opposite of Sex Saving Private Ryan The Truman Show 1999 American Beauty Being John Malkovich Magnolia The Sixth Sense Three Kings Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh Randall Wallace * Aaron Sorkin Amy Heckerling Woody Allen P.J. Hogan Ethan and Joel Coen Cameron Crowe John Sayles Mike Leigh Scott Hicks and Jan Sardi Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks * Paul Thomas Anderson Simon Beaufoy Ben Affleck and Matt Damon James Cameron Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser Don Roos Robert Rodat Andrew Niccol Alan Ball Charlie Kaufman Paul Thomas Anderson M. Night Shyamalan John Ridley and David O. Russell

2000s

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Year

Nominees Kenneth Lonergan * Cameron Crowe

Writers

2000 You Can Count on Me Almost Famous Best in Show Billy Elliot Erin Brockovich 2001 Gosford Park The Man Who Wasn't There Monster's Ball Moulin Rouge! The Royal Tenenbaums 2002 Bowling for Columbine Antwone Fisher Far from Heaven Gangs of New York My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2003 Lost in Translation Bend It Like Beckham Dirty Pretty Things In America The Station Agent

Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy Lee Hall Susannah Grant Julian Fellowes Ethan and Joel Coen Milo Addica and Will Rokos Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson Michael Moore ** Antwone Fisher Todd Haynes Jay Cocks, Kenneth Lonergan and Steven Zaillian Nia Vardalos Sofia Coppola Paul Mayeda Berges, Guljit Bindra and Gurinder Chadha Steven Knight Jim, Kirsten and Naomi Sheridan Thomas McCarthy

2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Charlie Kaufman The Aviator Garden State Hotel Rwanda Kinsey 2005 Crash The 40-Year-Old Virgin Cinderella Man Good Night, and Good Luck. The Squid and the Whale 2006 Little Miss Sunshine Babel The Queen Stranger than Fiction United 93 John Logan Zach Braff Terry George and Keir Pearson Bill Condon Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco Judd Apatow and Steve Carell Akiva Goldsman and Cliff Hollingsworth George Clooney and Grant Heslov Noah Baumbach Michael Arndt Guillermo Arriaga Peter Morgan Zach Helm Paul Greengrass

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2007 Juno Knocked Up Lars and the Real Girl Michael Clayton The Savages 2008 Milk Burn After Reading Vicky Cristina Barcelona The Visitor The Wrestler 2009 The Hurt Locker (500) Days of Summer Avatar The Hangover A Serious Man

Diablo Cody Judd Apatow Nancy Oliver Tony Gilroy Tamara Jenkins Dustin Lance Black Ethan and Joel Coen Woody Allen Tom McCarthy Robert Siegel Mark Boal Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber James Cameron Jon Lucas and Scott Moore Ethan and Joel Coen

2010s
Year Nominees Christopher Nolan* Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson and Keith Dorrington Writers

2010 Inception Black Swan The Fighter

The Kids Are All Right Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg Please Give 2011 Midnight in Paris 50/50 Bridesmaids Young Adult Win Win Nicole Holofcener Woody Allen Will Resier Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig Diablo Cody Tom McCarthy

* - Writer(s) did not win the Academy Award. ** - Writer(s) was not nominated for the Academy Award.

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Comedy Series

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Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Comedy Series

The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay - Comedy Series is one of the screenwriting Writers Guild of America Awards, one that is specifically for television.[1]

Winners and Nominated Shows

2000s
Year Title Writers Barbara Feldman, Brad Copeland, Richard Day, Karey Dornetto, Jake Farrow, Abraham Higginbotham, Mitchell Hurwitz, Sam Laybourne, John Levenstein, Courtney Lilly, Dean Lorey, Chuck Martin, Lisa Parsons, Richard Rosenstock, Tom Saunders, Maria Semple, Chuck Tatham, Jim Vallely, Ron Weiner Larry David Network FOX

2005 Arrested Development

Curb Your Enthusiasm Entourage My Name Is Earl The Office

HBO

Brian Burns, Larry Charles, Cliff Dorfman, Doug Ellin, Chris Henchy, Stephen Levinson, Rob Weiss Barbara Feldman, Bobby Bowman, Vali Chandrasekaran, J.B. Cook, Brad Copeland, Victor Fresco, Gregory Thomas Garcia, John Hoberg, Kat Likkel, Michael Pennie, Timothy Stack, Hilary Winston, Danielle Sanchez Jennifer Celotta, Greg Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Ricky Gervais, Mindy Kaling, Paul Lieberstein, Stephen Merchant, B.J. Novak, Michael Schur, Gene Stupnitsky, Larry Wilmore

HBO NBC

NBC

Year

Title

Writers Brett Baer, Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Dave Finkel, Daisy Gardner, Donald Glover, Matt Hubbard, John Riggi Richard Day, Karey Dornetto, Jake Farrow, Mitchell Hurwitz, Sam Laybourne, Dean Lorey, Tom Saunders, Maria Semple, Chuck Tatham, Jim Vallely, Ron Weiner Larry David

Network NBC

2006 30 Rock

Arrested Development Curb Your Enthusiasm Entourage The Office

FOX

HBO

Mark Abrams, Lisa Alden, Michael Benson, Brian Burns, Doug Ellin, Rob Weiss Steve Carell, Jennifer Celotta, Greg Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Brent Forrester, Ricky Gervais, Mindy Kaling, Paul Lieberstein, Stephen Merchant, B.J. Novak, Michael Schur, Gene Stupnitsky

HBO NBC

Year

Title

Writers Brett Baer, Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Dave Finkel, Daisy Gardner, Donald Glover, Matt Hubbard, Jon Pollack, John Riggi, Tami Sagher, and Ron Weiner Larry David

Network NBC

2007 30 Rock

Curb Your Enthusiasm Entourage

HBO

Mark Abrams, Lisa Alden, Michael Benson, Brian Burns, Doug Ellin, Alex Gansa, Tim Griffin, Dusty Kay, Stephen Levinson, Ally Musika, Wes Nickerson, and Rob Weiss Damon Beesley, James Bobin, Jemaine Clement, Eric Kaplan, Bret McKenzie, Iain Morris, Duncan Sarkies, Pauls Simms, and Taika Waititi

HBO

Flight of the Conchords The Office

HBO

Steve Carell, Jennifer Celotta, Greg Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Anthony Farrell, Brent Forrester, Ricky Gervais, NBC Mindy Kaling, Ryan Koh, Lester Lewis, Paul Lieberstein, Stephen Merchant, B.J. Novak, Michael Schur, Justin Spitzer, Gene Stupnitsky, Caroline Williams, and Larry Wilmore

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Year

Title

Writers Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Donald Glover, Andrew Guest, Matt Hubbard, Jon Pollack, John Riggi, Tami Sagher, and Ron Weiner Doug Ellin, Jeremy Miller, Ally Musika, Steve Pink, and Rob Weiss Steve Carell, Jennifer Celotta, Greg Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Brent Forrester, Dan Goor, Charlie Grandy, Mindy Kaling, Ryan Koh, Lester Lewis, Paul Lieberstein, Warren Lieberstein, B.J. Novak, Michael Schur, Aaron Shure, Gene Stupnitsky, and Halsted Sullivan 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, and William Wright Roberto Benabib, Mark A. Burley, Ron Fitzgerald, David Holstein, Rolin Jones, Brendan Kelly, Jenji Kohan, Victoria Morrow, and Matthew Salsberg

Network NBC

2008 30 Rock

Entourage The Office

HBO NBC

The Simpsons

Fox

Weeds

Showtime

Year

Title

Writers Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tom Ceraulo, Vali Chandrasekaran, Tina Fey, Donald Glover, Steve Hely, Matt Hubbard, Dylan Morgan, Paula Pell, Jon Pollack, John Riggi, Tami Sagher, Josh Siegal, Ron Weiner, and Tracey Wigfield Larry David

Network NBC

2009 30 Rock

Curb Your Enthusiasm Glee Modern Family The Office

HBO

Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk, and Ryan Murphy Paul Corrigan, Sameer Gardezi, Joe Lawson, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O'Shannon, Brad Walsh, Caroline Williams, Bill Wrubel, and Danny Zuker Jennifer Celotta, Danny Chun, 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, and Halsted Sullivan

Fox ABC

NBC

References and footnotes

[1] wga awards (http:/ / www. wga. org/ awards/ awardssub. aspx?id=1551)

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Dramatic Series

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Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Dramatic Series

The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay - Dramatic Series is one of the screenwriting Writers Guild of America Awards, one that is specifically for television.[1]

Winners and Nominated Shows

2000s
Year Title Writers Regina Corrado, Sara Hess, Ted Mann, Bryan MacDonald, Bernadette McNamara, David Milch, Peter Ocko, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Steve Shill, Nick Towne, Jody Worth Zoanne Clack, Ann Lewis Hamilton, Kip Koenig, Stacy McKee, James D. Parriott, Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, Shonda Rhimes, Mimi Schmir, Gabrielle Stanton, Krista Vernoff, Harry Werksman Network HBO

2005 Deadwood

Grey's Anatomy Lost

ABC

J. J. Abrams, Kim Clements, Carlton Cuse, Leonard Dick, Paul Dini, Brent Fletcher, David Fury, Drew ABC Goddard, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Adam Horowitz, Jennifer M. Johnson, Christina M. Kim, Edward Kitsis, Jeffrey Lieber, Damon Lindelof, Lynne E. Litt, Monica Macer, Steven Maeda, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Janet Tamaro, Christian Taylor, Craig Wright Alan Ball, Scott Buck, Rick Cleveland, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Nancy Oliver, Kate Robin, Jill Soloway, Craig Wright HBO

Six Feet Under The West Wing

Eli Attie, Debora Cahn, Carol Flint, Mark Goffman, Alex Graves, Peter Noah, Lawrence O'Donnell, Lauren Schmidt, Josh Singer, Aaron Sorkin, John Wells, Bradley Whitford, John Sacret Young

NBC

Year 2006 24

Title

Writers Robert Cochran, Manny Coto, Duppy Demetrius, David Ehrman, David Fury, Howard Gordon, Evan Katz, Stephen Kronish, Michael Loceff, Matt Michnovetz, Steve Mitchell, Sam Montgomery, Nicole Ranadive, Joel Surnow, Craig W. Van Sickle W. Earl Brown, Regina Corrado, Alix Lambert, Ted Mann, Bernadette McNamara, David Milch, Kem Nunn, Nick Towne, Zack Whedon Debora Cahn, Zoanne Clack, Allan Heinberg, Elizabeth Klaviter, Kip Koenig, Stacy McKee, Carolina Paiz, James D. Parriott, Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, Shonda Rhimes, Blythe Robe, Mimi Schmir, Gabrielle Stanton, Krista Vernoff, Harry Werksman, Mark Wilding J.J. Abrams, Monica Owusu-Breen, Carlton Cuse, Leonard Dick, Drew Goddard, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Adam Horowitz, Dawn Lambertsen Kelly, Christina M. Kim, Edward Kitsis, Damon Lindelof, Steven Maeda, Jeff Pinkner, Matt Ragghianti, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Alison Schapker Mitchell Burgess, David Chase, Diane Frolov, Robin Green, Andrew Schneider, Matthew Weiner, Terence Winter

Network FOX

Deadwood

HBO

Grey's Anatomy

ABC

Lost

ABC

The Sopranos

HBO

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Year

Title

Writers Scott Buck, Daniel Cerone, Drew Greenberg, Lauren Gussis, Kevin Maynard, Clyde Phillips, Melissa Rosenberg, and Timothy Schlattman Bridget Carpenter, Kerry Ehrin, Carter Harris, Elizabeth Heldens, David Hudgins, Jason Katims, Patrick Massett, Andy Miller, Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, and John Zinman Lisa Albert, Bridget Bedard, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Tim Palmer, Chris Provenzano, Robin Veith, and Matthew Weiner David Chase, Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider, Matthew Weiner, and Terence Winter Ed Burns, Chris Collins, Dennis Lehane, David Mills, Eric Overmyer, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, David Simon, and William F. Zorzi

Network Showtime

2007 Dexter

Friday Night Lights Mad Men

NBC

AMC

The Sopranos The Wire

HBO HBO

Year

Title

Writers Scott Buck, Daniel Cerone, Charles H. Eglee, Drew Greenberg, Adam E. Fierro, Lauren Gussis, Clyde Phillips, Scott Reynolds, Melissa Rosenberg, and Timothy Schlattman Bridget Carpenter, Kerry Ehrin, Brent Fletcher, Jason Gavin, Carter Harris, Elizabeth Heldens, David Hudgins, Jason Katims, Patrick Massett, Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, and John Zinman Carlton Cuse, Drew Goddard, Adam Horowitz, Christina M. Kim, Edward Kitsis, Damon L. Lindelof, Greggory Nations, Kyle Pennington, Elizabeth Sarnoff, and Brian K. Vaughan Lisa Albert, Jane Anderson, Rick Cleveland, David Isaacs, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Marti Noxon, Robin Veith, and Matthew Weiner Ed Burns, Chris Collins, Dennis Lehane, David Mills, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, David Simon, and William F. Zorzi

Network Showtime

2008 Dexter

Friday Night Lights Lost

NBC

ABC

Mad Men

AMC

The Wire

HBO

Year

Title

Writers

Network AMC Showtime

2009 Breaking Bad Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, George Mastras, J. Roberts, John Shiban, and Moira Walley-Beckett Dexter Scott Buck, Charles H. Eglee, Lauren Gussis, Clyde Phillips, Scott Reynolds, Melissa Rosenberg, Timothy Schlattman, and Wendy West Bridget Carpenter, Kerry Ehrin, Ron Fitzgerald, Brent Fletcher, Etan Frankel, Jason Gavin, Elizabeth Heldens, David Hudgins, Rolin Jones, Jason Katims, Patrick Massett, Derek Santos Olson, and John Zinman Carlton Cuse, Adam Horowitz, Melinda Hsu Taylor, Edward Kitsis, Damon Lindelof, Greggory Nations, Kyle Pennington, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Brian K. Vaughan, and Paul Zbyszewski Lisa Albert, Andrew Colville, Kater Gordon, Cathryn Humphris, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Brett Johnson, Erin Levy, Marti Noxon, Frank Pierson, Robin Veith, Dahvi Waller, and Matthew Weiner

Friday Night Lights Lost

NBC

ABC

Mad Men

AMC

References and footnotes

[1] wga awards (http:/ / www. wga. org/ awards/ awardssub. aspx?id=1551)

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Drama

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Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Drama

This is the list of winners and nominees of the WGA Television Award for Best Writing for Drama Series Episodic.

1960s
1961: Naked City - Barry Trivers for "The Fault In Our Stars" Have Gun Will Travel - Fatalist, The - Nominee Written by Shimon Wincelberg Law & Mr. Jones, The - No Sale - Nominee Written by Palmer Thompson Rawhide - Incident of the Buffalo Soldier - Nominee Written by John Dunkel Westerner, The - Brown - Nominee Written by Bruce Geller 1962: Naked City - Kenneth Rosen & Howard Rodman for "Today the Man Who Kills The Ants Is Coming" Ben Casey - I Remember a Lemon Tree - Nominee Teleplay by Jack Laird Story by Marcus W. Demian Defenders, The - Benefactor, The - Nominee Written by Peter Stone Naked City - Multiplicity of Herbert Konish, The - Nominee Written by Ernest Kinoy Route 66 - Goodnight, Sweet Blues - Nominee Teleplay by Will Lorin Story by Leonard Freeman and Will Lorin 1963: Route 66 - Lawrence B. Marcus for "Man Out of Time" Ben Casey - Cardinal Act of Mercy, A - Parts I & II - Nominee Written by Norman Katkov Defenders, The - Book for Burning, A - Nominee Written by William Woolfolk Empire (aka Redigo) - Between Friday and Monday - Nominee Written by Kenneth Trevey Naked City - S.S. American Dream, The - Nominee Written by Frank R. Pierson 1964: East Side/West Side - Arnold Perl for "Who Do You Kill?" Channing - Freedom is a Lovesome Thing God Wot! - Nominee Teleplay by Jack R. Guss Story by Edmund Morris Channing - Wave Goodbye to Our Fair-Haired Boy - Nominee Written by Kenneth Kolb Defenders, The - Non Violent, The - Nominee Written by Ernest Kinoy

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Drama Gunsmoke - Owney Tupper Had A Daughter - Nominee Written by Paul Savage 1965: Mr. Novak - John D. F. Black for "With a Hammer In His Hand, Lord, Lord!" 12 O'Clock High - Interlude - Nominee Written by Dean Riesner Ben Casey - Woods Full of Question Marks, A - Nominee Written by Ellis Marcus Dr. Kildare - Man Is A Rock - Nominee Written by Christopher Knopf Fugitive, The (1963) - Man in a Chariot - Nominee Written by George Eckstein Slattery's People - Did He Who Made the Lamb Make Thee? - Nominee Written by William P. McGivern 1966: Trials of O'Brien - David Ellis for "No Justice For The Judge" Court Martial - Judge Them Gently - Nominee Written by Gerry Day Fugitive, The (1963) - When the Wind Blows - Nominee Written by Betty Langdon Slattery's People - Color Him Red - Nominee Written by Pat Fielder Virginian, The - Horse Fighter, The - Nominee Written by Richard Fielder 1967: Star Trek - Harlan Ellison for "The City on the Edge of Forever" Big Valley - Martyr, The - Nominee Written by Mel Goldberg Gunsmoke - Fandango - Nominee Written by Don Ingalls Mission: Impossible (1966) - Odds on Evil - Nominee Written by William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter Star Trek - Return of the Archons, The - Nominee Teleplay by Boris Sobelman Story by Gene Roddenberry 1968: Judd For the Defense - Robert Lewin for "To Kill A Madman" Hawaii Five-O (1968) - Hawaii Five-O - Nominee Written by Leonard Freeman Judd for the Defense - Commitment, The - Nominee Written by Paul Monash Judd For the Defense - No Law Against Murder - Nominee Written by Harold Gast Mannix - Name is Mannix, The - Nominee Written by Bruce Geller Outcasts, The - Take Your Lover in the Ring - Nominee Written by Anthony Lawrence Star Trek - Return to Tomorrow - Nominee

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Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Drama Written by John T. Dugan 1969: Judd For the Defense - Robert Lewin for "An Elephant in a Cigar Box" Hawaii Five-O (1968) - To Hell With Babe Ruth - Nominee Written by Anthony Lawrence Mod Squad, The - In This Corner -- Sol Alpert - Nominee Written by Rita Lakin & Harve Bennett Mod Squad, The - Keep the Faith, Baby - Nominee Written by Harve Bennett Then Came Bronson - Two Percent of Nothing - Nominee Written by D. C. Fontana Virginian, The - Black Jade - Nominee Written by Herb Meadow

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1970s
1970: Bold Ones: "The Senator" - David W. Rintels for "Continual Roar of Musketry, A - Parts I & II" Bracken's World - Infinity - Nominee Written by Cliff Gould Bracken's World - Meanwhile, Back at the Studio - Nominee Written by Joseph Bonaduce Hawaii Five-O (1968) - Trouble in Mind - Nominee Written by Mel Goldberg & Sasha Gilien Young Lawyers, The - Glass Prison, The - Nominee Written by John W. Bloch 1971: The Psychiatrist - Teleplay by Thomas Y. Drake & Herb Bermann and Jerrold Freedman & Bo May Story by Thomas Y. Drake for "Par For the Course" Bold Ones: The Lawyers - Invasion of Kevin Ireland, The - Nominee Teleplay by Jack B. Sowards Story by Brett Huggins Bold Ones: The New Doctors - Angry Man - Nominee Written by Arthur Dales Columbo - Murder By the Book - Nominee Written by Steven Bochco Hawaii Five-O (1968) - F.O.B. Honolulu - Parts I & II - Nominee Written by Jerry Ludwig & Eric Bercovici Ironside - No Motive For Murder - Nominee Written by Sy Salkowitz Marcus Welby, M.D. - They Grow Up - Nominee Written by Dick Nelson Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law - Until Proven Innocent - Nominee Written by Pat Fielder 1972: Kung Fu - Herman Miller for "King of the Mountain" Columbo (NBC Sunday Mystery Movie) - Etude in Black - Nominee Teleplay by Steven Bochco Story by William Link and Richard Levinson Marcus Welby, M.D. - Please Don't Send Flowers - Nominee

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Drama Written by Bess Boyle McCloud - Barefoot Stewardess Caper, The - Nominee Written by Glen A. Larson & Michael Gleason McCloud - New Mexican Connection, The - Nominee Written by Glen A. Larson Mod Squad, The - Taps, Play It Louder - Nominee Written by Sandor Stern 1973: The Starlost - Harlan Ellison for "Phoenix Without Ashes" Gunsmoke - This Golden Land - Nominee Written by Hal Sitowitz Marcus Welby, M.D. - Necessary End, A - Nominee Written by Norman Hudis Streets of San Francisco, The - House on Hyde Street, The - Nominee Teleplay by John Wilder Story by Cliff Osmond Waltons, The - Easter Story, The - Nominee Written by John McGreevey Story by Earl Hamner Waltons, The - Odyssey, The - Nominee Written by Joanna Lee Waltons, The - Roots, The - Nominee Written by Sheldon Stark Waltons, The - Thanksgiving Story, The - Nominee Teleplay by Joanna Lee Story by Earl Hamner 1974: Gunsmoke - Jim Byrnes for "Thirty a Month and Found" McCloud - Colorado Cattle Caper, The - Nominee Written by Michael Gleason New Land, The - Word Is: Growth, The - Nominee Written by William Blinn Waltons, The - Conflict, The - Parts I & II - Nominee Written by Jeb Rosebrook 1975: The Law - Teleplay by Arthur Ross Story by Stephen Kandel for "Prior Consent" Gunsmoke - Busters, The - Nominee Written by Jim Byrnes Kojak - Goodluck Bomber, The - Nominee Written by Raymond Brenner Streets of San Francisco, The - Web of Lies - Nominee Written by Leonard Kantor Waltons, The - Woman, The - Nominee Written by Hindi Brooks 1976: Sandburg's Lincoln - Loring Mandel for "Crossing Fox River"
Black Sheep Squadron - Flying Misfits - Nominee Written by Stephen J. Cannell Inspired by the book by Pappy Boyington City of Angels (1976) - November Plan, The - Parts I, II & III (pilot) - Nominee Teleplay by Stephen J. Cannell Story by Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell

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Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Drama

Rich Man, Poor Man - Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II - Nominee Written by Millard Lampell Based on characters created by Irwin Shaw Rockford Files, The - So Help Me God - Nominee Written by Juanita Bartlett

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1977: Police Story - Mark Rodgers for "Pressure Point" Eight is Enough - Gipper Caper, The - Nominee Written by William Blinn Lou Grant - Christmas - Nominee Written by David Lloyd Lou Grant - Housewarming - Nominee Written by Leonora Thuna Police Woman - Merry Christmas, Waldo - Nominee Written by E. Arthur Kean Rockford Files, The - Beamer's Last Case - Nominee Teleplay by Stephen J. Cannell Story by Booker Bradshaw & Calvin Kelly Rockford Files, The - Quickie Nirvana - Nominee Written by David Chase 1978: Lou Grant - Seth Freeman for "Prisoner" Columbo - Conspirators, The - Nominee Written by Howard Berk Lou Grant - Murder - Nominee Written by Gary David Goldberg Rockford Files, The - House on Willis Avenue, The - Parts I & II - Nominee Written by Stephen J. Cannell Waltons, The - Captive, The - Nominee Written by Ray Cunneff Waltons, The - Illusion, The - Nominee Written by John McGreevey 1979: Lou Grant - Leon Tokatyan for "Vet" Eischied - Demon, The - Parts I & II - Nominee Written by Mark Rodgers Lou Grant - Expose - Nominee Written by David Lloyd Lou Grant - Home - Nominee Written by Gary David Goldberg Lou Grant - Slammer - Nominee Written by Johnny Dawkins Rockford Files, The - Some Things You Can Tell Yourself - Nominee Written by David Chase Waltons, The - Burden, The - Nominee Written by E. F. Wallengren

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1980s
1980: Tenspeed and Brown Shoe - Stephen J. Cannell for "Tenspeed and Brown Shoe" Little House on the Prairie - Second Spring - Nominee Written by John T. Dugan Lou Grant - Blackout - Nominee Written by Steve Kline Lou Grant - Brushfire - Nominee Written by Allan Burns and Gene Reynolds Lou Grant - Inheritance - Nominee Written by April Smith M*A*S*H - Dreams - Nominee Teleplay by Alan Alda Story by Alan Alda and James Ray Rubinfier Skag - Skag - Nominee Written by Abby Mann 1981: Hill Street Blues - Michael Kozoll and Steven Bochco for "Hill Street Station" Hill Street Blues - Film at Eleven - Nominee Written by Anthony Yerkovich Lou Grant - Campesinos - Nominee Written by Michael Vittes Lou Grant - Strike - Nominee Written by April Smith M*A*S*H - Bless You, Hawkeye - Nominee Written by Dan Wilcox & Thad Mumford Palmerstown, USA - Future City - Nominee Written by Ronald Rubin 1982: Hill Street Blues - Michael Wagner for "The World According to Freedom" Darkroom - Closed Circuit - Nominee Teleplay by Alan Brennert Based on the short story by Carter Scholz Fame - Special Place, A - Nominee Written by Parke Perine Hill Street Blues - Fruits of the Poisonous Tree - Nominee Written by Jeffrey Lewis Lou Grant - Review - Nominee Written by Jeffrey Lane 1983: Hill Street Blues - David Milch for "Trial By Fury"
Cagney & Lacey - Jane Doe #37 - Nominee Written by Peter Lefcourt Hill Street Blues - Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back - Nominee Teleplay by Anthony Yerkovich, David Milch, Karen Hall Story by Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis Hill Street Blues - Gung Ho! - Nominee Written by David Milch, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner St. Elsewhere - Addiction - Nominee Written by John Masius & Tom Fontana

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Two Marriages - Two Marriages (pilot) - Nominee Written by Carol Sobieski

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1984: Hill Street Blues - Teleplay by Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner, Karen Hall, Mark Frost Story by Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch for "Grace Under Pressure"
Cagney & Lacey - Victimless Crime - Nominee Written by Peter Lefcourt Hill Street Blues - Death by Kiki - Nominee Written by David Milch & Mark Frost Hill Street Blues - Parting Is Such Sweep Sorrow - Nominee Teleplay by Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner, David Milch, Mark Frost Story by Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch St. Elsewhere - Hello and Goodbye - Nominee Written by John Masius & Tom Fontana St. Elsewhere - Women, The - Nominee Teleplay by John Ford Noonan Story by John Masius & Tom Fontana Trauma Center - Turnaround - Nominee Written by Harry Longstreet & Renee Longstreet

1985: Cagney & Lacey - Georgia Jeffries for "An Unusual Occurrence" / Miami Vice - Anthony Yerkovich for "Brother's Keeper"
Cagney & Lacey - Child Witness - Nominee Written by Deborah Arakelian Cagney & Lacey - Who Said It's Fair? - Part II - Nominee Written by Patricia Green Call to Glory - Wind From the East, A - Nominee Written by Josef Anderson Hill Street Blues - Watt a Way to Go - Nominee Teleplay by David Milch & Roger Director Story by Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch St. Elsewhere - Sweet Dreams - Nominee Written by John Masius & Tom Fontana

1986: Moonlighting - Debra Frank & Carl Sautter for "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" / St. Elsewhere - John Masius & Bruce Paltrow & Tom Fontana for "Remembrance of Things Past" Hill Street Blues - Remembrance of Hits Past - Nominee Teleplay by Walon Green Story by Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch, Walon Green Hill Street Blues - What Are Friends For? - Nominee Written by Dick Wolf Moonlighting - Every Daughter's Father is a Virgin - Nominee Written by Bruce Franklin Singer 1987: Cagney & Lacey - Georgia Jeffries for "Turn, Turn, Turn - Part I" / Moonlighting - Debra Frank & Carl Sautter for "It's a Wonderful Job" Hill Street Blues - Fathers and Guns - Nominee Teleplay by Jeffrey Lewis Story by Jeffrey Lewis & Jerry Patrick Brown Hill Street Blues - More Skinned Against Than Skinning - Nominee Written by David Black L.A. Law - Fry Me to the Moon - Nominee

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Drama Written by Jacob Epstein & Marshall Goldberg & David E. Kelley L.A. Law - Venus Butterfly, The - Nominee Written by Steven Bochco & Terry Louise Fisher Moonlighting - Atomic Shakespeare - Nominee Written by Ron Osborn & Jeff Reno Moonlighting - Big Man on Mulberry Street - Nominee Written by Karen Hall St. Elsewhere - Room With A View, A - Nominee Teleplay by Channing Gibson Story by John Masius, Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson 1988: thirtysomething - Susan Shilliday for "Therapy" / thirtysomething - Marshall Herskovitz & Edward Zwick for "Pilot (thirtysomething)"
China Beach - Home - Nominee Written by William Broyles, Jr. L.A. Law - Full Marital Jacket - Nominee Teleplay by Terry Louise Fisher & David E. Kelley Story by Steven Bochco & Terry Louise Fisher St. Elsewhere - Moon For the Misbegotten - Nominee Teleplay by Tom Fontana Story by Tom Fontana, John Tinker, Channing Gibson thirtysomething - Nice Work If You Can Get It - Nominee Teleplay by Paul Haggis Story by Jean Vallely

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1989: TV 101 - Karl Schaefer for "Rolling"

China Beach - Where the Boys Are - Nominee Written by Alan Brennert China Beach - Xmas/CHNBCH VN '67 - Nominee Written by John Wells Elysian Fields - Elysian Fields - Nominee Written by Joan Tewkesbury L.A. Law - His Suit Is Hirsute - Nominee Written by Steven Bochco, David E. Kelley, Michele Gallery, William M. Finkelstein Star Trek: The Next Generation - Measure of a Man, The - Nominee Written by Melinda M. Snodgrass

1990s
1990: China Beach - John Sacret Young for "Souvenirs" China Beach - Warriors - Nominee Teleplay by Martin M. Goldstein & Neal Baer Story by Dottie Dartland L.A. Law - Bang . . . Zoom . . . Zap - Nominee Written by David E. Kelley & William M. Finkelstein L.A. Law - Justice Swerved - Nominee Written by David E. Kelley & Bryce Zabel thirtysomething - I'm Nobody! Who Are You? - Nominee Written by Winnie Holzman thirtysomething - Strangers - Nominee Written by Richard Kramer 1991: thirtysomething - Racelle Rosett Schaefer for "Photo Opportunity"

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China Beach - Escape - Nominee Teleplay by Paris Qualles Story by John Sacret Young & John Wells and Carol Flint & Lydia Woodward China Beach - Hello - Goodbye - Parts I & II - Nominee Teleplay by John Wells Story by John Sacret Young & John Wells & Lydia Woodward & Carol Flint Law & Order - Everybody's Favorite Bagman (pilot) - Nominee Written by Dick Wolf Quantum Leap - Leap Home, The - Part I - November 25, 1969 - Nominee Written by Donald P. Bellisario thirtysomething - Guns and Roses - Nominee Written by Liberty Godshall

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1992: I'll Fly Away - Henry Bromell for "Amazing Grace" I'll Fly Away - Coming Home - Nominee Written by Kevin Arkadie Northern Exposure - Burning Down the House - Nominee Written by Robin Green Northern Exposure - Seoul Mates - Nominee Written by Diane Frolov & Andrew Schneider 1993: Homicide: Life on the Street - Teleplay by Frank Pugliese Story by Tom Fontana & Frank Pugliese for "The Night of the Dead Living" Homicide: Life on the Street - Gone For Goode (pilot) - Nominee Written by Paul Attanasio I'll Fly Away - Comfort and Joy - Nominee Written by Barbara Hall Life Goes On - Last Wish - Nominee Written by Toni Graphia Picket Fences - Thanksgiving - Nominee Written by David E. Kelley Reasonable Doubts - Thank God It's Friday - Nominee Written by Ed Zuckerman Tribeca Anthology Series - Box, The - Nominee Written by David J. Burke & Hans Tobeason 1994: Homicide: Life On The Street - Teleplay by David Simon & David Mills Story by Tom Fontana for "A Bop Gun" Homicide: Life On The Street - Many Splendored Thing, A - Nominee Teleplay by Noel Behn Story by Tom Fontana Northern Exposure - Hello, I Love You - Nominee Written by Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess NYPD Blue - NYPD Blue (pilot) - Nominee Teleplay by David Milch Story by Steven Bochco & David Milch NYPD Blue - Tempest In A C-Cup - Nominee Written by Gardner Stern 1995: ER - Lance Gentile for "Love's Labor Lost"

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Homicide: Life On The Street - Fits Like a Glove - Nominee Teleplay by Bonnie Mark Story by Tom Fontana & Julie Martin Picket Fences - Saint Zack - Nominee Teleplay by Nicholas C. Harding and David E. Kelley Story by Nicholas C. Harding X-Files, The - Duane Barry - Nominee Written by Chris Carter

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1996: NYPD Blue - Teleplay by Theresa Rebeck, Story by Bill Clark & Theresa Rebeck for "Girl Talk"
Law & Order - Aftershock - Nominee Teleplay by Janis Diamond Story by Michael S. Chernuchin & Janis Diamond Law & Order - Savages - Nominee Written by Morgan Gendel & Barry M. Schkolnick and Michael S. Chernuchin Law & Order - Trophy - Nominee Teleplay by Jeremy R. Littman Story by Jeremy R. Littman & Ed Zuckerman Murder One - Chapter One - Nominee Teleplay by Charles H. Eglee & Channing Gibson and Steven Bochco & David Milch Story by Steven Bochco & Charles H. Eglee & Channing Gibson Party of Five - Falsies - Nominee Written by Mark B. Perry X-Files, The - Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose - Nominee Written by Darin Morgan

1997: Law & Order - Ren Balcer & Richard Sweren for "Entrapment" ER - Whose Appy Now? - Nominee Written by Neal Baer Law & Order - Deadbeat - Nominee Written by Ed Zuckerman & I.C. Rapoport 1998: Nothing Sacred - Bill Cain for "Proofs For The Existence Of God" ER - Exodus - Nominee Written by Walon Green & Joe Sachs From the Earth To the Moon - Apollo 1 - Nominee Written by Graham Yost Homicide: Life on the Street - Finnegan's Wake - Nominee Teleplay by David Mills Story by James Yoshimura & David Simon Homicide: Life on the Street - Saigon Rose - Nominee Written by Eric Overmyer Homicide: Life on the Street - Subway, The - Nominee Written by James Yoshimura Law & Order - Burned - Nominee Written by Siobhan Byrne Practice, The - Betrayal - Nominee Written by David E. Kelley Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Marie Taquet Story, The - Nominee Teleplay by Cy Chermak & Francine Carroll Story by Malka Drucker & Cy Chermak & Francine Carroll Based on the book Rescuers; Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust by Gay Block and Malka Drucker

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Drama 1999: The Sopranos - Jason Cahill for "Meadowlands" ER - Storm, The - Part I - Nominee Written by John Wells Law & Order - DWB - Nominee Written by Rene Balcer Oz - U.S. Male - Nominee Written by Tom Fontana & Bradford Winters

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2000s
2000: The West Wing - Rick Cleveland & Aaron Sorkin for "In Excelsis Deo" Once and Again - Richard Kramer for "Strangers and Brothers" The Sopranos - Mitchell Burgess & Robin Green for "The Knight in White Satin Armor" The Sopranos - Terence Winter for "Big Girls Don't Cry" The West Wing - Patrick Caddell & Rick Cleveland & Lawrence O'Donnell & Ron Osborn & Jeff Renofor for "Enemies" The West Wing - Lawrence O'Donnell & Paul Redford & Aaron Sorkin for "Take This Sabbath Day" 2001: The Sopranos - Tim Van Patten & Terence Winter for "Pine Barrens" CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Ann Donahue & Tish McCarthy for "Blood Drops" The Sopranos - David Chase for "Proshai, Livushka" The Sopranos - Mitchell Burgess & Robin Green for "Employee of the Month" The West Wing - Paul Redford & Aaron Sorkin for "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail" The West Wing - Aaron Sorkin for "Two Cathedrals"

2002: The Education of Max Bickford - Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin for "Pilot" ER - John Wells for "On the Beach" Resurrection Blvd. - Robert Eisele for "Nino Del Polvo" Six Feet Under - Christian Taylor for "In Place of Anger" The Sopranos - Mitchell Burgess & Robin Green for "Whoever Did This" The West Wing - Paul Redford & Aaron Sorkin for "Game On"

2003: 24 - Evan Katz for "Day 2: 7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m." Law & Order - Michael S. Chernuchin for "Bounty" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Tara Butters & Michele Fazekas for "Abomination" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Tara Butters & Michele Fazekas for "Loss" The O.C. - Josh Schwartz for "Pilot" (The O.C.) The West Wing - Alexa Junge & Lauren Schmidt for "Disaster Relief"

2004: The West Wing - Debora Cahn for "The Supremes" Six Feet Under - Craig Wright for "Falling into Place" The Sopranos - Terence Winter for "Long Term Parking" The West Wing - Josh Singer & John Sacret Young for "Memorial Day" 2005: House - Lawrence Kaplow for "Autopsy" CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Carol Mendelsohn & Naren Shankar & Quentin Tarantino & Anthony E. Zuiker for "Grave Danger" Nip/Tuck - Jennifer Salt for "Rhea Reynolds" Six Feet Under - Scott Buck for "Singing for Our Lives" Veronica Mars - Rob Thomas for "Normal Is the Watchword"

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Drama The West Wing - Carol Flint for "A Good Day" 2006: Big Love - Mark V. Olsen & Will Scheffer for "Pilot" Battlestar Galactica - Ronald D. Moore for "Occupation & Precipice" Lost - Christina M. Kim & Elizabeth Sarnoff for "Two for the Road" Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King - Lawrence D. Cohen for "The End of the Whole Mess" Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - Aaron Sorkin for "Pilot" (Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip) The West Wing - Eli Attie & John Wells for "Election Day Part II" 2007: The Sopranos - Terence Winter for "The Second Coming" The Closer - Michael Alaimo for "The Round File" Dexter - Timothy Schlattmann for "The Dark Defender" Lost - Drew Goddard & Damon Lindelof for "Flashes Before Your Eyes" Mad Men - Chris Provenzano for "The Hobo Code" The Wire - Ed Burns & David Simon for "Final Grades"

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2008: Breaking Bad - Vince Gilligan for "Pilot" Breaking Bad - Patty Lin for "Gray Matter" Burn Notice - Craig S. O'Neill & Jason Tracey for "Double Booked" Dexter - Scott Reynolds for "There's Something About Harry" Eli Stone - Greg Berlanti & Marc Guggenheim for "Pilot" House - Leonard Dick & Doris Egan for "Don't Ever Change"

2009: House - Russel Friend & David Foster & Garrett Lerner & David Shore for "Broken" Big Love - Melanie Marnich for "Come, Ye Saints" Breaking Bad - John Shiban for "Phoenix" Mad Men - Brett Johnson & Matthew Weiner for "The Grown Ups" Mad Men - Robin Veith & Matthew Weiner for "Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency" True Blood - Nancy Oliver for "I Will Rise Up"

2010s
2010: Mad Men - Erin Levy for "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" Breaking Bad - Gennifer Hutchison for "I See You" Breaking Bad - George Mastras for "I.F.T." The Good Wife - Ted Humphrey for "Boom" House - Peter Blake & Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner for "Help Me" Lost - Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof for "The End"

2011: Breaking Bad - Vince Gilligan for "Box Cutter" / Homeland - Henry Bromell for "The Good Soldier" Boardwalk Empire - Bathsheba Doran for "The Age of Reason" Boardwalk Empire - Itamar Moses for "A Dangerous Maid" Breaking Bad - Thomas Schnauz & Moira Walley-Beckett for "End Times" Dexter - Jace Richdale for "Just Let Go"

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Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Comedy

This is the list of winners and nominees of the WGA Television Award for Best Writing for Comedy Series Episodic.[1]

1960s
1960: Father Knows Best - Dorothy Cooper for "Margaret's Old Flame" Make Room For Daddy (The Danny Thomas Show) - Linda Wants To Be a Boy (Nominee) Written by Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart My Three Sons - Chip Off the Old Block (Nominee) Written by George Tibbles 1964: The Andy Griffith Show - Sam Bobrick & Bill Idelson for "The Shoplifters" / The Dick Van Dyke Show Martin Ragaway for "My Husband Is the Best One" The Dick Van Dyke Show - October Eve (Nominee) Written by Sam Denoff & William Persky The Dick Van Dyke Show - Turtles, Ties, and Toreadors (Nominee) Written by John Whedon Make Room For Daddy (The Danny Thomas Show) - Bowling Partners (Nominee) Written by Jerry Belson & Garry Marshall 1965: The Dick Van Dyke Show - Carl Kleinschmitt & Dale McRaven for " Br-room, Br-room" The Beverly Hillbillies - Dash Riprock, You Cad (Nominee) Written by Paul Henning & Mark Tuttle The Dick Van Dyke Show - 4 1/2 (Nominee) Written by Jerry Belson & Garry Marshall The Dick Van Dyke Show - Romance, Roses & Rye Bread (Nominee) Written by Jerry Belson & Garry Marshall Dr. Kildare - Maybe Love Will Save My Apartment House (Nominee) Written by Boris Sobelman 1966: The Dick Van Dyke Show - Jack Winter for "You Ought To Be In Pictures" The Dick Van Dyke Show - Go Tell the Birds and the Bees (Nominee) Written by Rick Mittleman Gidget - The Great Kahoona (Nominee) Teleplay by Albert Mannheimer / Story by Frederick Kohner Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. - Opie Joins the Marines (Nominee) Written by Aaron Ruben 1967: The Jackie Gleason Show (The Honeymooners) - Marvin Marx & Gordon Rod Parker & Walter Stone for "Movies Are Better Than Ever" Get Smart (1965) - Bronzefinger (Nominee) Written by Lila Garrett & Bernie Kahn Get Smart (1965) - Where-What-Who Am I? (Nominee)

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Comedy Written by Barry Blitzer & Raymond Brenner That Girl - Rain, Snow, and Rice (Nominee) Written by James L. Brooks 1968: Get Smart - Sam Bobrick & Bill Idelson for "Viva Smart"
He & She - Before You Bury Me, Can I Say Something? (Nominee) Written by Arnold Margolin & James Parker He & She - Knock, Knock. . .Who's There? Fernando! . . . Fernando Who? (Nominee) Written by Allan Burns & Chris Hayward He & She - The Old Man and the She (Nominee) Written by Leonard Stern & Arne Sultan

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1969: Room 222 - Allan Burns for "Funny Boy"

The Bill Cosby Show - Growing, Growing, Grown (Nominee) Written by Gail Parent & Kenny Solms Get Smart (1965) - The Apes of Wrath (Nominee) Written by Gordon Mitchell & Lloyd Turner Get Smart (1965) - Ice Station Siegfried (Nominee) Written by Chris Hayward & Arne Sultan The Jackie Gleason Show (The Honeymooners) - Play It Again, Norton (Nominee) Written by Robert Hilliard & Gordon Rod Parker & Walter Stone My World and Welcome To It - Little Girls Are Sugar & Spice - And Not Always Nice (Nominee) Written by Rick Mittleman

1970s
1970: Room 222 - Richard DeRoy for "The Valediction" The Governor and J.J. - Check the Check (Nominee) Written by Earl Barret & Arne Sultan My World and Welcome To It - The Fourth Estate (Nominee) Written by Lila Garrett & Bernie Kahn Room 222 - Funny Money (Nominee) Written by Steve Pritzker 1971: The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Martin Cohan for "Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary"
All in the Family - Christmas Day at the Bunkers (Nominee) Written by Don Nicholl All in the Family - Edith's Accident (Nominee) Teleplay by Michael Ross & Bernie West / Story by Helen August & Tom August All in the Family - Gloria Has a Belly Full (Nominee) Written by Jerry Mayer All in the Family - Mike's Problem (Nominee) Teleplay by Alan J. Levitt & Phil Mishkin / Story by Alan J. Levitt All in the Family - Oh, My Aching Back (Nominee) Written by Stanley Ralph Ross

1972: M*A*S*H - Larry Gelbart for "Chief Surgeon Who?"

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Comedy All in the Family - Edith's Problem (Nominee) Teleplay by Burt Styler / Story by Burt Styler & Steve Zacharias The Mary Tyler Moore Show - The Good-Time News (Nominee) Written by Allan Burns & James L. Brooks Maude - Flashback (Nominee) Written by Alan J. Levitt The Odd Couple - The Pen is Mightier than the Pencil (Nominee) Written by Jack Winter 1973: Maude - Robert Schiller & Robert Weiskopf for "Walter's Problem"
M*A*S*H - Carry On, Hawkeye (Nominee) Teleplay Bernard Dilbert & Larry Gelbart & Laurence Marks / Story by Bernard Dilbert M*A*S*H - The Incubator (Nominee) Written by Larry Gelbart & Laurence Marks M*A*S*H - Radar's Report (Nominee) Teleplay by Laurence Marks / Story by Sheldon Keller M*A*S*H - Sometimes You Hear the Bullet (Nominee) Written by Carl Kleinschmitt M*A*S*H - Tuttle (Nominee) Written by David Ketchum & Bruce Shelly The Mary Tyler Moore Show - The Lars Affair (Nominee) Written by Ed Weinberger

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1974: M*A*S*H - Larry Gelbart & Laurence Marks for "O.R." M*A*S*H - Private Charles Lamb (Nominee) Written by Sid Dorfman The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Will Mary Richards Go to Jail? (Nominee) Written by Stan Daniels & Ed Weinberger Rhoda - Parents' Day (Nominee) Written by Charlotte Brown Rhoda - You Can Go Home Again (Nominee) Written by Gloria Banta & Pat Nardo 1975: M*A*S*H - James Fritzell & Larry Gelbart & Everett Greenbaum for "Welcome to Korea" All in the Family - Archie the Hero (Nominee) Written by Bill Davenport & Lou Derman M*A*S*H - Big Mac (Nominee) Written by Laurence Marks The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Chuckles Bites the Dust (Nominee) Written by David Lloyd The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Edie Gets Married (Nominee) Written by Bob Ellison Rhoda - Ida's Doctor (Nominee) Written by Coleman Mitchell & Geoffrey Neigher 1976: M*A*S*H - Alan Alda for "Dear Sigmund"

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Comedy All in the Family - Joey's Baptism (Nominee) Written by Milt Josefsberg & Larry Rhine & Mel Tolkin Barney Miller - The Evacuation (Nominee) Teleplay by Danny Arnold / Story by Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward M*A*S*H - Hawkeye Get Your Gun (Nominee) Teleplay by Jay Folb / Story by Jay Folb & Gene Reynolds The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Mary's Insomnia (Nominee) Written by David Lloyd The Mary Tyler Moore Show - My Son, The Genius (Nominee) Written by Bob Ellison 1977: All in the Family - Larry Rhine & Mel Tolkin for "Archie Gets the Business"
All in the Family - The Joys of Sex (Nominee) Written by Erik Tarloff Barney Miller - Copy Cat (Nominee) Written by Tony Sheehan & Douglas Wyman Barney Miller - Goodbye, Mr. Fish (Nominee) Written by Reinhold Weege The Bob Newhart Show - A Girl in Her Twenties (Nominee) Written by Laura Levine The Bob Newhart Show - A Jackie Story (Nominee) Written by Lloyd Garver The Jeffersons - Once a Friend (Nominee) Written by Michael S. Baser & Kim Weiskopf M*A*S*H - Fade Out, Fade In (Nominee) Written by James Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum The Mary Tyler Moore Show - The Critic (Nominee) Written by David Lloyd The Mary Tyler Moore Show - The Last Show (Nominee) Written by James L. Brooks & Allan Burns & Stan Daniels & Bob Ellison & David Lloyd & Ed Weinberger

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1978: M*A*S*H - Gary David Goldberg for "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
All in the Family - California Here We Are (Nominee) Written by Milt Josefsberg & Robert Schiller & Phil Sharp & Robert Weiskopf Barney Miller - The Ghost (Nominee) Written by Reinhold Weege M*A*S*H - Point of View (Nominee) Written by David Isaacs & Ken Levine Mork and Mindy - Pilot (Nominee) Written by Dale McRaven Rhoda - Rhoda vs. Ida (Nominee) Written by Bob Ellison Taxi - Blind Date (Nominee) Written by Michael Leeson Taxi - Memories of Cab 804 (Nominee) Written by Barry Kemp

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Comedy 1979: M*A*S*H - Thad Mumford & Dan Wilcox for "Are You Now, Margaret?" / Taxi - Ken Estin for "The Reluctant Fighter"
Barney Miller - The Indian (Nominee) Teleplay by Reinhold Weege / Story by Richard William Beban & Judith Anne Nielsen & Reinhold Weege M*A*S*H - Goodbye Radar (Nominee) Written by David Isaacs & Ken Levine M*A*S*H - Period of Adjustment (Nominee) Written by Jim Mulligan & John Rappaport M*A*S*H - The Young and the Restless (Nominee) Written by Mitch Markowitz Mork and Mindy - Dr. Morkenstein (Nominee) Written by Bruce Kalish & Philip Taylor Mork and Mindy - Mork's Mixed Emotions (Nominee) Written by Ed Scharlach & Tom Tenowich Taxi - Elaine's Secret Admirer (Nominee) Written by Barry Kemp Taxi - Honor Thy Father (Nominee) Written by Glen Charles & Les Charles

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1980s
1980: M*A*S*H - Teleplay by Dennis Koenig / Story by Dennis Koenig & Gene Reynolds for "Heal Thyself" The Associates - The Censors (Nominee) Written by Stan Daniels & Ed Weinberger Barney Miller - The Child Stealers (Nominee) Written by Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein M*A*S*H - Bottle Fatigue (Nominee) Written by Thad Mumford & Dan Wilcox M*A*S*H - Morale Victory (Nominee) Written by John Rappaport Taxi - Alex Jumps Out of an Airplane (Nominee) Written by Ken Estin Taxi - Art Work (Nominee) Written by Glen Charles & Les Charles United States - Sometimes (Nominee) Written by Larry Gelbart & Everett Greenbaum 1981: Barney Miller - Nat Mauldin for "Stormy Weather" Barney Miller - Field Associate (Nominee) Written by Jordan Moffet The Greatest American Hero - The Greatest American Hero (Nominee) Written by Stephen J. Cannell M*A*S*H - No Sweat (Nominee) Written by John Rappaport M*A*S*H - A War for All Seasons (Nominee) Written by Thad Mumford & Dan Wilcox Park Place - Crazy Judge (Nominee)

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Comedy Written by Reinhold Weege Taxi - Thy Boss' Wife (Nominee) Written by Ken Estin Taxi - Tony's Sister and Jim (Nominee) Written by Michael Leeson 1982: Barney Miller - Teleplay by Tony Sheehan / Story by Stephen Neigher & Tony Sheehan for "Hunger Strike" Best of the West - The Calico Kid Returns (Nominee) Written by Mitch Markowitz M*A*S*H - The Birthday Girls (Nominee) Written by Karen Hall Making the Grade - Pilot (Nominee) Written by Gary David Goldberg Open All Night - Terry Runs Away (Nominee) Written by David Isaacs & Ken Levine Taxi - Elegant Iggy (Nominee) Written by Ken Estin 1983: Cheers - David Isaacs & Ken Levine for "The Boys in the Bar" / Cheers - Glen Charles & Les Charles for "Give Me a Ring Sometime"
Cheers - Let Me Count the Ways (Nominee) Written by Heide Perlman Cheers - The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One (Nominee) Written by David Lloyd M*A*S*H - Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen (Nominee) Written by Alan Alda & Elias Davis & Karen Hall & Burt Metcalfe & Thad Mumford & David Pollock & John Rappaport & Dan Wilcox Taxi - Jim's Inheritance (Nominee) Written by Ken Estin Taxi - Scenskees From a Marriage (Nominee) Written by Howard Gewirtz & Ian Praiser

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1984: Cheers - Michael J. Weithorn for "Sumner's Return" AfterM*A*S*H - Night Shift (Nominee) Written by Everett Greenbaum & Elliott Reid Cheers - Affairs of the Heart (Nominee) Written by Heide Perlman Cheers - Old Flames (Nominee) Written by David Angell The Duck Factory - Goodbye Buddy, Hello Skip (Nominee) Written by Allan Burns Family Ties - Not An Affair to Remember (Nominee) Written by Ruth Bennett & Gary David Goldberg Night Court - Once in Love With Harry (Nominee) Written by Reinhold Weege Too Close For Comfort - Ship Mates (Nominee) Written by Earl Barret & Arne Sultan

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Comedy 1985: Moonlighting - Glenn Gordon Caron for "Pilot" / Steambath - Elias Davis & David Pollock for "Madison Avenue Madness" Cheers - The Executive's Executioner (Nominee) Written by Heide Perlman Cheers - Fairy Tales Can Come True (Nominee) Written by Sam Simon The Cosby Show - Good-Bye Mr. Fish (Nominee) Written by Earl Pomerantz Webster - The Uh-Oh Feeling (Nominee) Written by Madeline Sunshine & Steven Sunshine 1986: Kate & Allie - Bob Randall for "Allie's Affair" All is Forgiven - I Can't Say No (Nominee) Written by Howard Gewirtz & Ian Praiser The Cosby Show - Theo's Holiday (Nominee) Written by Carmen Finestra & John Markus & Matt Williams The Golden Girls - Rose's Mother (Nominee) Written by James Berg & Stan Zimmerman Night Court - Best of Friends (Nominee) Written by Howard Ostroff 1987: The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd - Jay Tarses for "Here's Why Cosmetics Should Come in Unbreakable Bottles" / Family Ties - Gary David Goldberg & Alan Uger for "'A', My Name Is Alex" / The Golden Girls - Barry Fanaro & Mort Nathan for "'Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas" Cheers - Never Love a Goalie (Nominee) Written by David Isaacs & Ken Levine Family Ties - My Back Pages (Nominee) Written by Ruth Bennett The Golden Girls - A Piece of Cake (Nominee) Written by Barry Fanaro & Terry Grossman & Mort Nathan & Kathy Speer Night Court - Contempt of Courting (Nominee) Written by Tom Straw 1988: The Wonder Years - Carol Black & Neal Marlens for "My Father's Office" Family Ties - The Way We Were (Nominee) Written by Gary David Goldberg The Golden Girls - Old Friends (Nominee) Written by Terry Grossman & Kathy Speer Night Court - No Hard Feelings (Nominee) Written by Tom Straw The Slap Maxwell Story (Nominee) Written by Jay Tarses The Wonder Years - Pilot (Nominee) Written by Carol Black & Neal Marlens 1989: The Wonder Years - Todd W. Langen for "Coda"

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Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Comedy

Cheers - Jumping Jerks (Nominee) Written by David Isaacs & Ken Levine Cheers - Please Mr. Postman (Nominee) Written by Brian Pollack & Mert Rich The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd - Here's Why You Order From the Spanish Side of the Menu (Nominee) Written by Eric Overmyer Murphy Brown - Respect (Nominee) Written by Diane English The Wonder Years - Pottery Will Get You Nowhere (Nominee) Written by Matthew Carlson

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1990s
1990: Murphy Brown - Diane English for "Brown Like Me"
Designing Women - First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century (Nominee) Written by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason Seinfeld - The Stake Out (Nominee) Written by Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld The Wonder Years - Goodbye (Nominee) Written by Bob Brush The Wonder Years - The Powers That Be (Nominee) Written by David M. Stern The Wonder Years - Rock 'N' Roll (Nominee) Written by Bob Stevens

1991: Cheers - David Isaacs & Ken Levine for "Rat Girl"
Coach - Christmas Brains (Nominee) Written by John Peaslee & Judd Pillott The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd - Here's a Little Touch of Harry in the Night (Nominee) Written by Jay Tarses Evening Shade - A Day in the Life of Wood Newton (Nominee) Written by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason The Golden Girls - Ebbtide's Revenge (Nominee) Written by Marc Sotkin

1992: Murphy Brown - Teleplay by Diane English / Story by Diane English & Korby Siamis for "Uh-Oh" Brooklyn Bridge - When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (Nominee) Written by Gary David Goldberg Seinfeld - The New Friend (Nominee) Written by Larry David & Larry Levin Seinfeld - The Parking Space (Nominee) Written by Larry David & Greg Daniels Seinfeld - The Stranded (Nominee) Written by Larry David & Matt Goldman & Jerry Seinfeld 1993: Seinfeld - Larry David for "The Contest"

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Comedy Roseanne - The Dark Ages (Nominee) Written by Mike Gandolfi & Eric Gilliland Roseanne - Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home (Nominee) Written by Amy Sherman Seinfeld - The Outing (Nominee) Written by Larry Charles 1994: Seinfeld - Teleplay by Larry David & Lawrence H. Levy / Story by Lawrence H. Levy for "The Mango" Frasier - A Midwinter Night's Dream (Nominee) Written by Anne Flett-Giordano & Chuck Ranberg Roseanne - Don't Ask, Don't Tell (Nominee) Teleplay by James Berg & Stan Zimmerman / Story by Michael Borkow Roseanne - A Stash from the Past (Nominee) Written by Kevin Abbott Seinfeld - The Hamptons (Nominee) Written by Carol Leifer & Peter Mehlman 1995: Frasier - Joe Keenan for "The Matchmaker" Frasier - The Club (Nominee) Written by Elias Davis & David Pollock Friends - The One Where Underdog Gets Away (Nominee) Written by Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss The Larry Sanders Show - Arthur After Hours (Nominee) Written by Peter Tolan The Larry Sanders Show - Hank's New Assistant (Nominee) Written by John Riggi The Larry Sanders Show - Roseanne's Return (Nominee) Teleplay by Maya Forbes & Steven Levitan / Story by Garry Shandling Mad About You - Our Fifteen Minutes (Nominee) Written by Jack Burditt Mad About You - The Ride Home (Nominee) Written by Liz Coe 1996: Seinfeld - David Mandel for "The Pool Guy" The Soup Nazi - Seinfeld - Spike Feresten The Sponge - Seinfeld - Peter Mehlman Eight - The Larry Sanders Show - Peter Tolan 1997: Seinfeld - Gregg Kavet & Andy Robin for "The Fatigues" The Puppy Episode - Ellen - Ellen DeGeneres & Mark Driscoll & Tracey Newman & Dana Savel & Jonathan Stark The Impossible Dream - Frasier - Rob Greenberg The Chicken Roaster - Seinfeld - Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer The Bizarro Jerry - Seinfeld - David Mandel Ellen, or Isn't She? - The Larry Sanders Show - Judd Apatow & John Markus & Garry Shandling The Book - The Larry Sanders Show - Maya Forbes 1998: Frasier - Rob Greenberg for "Frasier's Imaginary Friend" Pilot - Dharma & Greg - Dottie Dartland & Chuck Lorre

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Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Comedy Emma - Ellen - Lawrence Broch Never Can Say Goodbye - Murphy Brown - Diane English 1999: Frasier - Jay Kogen for "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" The Paper Hat Anniversary - Dharma & Greg - Chuck Lorre & Bill Prady & Eric Zicklin The One Where Everybody Finds Out - Friends - Alexa Junge Four Women and a Funeral - Sex and the City - Jenny Bicks Evolution - Sex and the City - Cindy Chupack

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2000s
2000: Frasier - Joe Keenan & Christopher Lloyd for "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue" Frasier - Joe Keenan for "Out with Dad" Sex and the City - Cindy Chupack for "Attack of the 5'10" Woman" Sex and the City - Michael Patrick King for "Ex and the City" Will & Grace - Jeff Greenstein for "Hey La, Hey La, My Ex-Boyfriend's Back"

2001: Everybody Loves Raymond - Philip Rosenthal for "Italy" Malcolm in the Middle - Gary Murphy & Neil Thompson for "Grandparents" Malcolm in the Middle - Alex Reid for "Bowling" Sex and the City - Cindy Chupack for "Just Say Yes" Sex and the City - Julie Rottenberg & Elisa Zuritsky for "My Motherboard, My Self" Titus - Christopher Titus for "The Pendulum"

2002: Frasier - Bob Daily & Lori Kirkland & Dan O'Shannon for "Rooms with a View" The Bernie Mac Show - Larry Wilmore for "Pilot" Ed - Jon Beckerman & Rob Burnett for "The Wedding" Scrubs - Bill Lawrence for "My First Day" Sex and the City - Cindy Chupack for "Plus One is the Loneliest Number" Sex and the City - Michael Patrick King for "I Heart NY" Sex and the City - Julie Rottenberg & Elisa Zuritsky for "Change of a Dress"

2003: Frasier - Bob Daily for "No Sex, Please, We're Skittish" Malcolm Films Reese - Malcolm in the Middle - Dan Kopelman Day Care - Malcolm in the Middle - Gary Murphy & Neil Thompson A Woman's Right to Shoes - Sex and the City - Jenny Bicks 2004: Arrested Development - Mitchell Hurwitz & Jim Vallely for "Pier Pressure" / Malcolm in the Middle Neil Thompson for "Ida's Boyfriend" Splat! - Sex and the City - Jenny Bicks & Cindy Chupack The Ick Factor - Sex and the City - Julie Rottenberg & Elisa Zuritsky Pilot - Wonderfalls - Bryan Fuller & Todd Holland 2005: Weeds - Jenji Kohan for "You Can't Miss The Bear" "Diversity Day" -- The Office - B.J. Novak "Exile on Main Street" -- Kitchen Confidential - David Hemingson "Motivational Seminar" -- Malcolm in the Middle - Rob Ulin "Next" -- Desperate Housewives - Jenna Bans & Kevin Murphy "Pilot" -- My Name Is Earl - Greg Garcia

2006: The Office - Steve Carell for "Casino Night" "It Takes Two" - Desperate Housewives - Kevin Murphy & Jenna Bans

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Comedy "Don't Look at Me" - Desperate Housewives - Josh Senter "Bomb Shelter" - Malcolm in the Middle - Rob Ulin "The Coup" - The Office - Paul Lieberstein "Jump for Joy" - My Name Is Earl - Vali Chandrasekaran

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2007: The Office - Paul Lieberstein & Michael Schur for "The Job"
Title "The Job" "Local Ad" "Hard Ball" "Pie-lette" Series The Office The Office 30 Rock Pushing Daisies Writers Paul Lieberstein & Michael Schur B.J. Novak Matt Hubbard Bryan Fuller Caroline Williams Network NBC NBC NBC ABC NBC

"Phyllis's Wedding" The Office "Sally Returns"

Flight of the Conchords James Bobin & Jemaine Clement & Bret McKenzie HBO

2008: 30 Rock - Andrew Guest & John Riggi for "Succession"

Title "Believe in the Stars" "Cooter" "Crime Aid" "Crush'd" "Succession" "Vote for This and I Promise to Do Something Crazy at the Emmys" Series 30 Rock 30 Rock The Office Ugly Betty 30 Rock My Name is Earl Writers Robert Carlock Tina Fey Charlie Grandy Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally Andrew Guest & John Riggi Greg Garcia Network NBC NBC NBC ABC NBC NBC

2009: 30 Rock - Robert Carlock for "Apollo, Apollo" / Modern Family - Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd for "Pilot"
Title Series Robert Carlock Charlie Grandy Writers Network NBC NBC

"Apollo, Apollo" 30 Rock "Broke" "Chapter 1" "Gossip" "Pilot" "Reunion" The Office

Eastbound & Down Ben Best & Jody Hill & Danny R. McBride HBO The Office Modern Family 30 Rock Paul Lieberstein Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd Matt Hubbard NBC ABC NBC

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2010s
2010: 30 Rock - Robert Carlock for "When It Rains, It Pours" (NBC) "Anna Howard Shaw Day" (30 Rock) Matt Hubbard (NBC) "Earthquake" (Modern Family) Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh (ABC) "Nightmayor" (The Sarah Silverman Program) Dan Sterling (Comedy Central) "Starry Night" (Modern Family) Danny Zuker (ABC) "WUPHF.com" (The Office) Aaron Shure (NBC)

2011: Modern Family - Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman for "Caught in the Act" (ABC) 30 Rock - Tracey Wigfield for "Queen of Jordan" (NBC) Modern Family - Dan O'Shannon & Ilana Wernick for "Mother's Day" (ABC) The Office - Greg Daniels for "Goodbye, Michael" (NBC) The Office - Robert Padnick for "PDA" (NBC) Weeds - Stephen Falk for "Object Impermanence" (Showtime)

Notes
[1] "Writers Guild Awards" (http:/ / www. wga. org/ awards/ awardssub. aspx?id=1517). Writers Guild of America. . Retrieved 2012-02-16.

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay New Series

The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay - New Series is one of the screenwriting Writers Guild of America Awards, one that is specifically for television.[1]

Winners and Nominated Shows

2000s
Year Title Writers Aron Abrams, Rodney Barnes, Craig DiGregorio, Alyson Fouse, Howard Gewirtz, Ali LeRoi, Courtney Lilly, Chris Rock, Gregory Thompson and Kriss Turner Network UPN

2005 Everybody Hates Chris Grey's Anatomy

Zoanne Clack, Ann Lewis Hamilton, Kip Koenig, Stacy McKee, James D. Parriott, Tony Phelan, Joan ABC Rater, Shonda Rhimes, Mimi Schmir, Gabrielle G. Stanton, Krista Vernoff, Harry Werksman and Mark Wilding Barbara Feldman, Bobby Bowman, Vali Chandrasekaran, J.B. Cook, Brad Copeland, Victor Fresco, Gregory Thomas Garcia, John Hoberg, Kat Likkel, Michael Pennie, Timothy Stack, Hilary Winston and Danielle Sanchez Jennifer Celotta, Greg Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Ricky Gervais, Mindy Kaling, Paul Lieberstein, Stephen Merchant, B.J. Novak, Michael Schur, Gene Stupnitsky and Larry Wilmore Alexandra Cunningham, David Frankel, Bruno Heller, Adrian Hodges, William J. MacDonald and John Milius NBC

My Name Is Earl

The Office

NBC

Rome

HBO

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Year

Title

Writers Brett Baer, Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Dave Finkel, Daisy Gardner, Donald Glover, Matt Hubbard, John Riggi Peter Berg, Bridget Carpenter, Kerry Ehrin, Carter Harris, Elizabeth Heldens, David Hudgins, Jason Katims, Patrick Massett, Andy Miller, Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, John Zinman Jesse Alexander, Adam Armus, Natalie Chaidez, Aron Eli Coleite, Kay Foster, Bryan Fuller, Michael J. Green, Chuck Kim, Tim Kring, Jeph Loeb, Joe Pokaski Eli Attie, Christina Kiang Booth, Jessica Brickman, Dana Calvo, Mark Goffman, David Handelman, Cinque Henderson, Mark McKinney, Melissa Myers, Aaron Sorkin, Amy Turner

Network NBC

2006 30 Rock

Friday Night Lights Heroes

NBC

NBC

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Ugly Betty

NBC

Veronica Becker, Oliver Goldstick, Silvio Horta, Sarah Kucserka, Sheila Lawrence, Cameron Litvack, ABC Myra Jo Martino, Jim D. Parriott, Marco Pennette, Dailyn Rodriguez, Don Todd

Year

Title

Writers Jeremy Doner, Mark Fish, Davey Holmes, Glenn Kessler, Todd A. Kessler, Willie Reale, Adam Stein, Aaron Zelman, Daniel Zelman Damon Beesley, James Bobin, Jemaine Clement, Eric Kaplan, Bret McKenzie, Iain Morris, Duncan Sarkies, Pauls Simms, and Taika Waititi Lisa Albert, Bridget Bedard, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Tim Palmer, Chris Provenzano, Robin Veith, and Matthew Weiner Chad Gomez Creasey, Dara Resnik Creasey, Bryan Fuller, Abby Gewanter, Jim Danger Gray, Lisa Joy, Kath Lingenfelter, Rina Mimoun, Jack Monaco, Scott Nimerfro, and Peter Ocko

Network FX

2007 Damages

Flight of the Conchords Mad Men

HBO

AMC

Pushing Daisies

ABC

The Sarah Silverman Dan Fybel, Rich Rinaldi, Rob Schrab, Jon Schroeder, Sarah Silverman, Dan Sterling, and Harris Program Wittels

Comedy Central

Year

Title

Writers Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Patty Lin, and George Mastras

Network AMC

2008 Breaking Bad Fringe

JJ Abrams, Jason Cahill, Julia Cho, David H. Goodman, Felicia Henderson, Brad Caleb Kane, Alex Kurtzman, Darin Morgan, J.R. Orci, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner, and Zack Whedon Rodrigo Garca, Bryan Goluboff, Davey Holmes, William Meritt Johnson, Amy Lippman, and Sarah Treem

Fox

In Treatment Life On Mars True Blood

HBO

Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg, Becky Hartman Edwards, David Wilcox, Adele Lim, Bryan Oh, Tracy McMillan, Sonny Postiglione, Phil M. Rosenberg, and Meredith Averill Alan Ball, Brian Buckner, Raelle Tucker, Alexander Woo, Nancy Oliver, and Chris Offutt

ABC

HBO

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Year

Title Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk, and Ryan Murphy

Writers

Network Fox CBS

2009 Glee The Good Wife Hung Modern Family

Angela Amato Velez, Corinne Brinkerhoff, Ted Humphrey, Dee Johnson, Todd E. Kessler, Michelle King, and Robert King Colette Burson, Ellie Herman, Emily Kapnek, Brett C. Leonard, Dmitry Lipkin, and Angela Robinson Paul Corrigan, Sameer Gardezi, Joe Lawson, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O'Shannon, Brad Walsh, Caroline Williams, Bill Wrubel, and Danny Zuker

HBO ABC

Nurse Jackie Taii K. Austin, Liz Brixius, Rick Cleveland, Evan Dunsky, Nancy Fichman, Liz Flahive, Jennifer Hoppe, Mark Hudis, John Hilary Shepherd, Linda Wallem, and Christine Zander

Showtime

References and footnotes

[1] wga awards (http:/ / www. wga. org/ awards/ awardssub. aspx?id=1551)

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Article Sources and Contributors

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=483824237 Contributors: AndrewHowse, Aurigas, Beland, Belovedfreak, Bovineboy2008, CoasterKev2000, Colonies Chris, Count3D, Coycan, Crboyer, Dolovis, Feudonym, Fratrep, GobBluthGambitDeadpool, JamesAM, Jzummak, Kbdank71, Koavf, LiteraryMaven, Lugnuts, Mrwojo, NWill, Rogerd, ShelfSkewed, Spidey104, Stamfordlion08, Tassedethe, Timbouctou, Ulric1313, 14 anonymous edits Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=482925026 Contributors: AndrewHowse, C777, Colonies Chris, Conti, Count3D, Crboyer, Edlitz36, Feudonym, Geniac, JaGa, JamesAM, Jevansen, Jzummak, Kbdank71, Lugnuts, NWill, Nehrams2020, Paul A, R'n'B, Rookkey, Spidey104, Stamfordlion08, Tassedethe, Timbouctou, Ulric1313, Woohookitty, 48 anonymous edits Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Comedy Series Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=461724624 Contributors: GobBluthGambitDeadpool, Martarius, Nick Number, Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars, Tassedethe, Wikifarzin Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Dramatic Series Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=461724640 Contributors: 4meter4, GobBluthGambitDeadpool, JustAGal, QuasyBoy, Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars, TenPoundHammer Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Drama Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=496113893 Contributors: BD2412, D6, GobBluthGambitDeadpool, Grafen, JustAGal, Keybladeofhearts, Lemonade51, NWill, Sabrebd, Tassedethe, TenPoundHammer, Thomascornyn, TonyTheTiger, Ulric1313, Woohookitty, 2 anonymous edits Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Episodic Comedy Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=493412566 Contributors: George Ho, Jonjon893, Keybladeofhearts, Tassedethe, TonyTheTiger, 2 anonymous edits Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay New Series Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=461724685 Contributors: Bastin, GobBluthGambitDeadpool, Jevansen, QuasyBoy, Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars, Ulric1313

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