WGA West and East TV Award nominations
Los Angeles and New York – The Writers Guild of America, the West and the Writers Guild of America, East has announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, radio, news and promotional writing and animation of graphics on the season 2009 to be honored at the upcoming 2010 Writers Guild Awards on February 20, 2010, in Los Angeles and New York
TELEVISION CANDIDATE
DRAMA SERIES Breaking misspelled by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Mastro George, J. Roberts, John Shiban, Moira Walley-Beckett, AM
Written by Dexter Scott Buck, Charles H. Eglee, Lauren Gussis, Clyde Phillips, Melissa Rosenberg, Wendy West, Showtime
Friday Night Lights written by Bridget Carpenter, Kerry Ehrin Ron Fletcher Brent Fitzgerald, Etan Frankel, Jason Gavin, Elizabeth Heldens, David Hudgins, Rolin Jones, Jason Katims, Patrick Massett Santos Derek Olson, John Zinman, NB
Written by Carlton Cuse Lost, Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis, Melinda Hsu Taylor, Damon Lindelof, Greggory Nations, Kyle Pennington, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Brian K. Vaughan, Paul Zbyszewski, AB
Mad Men written by Lisa Albert, Andrew, Cathryn Humphris Colville, Jacquemetton Andre, Jacquemetton Mary, Brett Johnson, Erin Levy, Marti Noxon, Robin Veith, Dahvi Waller, Matthew Weiner, AM
30 Rock sitcom, written by 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 Saghir, Josh Siegal, Ron Weiner, Tracey Wigfield, NB
Curb Your Enthusiasm Written by Larry David, HB
Glee Written by Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy, for
Modern Family Written by Pablo Corral, Gardezi Sameer, Joe Lawson, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O’Shannon, Brad, Caroline Williams Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker, AB
The Office Writer Jennifer Celotta, Danny Chun, Greg Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Anthony P. Farrell, Brent Forrester, Daniel J. Goor, Charlie Grandy, Mindy Kaling, Ryan Koh, Lester Lewis, Paul Lieberstein, Warren Lieberstein, BJ Novak, Michael Schur, Aaron Shure, Justin Spitzer, Gene Stupnitsky Halsted Sullivan, NB
NEW SERIES Glee Written by Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy, for
The Good Wife Written by Angela Amato Velez, Corinne Brinkerhoff, Ted Humphrey, Dee Johnson, Todd E. Kessler, Michael King, Robert King, CB
Posted Written by Colette Burson, Ellie Herman, Emily Kapnek, Brett C. Leonard, Dmitry Lipkin, Angela Robinson, HB
Modern Family Written by Pablo Corral, Gardezi Sameer, Joe Lawson, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O’Shannon, Brad, Caroline Williams Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker, AB
Nurse Jackie K. Taii Writer Austin, Liz Brixius, Rick Cleveland, Evan Dunsky, Nancy Fichman, Liz Flahive, Jennifer Hoppe, Mark Hudis, Hilario Pastor John, Linda Wallem, Christine Zander, Showtime
Episodic DRAMA – any length – once in the air “Broken, Part 1 and Part 2″ (House) Written by Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner, David Foster and David Costa,
“Come ye Saints” (Big Love) Written by Melanie Marnich, HB
“The Grown Ups” (Mad Men) Written by Brett Johnson and Matthew Weiner, AM
“Guy Walks Advertising Agency” (Mad Men) Written by Robin Veith and Matthew Weiner, AM
“I Will Rise Up” (True Blood) Written by Nancy Oliver, HB
“Phoenix” (Breaking Bad) Written by John Shiban; AM
Episodic COMEDY – any length – once in the air “Apollo, Apollo” (30 Rock) written by Robert Carlock, NB
“Broke” (The Office) Written by Charles Grandy, NB
“Chapter 1″ (ass and downhill) Written by Ben T. Best and Jody L. Hill and Danny McBride, HB
“Gossip” (The Office) Written by Paul Lieberstein, NB
“Pilot” (Modern Family) Written by Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, AB
“Reunion” (30 Rock) Written by Matt Hubbard, NB
LONG FORM – ORIGINAL – over one hour – one or two parts, one or two times a Georgia O’Keefe air Written by Michael Cristofer; Lifetime
Grey Gardens Script by Michael Sucsy and Patricia Rozema, Story by Michael Sucsy, HB
Pedro script Dustin Lance Black History by Paris Barclay and Dustin Lance Black, MT
LONG FORM – ADAPTATION – over one hour – one or two parts, one or two times into the air Written by Joyce Eliason America and Rosie O’Donnell, Based on the novel by ER Frank; Lifetime
Taking Chance Written by Lt. Col. Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.) and Ross Katz, based on the story by Lt. Col. Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.), HB
ANIMATION – any length – once in the air “Burns and the bees” (The Simpsons) Written by Stephanie Gillis, for
“Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe (The Simpsons) Written by John Frink; For
“Maggie Gone Gone” (The Simpsons) Written by Billy Kimball and Ian Maxtone-Graham; For
“Take My Life, Please” (The Simpsons) Written by Don Payne; For
“Wedding Disaster” (The Simpsons) Written by Joel H. Cohen, for
COMEDY / VARIETY – (INCLUDING talk) SERIES Real Time with Bill Maher Head Writer: Billy Martin, writers Scott Carter, Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jarocho, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Jonathan Schmock, Danny Vermont, HB
Head Writer Saturday Night Live, Seth Meyers, Writers Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward Rob Klein, John Lutz, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Paula Pell, Simon rich , Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, John Solomon, Emily Spivey, Kent Sublette Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker, Additional Sketch of Adam McKay, Andrew Steele, NB
The Head of Writers Colbert Report: Barry Julien, Thomas Purcell, writers Michael Brumm, Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Robert Dubbin Glenn Eichler, Peter Grosz, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir Alonso, Frank Minor, Opus Moreschi Meredith Scardino, Allison Silverman, Max Werner, Comedy Centra
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Head Writer: Steve Bodow, Writer Rory Albanese, Kevin Bleyer, Rich Blomquist, Tim Wyatt Cenac Carvajal, JR Havlir, David Javerbaum, Elliott Kalan, Josh Lieb, Sam Means, John Oliver, Jason Ross, Jon Stewart , Comedy Centra
The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien Head Writer: Mike Sweeney, Chris Albers writers, Jose Arroyo, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Kevin Dorff, Andres du Bouchet, Michael Gordon, Berkley Johnson, Brian Kiley, Rob Kutner, Todd Levin, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O’Brien, Matt O’Brien, Andy Richter, Brian Stack, NB
COMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, HOMENAJES – SPECIAL “Film Independent Spirit Awards 2009″ written by Billy Kimball, Neil MacLennan, IFC / AM
“We are One: Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial,” written by George Stevens, Jr., Michael Stevens and Sara Lukinson, HB
DAYTIME SERIES All My Children Posted by Jeff Beldner Joanna Cohen, Kate Hall, Chip Hayes, Michelle Patrick, Charles Pratt Jr., Rebecca Taylor, Tracey Thomson, Addie Walsh, AB
As the World Turns Writer Peter Brash, Lisa Connor, Susan Dansby, Cheryl L. Davis, Laima Lea, David A. Levinson, Leslie Nipkow, Passanante Jean, Gordon Rayfield, Courtney Simon, CB
One Life to Live Written by Shelly Altman, Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Aida Croal, Frederick Johnson Carolyn Culliton, Elizabeth Page, Melissa Salmons, Katherine Schock, Chris Van Etten, AB
The Young and the Restless, written by Amanda L. Beall, Tom Casielles, Lisa Connor, Janice Ferri Esser, Eric Freiwald, Jay Gibson, Scott Hamner, Kanel Marla, Beth Milstein, Natalie Minardi Slater, Melissa Salmon, Linda Schreiber, James Stanley, Sandra Weintraub, CB Teresa Zimmerman
SPECIAL CHILDREN episodic and “a problem Monster” (Imagination Movers) Written by Randi Barnes, Rick Gitelson, Scott Gray, Disney Channe
“Frankly, it is becoming a Habitat” (Sesame Street) Written by Joseph Mazzarino, PB
“The Mouse and the home” (Imagination Movers) Written by Michael G. Stern, Randi Barnes, Rick Gitelson, Scott Gray, Disney Channe
“The Rivals” (True Jackson, VP) Written by Dan Kopelman, Nickelodeo
“Welcome to the Jungle” (Troop) Written by Max Burnett Nickelodeo
“Wilderness Survivor Guy” (Sesame Street) Written by Christine Ferraro; PB
CHILDREN’S SCRIPT – LONG FORM OR SPECIAL “Another Cinderella Story”, written by Erik Patterson, Jessica Scott, ABC Famil
DOCUMENTARY – Events of “Black Money” (Frontline), written by Lowell Bergman, Oriana Zill de Granados, PB
“Heat” (first line) Written by Martin Smith, PB
“El show de Hugo Chávez” (first line) Written by Ofra Bikel; PB
“Inside the Meltdown” (first line) Written by Michael Kirk, PB
“The issue Madoff” (first line) Written by Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith, PB
“Poisoned Waters” (first line) Written by Hedrick Smith, Rick Young, PB
DOCUMENTARY – OTHER CURRENT “The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln” (American Experience) Written by Barak Goodman, PB
The National Parks: the best idea Americas, “Episode Two: 1890-1915: The Last Refuge,” written by Dayton Duncan, PB
“Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer” (American Experience), written by David Grubin, PB
Soul of a People: writing American history, written by A. David Taylor, Emma Olive Bucklin, Andrea Kalin; Channe Smithsonian
“We Shall Remain: Episode III: Trail of Tears” (American Experience), written by Mark Zwönitz, PB
“We Shall Remain: Episode Two: Tecumseh’s Vision (American Experience), written by Ric Burns, PB
News – regularly scheduled, BULLETIN OR BREAKING REPORT
CBS Evening News, written by Jerry Cipriano, CB
“The recession Candy” written by R. Polly Leider, CB
World News with Charles Gibson, written by Lee Kamlet, Julia Kathan, Joel Siegel, AB
NEWS – ANALYSIS, property, or Comment
“All Night Long” (Good Morning America), written by Mary Pflum, AB
“A Private War: Expose: America Research Reports” (Bill Moyers Journal), written by Thomas M. Jennings, PB
“Election Day” (Bill Moyers Journal), written by Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, PB
“Financial Fingers” (CBS News), written by R. Polly Leider, CB
“The words that won the White House” (Good Morning America), written by Lisa Ferri, AB
CANDIDATE RADIO
DOCUMENTARY
Summary of 2008, written by Gail Lee, CB
NEWS – regular or Breakin
So Many Goodbyes, written by Gail Lee; CBS Radi
WCBS Radio News, written by Robert Hawley, Radi CBS
World News of the Week – July 11, 2009, written by Darren Reynolds, ABC Radi
NEWS – ANALYSIS, function or Comment
Black History Month, written by Arleen Lebe, CBS Radio
End of Summer, written by Duane Tollison, CBS Radio
Dismissed, written by Gail Lee; CBS Radi
Paul Harvey: An American Life, written by Stu Chamberlain; ABC Radi
PROMOTION WRITING AND CANDIDATE graphic animation
Air promotion (radio or television
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Promotion Process, Written by Michelle Straebler; WNB
“Las Vegas” (Dateline), “Desire” Promo, Promotion Night NBC News, “Iran” (Dateline), “Cheat” (Dateline), written by Barry Fitzsimmons, NB
TELEVISION GRAPHIC ANIMATION “Hudson Splashdown” (CBS Evening News with Katie Couric), David M. Rosen, Shannon L. Toma, CB