Here is a list of the The WGA Awards that were handed over the weekend. In the movie categories, “Get Out” and “Call Me by Your Name” were the night’s big winners, taking the top prize for original and the adapted screenplay respectively. The Julia Louis Dreyfus comedy, “Veep” and Hulu’s drama “The Handmaid’s Tale” topped the television category. In the Daytime Drama category, “General Hospital” went head to head against “Days of our Lives” with the former winning out.
Writers Guild Winners List:
FILM
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Get Out
Written by Jordan Peele; Universal Pictures
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Call Me by Your Name
Screenplay by James Ivory; Based on the Novel by André Aciman; Sony Pictures Classics
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Jane
Written by Brett Morgen; National Geographic
TELEVISION
DRAMA SERIES
The Handmaid’s Tale
Written by Ilene Chaiken, Nina Fiore, Dorothy Fortenberry, Leila Gerstein, John Herrera, Lynn Renee Maxcy, Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder, Wendy Straker Hauser, Eric Tuchman; Hulu
COMEDY SERIES
Veep
Written by Gabrielle Allan, Rachel Axler, Ted Cohen, Jennifer Crittenden, Alex Gregory, Steve Hely, Peter Huyck, Erik Kenward, Billy Kimball, David Mandel, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Dan Mintz, Lew Morton, Georgia Pritchett, Will Smith; HBO
NEW SERIES
The Handmaid’s Tale
Written by Ilene Chaiken, Nina Fiore, Dorothy Fortenberry, Leila Gerstein, John Herrera, Lynn Renee Maxcy, Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder, Wendy Straker Hauser, Eric Tuchman; Hulu
LONG FORM ORIGINAL
Flint
Written by Barbara Stepansky; Lifetime
LONG FORM ADAPTED
Big Little Lies
Teleplay by David E. Kelley, Based on the Novel by Liane Moriarty; HBO
COMEDY/VARIETY TALK SERIES
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Writers: Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner, Ben Silva, Seena Vali; HBO
COMEDY/VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
Head Writers: Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider, Bryan Tucker; Writers: James Anderson, Kristen Bartlett, Jeremy Beiler, Neal Brennan, Zack Bornstein, Joanna Bradley, Megan Callahan, Michael Che, Anna Drezen, Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Nick Kocher, Michael Koman, Dave McCary, Brian McElhaney, Dennis McNicholas, Drew Michael, Lorne Michaels, Josh Patten, Katie Rich, Pete Schultz, Streeter Seidell, Will Stephen, Kent Sublette, Julio Torres; NBCUniversal
EPISODIC DRAMA
“Chicanery” (Better Call Saul)
Written by Gordon Smith; AMC
EPISODIC COMEDY
“Rosario’s Quinceanera” (Will & Grace)
Written by Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally; NBC
DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – CURRENT EVENTS
“Confronting ISIS” (Frontline)
Written by Martin Smith; PBS
DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS
“The Great War” Part II (American Experience)
Written by Stephen Ives; PBS
SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA ADAPTED
“Starboy” (Zac & Mia)
Teleplay by Allen Clary and Andrew Rothschild, based on the novel Zac & Mia by A.J. Betts; go90.com
ANIMATION
“Time’s Arrow” (BoJack Horseman)
Written by Kate Purdy; Netflix
DAYTIME DRAMA
Head Writers: Shelly Altman, Jean Passanante
Writers: Anna Theresa Cascio, Suzanne Flynn, Charlotte Gibson, Lucky Gold, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O’Connor, Dave Rupel, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Christopher Van Etten, Christopher Whitesell; ABC
CHILDREN’S EPISODIC AND SPECIALS
“An American Girl Story – Ivy & Julie 1976: A Happy Balance” (American Girl)
Written by May Chan; Amazon
QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
Hollywood Game Night
Head Writer: Grant Taylor; Writers: Michael Agbabian, Alex Chauvin, Ann Slichter, Dwight D. Smith; NBC
PROMOTIONAL WRITING
ON-AIR PROMOTION (RADIO OR TELEVISION)
“CBS Comedy”
Written by Dan Greenberger; CBS Television
TV NEWS
NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“Chief of Chobani” (60 Minutes)
Written by Steve Kroft, Oriana Zill de Granados; CBS News
NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
“White Helmets” (60 Minutes)
Written by Scott Pelley, Nicole Young, Katie Kerbstat; CBS News
RADIO/AUDIO
RADIO/AUDIO DOCUMENTARY
“CBS Radio 90th Anniversary”
Written by Dianne E. James, Gail Lee; CBS News Radio
RADIO/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
“World News This Week: June 9, 2017″
Written by Tara Gimbel Tanis; ABC News Radio
RADIO/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“Dishin’ Digital on WCBS-AM”
Written by Robert Hawley; WCBS
DIGITAL NEWS
“The Super Predators”
Written by Melissa Jeltsen, Dana Liebelson; Huffingtonpost.com
