The Writers Guild announced the winners of this year’s WGA Awards at simultaneous ceremonies at the Century Plaza in Los Angeles and the Hudson Theater in New York on Saturday.
Here is the complete list of winners:
FILM
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Milk, written by Dustin Lance Black
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Slumdog Millionaire, screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, based on the Novel Q and A by Vikas Swarup
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Waltz with Bashir, written by Ari Folman
TELEVISION
DRAMATIC SERIES
Mad Men, written by Lisa Albert, Jane Anderson, Rick Cleveland, Kater Gordon, David Isaacs, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Marti Noxon, Robin Veith, Matthew Weiner
COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock, written by Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Donald Glover, Andrew Guest, Matt Hubbard, Jon Pollack, John Riggi, Tami Sagher, Ron Weiner
NEW SERIES
In Treatment, written by Rodrigo Garcia, Bryan Goluboff, Davey Holmes, Merritt Johnson, Amy Lippman, Sarah Treem
EPISODIC DRAMA – any length, one airing time
“Pilot,” Breaking Bad, written by Vince Gilligan
EPISODIC COMEDY – any length, one airing time
“Succession,” 30 Rock, written by Andrew Guest & John Riggi
LONG FORM – ORIGINAL
Recount, written by Danny Strong
LONG FORM – ADAPTATION
John Adams, Episode 1, Join or Die, teleplay by Kirk Ellis, Episode 2, Independence, teleplay by Kirk Ellis, based on the book by David McCullough
ANIMATION – any length, one airing time
“Apocalypse Cow,” The Simpsons, written by Jeff Westbrook
COMEDY/VARIETY – (INCLUDING TALK) SERIES
Saturday Night Live, head writers Seth Meyers, Andrew Steele, Paula Pell; writers Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Charlie Grandy, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, John Lutz, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Paula Pell, Simon Rich, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, Robert Smigel, John Solomon, Emily Spivey, Andrew Steele, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker
COMEDY/VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES & SPECIALS
2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards, written by Billy Kimball, Aaron Lee, Jennifer Celotta, Rainn Wilson
DAYTIME SERIALS
As the World Turns, written by Jean Passanante, Leah Laiman, Courtney Simon, Lisa Connor, David A. Levinson, Peter Brash, Richard Culliton, Susan Dansby, Cheryl Davis, Leslie Nipkow
CHILDREN’S EPISODIC & SPECIALS
Elmo’s Christmas Countdown (Sesame Workshop), written by Joey Mazzarino
CHILDREN’S SCRIPT – LONG FORM OR SPECIAL
“Polar Bears,” The Naked Brothers Band, written by Polly Draper
DOCUMENTARY – CURRENT EVENTS
“Bush’s War: Part One,” Frontline, written by Michael Kirk
DOCUMENTARY OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS
“Secrets of the Parthenon,” Nova, written by Gary Glassman
NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
“ABC Weekend News,” written by Joel Siegel, Karen Mooney, David Muir
NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“Yankee Stadium and the New Gilded Age,” Bill Moyers Journal, writers Bill Moyers & Michael Winship
RADIO
DOCUMENTARY
Black History Month, written by Anthony J. McHugh
NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED OR BREAKING
“World News This Week,” written by Marianne J. Pryor
NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“Tributes,” written by Gail Lee
PROMOTIONAL WRITING AND GRAPHIC ART WINNERS
ON-AIR PROMOTION (RADIO OR TELEVISION)
“Jericho: Two-Minute Drills,” written by Eric Jacobson
TELEVISION GRAPHIC ANIMATION
“Medical Animations,” CBS Evening News, David Rosen
VIDEOGAMES
VIDEOGAME WRITING
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, writers Haden Blackman, Shawn Pitman, John Stafford and Cameron Suey