In early awards handed out by the Writers Guild of America, “Breaking Bad” and “Veep” were named the best drama and comedy series of 2013, respectively.
The “Breaking Bad” episode “Confessions” and the “30 Rock” episode “Hogcock!” were named the year’s best episodes of a drama and comedy series.
Other awards include “Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight” winning for long-form television adaptation, “The Simpsons” episode “A Test Before Trying” winning for TV animation and “Days of Our Lives” winning for daytime drama.
TheWrap will continue to update the awards as they are handed out at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. Most of the early awards have been announced in New York before the categories have come up at the Los Angeles ceremony.
The WGA is the last of the four major guilds to announce its film awards, with the Producers Guild, Directors Guild and Screen Actors Guild already having held their ceremonies. Because the Writers Guild restricts eligibility to screenplays written under the terms of the guild’s minimum basic agreement, or under the jurisdiction of select international guilds, several of the Oscar screenplay nominees in the Best Adapted Screenplay category — including the presumed frontrunner, “12 Years a Slave” — were not eligible.
In the original-screenplay category, on the other hand, Academy and WGA voters nominated the same five films: “American Hustle,” “Blue Jasmine,” “Dallas Buyers Club,” “Her” and “Nebraska.”
A number of honorary awards were handed out by both the WGA, West and the WGA, East. Paul Mazursky was given the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, Garry Marshall the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement, Alex Gibney the Paul Selvin Award, Thomas S. Cook the Morgan Cox Award and Sam Simon the Valentine Davies Award.
Winners are indicated by **WINNER*.
*SCREEN*
*ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
*American Hustle, Written by *Eric Warren Singer* and *David O. Russell*; Columbia Pictures
Blue Jasmine, Written by *Woody Allen*; Sony Pictures Classics
Dallas Buyers Club, Written by *Craig Borten* & *Melisa Wallack*; Focus Features
Her, Written by *Spike Jonze*; Warner Bros.
Nebraska, Written by *Bob Nelson*; Paramount Pictures
*ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
*August: Osage County, Screenplay by *Tracy Letts*; Based on his play; The Weinstein Company
Before Midnight, Written by *Richard Linklater* & *Julie Delpy* & *Ethan Hawke*; Based on characters created by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan; Sony Pictures Classics
Captain Phillips, Screenplay by *Billy Ray*; Based on the book A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty; Columbia Pictures
Lone Survivor, Written by *Peter Berg*; Based on the book by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson; Universal Pictures
The Wolf of Wall Street, Screenplay by *Terence Winter*; Based on the book by Jordan Belfort; Paramount Pictures
*DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
*Dirty Wars, Written by *Jeremy Scahill* & *David Riker*; Sundance Selects
Herblock – The Black & The White, Written by *Sara Lukinson* & *Michael Stevens*; The Stevens Company
No Place on Earth, Written by *Janet Tobias* & *Paul Laikin*; Magnolia Pictures
Stories We Tell, Written by *Sarah Polley*; Roadside Attractions
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks; Written by *Alex Gibney*; Focus Features
*TV-NEW MEDIA-RADIO*
*DRAMA SERIES
*Breaking Bad, Written by *Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett*; AMC **WINNER*
The Good Wife, Written by *Meredith Averill, Leonard Dick, Keith Eisner, Jacqueline Hoyt, Ted Humphrey, Michelle King, Robert King, Erica Shelton Kodish, Matthew Montoya, J.C. Nolan, Luke Schelhaas, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Craig Turk, Julia Wolfe*; CBS
Homeland, Written by *Henry Bromell, William E. Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Barbara Hall, Patrick Harbinson, Chip Johannessen, Meredith Stiehm, Charlotte Stoudt, James Yoshimura*; Showtime
House of Cards, Written by *Kate Barnow, Rick Cleveland, Sam Forman, Gina Gionfriddo, Keith Huff, Sarah Treem, Beau Willimon*; Netflix
Mad Men, Written by *Lisa Albert, Semi Chellas, Jason Grote, Jonathan Igla, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Janet Leahy, Erin Levy, Michael Saltzman, Tom Smuts, Matthew Weiner, Carly Wray*; AMC
*COMEDY SERIES
*30 Rock, Written by *Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock, Tom Ceraulo, Luke Del Tredici, Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, Matt Hubbard, Colleen McGuinness, Sam Means, Dylan Morgan, Nina Pedrad, Josh Siegal, Tracey Wigfield*; NBC
Modern Family, Written by *Paul Corrigan, Bianca Douglas, Megan Ganz, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Becky Mann, Dan O’Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Audra Sielaff, Emily Spivey, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker*; ABC
Orange Is the New Black, Written by *Liz Friedman, Sian Heder, Tara Herrmann, Sara Hess, Nick Jones, Jenji Kohan, Gary Lennon, Lauren Morelli, Marco Ramirez*; Netflix
Parks and Recreation, Written by *Megan Amram, Donick Cary, Greg Daniels, Nate DiMeo, Emma Fletcher, Rachna Fruchbom, Daniel J. Goor, Norm Hiscock, Matt Hubbard, Dave King, Greg Levine, Joe Mande, Sam Means, Aisha Muharrar, Matt Murray, Amy Poehler, Alexandra Rushfield, Michael Schur, Jen Statsky, Harris Wittels, Alan Yang*; NBC
Veep, Written by *Simon Blackwell, Roger Drew, Sean Gray, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Georgia Pritchett, David Quantick, Tony Roche, Will Smith*; HBO **WINNER*
*NEW SERIES
*The Americans, Written by *Michael Batistick, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Melissa James Gibson, Sneha Koorse, Joe Weisberg, Bradford Winters*; FX
House of Cards, Written by *Kate Barnow, Rick Cleveland, Sam Forman, Gina Gionfriddo, Keith Huff, Sarah Treem, Beau Willimon*; Netflix
Masters of Sex, Written by *Michelle Ashford, Tyler Bensinger, Michael Cunningham, Lyn Greene, Richard Levine, Amy Lippman, Sam Shaw, Noelle Valdivia*; Showtime
Orange Is the New Black, Written by *Liz Friedman, Sian Heder, Tara Herrmann, Sara Hess, Nick Jones, Jenji Kohan, Gary Lennon, Lauren Morelli, Marco Ramirez*; Netflix
Ray Donovan, Written by *Ann Biderman, Sean Conway, David Hollander, Brett Johnson, Ron Nyswaner*; Showtime
*EPISODIC DRAMA
*“Buried” (Breaking Bad), Written by *Thomas Schnauz*; AMC
“Confessions” (Breaking Bad), Written by *Gennifer Hutchison*; AMC **WINNER*
“Episode 101” (House of Cards), Teleplay by *Beau Willimon*; Netflix
“Granite State” (Breaking Bad), Written by *Peter Gould*; AMC
“Hitting the Fan” (The Good Wife), Written by *Robert King *&* Michelle King*; CBS
“Pilot” (Masters of Sex), Written by *Michelle Ashford*; Showtime
*EPISODIC COMEDY
*“Career Day” (Modern Family), Written by *Paul Corrigan *&* Brad Walsh*; ABC
“Farm Strong” (Modern Family), Written by *Elaine Ko*; ABC
“Hogcock!” (30 Rock), Written by *Jack Burditt *&* Robert Carlock*; NBC **WINNER*
“Lesbian Request Denied” (Orange Is the New Black), Written by *Sian Heder*; Netflix
“Leslie and Ben” (Parks and Recreation), Written by *Michael Schur *&* Alan Yang*; NBC
“Pilot” (Orange Is the New Black), Teleplay by *Liz Friedman* and *Jenji Kohan*; Netflix
*LONG FORM – ADAPTED
*Killing Kennedy, Written by *Kelly Masterson*, Based on the book by Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard; National Geographic
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight, Written by *Shawn Slovo*, Based on the book by Howard Bingham and Max Wallace; HBO **WINNER*
*SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA – ORIGINAL
*“Episode 4: The Collected Sylvia” (Sylvia Plath: Girl Detective), Written by *Mike Simses *WINNER*
“Episode 8” (Lauren, Season 2), Written by *Jay Rodan*
“I Do Over Part 1” (Husbands), Written by *Bradley C. Bell *&* Jane Espenson*
“I Do Over Part 2” (Husbands), Written by *Bradley C. Bell *&* Jane Espenson*
*ANIMATION
*“A Test Before Trying” (The Simpsons), Written by *Joel H. Cohen*; Fox **WINNER*
“Game of Tones” (Futurama), Written by *Michael Rowe*; Comedy Central
“Hardly Kirk-ing” (The Simpsons), Written by *Tom Gammill *&* Max Pross*; Fox
“Murder on the Planet Express” (Futurama), Written by *Lew Morton*; Comedy Central
“Saturday Morning Fun Pit” (Futurama), Written by *Patric M. Verron*e; Comedy Central
“Yolo” (The Simpsons), Written by *Michael Nobori*; Fox
*COMEDY / VARIETY (INCLUDING TALK) – SERIES
*The Colbert Report, Writers: *Stephen Colbert, Tom Purcell, Michael Brumm, Nate Charny, Rich Dahm, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Gabe Gronli, Dan Guterman, Barry Julien, Jay Katsir, Frank Lesser, Opus Moreschi, Bobby Mort, Meredith Scardino, Max Werner*; Comedy Central
Conan, Writers: *Jose Arroyo, Andres du Bouchet, Scott Chernoff, Deon Cole, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Scott Gairdner, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Rob Kutner, Todd Levin, Conan O’Brien, Matt O’Brien, Jesse Popp, Andy Richter, Brian Stack, Mike Sweeney*; TBS
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Head Writer: *Tim Carvell*; Writers: *Rory Albanese, Steve Bodow, Travon Free, Hallie Haglund, J.R. Havlan, Elliott Kalan, Matt Koff, Dan McCoy, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Zhubin Parang, Daniel Radosh, Jason Ross, Lauren Sarver, Jon Stewart*; Comedy Central
Jimmy Kimmel Live, Writers: *Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Bess Kalb, Jimmy Kimmel, Jeff Loveness, Molly McNearney, Bryan Paulk, Danny Ricker, Rick Rosner*; ABC
Portlandia, Writers: *Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Bill Oakley*; IFC
Saturday Night Live, Head Writers: *Seth Meyers, Colin Jost*; Writers: *James Anderson, Alex Baze, Neil Casey, James Downey, Steve Higgins, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Joe Kelly, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Mike O’Brien, Josh Patten, Paula Pell, Marika Sawyer, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, John Solomon, Kent Sublette, Bryan Tucker*; NBC Universal
*COMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS
*Blake Shelton’s Not So Family Christmas, Head Writers: *Jay Martel, Ian Roberts*; Writers: *Alex Rubens, Charlie Sanders*; NBC
*QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
*Jeopardy!, Written by *John Duarte, Harry Friedman, Mark Gaberman, Debbie Griffin, Michele Loud, Robert McClenaghan, Jim Rhine, Steve D. Tamerius, Billy Wiss*e; ABC
*DAYTIME DRAMA
*Days of Our Lives, Written by *Lorraine Broderick, David Cherrill, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Rick Draughon, Christopher Dunn, Janet Iacobuzio, David A. Levinson, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Melissa Salmons, Christopher J. Whitesell*; NBC **WINNER*
General Hospital, Written by *Shelly Altman, Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Suzanne Flynn, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O’Connor, Jean Passanante, Elizabeth Page, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Chris Van Etten*; ABC
The Young and the Restless, Associate Head Writers: *Shelly Altman, Tracey Thomson*; Written by *Amanda Beall, Jeff Beldner, Brent Boyd, Susan Dansby, Janice Ferri Esser, Jay Gibson, Beth Milstein, Lisa Seidman, Natalie Minardi Slater, Anne Schoettle, Linda Schreiber, Teresa Zimmerman*; CBS
*CHILDREN’S – EPISODIC & SPECIALS
*“influANTces” (A.N.T. Farm), Written by *Vincent Brown*; Disney Channel **WINNER*
“The Haunted Cave” (Spooksville), Written by *Jim Krieg*; Hub Network
“Simon Says” (Sesame Street), Written by *Christine Ferraro*; PBS
*DOCUMENTARY – CURRENT EVENTS
*“Cliffhanger” (Frontline), Written by *Michael Kirk *&* Mike Wiser*; PBS
“Egypt in Crisis” (Frontline), Written by *Marcela Gaviria *&* Martin Smith*; PBS **WINNER*
*DOCUMENTARY – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS
*“The Abolitionists” (American Experience), Written by *Rob Rapley*; PBS
“The Choice 2012” (Frontline), Written by *Michael Kirk*; PBS **WINNER* (tie)
“Episode 1” (The Dust Bowl), Written by *Dayton Duncan*; PBS
“Silicon Valley” (American Experience), Telescript by *Randall MacLowry* and* Michelle Ferrari*; Story by *Randall MacLowry*; PBS **WINNER* (tie)
*NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
*“The Election of Pope Francis” (CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley), Written by *Jerry Cipriano, Joe Clines* and *Scott Pelley*; CBS
“The Fall of Lance Armstrong” (60 Minutes), Written by *Michael Radutzky, Michael Rey, Oriana Zill de Granados*; CBS
“The Inauguration of the President” (CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley), Written by *Jerry Cipriano* and *Joe Clines*; CBS
“Tragedy at Newtown” Special Edition (ABC World News with Diane Sawyer), Written by *Lisa Ferri* and *Matt Negrin*; ABC
*NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
*“Lethal Medicine” (60 Minutes), Written by *Michael Rey, Oriana Zill de Granados, Michael Radutzky*; CBS
“Throwback Thursday – Happy Birthday, Michael Jackson” (ABC World News Now), Written by *Matt Nelko*; ABC
“Vinyl Revival’ (CBS News), Written by *Polly Leider*; CBS
*RADIO NOMINEES*
*DOCUMENTARY
*“2012 Year in Review,” Written by *Gail Lee*; CBS Radio News **WINNER*
*NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED OR BREAKING REPORT
*“Afternoon Drive,” Written by *Bill Spadaro*; CBS Radio/1010 WINS **WINNER*
“George McGovern: A Look Back,” Written by *Gail Lee*; CBS Radio News
*NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY
*“Remembering C. Everett Koop,” Written by *Scott Saloway*; CBS Radio News
“Remembrances,” Written by *Gail Lee*; CBS Radio News **WINNER*
“Tributes,” Written by *Thomas A. Sabella*; CBS Radio News
*PROMOTIONAL WRITING AND GRAPHIC ANIMATION*
*ON-AIR PROMOTION (TELEVISION, NEW MEDIA OR RADIO
*“48 Hours: 2013 Fall Preview,” Written by *Jay Pedinoff*; CBS News Marketing
“The Crazy Ones – Building a Better Comedy,” Written by *Erial Tompkins*; CBS
*TELEVISION GRAPHIC ART AND ANIMATION
*CBS News Animations: “Brain Injury,” “Pills,” “Bionic Leg,” “Midland Parade,” “Concordia Salvage;” Animation by *David Rosen*; CBS News
(*Editor Note: There were no nominees in Long Form – Original, Short Form New Media – Adapted, or Children’s – Long Form or Special awards categories this year.)* *
*VIDEOGAME NOMINEES*
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Story by *Darby McDevitt, Mustapha Mahrach, Jean Guesdon*; Lead Scriptwriter *Darby McDevitt*; Scriptwriter *Jill Murray*; AI Scriptwriter *Nicholas Grimwood;* Scriptwriter Singapore *Mark Llabres Hill*; Ubisoft
Batman: Arkham Origins, Narrative Director *Dooma Wendschuh*; Writer & Senior Narrative Designer *Ryan Galletta*; Writer *Corey May*; Warner Bros. Interactive
God of War: Ascension, Written by *Marianne Krawczyk*; Additional Writing *Ariel Lawrence*; Sony Computer Entertainment
The Last of Us, Written by *Neil Druckmann;* Sony Computer Entertainment
Lost Planet 3, Head Writer *Richard Gaubert*; Writers *Orion Walker, Matt Sophos*; Capcom
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The “Breaking Bad” episode “Confessions” and the “30 Rock” episode “Hogcock!” were named the year’s best episodes of a drama and comedy series.
Other awards include “Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight” winning for long-form television adaptation, “The Simpsons” episode “A Test Before Trying” winning for TV animation and “Days of Our Lives” winning for daytime drama.
TheWrap will continue to update the awards as they are handed out at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. Most of the early awards have been announced in New York before the categories have come up at the Los Angeles ceremony.
The WGA is the last of the four major guilds to announce its film awards, with the Producers Guild, Directors Guild and Screen Actors Guild already having held their ceremonies. Because the Writers Guild restricts eligibility to screenplays written under the terms of the guild’s minimum basic agreement, or under the jurisdiction of select international guilds, several of the Oscar screenplay nominees in the Best Adapted Screenplay category — including the presumed frontrunner, “12 Years a Slave” — were not eligible.
In the original-screenplay category, on the other hand, Academy and WGA voters nominated the same five films: “American Hustle,” “Blue Jasmine,” “Dallas Buyers Club,” “Her” and “Nebraska.”
A number of honorary awards were handed out by both the WGA, West and the WGA, East. Paul Mazursky was given the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, Garry Marshall the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement, Alex Gibney the Paul Selvin Award, Thomas S. Cook the Morgan Cox Award and Sam Simon the Valentine Davies Award.
Winners are indicated by **WINNER*.
*SCREEN*
*ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
*American Hustle, Written by *Eric Warren Singer* and *David O. Russell*; Columbia Pictures
Blue Jasmine, Written by *Woody Allen*; Sony Pictures Classics
Dallas Buyers Club, Written by *Craig Borten* & *Melisa Wallack*; Focus Features
Her, Written by *Spike Jonze*; Warner Bros.
Nebraska, Written by *Bob Nelson*; Paramount Pictures
*ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
*August: Osage County, Screenplay by *Tracy Letts*; Based on his play; The Weinstein Company
Before Midnight, Written by *Richard Linklater* & *Julie Delpy* & *Ethan Hawke*; Based on characters created by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan; Sony Pictures Classics
Captain Phillips, Screenplay by *Billy Ray*; Based on the book A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty; Columbia Pictures
Lone Survivor, Written by *Peter Berg*; Based on the book by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson; Universal Pictures
The Wolf of Wall Street, Screenplay by *Terence Winter*; Based on the book by Jordan Belfort; Paramount Pictures
*DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
*Dirty Wars, Written by *Jeremy Scahill* & *David Riker*; Sundance Selects
Herblock – The Black & The White, Written by *Sara Lukinson* & *Michael Stevens*; The Stevens Company
No Place on Earth, Written by *Janet Tobias* & *Paul Laikin*; Magnolia Pictures
Stories We Tell, Written by *Sarah Polley*; Roadside Attractions
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks; Written by *Alex Gibney*; Focus Features
*TV-NEW MEDIA-RADIO*
*DRAMA SERIES
*Breaking Bad, Written by *Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett*; AMC **WINNER*
The Good Wife, Written by *Meredith Averill, Leonard Dick, Keith Eisner, Jacqueline Hoyt, Ted Humphrey, Michelle King, Robert King, Erica Shelton Kodish, Matthew Montoya, J.C. Nolan, Luke Schelhaas, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Craig Turk, Julia Wolfe*; CBS
Homeland, Written by *Henry Bromell, William E. Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Barbara Hall, Patrick Harbinson, Chip Johannessen, Meredith Stiehm, Charlotte Stoudt, James Yoshimura*; Showtime
House of Cards, Written by *Kate Barnow, Rick Cleveland, Sam Forman, Gina Gionfriddo, Keith Huff, Sarah Treem, Beau Willimon*; Netflix
Mad Men, Written by *Lisa Albert, Semi Chellas, Jason Grote, Jonathan Igla, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Janet Leahy, Erin Levy, Michael Saltzman, Tom Smuts, Matthew Weiner, Carly Wray*; AMC
*COMEDY SERIES
*30 Rock, Written by *Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock, Tom Ceraulo, Luke Del Tredici, Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, Matt Hubbard, Colleen McGuinness, Sam Means, Dylan Morgan, Nina Pedrad, Josh Siegal, Tracey Wigfield*; NBC
Modern Family, Written by *Paul Corrigan, Bianca Douglas, Megan Ganz, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Becky Mann, Dan O’Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Audra Sielaff, Emily Spivey, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker*; ABC
Orange Is the New Black, Written by *Liz Friedman, Sian Heder, Tara Herrmann, Sara Hess, Nick Jones, Jenji Kohan, Gary Lennon, Lauren Morelli, Marco Ramirez*; Netflix
Parks and Recreation, Written by *Megan Amram, Donick Cary, Greg Daniels, Nate DiMeo, Emma Fletcher, Rachna Fruchbom, Daniel J. Goor, Norm Hiscock, Matt Hubbard, Dave King, Greg Levine, Joe Mande, Sam Means, Aisha Muharrar, Matt Murray, Amy Poehler, Alexandra Rushfield, Michael Schur, Jen Statsky, Harris Wittels, Alan Yang*; NBC
Veep, Written by *Simon Blackwell, Roger Drew, Sean Gray, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Georgia Pritchett, David Quantick, Tony Roche, Will Smith*; HBO **WINNER*
*NEW SERIES
*The Americans, Written by *Michael Batistick, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Melissa James Gibson, Sneha Koorse, Joe Weisberg, Bradford Winters*; FX
House of Cards, Written by *Kate Barnow, Rick Cleveland, Sam Forman, Gina Gionfriddo, Keith Huff, Sarah Treem, Beau Willimon*; Netflix
Masters of Sex, Written by *Michelle Ashford, Tyler Bensinger, Michael Cunningham, Lyn Greene, Richard Levine, Amy Lippman, Sam Shaw, Noelle Valdivia*; Showtime
Orange Is the New Black, Written by *Liz Friedman, Sian Heder, Tara Herrmann, Sara Hess, Nick Jones, Jenji Kohan, Gary Lennon, Lauren Morelli, Marco Ramirez*; Netflix
Ray Donovan, Written by *Ann Biderman, Sean Conway, David Hollander, Brett Johnson, Ron Nyswaner*; Showtime
*EPISODIC DRAMA
*“Buried” (Breaking Bad), Written by *Thomas Schnauz*; AMC
“Confessions” (Breaking Bad), Written by *Gennifer Hutchison*; AMC **WINNER*
“Episode 101” (House of Cards), Teleplay by *Beau Willimon*; Netflix
“Granite State” (Breaking Bad), Written by *Peter Gould*; AMC
“Hitting the Fan” (The Good Wife), Written by *Robert King *&* Michelle King*; CBS
“Pilot” (Masters of Sex), Written by *Michelle Ashford*; Showtime
*EPISODIC COMEDY
*“Career Day” (Modern Family), Written by *Paul Corrigan *&* Brad Walsh*; ABC
“Farm Strong” (Modern Family), Written by *Elaine Ko*; ABC
“Hogcock!” (30 Rock), Written by *Jack Burditt *&* Robert Carlock*; NBC **WINNER*
“Lesbian Request Denied” (Orange Is the New Black), Written by *Sian Heder*; Netflix
“Leslie and Ben” (Parks and Recreation), Written by *Michael Schur *&* Alan Yang*; NBC
“Pilot” (Orange Is the New Black), Teleplay by *Liz Friedman* and *Jenji Kohan*; Netflix
*LONG FORM – ADAPTED
*Killing Kennedy, Written by *Kelly Masterson*, Based on the book by Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard; National Geographic
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight, Written by *Shawn Slovo*, Based on the book by Howard Bingham and Max Wallace; HBO **WINNER*
*SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA – ORIGINAL
*“Episode 4: The Collected Sylvia” (Sylvia Plath: Girl Detective), Written by *Mike Simses *WINNER*
“Episode 8” (Lauren, Season 2), Written by *Jay Rodan*
“I Do Over Part 1” (Husbands), Written by *Bradley C. Bell *&* Jane Espenson*
“I Do Over Part 2” (Husbands), Written by *Bradley C. Bell *&* Jane Espenson*
*ANIMATION
*“A Test Before Trying” (The Simpsons), Written by *Joel H. Cohen*; Fox **WINNER*
“Game of Tones” (Futurama), Written by *Michael Rowe*; Comedy Central
“Hardly Kirk-ing” (The Simpsons), Written by *Tom Gammill *&* Max Pross*; Fox
“Murder on the Planet Express” (Futurama), Written by *Lew Morton*; Comedy Central
“Saturday Morning Fun Pit” (Futurama), Written by *Patric M. Verron*e; Comedy Central
“Yolo” (The Simpsons), Written by *Michael Nobori*; Fox
*COMEDY / VARIETY (INCLUDING TALK) – SERIES
*The Colbert Report, Writers: *Stephen Colbert, Tom Purcell, Michael Brumm, Nate Charny, Rich Dahm, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Gabe Gronli, Dan Guterman, Barry Julien, Jay Katsir, Frank Lesser, Opus Moreschi, Bobby Mort, Meredith Scardino, Max Werner*; Comedy Central
Conan, Writers: *Jose Arroyo, Andres du Bouchet, Scott Chernoff, Deon Cole, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Scott Gairdner, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Rob Kutner, Todd Levin, Conan O’Brien, Matt O’Brien, Jesse Popp, Andy Richter, Brian Stack, Mike Sweeney*; TBS
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Head Writer: *Tim Carvell*; Writers: *Rory Albanese, Steve Bodow, Travon Free, Hallie Haglund, J.R. Havlan, Elliott Kalan, Matt Koff, Dan McCoy, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Zhubin Parang, Daniel Radosh, Jason Ross, Lauren Sarver, Jon Stewart*; Comedy Central
Jimmy Kimmel Live, Writers: *Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Bess Kalb, Jimmy Kimmel, Jeff Loveness, Molly McNearney, Bryan Paulk, Danny Ricker, Rick Rosner*; ABC
Portlandia, Writers: *Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Bill Oakley*; IFC
Saturday Night Live, Head Writers: *Seth Meyers, Colin Jost*; Writers: *James Anderson, Alex Baze, Neil Casey, James Downey, Steve Higgins, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Joe Kelly, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Mike O’Brien, Josh Patten, Paula Pell, Marika Sawyer, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, John Solomon, Kent Sublette, Bryan Tucker*; NBC Universal
*COMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS
*Blake Shelton’s Not So Family Christmas, Head Writers: *Jay Martel, Ian Roberts*; Writers: *Alex Rubens, Charlie Sanders*; NBC
*QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
*Jeopardy!, Written by *John Duarte, Harry Friedman, Mark Gaberman, Debbie Griffin, Michele Loud, Robert McClenaghan, Jim Rhine, Steve D. Tamerius, Billy Wiss*e; ABC
*DAYTIME DRAMA
*Days of Our Lives, Written by *Lorraine Broderick, David Cherrill, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Rick Draughon, Christopher Dunn, Janet Iacobuzio, David A. Levinson, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Melissa Salmons, Christopher J. Whitesell*; NBC **WINNER*
General Hospital, Written by *Shelly Altman, Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Suzanne Flynn, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O’Connor, Jean Passanante, Elizabeth Page, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Chris Van Etten*; ABC
The Young and the Restless, Associate Head Writers: *Shelly Altman, Tracey Thomson*; Written by *Amanda Beall, Jeff Beldner, Brent Boyd, Susan Dansby, Janice Ferri Esser, Jay Gibson, Beth Milstein, Lisa Seidman, Natalie Minardi Slater, Anne Schoettle, Linda Schreiber, Teresa Zimmerman*; CBS
*CHILDREN’S – EPISODIC & SPECIALS
*“influANTces” (A.N.T. Farm), Written by *Vincent Brown*; Disney Channel **WINNER*
“The Haunted Cave” (Spooksville), Written by *Jim Krieg*; Hub Network
“Simon Says” (Sesame Street), Written by *Christine Ferraro*; PBS
*DOCUMENTARY – CURRENT EVENTS
*“Cliffhanger” (Frontline), Written by *Michael Kirk *&* Mike Wiser*; PBS
“Egypt in Crisis” (Frontline), Written by *Marcela Gaviria *&* Martin Smith*; PBS **WINNER*
*DOCUMENTARY – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS
*“The Abolitionists” (American Experience), Written by *Rob Rapley*; PBS
“The Choice 2012” (Frontline), Written by *Michael Kirk*; PBS **WINNER* (tie)
“Episode 1” (The Dust Bowl), Written by *Dayton Duncan*; PBS
“Silicon Valley” (American Experience), Telescript by *Randall MacLowry* and* Michelle Ferrari*; Story by *Randall MacLowry*; PBS **WINNER* (tie)
*NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
*“The Election of Pope Francis” (CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley), Written by *Jerry Cipriano, Joe Clines* and *Scott Pelley*; CBS
“The Fall of Lance Armstrong” (60 Minutes), Written by *Michael Radutzky, Michael Rey, Oriana Zill de Granados*; CBS
“The Inauguration of the President” (CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley), Written by *Jerry Cipriano* and *Joe Clines*; CBS
“Tragedy at Newtown” Special Edition (ABC World News with Diane Sawyer), Written by *Lisa Ferri* and *Matt Negrin*; ABC
*NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
*“Lethal Medicine” (60 Minutes), Written by *Michael Rey, Oriana Zill de Granados, Michael Radutzky*; CBS
“Throwback Thursday – Happy Birthday, Michael Jackson” (ABC World News Now), Written by *Matt Nelko*; ABC
“Vinyl Revival’ (CBS News), Written by *Polly Leider*; CBS
*RADIO NOMINEES*
*DOCUMENTARY
*“2012 Year in Review,” Written by *Gail Lee*; CBS Radio News **WINNER*
*NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED OR BREAKING REPORT
*“Afternoon Drive,” Written by *Bill Spadaro*; CBS Radio/1010 WINS **WINNER*
“George McGovern: A Look Back,” Written by *Gail Lee*; CBS Radio News
*NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY
*“Remembering C. Everett Koop,” Written by *Scott Saloway*; CBS Radio News
“Remembrances,” Written by *Gail Lee*; CBS Radio News **WINNER*
“Tributes,” Written by *Thomas A. Sabella*; CBS Radio News
*PROMOTIONAL WRITING AND GRAPHIC ANIMATION*
*ON-AIR PROMOTION (TELEVISION, NEW MEDIA OR RADIO
*“48 Hours: 2013 Fall Preview,” Written by *Jay Pedinoff*; CBS News Marketing
“The Crazy Ones – Building a Better Comedy,” Written by *Erial Tompkins*; CBS
*TELEVISION GRAPHIC ART AND ANIMATION
*CBS News Animations: “Brain Injury,” “Pills,” “Bionic Leg,” “Midland Parade,” “Concordia Salvage;” Animation by *David Rosen*; CBS News
(*Editor Note: There were no nominees in Long Form – Original, Short Form New Media – Adapted, or Children’s – Long Form or Special awards categories this year.)* *
*VIDEOGAME NOMINEES*
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Story by *Darby McDevitt, Mustapha Mahrach, Jean Guesdon*; Lead Scriptwriter *Darby McDevitt*; Scriptwriter *Jill Murray*; AI Scriptwriter *Nicholas Grimwood;* Scriptwriter Singapore *Mark Llabres Hill*; Ubisoft
Batman: Arkham Origins, Narrative Director *Dooma Wendschuh*; Writer & Senior Narrative Designer *Ryan Galletta*; Writer *Corey May*; Warner Bros. Interactive
God of War: Ascension, Written by *Marianne Krawczyk*; Additional Writing *Ariel Lawrence*; Sony Computer Entertainment
The Last of Us, Written by *Neil Druckmann;* Sony Computer Entertainment
Lost Planet 3, Head Writer *Richard Gaubert*; Writers *Orion Walker, Matt Sophos*; Capcom
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