70th Writers Guild of America Awards
Award ceremony for writing of 2017
The 70th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best in film, television, radio and video-game writing of 2017. Winners were announced on February 11, 2018, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel , Beverly Hills , California and the Edison Ballroom, New York City, New York.[ 1] [ 2] The nominations for Television, New Media, Radio, News and Promotional Writing were announced on December 7, 2017,[ 3] the Theatrical and Documentary Screenplay nominees were announced on January 4, 2018,[ 4] and the Videogame Writing nominees were announced on January 11, 2018.[ 5]
The West Coast show was hosted by Patton Oswalt and the East Coast show was hosted by Amber Ruffin .[ 6] [ 7]
Nominees
Film
Television
Drama Series
The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu ) – Ilene Chaiken , Nina Fiore , Dorothy Fortenberry, Leila Gerstein , John Herrera, Lynn Maxcy, Bruce Miller , Kira Snyder, Wendy Straker Hauser, Eric Tuchman
The Americans (FX ) – Peter Ackerman, Hilary Bettis , Joshua Brand , Joel Fields, Stephen Schiff , Joe Weisberg , Tracey Scott Wilson
Better Call Saul (AMC ) – Ann Cherkis, Vince Gilligan , Jonathan Glatzer , Peter Gould , Gennifer Hutchison , Heather Marion , Thomas Schnauz , Gordon Smith
Game of Thrones (HBO ) – David Benioff , Bryan Cogman , Dave Hill , D. B. Weiss
Stranger Things (Netflix ) – Paul Dichter, Justin Doble, The Duffer Brothers , Jessica Mecklenburg, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Alison Tatlock
Comedy Series
Veep (HBO ) – Rachel Axler , Sean Gray, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, Eric Kenward, Billy Kimball , Steve Koren , David Mandel , Jim Margolis, Lew Morton , Georgia Pritchett, Will Smith , Alexis Wilkinson
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO ) – Larry David , Jon Hayman, Justin Hurwitz , Jeff Schaffer
GLOW (Netflix ) – Arabella Anderson, Kristoffer Diaz , Liz Flahive, Tara Herrmann, Nick Jones , Jenji Kohan , Carly Mensch, Emma Rathbone, Sascha Rothchild , Rachel Shukert
Master of None (Netflix ) – Aziz Ansari , Andrew Blitz, Zoe Jarman , Cord Jefferson , Sarah Peters, Sarah Schneider , Michael Schur , Leila Strachan, Gene Stupnitsky , Lakshmi Sundaram, Lena Waithe , Jason Woliner , Alan Yang
Silicon Valley (HBO ) – Alec Berg , Donick Cary , Adam Countee, Jonathan Dotan, Mike Judge , Carrie Kemper , John Levenstein, Dan Lyons , Carson Mell, Dan O'Keefe , Clay Tarver , Aaron Zelman
New Series
The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu ) – Ilene Chaiken , Nina Fiore , Dorothy Fortenberry, Leila Gerstein , John Herrera, Lynn Maxcy, Bruce Miller , Kira Snyder, Wendy Straker Hauser, Eric Tuchman
American Vandal (Netflix ) – Seth Cohen, Lauren Herstik, Dan Lagana, Kevin McManus, Matthew McManus, Jessica Meyer, Dan Perrault, Amy Pocha, Mike Rosolio, Tony Yacenda
The Deuce (HBO ) – Megan Abbott , Marc Henry Johnson, Lisa Lutz , George Pelecanos , Richard Price , Will Ralston, David Simon , Chris Yakaitis
GLOW (Netflix ) – Arabella Anderson, Kristoffer Diaz , Liz Flahive, Tara Herrmann, Nick Jones , Jenji Kohan , Carly Mensch, Emma Rathbone, Sascha Rothchild , Rachel Shukert
Ozark (Netflix ) – Whit Anderson, Bill Dubuque , Ryan Farley, Alyson Feltes, Paul Kolsby, David Manson, Chris Mundy, Mark Williams, Ning Zhou, Martin Zimmerman
Long Form – Original
Flint (Lifetime ) – Barbara Stepansky
American Horror Story: Cult (FX ) – Brad Falchuk , John J. Gray , Joshua Green, Todd Kubrak, Crystal Liu , Tim Minear , Ryan Murphy , Adam Penn, James Wong
Feud: Bette and Joan (FX ) – Jaffe Cohen , Tim Minear , Ryan Murphy , Gina Welch, Michael Zam
Godless (Netflix ) – Scott Frank
Manhunt: Unabomber (Discovery Channel ) – Jim Clemente, Tony Gittelson, Max Hurwitz, Steven Katz, Nick Schenk , Andrew Sodroski, Nick Towne
Long Form – Adapted
Big Little Lies (HBO ) – David E. Kelley , Based on the novel by Liane Moriarty
Fargo (FX ) – Monica Beletsky , Bob DeLaurentis , Noah Hawley , Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert, Based on the film directed by Joel Coen
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO ) – Peter Landesman , Alexander Woo , George C. Wolfe , Based on the book by Rebecca Skloot
The Wizard of Lies (HBO ) – Sam Levinson , John Burnham Schwartz and Samuel Baum, Based on the book by Diana B. Henriques and Truth and Consequences by Laurie Sandell
Short Form New Media – Adapted
"Starboy" – Zac & Mia (fxnetworks.com) – Allen Clary and Andrew Rothschild, Based on the novel by A.J. Betts
Animation
"Time's Arrow " – BoJack Horseman (Netflix ) – Kate Purdy
Episodic Drama
"Chicanery " – Better Call Saul (AMC ) – Gordon Smith
Episodic Comedy
"Rosario's Quinceanera" – Will & Grace (NBC ) – Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally
Comedy/Variety – Talk Series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO ) – Tim Carvell , Josh Gondelman , Dan Gurewitch , Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver , Scott Sherman , Will Tracy, Jill Twiss , Juli Weiner , Ben Silva, Seena Vali
Conan (TBS ) – Matt O’Brien, Jose Arroyo, Daniel Cronin, Andres du Bouchet, Jessie Gaskell, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin , Leah Krinsky , Stephen Kutner, Todd Levin, Levi MacDougall, Conan O'Brien , Paul Richter, Frank Smiley, Mike Sweeney
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central ) – Dan Amira, David Angelo, Steve Bodow , Kashana Cauley , Devin Delliquanti, Zach DiLanzo, Hallie Haglund , David Kibuuka, Matt Koff , Adam Lowitt , Dan McCoy , Trevor Noah , Joe Opio , Zhubin Parang , Owen Parsons, Daniel Radosh , Lauren Sarver-Means, Michelle Wolf
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS ) – Samantha Bee , Ashley Nicole Black , Pat Cassels, Eric Drysdale , Mathan Erhardt, Travon Free , Joe Grossman, Jo Miller , Jason Reich , Melinda Taub
The Jim Jefferies Show (Comedy Central ) – Jason Reich , Jim Jefferies , Subhah Agarwal, Kevin Avery, Curtis Cook, Lucas Kavner, Matt Kirshen , Bryan Olsen, Laura Willcox, JJ Whitehead, Scott Y. Zabielski
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC ) – Jimmy Kimmel , Tony Barbieri , Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Gonzalo Cordova, Devin Field, Gary Greenberg , Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono , Eric Immerman, Jesse Joyce , Bess Kalb, Jeff Loveness, Molly McNearney, CeCe Pleasants, Danny Ricker, Joe Strazzullo
Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC ) – Jermaine Affonso, Alex Baze, Bryan Donaldson, Sal Gentile, Matt Goldich, Dina Gusovsky , Jenny Hagel, Allison Hord, Mike Karnell, John Lutz , Seth Meyers , Ian Morgan, Seth Reiss, Amber Ruffin , Mike Scollins, Mike Shoemaker, Ben Warheit
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO ) – Scott Carter, Adam Felber , Matt Gunn , Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher , Billy Martin, Bob Oschack, Danny Vermont
Comedy/Variety - Sketch Series
Saturday Night Live (NBC ) – Chris Kelly , Sarah Schneider , Bryan Tucker ; Writers: James Anderson , Kristen Bartlett, Jeremy Beiler, Neal Brennan , Zack Bornstein, 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
Nathan For You (Comedy Central ) – Leo Allen , Nathan Fielder , Carrie Kemper , Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola
Portlandia (IFC ) – Fred Armisen , Carrie Brownstein , Karen Kilgariff , Jonathan Krisel , Graham Wagner
The President Show (Comedy Central ) – Emily Altman, Anthony Atamanuik , Emmy Blotnick, Neil Casey , Mike Drucker , Noah Garfinkel, John Gemberling , Peter Grosz , Mitra Jouhari , John Knefel, Alison Leiby , Christine Nangle, John Reynolds, Jason Ross , Rae Sanni, Evan Waite
Weekend Update Summer Edition (NBC ) – Megan Callahan, Michael Che , Mikey Day , Steve Higgins , Colin Jost , Dennis McNicholas, Josh Patten, Katie Rich , Pete Schultz, Streeter Seidell , Kent Sublette, Bryan Tucker
Comedy/Variety (Music, Awards, Tributes) – Specials
39th Kennedy Center Honors (CBS ) – Dave Boone
89th Academy Awards (ABC ) – Billy Kimball , Jon Macks; Special Material Written by Jack Allison , Tony Barbieri , Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Gonzalo Cordova, Gary Greenberg , Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono , Eric Immerman, Bess Kalb, Jimmy Kimmel , Jeff Loveness, Molly McNearney, Danny Ricker, Joe Strazzullo
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Diane Keaton (TNT ) – Bob Gazzale & Jon Macks
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special (Netflix ) – Scott Aukerman , Dave Ferguson, Mike Hanford, Tim Kalpakis, Joe Saunders, Akiva Schaffer ; Additional Material Written by Zach Kanin , Claudia O'Doherty , Tim Robinson
Nathan For You: A Celebration (Comedy Central ) – Leo Allen , Nathan Fielder , Carrie Kemper , Michael Koman, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola
Quiz and Audience Participation
Hollywood Game Night (NBC ) – Head Writer: Grant Taylor; Writers: Michael Agbabian, Alex Chauvin, Ann Slichter and Dwight D. Smith
Jeopardy! (ABC ) – Matthew Caruso, John Duarte, Harry Friedman, Mark Gaberman, Deborah Griffin, Michele Loud, Robert McClenaghan, Jim Rhine, Steve D. Tamerius, Billy Wisse
Daytime Drama
General Hospital (ABC ) – 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
Days of Our Lives (NBC ) – Ron Carlivati, Sheri Anderson, Lorraine Broderick, David Cherrill, Lisa Connor, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Rick Draughon, Cydney Kelley, David Kreizman, David A. Levinson, Rebecca McCarty, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Elizabeth Snyder, Tyler Topits
Children's Script – Episodic and Specials
"An American Girl Story – Ivy & Julie 1976: A Happy Balance" – American Girl (Amazon ) – May Chan
"American Girl – Summer Camp, Friends for Life" – American Girl (Amazon ) – Alison McDonald and Caron Tschampion
"Just Add 1965" – Just Add Magic (Amazon ) – Lauren Thompson
"Meet Julia" – Sesame Street (HBO ) – Belinda Ward
The Magical Wand Chase: A Sesame Street Special (HBO ) – Raye Lankford, Jessica Carleton, Ken Scarborough
Documentary
News
TV News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report
"White Helmets" – 60 Minutes (CBS News ) – Scott Pelley , Nicole Young, Katie Kerbstat
TV News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary
"Chief of Chobani" – 60 Minutes (CBS ) – Steve Kroft , Oriana Zill de Granados
Digital News
"The Super Predators" (Huffingtonpost.com ) – Melissa Jeltsen, Dana Liebelson
"At the Capitol With Those for Whom Last Night Mattered the Most" (SplinterNews.com ) – Emma Roller
"Becoming Ugly" (Jezebel.com ) – Madeleine Davies
"Why Did Politicon Make Me Want To Die?" (SplinterNews.com ) – Libby Watson
Radio
Radio Documentary
"CBS Radio 90th Anniversary" (CBS Radio News ) – Dianne E. James
Radio News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report
"World News This Week: June 9, 2017" (ABC News Radio ) – Tara Gimbel Tanis
"Hugh Hefner: A Social Revolutionary in Silk Pajamas" (CBS Radio News ) – Gail Lee
"World News This Week: November 18, 2016" (ABC News Radio ) – Joan B. Harris
Radio News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary
"Dishin Digital on WCBS-AM" (WCBS-AM Radio) – Robert Hawley
"Chuck Berry" (KNX ) – Jerry Edling
"Holiday Stories" (CBS Radio News ) – Gail Lee
"One Nation, Overdosed: An Investigative Report" (ABC News Radio ) – Tara Gimbel Tanis
On-Air Promotion – Television or Radio
"CBS Comedy" (CBS ) – Dan Greenberger
"The Good Fight" (CBS ) – Brian Retchless
Videogaming Writing
Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing
Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games ) – Narrative Director: John Gonzalez; Lead Writer: Benjamin McCaw; Writers: Ben Schroder, Anne Toole; Additional Writing: Dee Warrick, Meg Jayanth
References
^ "2017-2018 Awards Timeline" . Writers Guild of America . Retrieved December 7, 2017 .
^ "The 70th Writers Guild Awards" . Writers Guild of America East . Archived from the original on 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-02-16 .
^ Littleton, Cynthia (December 7, 2017). "Writers Guild Award TV Nominations: 'The Americans,' 'Handmaid's Tale,' 'GLOW' Grab Multiple Mentions" . Variety . Retrieved December 7, 2017 .
^ Lewis, Hilary (January 4, 2018). "WGA Awards: 'Get Out,' 'Logan,' 'The Big Sick' Among Film Nominations" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 4, 2018 .
^ "2018 Writers Guild Awards: Videogame Writing Nominations Announced" . WGA. January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2018 .
^ "Patton Oswalt Returns to Host 2018 Writers Guild Awards L.A. Ceremony" . WGA. December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017 .
^ "Amber Ruffin to Host 70th Annual Writers Guild Awards Ceremony in New York" . Writers Guild of America East . 2017-12-04. Retrieved 2018-02-16 .
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