Writers Guild of America Announces Nominees!
by Shannon Keirnan
The Writers Guild of America has announced its nominations for the February 17th awards ceremony. The winners will be announced in Los Angeles and New York simultaneously.
Some of the nominees won’t come as a surprise—“Game of Thrones,” “Breaking Bad” and “Boardwalk Empire” made the list under drama series, and no one should be shocked to see "The Mindy Project" and "30 Rock" under comedy.
Here’s the full list:
TELEVISION NOMINEES
Drama Series:
“Boardwalk Empire”
“Breaking Bad”
“Game of Thrones”
“Homeland”
“Mad Men”
Comedy Series:
“30 Rock”
“Girls”
“Louie”
“Parks and Recreation”
New Series:
“Girls”
“The Mindy Project”
“Veep”
Episodic Drama:
“Buyout” ("Breaking Bad")
“Dead Freight” ("Breaking Bad")
“Fifty-One” ("Breaking Bad")
“New Car Smell” ("Homeland")
“The Other Woman” ("Mad Men")
“Say My Name” ("Breaking Bad")
Episodic Comedy:
“The Debate” ("Parks and Recreation")
“Episode 9” ("Episodes")
“Leap Day” ("30 Rock")
“Little Bo Bleep” ("Modern Family")
“Mistery Date” ("Modern Family")
“Virgin Territory” ("Modern Family")
Long Form--Original
"Hatfields and McCoys”
"Hemingway & Gelhorn”
Pilot ("Political Animals")
Long Form--Adapted
"Coma”
"Game Change”
Animation
“A Farewell to Arms” ("Futurama"
“Forget-Me-Not” ("Family Guy")
“Holidays of Future Passed” ("The Simpsons)
“Ned and Edna’s Blend Agenda” ("The Simpsons")
“Treehouse of Horror XXIII” ("The Simpsons")
Comedy/Variety (Including Talk)--Series
"The Colbert Report”
“Conan”
“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart”
“Jimmy Kimmel Live”
“Key & Peele"
“Portlandia”
"Real Time With Bill Maher”
“Saturday Night Live”
Comedy/Variety—Music, Awards, Tributes--Specials
"66th Annual Tony Awards”
"2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards”
"After the Academy Awards”
"National Memorial Day Concert”
Daytime Drama
"Days of Our Lives”
"One Life to Live”
"The Young and the Restless”
Children’s—Episodic and Specials
“The Good Sport” (“Sesame Street”)
Children’s—Long Form or Special
“Girl vs. Monster”
Documentary—Current Events
“The Anthrax Files” ("Frontline")
“A Perfect Terrorist” ("Frontline")
“Lost in Detention” ("Frontline")
“Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode One” ("Frontline")
“Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode Three” ("Frontline")
“Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode Four” ("Frontline")
Documentary—Other Than Current Events
“The Amish” ("American Experience")
“Clinton” ("American Experience")
“Death and the Civil War” ("American Experience")
“The Fabric of the Cosmos: The Illusion of Time” ("Nova")
“The Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap” ("Nova")
“Johnny Carson: King of Late Night” ("American Masters")
News—Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report
“Tragedy in Colorado: The Movie Theatre Massacre”
News—Analysis, Feature, or Commentary:
“The Ghost of Joe McCarthy” ("Moyers & Company")
“Making History at Ole Miss”
“The Regime Responds” ("Frontline")
“Stem Cell Fraud” ("60 Minutes")
RADIO NOMINEES
News—Regularly Scheduled or Breaking Report:
“CBS Radio News”
“Local and National News”
“Remembering Andy Williams”
"World News This Year 2011”
News—Analysis, Feature, or Commentary
“Dishin Digital”
“Pre-existing Conditions and the Affordable Care Act”
“Tributes”
PROMOTIONAL WRITING AND GRAPHIC ANIMATION NOMINEES
On-Air Promotion (Radio or Television)
“Partners”
Television Graphic Animation
“CBS News Animations”
“The Oscars” (Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood)