Writers Guild announces 2014 TV nominations
The Writers Guild of America, West and East, announced their nominees for outstanding achievement in television on December 5th. Read through for the complete list. The nominees for new media, news, radio, promotional writing, and graphic animation were also revealed, and film nominations will be announced on January 3rd.
Drama Series
Comedy Series
- “Buried” (Breaking Bad), Written by Thomas Schnauz; AMC
- “Confessions” (Breaking Bad), Written by Gennifer Hutchison; AMC
- “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 Drama
- “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
- “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
Episodic Comedy
- 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
Long Form – Adapted
- “Episode 4: The Collected Sylvia” (Sylvia Plath: Girl Detective), Written by Mike Simses; sylviaplathgirldetective.com
- “Episode 8” (Lauren, Season 2), Written by Jay Rodan; youtube.com/wigs
- “I Do Over Part 1” (Husbands), Written by Bradley C. Bell & Jane Espenson; cwseed.com
- “I Do Over Part 2” (Husbands), Written by Bradley C. Bell & Jane Espenson; cwseed.com
Short Form New Media – Original
- “A Test Before Trying” (The Simpsons), Written by Joel H. Cohen; Fox
- “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. Verrone; Comedy Central
- “Yolo” (The Simpsons), Written by Michael Nobori; Fox
Animation
- The Colbert Report, Comedy Central
- Conan, TBS
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central
- Jimmy Kimmel Live, ABC
- Portlandia, IFC
- Saturday Night Live, NBC Universal
Comedy / Variety (including Talk)
- Blake Shelton’s Not So Family Christmas, Head Writers: Jay Martel, Ian Roberts; Writers: Alex Rubens, Charlie Sanders; NBC
Comedy / Variety – Music, Awards, Tributes – Specials
- Jeopardy!, Written by John Duarte, Harry Friedman, Mark Gaberman, Debbie Griffin, Michele Loud, Robert McClenaghan, Steve D. Tamerius, Billy Wisse; ABC
Quiz and Audience Participation
Daytime Drama
Days of Our Lives, NBC
General Hospital, ABC
The Young and the Restless, CBS
- “influANTces” (A.N.T. Farm), Written by Vincent Brown; Nickelodeon
- “Simon Says” (Sesame Street), Written by Christine Ferraro; PBS
Children’s – Episodic & Specials
“The Haunted Cave” (Spooksville), Written by Jim Krieg; Hub Network
- “Cliffhanger” (Frontline), Written by Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS
- “Egypt in Crisis” (Frontline), Written by Marcela Gaviria & Martin Smith; PBS
Documentary – Current Events
- “The Abolitionists” (American Experience), Written by Rob Rapley; PBS
- “The Choice 2012” (Frontline), Written by Michael Kirk; PBS
- “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
Documentary – Other than current events
- “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 – Regularly scheduled, bulletin, or breaking report
- “Lethal Medicine” (60 Minutes), Written by Michael Rey, Oriana Zill de Granados, Michael Radutzky; CBS
- “Vinyl Revival’ (CBS News), Written by Polly Leider; CBS
News – Analysis, feature or commentary
“Throwback Thursday ? Happy Birthday, Michael Jackson” (ABC World News Now), Written by Matt Nelko; ABC
