WGA TV Noms Announced
Simpsons and Office Lead Pack
Fox’s animated comedy The Simpsons and NBC’s half-hour comedy The Office led the television nominations for the 58th annual Writers Guild of America Awards with four and three, respectively.
Several series garnered two nominations each, including NBC newcomers Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and 30 Rock, as well as ABC’s Lost.
In addition to preme-time series, nominations were also announced for long-form original series; comedy/variety series; comedy/variety—music, awards, tributes; daytime programming; children’s programming; documentaries; and news.
Overall, NBC led the major broadcast networks with 13 nominations, to tie with PBS, which achieved a perfect 10-out-of-10 showing in two documentary categories. ABC earned nine noms, followed by eight for Fox and seven for HBO.
The nominations, which were selected by WGA committees, were announced on Wednesday. Winners will be chosen based on voting by all 13,000 eligible guild members and announced at the WGA Awards on February 11, with simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.
The complete list of nominees is as follows:
2006 Writers Guild of America Awards
Dramatic Series
24, Written by Robert Cochran, Manny Coto, Athan A. Demetrius, David Ehrman, David Fury, Howard Gordon, Evan Katz, Stephen Kronish, Michael Loceff, Matt Michnovetz, Steve Mitchell, Sam Montgomery, Nicole Ranadive, Joel Surnow, Craig W. Van Sickle; FOX
Deadwood, Written by W. Earl Brown, Regina Corrado, Alix Lambert, Ted Mann, Bernadette McNamara, David Milch, Kem Nunn, Nick Towne, Zack Whedon; HBO
Grey’s Anatomy, Written by Debora Cahn, Zoanne A. Clack, Allan Heinberg, Elizabeth Klaviter, Kip Koenig, Stacy McKee, Carolina Paiz, James Parriott, Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, Shonda Rhimes, Blythe Robe, Mimi Schmir, Gabrielle Stanton, Krista Vernoff, Harry Werksman, Mark Wilding; ABC
Lost, Written by JJ Abrams, Monica Owusu-Breen, Carlton Cuse, Leonard Dick, Drew Goddard, Javier Grillo-Marxauch, Adam Horowitz, Dawn Lambertsen Kelly, Christina Kim, Edward Kitsis, Damon Lindelof, Steven Maeda, Jeff Pinkner, Matt Ragghianti, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Alison Schapker; ABC
The Sopranos, Written by Mitchell Burgess, David Chase, Diane Frolov, Robin Green, Andrew Schneider, Matthew Weiner, Terence Winter; HBO
Comedy Series
30 Rock
Written by Brett Baer, Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Dave Finkel, Daisy Gardner, Donald Glover, Matt Hubbard, John Riggi; NBC
Arrested Development
Written by Barbie Feldman Adler, John Amadeo, Brad E. Copeland, Richard Day, Karey Dornetto, Jake Farrow, Abraham Higginbotham, Mitchell Hurwitz, Sam Laybourne, John S. Levenstein, Courtney Lilly, Dean Lorey, Chuck Martin, Lisa Parsons, Richard A. Rosenstock, Tom Saunders, Maria Semple, Chuck Tatham, Jim Vallely, Ron Weiner; FOX
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Written by Larry David; HBO
Entourage
Written by Marc Abrams, Lisa Alden, Michael Benson, Brian Burns, Doug Ellin, Rob Weiss; HBO
The Office
Written by Steve Carell, Jennifer Celotta, Greg Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Brent Forrester, Ricky Gervais, Mindy Kaling, Paul Lieberstein, Stephen Merchant, B.J. Novak, Michael Schur, Justin Spitzer, Gene Stupnitsky; NBC
New Series
30 Rock
Written by Brett Baer, Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Dave Finkel, Daisy Gardner, Donald Glover, Matt Hubbard, John Riggi; NBC
Friday Night Lights
Written by Peter Berg, Bridget Carpenter, Kerry Ehrin, Carter Harris, Elizabeth Heldens, David Hudgins, Jason Katims, Patrick Massett, Andy Miller, Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, John Zinman; NBC
Heroes
Written by Jesse Alexander, Adam Armus, Natalie Chaidez, Aron Eli Coleite, Kay Foster, Bryan Fuller, Michael J. Green, Tim Kring, Jeph Loeb, Joe Pokaski; NBC
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Written by Eli Attie, Christina Kiang Booth, Jessica Brickman, Dana Calvo, Mark Goffman, David Handelman, Cinque Henderson, Mark McKinney, Melissa Myers, Aaron Sorkin, Amy Turner; NBC
Ugly Betty
Written by Veronica Becker, Oliver Goldstick, Silvio Horta, Sarah Kucserka, Sheila Lawrence, Cameron Litvack, Myra Jo Martino, Jim Parriott, Marco Pennette, Dailyn Rodriguez, Don Todd; ABC
Episodic Drama
Any length — One airing time
Election Day, Part II (The West Wing)
Written by Eli Attie & John Wells; NBC
Occupation/Precipice (Battlestar Galactica)
Written by Ronald D. Moore; Sci-Fi Channel
Two for the Road (Lost)
Written by Elizabeth Sarnoff & Christina M. Kim; ABC
The End of the Whole Mess (Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King)
Teleplay by Lawrence D. Cohen
Based on the short story by Stephen King; TNT
Pilot (Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip)
Written by Aaron Sorkin; NBC
Pilot (Big Love)
Written by Mark V. Olsen & Will Scheffer; HBO
Episodic Comedy
Any length — One airing time
It Takes Two (Desperate Housewives)
Written by Kevin Murphy & Jenna Bans; ABC
Don’t Look At Me (Desperate Housewives)
Written by Josh Senter; ABC
Bomb Shelter (Malcolm in the Middle)
Written by Rob Ulin; FOX
Casino Night (The Office)
Written by Steve Carell; NBC
The Coup (The Office)
Written by Paul Lieberstein; NBC
Jump for Joy (My Name is Earl)
Written by Vali Chandrasekaran; NBC
Long Form—Original
over one hour — one or two parts, one or two airing times
Broken Trail
Written by Alan Geoffrion; AMC
Flight 93
Written by Nevin Schreiner; A&E
The Ron Clark Story
Written by Max Enscoe & Annie DeYoung; TNT
Animation
any length — one airing time
The Italian Bob (The Simpsons)
Written by John Frink; FOX
Who’s Your Daddy? (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee)
Written by Marsha Griffin; Cartoon Network
Church Hopping (King of the Hill)
Written by Jim Dauterive; FOX
Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore (The Simpsons)
Written by Dan Castellaneta & Deb Lacusta; FOX
Simpsons Christmas Stories (The Simpsons)
Written by Don Payne; FOX
Girls Just Want To Have Sums (The Simpsons)
Written by Matt Selman; FOX
Comedy/Variety—Music, Awards, Tributes—Specials
any length
The National Memorial Day Concert, Written by Joan Meyerson; PBS
The 60th Annual Tony Awards, Written by Dave Boone; CBS
Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl, Written by Robert Wuhl, Allan Stephen, Rebecca Reynolds; HBO
Comedy/Variety—Including Talk—Series
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Head Writer D.J. Javerbaum, Writers Rachel Axler, Kevin Bleyer, Rich Blomquist, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, J.R. Havlan, Scott Jacobson, Ben Karlin, Rob Kutner, Sam Means, Chris Regan, Jason Reich, Jason Ross, Jon Stewart; Comedy Central
Late Night with Conan O’Brien
Writers Mike Sweeney, Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Andy Blitz, Dan Cronin, Kevin Dorff, Jon Glaser, Daniel J. Goor, Michael Gordon, Tim Harrod, Berkley Johnson, Brian Kiley, Michael Koman, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O’Brien, Brian Stack, Andrew Weinberg; NBC
Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Written by Penn Jillette, Teller, Jon Hotchkiss, Michael Goudeau, Star Price, Cliff Schoenberg, Sheryl Zohn, Steve Melcher; Showtime
Real Time with Bill Maher, Writers Ross Abrash, Scott Carter, David Feldman, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Billy Martin, Danny Vermont; HBO
Saturday Night Live
Head Writers Tina Fey, Seth Meyers, Andrew Steele, Writers Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Liz Cackowski, Charlie Grandy, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, John Lutz, Lorne Michaels, Matt Murray, Paula Pell, Akiva Schaffer, Frank Sebastiano, T. Sean Shannon, Robert Smigel, JB Smoove, Emily Spivey, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker; NBC
Daytime Serials
All My Children
Written by Megan McTavish, Addie Walsh, Victor Miller, Chip Hayes, Stephen Demorest, Michelle Patrick, Jeff Beldner, Bettina F. Bradbury, Karen Lewis, Rebecca Taylor, Amanda L. Beall, Marla Kanelos, Courtney Bugler; ABC
The Young & The Restless
Written by Lynn Marie Latham, Kay Alden, John F. Smith, Scott Hamner, Josh Griffith, Sally Sussman Morina, Sara Bibel, Paula Cwikly, Jim Houghton, Trent Jones, Natalie Minardi Slater, Lynsey Dufour, Janice Ferri Esser, Eric Freiwald, Marc Hertz, Bernard Lechowick, Joshua McCaffrey, Linda Schreiber, Sandra Weintraub, Sherman Magidson; CBS
As the World Turns
Written by Jean Passanante, Leah Laiman, Christopher Whitesell, Courtney Simon, Anna Cascio, Lisa Connor, Paula Cwikly, Hogan Sheffer, Judy Tate, Bettina Bradbury, Richard Culliton, Susan Dansby, Judy Donato, Josh Griffith, Elizabeth Page, Melissa Salmons; CBS
Guiding Light
Written by David Kreizman, Donna Swajeski, Jill Lorie Hurst, Chris Dunn, Lloyd Gold, Dave Rupel, Charlotte Gibson, Rebecca Hanover, Tita Bell, David Smilow, Penelope Koechl, Royal Miller, Brett Staneart, Kimberly Hamilton, Mark Cohen; CBS
Children's Episodic Specials
Broadcast Blues (Phil of the Future)
Written by David Steven Cohen; Disney Channel
Fur Better or Worse (That’s So Raven)
Written by Deborah Swisher; Disney Channel
Just for Kicks
Written by Alana Sanko; Nickelodeon
Scratch (Flight 29 Down)
Written by D.J. MacHale; Discovery Kids
Show Way (Reading Rainbow)
Written by Ronnie Kraus; PBS
Documentary—Current Events
Age of Aids: Part I
Written by William Cran & Renate Simone; PBS Frontline
Can You Afford to Retire?
Written by Hedrick Smith & Rick Young; PBS Frontline
The Dark Side
Written by Michael Kirk; PBS Frontline
The Meth Epidemic
Written by Carl Byker; PBS Frontline
The Storm
Written by Martin Smith; PBS Frontline
Documentary—Other Than Current Events
The Alaska Pipeline (American Experience)
Written by Mark Davis; PBS
The Boy in the Bubble (American Experience)
Written by Barak Goodman; PBS
Eugene O’Neill (American Experience)
Written by Arthur Gelb & Barbara Gelb and Ric Burns; PBS
John and Abigail Adams (American Experience)
Written by Elizabeth Deane; PBS
Marie Antoinette
Written by David Grubin; PBS
News—Regulary Scheduled, Bulletin or Breaking Report
Hurricane Katrina: One-Year Anniversary
Written by Paul Facey; CBS News
Remembering Lou Rawls
Written by Jonathan Kaplan; CBS News
World News Tonight
Written by Joel Siegel, Julia Kathan, Elizabeth Vargas; ABC
News—Analysis, Feature or Commentary
Addicted to Heroin (60 Minutes)
Written by Leslie Cockburn; CBS
Disaster Mismanagement (America’s Investigative Reports)
Written by Tom M. Jennings; PBS
Memorial Day: One Family Remembers (Weekend Good Morning America)
Written by Mary Pflum; ABC