2009 Writers Guild Awards Nominees Announced

2009 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced

LOS
ANGELES, NEW YORK — The Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers
Guild of America, East today announced nominations for outstanding
achievement in television, radio, news, promotional writing, and
graphic animation during the 2008 season to be honored at the upcoming
2009 Writers Guild Awards on February 7, 2009, in Los Angeles and New
York.

TELEVISION NOMINEES

DRAMATIC SERIES

Dexter,
Written by Scott Buck, Daniel Cerone, Charles H. Eglee, Adam E. Fiero,
Lauren Gussis, Clyde Phillips, Scott Reynolds, Melissa Rosenberg, Tim
Schlattmann; Showtime

Friday Night Lights,
Written by Bridget Carpenter, Kerry Ehrin, Brent Fletcher, Jason Gavin,
Carter Harris, Elizabeth Heldens, David Hudgins, Jason Katims, Patrick
Massett, Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, John Zinman; NBC

Lost,
Written by Carlton Cuse, Drew Goddard, Adam Horowitz, Christina M. Kim,
Edward Kitsis, Damon L. Lindelof, Greggory Nations, Kyle Pennington,
Elizabeth Sarnoff, Brian K. Vaughan; ABC

Mad Men,
Written by Lisa Albert, Jane Anderson, Rick Cleveland, David Isaacs,
Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Marti Noxon, Robin Veith,
Matthew Weiner; AMC

The Wire,
Written by Ed Burns, Chris Collins, David Mills, David Simon, William
F. Zorzi, Richard Price, Dennis Lehane, George Pelecanos; HBO

COMEDY SERIES

30 Rock,
Written by Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Donald
Glover, Andrew Guest, Matt Hubbard, Jon Pollack, John Riggi, Tami
Sagher, Ron Weiner; NBC

Entourage, Written by Doug Ellin, Jeremy Miller, Ally Musika, Steve Pink, Rob Weiss; HBO

The Office,
Written by Steve Carell, Jennifer Celotta, Greg Daniels, Lee Eisenberg,
Brent Forrester, Dan Goor, Charlie Grandy, Mindy Kaling, Ryan Koh,
Lester Lewis, Paul Lieberstein, Warren Lieberstein, B.J. Novak, Michael
Schur, Aaron Shure, Justin Spitzer, Gene Stupnitsky, Halsted Sullivan;
NBC

The Simpsons,
Written by J. Stewart Burns, Daniel Chun, Joel H. Cohen, Kevin Curran,
John Frink, Tom Gammill, Stephanie Gillis, Dan Greaney, Reid Harrison,
Al Jean, Billy Kimball, Tim Long, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Bill Odenkirk,
Carolyn Omine, Don Payne, Michael Price, Max Pross, Mike Reiss, Mike
Scully, Matt Selman, Matt Warburton, Jeff Westbrook, Marc Wilmore,
William Wright; Fox

Weeds,
Written by Roberto Benabib, Mark A. Burley, Ron Fitzgerald, David
Holstein, Rolin Jones, Brendan Kelly, Jenji Kohan, Victoria Morrow,
Matthew Salsberg; Showtime

NEW SERIES

Breaking Bad, Written by Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Patty Lin, George Mastras; AMC

Fringe,
Written by JJ Abrams, Jason Cahill, Julia Cho, David H. Goodman,
Felicia Henderson, Brad Caleb Kane, Alex Kurtzman, Darin Morgan, J.R.
Orci, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner, Zack Whedon; Fox

In Treatment, Written by Rodrigo Garcia, Bryan Goluboff, Davey Holmes, William Meritt Johnson, Amy Lippman, Sarah Treem; HBO

Life on Mars,
Written by Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg, Becky Hartman
Edwards, David Wilcox, Adele Lim, Bryan Oh, Tracy McMillan, Sonny
Postiglione, Phil M. Rosenberg, Meredith Averill; ABC

True Blood, Written by Alan Ball, Brian Buckner, Raelle Tucker, Alexander Woo, Nancy Oliver, Chris Offutt; HBO

EPISODIC DRAMA – any length – one airing time

“Don’t Ever Change” (House), Written by Doris Egan & Leonard Dick; Fox

“Double Booked” (Burn Notice), Written by Craig O’Neill & Jason Tracey; USA

“Gray Matter” (Breaking Bad), Written by Patty Lin; AMC

“Pilot” (Breaking Bad), Written by Vince Gilligan; AMC

“Pilot” (Eli Stone), Written by Greg Berlanti & Marc Guggenheim; ABC

“There’s Something About Harry” (Dexter), Written by Scott Reynolds; Showtime

EPISODIC COMEDY – any length – one airing time

“Believe in the Stars” (30 Rock), Written by Robert Carlock; NBC

“Cooter” (30 Rock), Written by Tina Fey; NBC

“Crime Aid” (The Office), Written by Charlie Grandy; NBC

“Crush’d” (Ugly Betty), Written by Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally; ABC

“Succession” (30 Rock), Written by Andrew Guest & John Riggi; NBC

“Vote for This and I Promise to Do Something Crazy at the Emmys” (My Name is Earl), Written by Greg Garcia; NBC

LONG FORM – ORIGINAL – over one hour – one or two parts, one or two airing times

An American Crime, Written by Tommy O’Haver & Irene Turner; Showtime

“Pilot” (Fringe), Written by JJ Abrams & Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci; Fox

Recount, Written by Danny Strong; HBO

ANIMATION – any length – one airing time

“Apocalypse Cow” (The Simpsons), Written by Jeff Westbrook; Fox

“The Debarted” (The Simpsons), Written by Joel H. Cohen; Fox

“E Pluribus Wiggum” (The Simpsons), Written by Michael Price; Fox

“Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words” (The Simpsons), Written by Tim Long; Fox

“Life: A Loser’s Manual” (King of the Hill), Written by Dan McGrath; Fox

“Strangeness on a Train” (King of the Hill), Written by Jim Dauterive; Fox

COMEDY / VARIETY – (INCLUDING TALK) SERIES

Late Night with Conan O’Brien,
Writers Mike Sweeney, Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Dan Cronin, Kevin
Dorff, Daniel J. Goor, Michael Gordon, Berkley Johnson, Brian Kiley,
Michael Koman, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O’Brien, Matt
O’Brien, Robert Smigel, Brian Stack, Andrew Weinberg; NBC

Late Show with David Letterman,
Head Writers Eric Stangel, Justin Stangel, Writers Michael Barrie, Jim
Mulholland, Steve Young, Tom Ruprecht, Lee Ellenberg, Matt Roberts,
Jeremy Weiner, Joe Grossman, Bill Scheft, Bob Borden, Frank Sebastiano,
David Letterman; CBS

Real Time with Bill Maher,
Writers Bill Maher, Billy Martin, Scott Carter, Adam Felber, Matt Gunn,
Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Danny Vermont; HBO

Saturday Night Live, Head
Writers Seth Meyers, Andrew Steele, Paula Pell, Writers Doug Abeles,
James Anderson, Alex Baze, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Charlie
Grandy, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, John Lutz,
Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Paula Pell, Simon Rich,
Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, Robert Smigel, John Solomon, Emily
Spivey, Andrew Steele, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker,
Additional Sketches by Robert Carlock; NBC

The Colbert Report,
Head Writers Allison Silverman, Tom Purcell, Rich Dahm, Writers Michael
Brumm, Stephen Colbert, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Peter Groz, Peter
Gwinn, Barry Julien, Laura Krafft, Jay Katsir, Frank Lesser, Meredith
Scardino; Comedy Central

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,
Head Writer Steve Bodow, Writers Rory Albanese, Rachel Axler, Kevin
Bleyer, Rich Blomquist, Tim Carvell, Wyatt Cenac, J.R. Havlan, DJ
Javerbaum, Rob Kutner, Josh Lieb, Sam Means, John Oliver, Jason Ross,
Jon Stewart; Comedy Central

COMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS

2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards, Written by Billy Kimball, Aaron Lee, Jennifer Celotta, Rainn Wilson; IFC/AMC

Jimmy Kimmel’s Big Night of Stars, Written
by Jimmy Kimmel, Gary Greenberg, Molly McNearney, Bryan Paulk, Ned
Rice, Jon Bines, Will Burke, Rick Rosner, Jake Lentz, Sal Iacono, Tony
Barbieri; ABC

DAYTIME SERIALS

As the World Turns,
Written by Jean Passanante, Leah Laiman, Courtney Simon, Lisa Connor,
David A. Levinson, Peter Brash, Richard Culliton, Susan Dansby, Cheryl
Davis, Leslie Nipkow; CBS

One Life to Live,
Written by Ron Carlivati, Carolyn Culliton, Elizabeth Page, Aida Croal,
Shelly Altman, Janet Iacobuzio, Christopher Van Etten, Anna Theresa
Cascio; ABC

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