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WGA AWARDS

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    WGA Award (Screen)

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    Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium

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      Winner

      Tendres passions

      7.4 (70K)
      James L. Brooks
    • [object Object]

      Christmas Story

      7.9 (180K)
      Jean Shepherd
      Leigh Brown
      Bob Clark
    • [object Object]

      To Be or Not to Be

      6.9 (13K)
      Thomas Meehan
      Ronny Graham

    Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Les Copains d'abord

      7.1 (45K)
      Lawrence Kasdan
      Barbara Benedek
    • [object Object]

      Risky Business

      6.8 (107K)
      Paul Brickman
    • [object Object]

      Zelig

      7.6 (46K)
      Woody Allen

    Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Reuben, Reuben, ou la vie d'artiste

      6.8 (1.4K)
      Julius J. Epstein
    • [object Object]

      L'étoffe des héros

      7.8 (68K)
      Philip Kaufman
    • [object Object]

      L'Année de tous les dangers

      7.1 (24K)
      David Williamson
      Peter Weir
      C.J. Koch

    Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tendre bonheur

      7.3 (13K)
      Horton Foote
    • [object Object]

      Le mystère Silkwood

      7.1 (24K)
      Nora Ephron
      Alice Arlen
    • [object Object]

      WarGames

      7.1 (120K)
      Lawrence Lasker
      Walter F. Parkes

    WGA Award (TV)

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    Adapted Drama Anthology

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story

      7.4 (176)
      Ossie Davis
      Ken Rotcop

    Daytime Serials

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ryan's Hope

      7.3 (623)
      Claire Labine
      Paul Avila Mayer
      Mary Munisteri
      Nancy Ford

    Episodic Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cheers

      8.0 (67K)
      Ken Levine
      David Isaacs
      For The Boys in the Bar (1983). Tied with Give Me a Ring Sometime (1982).
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cheers

      8.0 (67K)
      Glen Charles
      Les Charles
      For Give Me a Ring Sometime (1982). Tied with The Boys in the Bar (1983).
    • [object Object]

      Cheers

      8.0 (67K)
      Heide Perlman
      For Let Me Count the Ways (1983).
    • [object Object]

      Cheers

      8.0 (67K)
      David Lloyd
      For The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One (1982).
    • [object Object]

      Taxi

      7.7 (17K)
      Ken Estin
      For Jim's Inheritance (1982).
    • [object Object]

      Taxi

      7.7 (17K)
      Howard Gewirtz
      Ian Praiser
      For Scenskees from a Marriage: Part 1 (1982) & Scenskees from a Marriage: Part 2 (1982).
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      M.A.S.H.

      8.5 (68K)
      Alan Alda
      Burt Metcalfe
      John Rappaport
      Dan Wilcox
      Thad Mumford
      Elias Davis
      David Pollock
      Karen Hall
      For Goodbye, Farewell and Amen (1983).

    Episodic Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Capitaine Furillo

      8.2 (12K)
      David Milch
      For Trial by Fury (1982).
    • [object Object]

      Cagney et Lacey

      6.9 (5.8K)
      Peter Lefcourt
      For Jane Doe #37 (1983).
    • [object Object]

      Capitaine Furillo

      8.2 (12K)
      Anthony Yerkovich(teleplay/story)
      David Milch(teleplay)
      Karen Hall(teleplay)
      Steven Bochco(story)
      Jeffrey Lewis(story)
      For Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back (1983).
    • [object Object]

      Capitaine Furillo

      8.2 (12K)
      David Milch
      Jeffrey Lewis
      Michael I. Wagner
      For Gung Ho (1983).
    • [object Object]

      Hôpital St. Elsewhere

      8.0 (5.7K)
      John Masius
      Tom Fontana
      For Addiction (1983).
    • [object Object]

      Two Marriages

      5.6 (36)
      Carol Sobieski
      For Pilot (1983).

    Original Drama Anthology

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bulletin Spécial

      7.5 (1.5K)
      Marshall Herskovitz(teleplay/story)
      Edward Zwick(story)

    Original/Adapted Comedy Anthology

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Other Woman

      6.8 (67)
      Lila Garrett
      Anne Meara

    Original/Adapted Multi-Part Long Form Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kennedy contre Hoffa

      6.9 (233)
      Robert Boris
      For part II.
    • [object Object]

      V

      7.8 (19K)
      Kenneth Johnson
      For part I.

    Daytime Serial

    • [object Object]

      Capitol

      7.0 (177)
      John William Corrington
      Joyce Hooper Corrington
      Shirley Hartman
      Steve Hayes
      Susan Goldberg
      David Carren
      Stephen Karpf
      Elinor Karpf
      Peggy O'Shea
      Craig Carlson
      Granville Burgess
      Richard Camp
      Peggy Sloane

    Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement

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    • Winner
      • Melville Shavelson
    • Winner
      • Jack Rose
    • Winner
      • Norman Panama
    • Melvin Frank in Le bouffon du roi (1955)
      Winner
      • Melvin Frank

    Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

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    • John Gay
      Winner
      • John Gay

    Valentine Davies Award

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    • Winner
      • Jerome Lawrence
    • Winner
      • Robert E. Lee

    Morgan Cox Award

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    • Winner
      • Nate Monaster

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    Event date

    April 5, 1984

    Event location

    USA

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