WGA AWARDS

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WGA Award (Screen)

Original Screenplay

Winner
Parasite
8.5 (1.1M)
Bong Joon Ho
Han Jin-won
1917
8.2 (733K)
Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Sam Mendes
Booksmart
7.1 (137K)
Emily Halpern
Sarah Haskins
Katie Silberman
Susanna Fogel
À couteaux tirés
7.9 (822K)
Rian Johnson
Marriage Story
7.9 (362K)
Noah Baumbach

Adapted Screenplay

Winner
Jojo Rabbit
7.9 (470K)
Taika Waititi
Les Filles du docteur March
7.8 (269K)
Greta Gerwig
Joker
8.3 (1.6M)
Scott Silver
Todd Phillips
The Irishman
7.8 (455K)
Steven Zaillian
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
7.2 (92K)
Micah Fitzerman-Blue
Noah Harpster

Documentary Screenplay

Winner
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
7.2 (16K)
Alex Gibney
Citizen K
7.2 (1.7K)
Alex Gibney
Foster
7.2 (356)
Mark Jonathan Harris
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
6.7 (110)
Robert Seidman
Oren Rudavsky
The Kingmaker
7.6 (2.7K)
Lauren Greenfield

WGA Award (TV)

Episodic Drama

Winner
Succession
Episode:
Tern Haven
8.8 (321K)
Will Tracy
Mr. Robot
Episode:
407 Proxy Authentication Required
8.5 (444K)
Sam Esmail
Ray Donovan
8.3 (97K)
Joshua Marston
For episode "A Good Man is Hard to Find"
The OA
Episode:
Mirror Mirror
7.8 (123K)
Dominic Orlando
Claire Kiechel
The Crown
Episode:
Moondust
8.6 (271K)
Peter Morgan
This Is Us
Episode:
Our Little Island Girl
8.7 (169K)
Eboni Freeman

Episodic Comedy

Winner
Dead to Me
Episode:
Pilot
7.9 (106K)
Liz Feldman
Orange Is the New Black
Episode:
Here's Where We Get Off
8.0 (330K)
Jenji Kohan
La fabuleuse Mme Maisel
Episode:
It's Comedy or Cabbage
8.7 (152K)
Amy Sherman-Palladino
Living with Yourself
Episode:
Nice Knowing You
7.1 (37K)
Timothy Greenberg
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Episode:
The Stinker Thinker
7.2 (7.8K)
Robert Funke
Matt Lutsky
Veep
Episode:
Veep
8.4 (69K)
David Mandel

Animation

Winner
Les Simpson
Episode:
Thanksgiving of Horror
8.6 (455K)
Dan Vebber
Bob's Burgers
Episode:
Bed, Bob & Beyond
8.2 (98K)
Kelvin Yu
Bob's Burgers
Episode:
The Gene Mile
8.2 (98K)
Steven Davis
Les Simpson
Episode:
Go Big or Go Homer
8.6 (455K)
John Frink
BoJack Horseman
8.8 (212K)
Elijah Aron
For episode "A Horse Walks Into A Rehab"
Les Simpson
8.6 (455K)
Brian Kelley
For episode "Livin' La Pura Vida"

Comedy/Variety Talk Series

Winner
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
8.8 (100K)
Conan
8.2 (25K)
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
6.0 (6.7K)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
6.3 (8.3K)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
5.6 (11K)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
7.1 (16K)

Children's Episodic and Specials

Winner
Bienvenue chez Mamilia
Episode:
Remember Black Elvis?
6.6 (3.8K)
Howard Jordan Jr.
Alexa & Katie
7.5 (7.3K)
Romi Barta
For episode "It’s Just… Weird"
Bienvenue chez Mamilia
Episode:
Remember How This All Started?
6.6 (3.8K)
Meg DeLoatch
Alexa & Katie
Episode:
Stupid Binder
7.5 (7.3K)
Nancy Cohen
Dark Crystal : Le Temps de la résistance
Episode:
Time to Make... My Move
8.4 (28K)
Javier Grillo-Marxuach

Documentary Script - Current Events

Winner
Frontline
Episode:
Trump's Trade War
8.6 (2.5K)
Rick Young
Frontline
Episode:
Coal's Deadly Dust
8.6 (2.5K)
Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Frontline
Episode:
The Mueller Investigation
8.6 (2.5K)
Michael Kirk
Mike Wiser

Documentary Script - Other Than Current Events

Winner
Frontline
Episode:
Right to Fail
8.6 (2.5K)
Thomas Jennings
American Experience
8.6 (2.4K)
Robert Stone
For episode "Chasing The Moon Part One: A Place Beyond The Sky"
Frontline
Episode:
Supreme Revenge: Battle for the Court
8.6 (2.5K)
Michael Kirk
Mike Wiser

Long Form Original

Winner
Chernobyl
9.3 (957K)
Craig Mazin
The Terror
7.9 (58K)
Max Borenstein
Alessandra DiMona
Shannon Goss
Steven Hanna
Naomi Iizuka
Benjamin Klein
Danielle Roderick
Tony Tost
Alexander Woo
Togo
7.9 (59K)
Tom Flynn
True Detective
8.9 (708K)
Alessandra DiMona
Graham Gordy
Gabriel Hobson
David Milch
Nic Pizzolatto

Short Form New Media Original

Winner
Special
7.6 (11K)
Ryan O'Connell
After Forever
7.2 (289)
Michael Slade
Kevin Spirtas

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