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2006 Writers Guild Awards Television and Radio Nominees Announced
LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK -- The Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, west have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television writing during the 2005 season.
TELEVISION NOMINEES
For the first time in the history of the guilds, three new television award categories will recognize overall excellence in writing of episodic series. These new awards � Outstanding Achievement in Writing for a Dramatic Series, Comedy Series, and New Series � will be presented to all the writers of the winning series. The nominated series in these categories were voted on by the memberships of both guilds.
DRAMATIC SERIES
DEADWOOD, Written by Regina Corrado, Sara Hess, Ted Mann, Bryan McDonald, Bernadette McNamara, David Milch, Victoria Morrow, Peter Ocko, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Steve Shill, Nick Towne, Jody T. Worth; HBO
GREY�S ANATOMY, Written by Zoanne A. Clack, Ann Hamilton, Kip Koenig, Stacy McKee, James Parriott, Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, Shonda Rhimes, Mimi Schmir,Gabrielle Stanton, Krista Vernoff, Harry Werksman Jr.; ABC
LOST, Written by Jeffrey J. Abrams, Kim Clements, Carlton Cuse, Leonard Dick, Paul Dini, Brent Fletcher, David Fury, Drew Goddard, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Adam Horowitz, Jennifer M. Johnson, Christina M. Kim, Edward Kitsis, Jeffrey Lieber, Damon L. Lindelof, Lynne Litt, Monica Macer, Steven Maeda, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Janet Tamaro,Christian M Taylor, Craig Wright; ABC
SIX FEET UNDER, Written by Alan E. Ball, Scott R. Buck, Rick Cleveland, Bruce E. Kaplan, Nancy Oliver, Katherine Robin, Jill Soloway, Craig Wright; HBO
THE WEST WING, Written by Eli G. Attie, Debora T. Cahn, Carol Flint, Mark A. Goffman, Alex Graves, Peter R. Noah, Lawrence O'Donnell Jr., Lauren E. Schmidt, Josh Singer, Aaron Sorkin, John M. Wells, Bradley Whitford, John Sacret Young; NBC
COMEDY SERIES
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, Written by Barbie Feldman Adler, Brad E. Copeland,
Richard Day, Karey Dornetto, Jake Farrow, Abraham Higginbotham, Mitchell D. Hurwitz, Sam Laybourne, John S. Levenstein, Courtney Lilly, Dean Lorey, Chuck Martin,Lisa Parsons, Richard A. Rosenstock, Tom Saunders, Maria Semple, Chuck Tatham, James A. Vallely, Ron Weiner; Fox
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, Written by Larry David; HBO
ENTOURAGE, Written by Brian Burns, Larry Charles, Cliff Dorfman, Douglas R. Ellin, Chris Henchy, Steve Levinson, Matthew Salsberg, Steven R. Tompkins, Rob Weiss; HBO
MY NAME IS EARL, Written by Barbie Adler, Bobby Bowman, Vali Chandrasekaran,J.B. Cook, Brad Copeland, Victor Fresco, Greg Garcia, John Hoberg, Kat Likkel,Mike Pennie, Tim Stack, Hilary Winston, Danielle Sanchez-Witzel; NBC
THE OFFICE, Written by Jennifer Celotta, Gregory M. Daniels, Lee Eisenberg,Ricky Gervais, Mindy Kaling, Paul B. Lieberstein, Stephen Merchant, B.J. Novak,Michael Schur, Gene Stupnitsky, Larry Wilmore; NBC
NEW SERIES
EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS, Written by Aron Abrams, Rodney Barnes, Craig DiGregorio, Alyson Fouse, Howard Gewirtz, Ali LeRoi, Courtney Lilly, Chris Rock,Gregory Thompson, Kriss Turner; UPN
GREY�S ANATOMY, Written by Zoanne A. Clack, Ann Hamilton, Kip Koenig, Stacy McKee, James Parriott, Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, Shonda Rhimes, Mimi Schmir,Gabrielle Stanton, Krista Vernoff, Harry Werksman Jr.; ABC
MY NAME IS EARL, Written by Barbie Adler, Bobby Bowman, Vali Chandrasekaran,J.B. Cook, Brad Copeland, Victor Fresco, Greg Garcia, John Hoberg, Kat Likkel,Mike Pennie, Tim Stack, Hilary Winston, Danielle Sanchez-Witzel; NBC
THE OFFICE, Written by Jennifer Celotta, Gregory M. Daniels, Lee Eisenberg,Ricky Gervais, Mindy Kaling, Paul B. Lieberstein, Stephen Merchant, B.J. Novak,Michael Schur, Gene Stupnitsky, Larry Wilmore; NBC
ROME, Written by Alexandra Cunningham, David Frankel, Bruno Heller, Adrian Hodges, William MacDonald, John Milius; HBO
EPISODIC DRAMA � any length � one airing time
AUTOPSY (House), Written by Lawrence Kaplow; Fox
A GOOD DAY (The West Wing), Written by Carol Flint; NBC
GRAVE DANGER (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), Teleplay by Anthony E. Zuiker& Carol Mendelsohn & Naren Shankar, Story by Quentin Tarantino; CBS
NORMAL IS THE WATCHWORD (Veronica Mars), Written by Rob Thomas; UPN
RHEA REYNOLDS (Nip/Tuck), Written by Jennifer Salt; FX
SINGING FOR OUR LIVES (Six Feet Under), Written by Scott Buck; HBO
EPISODIC COMEDY � any length � one airing time
DIVERSITY DAY (The Office), Written by B.J. Novak; NBC
EXILE ON MAIN STREET, Pilot (Kitchen Confidential), Written by David Hemingson; Fox
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER (Malcolm in the Middle), Written by Rob Ulin; Fox
NEXT (Desperate Housewives), Written by Jenna Bans & Kevin Murphy; ABC
PILOT (My Name Is Earl), Written by Greg Garcia; NBC
YOU CAN�T MISS THE BEAR, Pilot (Weeds), Written by Jenji Kohan; Showtime
LONG FORM � ORIGINAL � over one hour � one or two parts, one or two airing times
DIRT, Written by Nancy Savoca & Richard Guay; Showtime
THE LIBRARIAN: QUEST FOR THE SPEAR, Written by David Titcher; TNT
THE READING ROOM, Written by Randy Feldman; Hallmark
WARM SPRINGS, Written by Margaret Nagle; HBO
LONG FORM � ADAPTED � over one hour � one or two parts, one or two airing times
THE COLT, Screenplay by Stephen Harrigan, Based on a short story byMikhail Aleksandrozich Sholokhov; Hallmark
LACKAWANNA BLUES, Teleplay by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Based on his play; HBO
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS, Teleplay by Christopher Markus &Stephen McFeely, Based on the book by Roger Lewis; HBO
OUR FATHERS, Screenplay by Thomas Michael Donnelly, Based upon the book Our Fathers: The Secret Life of the Catholic Church in an Age of Scandal by David France; Showtime
ANIMATION � any length � one airing time
THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY GUEST STAR (The Simpsons), Written byMatt Warburton; Fox
THE GIRL WHO SLEPT TOO LITTLE (The Simpsons), Written by John Frink; Fox
MOMMIE BEEREST (The Simpsons), Written by Michael Price; Fox
SEE HOMER RUN (The Simpsons), Written by Stephanie Gillis; Fox
THANK GOD IT�S DOOMSDAY (The Simpsons), Written by Don Payne; Fox
THERE�S SOMETHING ABOUT MARRYING (The Simpsons), Written byJ. Stewart Burns; Fox
COMEDY/VARIETY � MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES � SPECIALS � any length
THE 59th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS, Written by Dave Boone, Special Material Written byJon Macks; CBS
2004 THE KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, Written by George Stevens, Jr. andSara Lukinson; CBS
COMEDY/VARIETY � (including talk) SERIES
LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O�BRIEN, Written by Mike Sweeney, Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Andy Blitz, Kevin Dorff, Dan Goor, Michael Gordon, Tim Harrod, Berkley Johnson,Brian Kiley, Michael Koman, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O�Brien,Allison Silverman, Robert Smigel, Brian Stack, Andrew Weinberg; NBC
PENN & TELLER: BULLSHIT!, Written by Penn Jillette, Teller, Star Price, Jon Hotchkiss, Michael Goudeau, Sheryl Zohn, Steve Bortko; Showtime
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, Head Writer Billy Martin, Written by Ross Abrash,Scott Carter, David Feldman, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Danny Vermont; HBO
DAYTIME SERIALS
AS THE WORLD TURNS, Head Writer Jean Passanante, Co-Head Writer
Christopher Whitesell, Co-Head Writer Leah Laiman, Written by Hogan Sheffer,
Lisa Connor, Paula Cwikly, Charlotte Gibson, Fred Johnson, Trent Jones,
Courtney Simon, Susan Dansby, Elizabeth Page, Melissa Salmons, Judy Tate,
Judy Donato, Meg Kelly, Lynn Martin, Josh Griffith; CBS
ONE LIFE TO LIVE, Written by Shelly Altman, James Harmon Brown, Ron Carlivati,
Anna Cascio, Tom Casiello, Mark Christopher, Carolyn Culliton, Barbara Esensten, Daniel Griffin, Dena Higley, Janet Iacobuzio, Michelle Poteet Lisanti, John Loprieno, Fran Newman, Leslie Nipkow, Ginger Redmon, Chris Van Etten; ABC
THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS, Head Writer Kay Alden, Head Writer John F. Smith, Written by Janice Ferri, Jim Houghton, Natalie Minardi Slater, Sally Sussman Morina, Sara Bibel, Eric Freiwald, Linda Schreiber, Joshua McCaffrey, Marc Hertz, Sandra Weintraub; CBS
CHILDREN'S EPISODIC & SPECIALS
VISITING DAY (Reading Rainbow), Written by Ronnie Krauss; PBS
BABY BEAR�S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (Sesame Street), Written by Christine Ferraro; PBS
NEW CHARLIE (Miracle�s Boys), Written by Kevin Arkadie, Based on the novel by Jacqueline Woodson; Noggin
CHILDREN'S LONG FORM
EDGE OF AMERICA, Written by Willy Holtzman, Showtime
SPEAK, Screenplay by Jessica Sharzer and Annie Young Frisbie, Based on the novel by Laurie Halse Anderson; Showtime
DOCUMENTARY � CURRENT EVENTS
IS WAL-MART GOOD FOR AMERICA?, Written by Hedrick Smith & Rick Young, PBS Frontline
PRIVATE WARRIORS, Written by Martin Smith, PBS
THE SOLDIER�S HEART, Written by Raney Aronson, PBS Frontline
SOMEONE�S WATCHING, Written by Edward Gray, Discovery Times Channel
THE TORTURE QUESTION, Written by Michael Kirk, PBS
DOCUMENTARY � OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS
FIDEL CASTRO (American Experience), Written by Adriana Bosch; PBS
KINSEY (American Experience), Written by Barak Goodman; PBS
THE MASSIE AFFAIR (American Experience), Written by Mark Zwonitzer; PBS
SHOT FROM THE SKY, Written by Tim Prokop; The History Channel
UNFORGIVABLE BLACKNESS: THE RISE AND FALL OF JACK JOHNSON: PART 1,Written by Geoffrey C. Ward; PBS
NEWS � REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR BREAKING REPORT
DEATH OF A PIONEER, Written by Jonathan Kaplan; CBS News
PETER JENNINGS REMEMBERED (ABC World News), Written by Steve Alperin, Charles Gibson; ABC
HURRICANE KATRINA (CBS Evening News), Written by Paul Fischer, Jerry Cipriano, Bruce Meyer; CBS
NEWS � ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
WHO WILL SUCCEED HIM (60 Minutes), Written by Barbara Dury, Morley Safer; CBS
THE MATTHEW SHEPARD STORY: SECRETS OF A MURDER (20/20), Written by Richard Gerdau, Stephen Jimenez, Glenn Silber; ABC
FALLEN HEROES (CBS Evening News), Written by Jerry Cipriano; CBS
RADIO NOMINEES
NEWS � REGULARLY SCHEDULED
WORLD NEWS THIS WEEK, Written by Marianne J. Pryor; ABC
NEWS � ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY
PASSAGES (CBS News), Written by Gail Lee; CBS
�TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS�IN L.A., Written by Jerald W. Edling; KNX
NEWS � ON-AIR PROMOTION (RADIO OR TELEVISION)
SIN CITY and MARINE and KIRSTIE ALLEY and B.T.K. and GENERIC (Dateline), ROAD TO INAUGURATION and BRIAN WILLIAMS IMAGE (NBC Nightly News), RUNAWAY BRIDE (NBC), Written by Adam Kessler; NBC
STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE, Written by Eric Jacobson; UPN
NEWS � TV GRAPHIC ANIMATION
INAUGURATION 2005, Written by Steve Bottorff, Eric Diga, Lisa Fisher, Alice Kreit, Casey Sattler; ABC
In television, the nominated scripts were originally broadcast between December 1, 2004, and November 30, 2005. The winners will be announced at the 2006 Writers Guild Awards on Saturday, February 4, 2006, with ceremonies held on both coasts: in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Palladium and in New York at the Waldorf=Astoria. The WGAw�s awards ceremony is executive produced by Emmy-winning writer/producer Cort Casady.
The Writers Guild of America, west and the Writers Guild of America, East represent writers in the motion picture, broadcast, cable, and new media industries in both entertainment and news. The unions conduct numerous programs, seminars, and events throughout the world on issues of interest to, and on behalf of, writers.
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