'Breaking Bad,' 'Homeland,' 'Girls' Among 2013 Writers Guild Awards Nominees
The Writers Guild of America released its nominees for the 2013 Writers Guild Awards Thursday, releasing a list that included "Breaking Bad," "Homeland" and "Girls."
"Game of Thrones," "Parks and Recreation" and "30 Rock" were also among the lengthy list of nominees in the Television, News, Radio, Promotional Writing and Graphic Animation categories.
Also read: Breaking Up With "Breaking Bad"? AMC's "Breaking Bad" is nominated in the Drama Series category, where it shares space with fellow nominees "Boardwalk Empire," "Game of Thrones," "Homeland" and "Mad Men." The series also has four entries in the Episodic Drama category, for the episodes "Buyout," "Dead Freight," "Fifty-One" and "Say My Name."
In addition to its nod in the Drama Series category, "Homeland" is up for an award for the episode "New Car Smell." On the comedy end, "30 Rock," "Girls" (which is also nominated in the Best New Series category), "Louie," "Modern Family" and "Parks and Recreation" will vie for the Comedy Series win. In the Episodic Comedy category, "Modern Family" dominates, with nods for "Little Bo Bleep," "Mistery Date" and "Virgin Territory."
In the New Series category, HBO has an impressive presence, holding three of the five nominee slots with "Girls," "The Newsroom" and "Veep." Writers Guild Award winners will be honored at the 2013 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 17, 2013, at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. Read the full press release below. 2013 WRITERS GUILD AWARDS TELEVISION, NEWS, RADIO, PROMOTIONAL WRITING And GRAPHIC ANIMATION NOMINEES ANNOUNCED Los Angeles and New York – The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, news, radio, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2012 season. The winners will be honored at the 2013 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 17, 2013, at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. TELEVISION NOMINEES
DRAMA SERIES Boardwalk Empire, Written by Dave Flebotte, Diane Frolov, Chris Haddock, Rolin Jones, Howard Korder, Steve Kornacki, Andrew Schneider, David Stenn, Terence Winter; HBO Breaking Bad, Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett; AMC Game of Thrones, Written by David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, George R. R. Martin, Vanessa Taylor, D.B. Weiss; HBO Homeland, Written by Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Meredith Stiehm; Showtime Mad Men, Written by Lisa Albert, Semi Chellas, Jason Grote, Jonathan Igla, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Brett Johnson, Janet Leahy, Victor Levin, Erin Levy, Frank Pierson, Michael Saltzman, Tom Smuts, Matthew Weiner; AMC COMEDY SERIES 30 Rock, Written by Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tom Ceraulo, Vali Chandrasekaran, Luke Del Tredici, Tina Fey, Lauren Gurganous, Matt Hubbard, Colleen McGuinness, Sam Means, Dylan Morgan, Nina Pedrad, John Riggi, Josh Siegel, Ron Weiner, Tracey Wigfield; NBC Girls, Written by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, Lena Dunham, Sarah Heyward, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Jenni Konner, Deborah Schoeneman, Dan Sterling; HBO Louie, Written by Pamela Adlon, Vernon Chatman, Louis C.K.; FX Modern Family, Written by Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O'Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Audra Sielaff, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker; ABC Parks and Recreation, Written by Megan Amram, Greg Daniels, Nate Dimeo, Katie Dippold, Daniel J. Goor, Norm Hiscock, Dave King, Greg Levine, Joe Mande, Aisha Muharrar, Nick Offerman, Chelsea Peretti, Amy Poehler, Alexandra Rushfield, Michael Schur, Mike Scully, Harris Wittels, Alan Yang; NBC NEW SERIES Girls, Written by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, Lena Dunham, Sarah Heyward, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Jenni Konner, Deborah Schoeneman, Dan Sterling; HBO The Mindy Project, Written by Ike Barinholtz, Jeremy Bronson, Linwood Boomer, Adam Countee, Harper Dill, Mindy Kaling, Chris McKenna, B.J. Novak, David Stassen, Matt Warburton; Fox Nashville, Written by Wendy Calhoun, Jason George, David Gould, David Marshall Grant, Dee Johnson, Todd Ellis Kessler, Callie Khouri, Meredith Lavender, Nancy Miller, James Parriott, Liz Tigelaar, Marcie Ulin; ABC The Newsroom, Written by Brendan Fehily, David Handelman, Cinque Henderson, Paul Redford, Ian Reichbach, Amy Rice, Aaron Sorkin, Gideon Yago; HBO Veep, Written by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Roger Drew, Sean Gray, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Tony Roche, Will Smith; HBO EPISODIC DRAMA "Buyout" (Breaking Bad), Written by Gennifer Hutchison; AMC "Dead Freight" (Breaking Bad), Written by George Mastras; AMC "Fifty-One" (Breaking Bad), Written by Sam Catlin; AMC "New Car Smell" (Homeland), Written by Meredith Stiehm; Showtime "The Other Woman" (Mad Men), Written by Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner; AMC "Say My Name" (Breaking Bad), Written by Thomas Schnauz; AMC EPISODIC COMEDY "The Debate" (Parks and Recreation), Written by Amy Poehler; NBC "Episode 9" (Episodes), Written by David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik; Showtime "Leap Day" (30 Rock), Written by Luke Del Tredici; NBC "Little Bo Bleep" (Modern Family), Written by Cindy Chupack; ABC "Mistery Date" (Modern Family), Written by Jeffrey Richman; ABC "Virgin Territory" (Modern Family), Written by Elaine Ko; ABC LONG FORM – ORIGINAL Hatfields and McCoys, Nights Two and Three, Teleplay by Ted Mann and Ronald Parker, Story by Bill Kerby and Ted Mann; History Channel Hemingway & Gelhorn, Written by Jerry Stahl and Barbara Turner; HBO "Pilot" (Political Animals), Written by Greg Berlanti; USA LONG FORM – ADAPTED Coma, Nights 1 and 2, Teleplay by John McLaughlin, Based on the book by Robin Cook; A&E Game Change, Written by Danny Strong, Based on the book by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann; HBO ANIMATION "A Farewell to Arms" (Futurama), Written by Josh Weinstein; Comedy Central "Forget-Me-Not" (Family Guy), Written by David A. Goodman; Fox "Holidays of Future Passed" (The Simpsons), Written by J. Stewart Burns; Fox "Ned and Edna's Blend Agenda" (The Simpsons), Written by Jeff Westbrook; Fox "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" (The Simpsons), Written by David Mandel & Brian Kelley; Fox COMEDY / VARIETY (INCLUDING TALK) – SERIES The Colbert Report, Writers: Michael Brumm, Stephen Colbert, Rich Dahm, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Dan Guterman, Peter Gwinn, Barry Julien, Jay Katsir, Frank Lesser, Opus Moreschi, Tom Purcell, Meredith Scardino, Scott Sherman, Max Werner; Comedy Central Conan, Writers: Jose Arroyo, Andres du Bouchet, Deon Cole, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Rob Kutner, Todd Levin, Brian McCann, Conan O'Brien, Matt O'Brien, Jesse Popp, Andy Richter, Brian Stack, Mike Sweeney; TBS The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Writers: Rory Albanese, Kevin Bleyer, Richard Blomquist, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Hallie Haglund, J.R. Havlan, Elliott Kalan, Dan McCoy, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Zhubin Parang, Daniel Radosh, Jason Ross, Jon Stewart; Comedy Central Jimmy Kimmel Live, Writers: Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Bess Kalb, Jimmy Kimmel, Jeff Loveness, Molly McNearney, Bryan Paulk, Danny Ricker, Rick Rosner; ABC Key & Peele, Writers: Jay Martel, Ian Roberts, Keegan Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Sean Conroy, Colton Dunn, Charlie Sanders, Alex Rubens, Rebecca Drysdale; Comedy Central Portlandia, Writers: Fred R. Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Karey Dornetto, Jonathan Krisel, Bill Oakley; IFC Real Time with Bill Maher, Writers: Scott Carter, Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Mike Larsen, Bill Maher, Billy Martin; HBO Saturday Night Live, Head Writer: Seth Meyers, Writers: James Anderson, Alex Baze, Neil Casey, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Shelly Gossman, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Joe Kelly, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Christine Nangle, Mike O'Brien, Josh Patten, Paula Pell, Marika Sawyer, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, John Solomon, Kent Sublette, Bryan Tucker, Additional Sketch By Emily Spivey, Jorma Taccone, Additional Material By Frank Sebastiano; NBC Universal COMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS 66th Annual Tony Awards, Written by Dave Boone; Special Material by Paul Greenberg; Opening and Closing Songs by David Javerbaum, Adam Schlesinger; CBS 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards, Written by Billy Kimball, Wayne Federman; IFC After the Academy Awards, Head Writers Gary Greenberg, Molly McNearney; Writers Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Jimmy Kimmel, Jeffrey Loveness, Bryan Paulk, Danny Ricker, Richard G. Rosner; ABC National Memorial Day Concert, Written by Joan Meyerson; PBS DAYTIME DRAMA Days of Our Lives, Written by Lorraine Broderick, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Rick Draughon, Christopher Dunn, Lacey Dyer, Janet Iacobuzio, David A. Levinson, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Melissa Salmons, Roger Schroeder, Elizabeth Snyder, Christopher J. Whitesell, Nancy Williams Watt; NBC One Life to Live, Written by Lorraine Broderick, Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Daniel J. O'Connor, Elizabeth Page, Jean Passanante, Melissa Salmons, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Courtney Simon, Chris Van Etten; ABC The Young & The Restless, Written by Amanda Beall, Jeff Beldner, Brent Boyd, Susan Dansby, Janice Ferri Esser, Jay Gibson, Scott Hamner, Maria Kanelos, Natalie Minardi Slater, Beth Milstein, Michael Montgomery, Anne Schoettle, Linda Schreiber, Lisa Seidman, Sarah K. Smith, Christopher J. Whitesell, Teresa Zimmerman; CBS CHILDREN'S – EPISODIC & SPECIALS "The Good Sport" (Sesame Street); Written by Christine Ferraro; PBS CHILDREN'S – LONG FORM OR SPECIAL "Girl vs. Monster," Story by Annie De Young; Teleplay by Annie De Young and Ron McGee; Disney Channel DOCUMENTARY – CURRENT EVENTS "The Anthrax Files" (Frontline), Written by Michael Kirk; PBS "A Perfect Terrorist" (Frontline); Written by Thomas Jennings; PBS "Lost in Detention" (Frontline), Written by Rick Young; PBS "Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode One" (Frontline), Written by Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria; PBS "Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode Three" (Frontline), Written by Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS "Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode Four" (Frontline), Written by Marcela Gaviria and Martin Smith; PBS DOCUMENTARY – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS "The Amish" (American Experience), Written by David Belton; PBS "Clinton" (American Experience), Written by Barak Goodman; PBS
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