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January 06, 2005
WGA Goes for Wing & Sex
Both The West Wing and Sex and the City earn double nominations in the television categories for the WGA Awards.
By Mark Umbach
FilmStew.com
NBC's The West Wing, HBO's Sex and the City and Fox's The Simpsons all scored multiple nominations as the Writers Guild of America announced the nominations in the television categories for the WGA Awards on Wednesday. Both Wing and Sex scored a pair of nominations in the drama and comedy categories, respectively, while The Simpsons scored four of the five nods in the animated category.
John Sacret Young & John Singer picked up one of the Wing nods for their episode "Memorial Day," while the other Wing mention went to Debora Cahn for "The Supremes." They will be joined in the category by Terence Winter, who won the Emmy this year, for The Sopranos episode "Long Term Parking" and Craig Wright for the "Falling into Place" episode of Six Feet Under.
On the comedy side, Jenny Bicks & Cindy Chupack were nominated for the "Splat!" episode of Sex and the City with Julie Rotenberg & Elise Zuritsky earning the other Sex nomination for "The Ick Factor." Arrested Development earned its first WGA nod with Jim Vallely & Mitchell Hurwitz cited for "Pier Pressure," Neil Thompson picked up a nomination for the "Ida's Boyfriend" segment of Fox's Malcolm in the Middle and Bryan Fuller won mention for his Wonderfalls "Pilot."
Last year Fox's 24 took home the honor in the drama category, while Frasier was honored in the comedy category. Neither show is up for an award this go round.
William H. Macy earned his second WGA nod in the adapted TV longform category for his work on TNT's The Wool Cap, which he co-wrote with Steven Schachter. They'll face tough competition from Emmy powerhouse Angels in America, which earned scribe Tony Kushner an Emmy, and Cavedweller, adapted by Anne Meredith.
The original longform category includes J.T. Allen for FX's Jamie Foxx starrer Redemption, Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell for HBO's Something the Lord Made and Yuri Zeltser & Cary Bickley for Showtime's Spinning Boris.
Homer and Bart dominated the animation front with The Simpsons taking nominations for Joel H. Cohen for "Today I Am a Clown," Don Payne for "Fraudulent News," Julie Chambers & Don Chambers for "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and Ian Maxtone-Graham for "Catch 'Em If You Can." Rich Fogel, John Ridley and Dwayne McDuffie earned the final nod in the category for the Cartoon Network's Justice League episode "Starcrossed."
For comedy/variety series, nominations were earned by Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Mad TV, Penn & Teller: Bullshit! and Real Time with Bill Maher. CBS' Guiding Light received the only nomination in the daytime serial category.
The 57th annual WGA Awards will be presented at a ceremony being held February 19. The feature screenplay nominations will be announced on January 13.
A complete list of television and radio nominations follows:
TELEVISION NOMINEES
EPISODIC DRAMA:
MEMORIAL DAY (The West Wing), Written by John Sacret Young & Josh Singer; NBC
THE SUPREMES (The West Wing), Written by Debora Cahn; NBC
FALLING INTO PLACE (Six Feet Under), Written by Craig Wright; HBO
LONG TERM PARKING (The Sopranos), Written by Terence Winter; HBO
EPISODIC COMEDY:
SPLAT! (Sex and the City), Written by Jenny Bicks and Cindy Chupack; HBO
PIER PRESSURE (Arrested Development), Written by Jim Vallely & Mitchell Hurwitz; Fox
THE ICK FACTOR (Sex and the City), Written by Julie Rottenberg & Elisa Zuritsky; HBO
PILOT (Wonderfalls), Teleplay by Bryan Fuller, Story By Todd Holland & Bryan Fuller; Fox
IDA'S BOYFRIEND (Malcolm in the Middle), Written by Neil Thompson; Fox
LONGFORM - ORIGINAL:
REDEMPTION, Written by J.T. Allen; FX
SOMETHING THE LORD MADE, Written by Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell; HBO
SPINNING BORIS, Written by Yuri Zeltser & Cary Bickley; Showtime
LONG FORM - ADAPTED:
CAVEDWELLER, Screenplay by Anne Meredith, Based upon the novel by Dorothy Allison; Showtime
THE WOOL CAP, Teleplay by William H. Macy & Steven Schachter, Based upon the original story "Gigot" written by Jackie Gleason; TNT
ANGELS IN AMERICA, Teleplay by Tony Kushner, Based on the play by Tony Kushner; HBO
ANIMATION:
TODAY I AM A CLOWN (The Simpsons), Written by Joel H. Cohen; Fox
FRAUDCAST NEWS (The Simpsons), Written by Don Payne; Fox
STARCROSSED (Justice League), Written by Rich Fogel, John Ridley, Dwayne McDuffie, Story by Rich Fogel; Cartoon Network
MILHOUSE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (The Simpsons), Written by Julie Chambers & David Chambers; Fox
CATCH ‘EM IF YOU CAN (The Simpsons), Written by Ian Maxtone-Graham; Fox
COMEDY/VARIETY - MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES - SPECIALS:
THE KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, Written by George Stevens, Jr. and Sara Lukinson; CBS
THE 58TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS, Written by Dave Boone and Bruce Vilanch; CBS
COMEDY/VARIETY (including talk) SERIES:
LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN, Written by Mick Sweeney, Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Andy Blitz, Kevin Dorff, Dan Goor, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Michael Koman, Demetri Martin, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O'Brien, Allison Silverman, Robert Smigel, Brian Stack, Andrew Weinberg; NBC
MAD TV, Writing Supervised by Scott King, Written by Dick Blasucci, Bryan Adams, Lauren Dombrowski, Steven Cragg, Chris Cluess, John Crane, Michael Hitchcock, Jennifer Joyce, Jason Kordelos, Brooks McBeth, Bruce McCoy, Michael McDonald, Rick Najera, Tami Sagher, David Salzman, Rich Talarico, Stephnie Weir, Maiya Williams, Jim Wise; Fox
PENN & TELLER BULLSHIT!, Written by Penn Jillette, Teller, Star Price, John McLaughlin, Jon Hotchkiss, Emma Webster, David Wechter, Jonathan Taylor, Special Material Written by Michael Goudeau; Showtime
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, Written by Scott Carter and Brian Jacobsmeyer andJay Jaroch and Chris Kelly and Bill Maher and Billy Martin and Ned Rice and Paul F. Tompkins; HBO
DAYTIME SERIALS:
GUIDING LIGHT, Written by David Kreizman, Joyce Brotman, Christopher Dunn, Lloyd Gold, Kimberly Hamilton, Jill Lorie Hurst, Penelope Koechl, Eleanor Labine, Royal Miller, Casandra Morgan, Danielle Paige, David Smilow, Gillian Spencer, Brett Staneart, Donna Swajeski, Ellen Weston; CBS
CHILDREN'S SCRIPT:
A SEPARATE PEACE, Teleplay by Wendy Kesselman, Based on the Novel by John Knowles; Showtime
A WRINKLE IN TIME, Teleplay by Susan Shilliday, Based on the Novel by Madeleine L'Engle; ABC
DOCUMENTARY – CURRENT EVENTS:
LAST MAN STANDING: POLITICS TEXAS, STYLE (P.O.V.), Written by Paul Stekler; PBS
FROM CHINA WITH LOVE (Frontline), Written by Michael J. Kirk; PBS
DOCUMENTARY – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS:
EMMA GOLDMAN (American Experience), Written by Mel Bucklin; PBS
RECONSTRUCTION, PART 1 (American Experience), Telescript by Llewellyn M. Smith, Story by Elizabeth Deane & Patricia Garcia Rios; PBS
RFK (American Experience), Written by David Grubin; PBS
THE FIGHT (American Experience), Written by Barak Goodman; PBS
OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING (Broadway: The American Musical — Episode 4), Written by Jo Ann Young; PBS
REVOLUTIONARIES (They Made America), Telescript by Carl Charlson, Story by Harold Evans; PBS
NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR BREAKING REPORT:
REMEMBERING RAY CHARLES (CBS News, WBBM Chicago), Written by Jonathan W. Kaplan; CBS
THE REAGAN FUNERAL (ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings), Written by Steve Alperin; ABC
NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY:
CHANGE OF HEART (60 Minutes II), Written by Rebecca Peterson & Scott Pelley; CBS
HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS (UPN 9 News), Written by Jacqueline M. Calayag; WWOR
MARTHA STEWART (60 Minutes II), Written by Barbara Dury & Morley Safer; CBS
RADIO NOMINEES
NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED:
1010 WINS AFTERNOON DRIVE, Written by Bill Spadaro; Infinity Radio Network
CBS NEWS HOURLY, Written by Robert Mank; CBS Radio
REMEMBERANCES, Written by Gail Lee; CBS Radio
WORLD NEWS THIS WEEK, Written by Marianne J. Pryor; ABC News Radio
WORLD NEWS THIS WEEK, Written by Stuart H. Chamberlain, Jr.; ABC News Radio
NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY:
CHRISTMAS PAST, Written by James Benes; CBS
NEWS – ON-AIR PROMOTION (RADIO OR TELEVISION):
SALEM SERIAL KILLER, Written by Judie Henninger; NBC
STILL STANDING: KILL BILL, KING OF QUEENS: RUNNER, Written by Chris Cranner / CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE DIRECT TV, Written by Chris Cranner & Jay Curtis & Mark Mallory / STILL STANDING/LISTEN UP WHO'S ON FIRST, Written by Chris Cranner & Jay Curtis; CBS
NEWS – TV GRAPHIC ANIMATION:
CBS 2 CELEBRATES SUBWAY CENTENNIAL / SPORTS BLOCK, Written by Christopher T. Ingram; CBS.
Posted by Jo at January 6, 2005 10:05 PM