62nd WGA Awards | |
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Date | February 20, 2010 |
Organized by | Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West |
The 62nd Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film, television, and videogame writers of 2009. Winners were announced on February 20, 2010. [1]
Names in bold denote the winners. [2]
Title | Series | Writers | Network |
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"Broken" | House | David Foster, Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, and David Shore | Fox |
"Come, Ye Saints" | Big Love | Melanie Marnich | HBO |
"The Grown-Ups" | Mad Men | Brett Johnson and Matthew Weiner | AMC |
"Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" | Robin Veith and Matthew Weiner | ||
"I Will Rise Up" | True Blood | Nancy Oliver | HBO |
"Phoenix" | Breaking Bad | John Shiban | AMC |
Title | Series | Writers | Network |
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"Apollo, Apollo" | 30 Rock | Robert Carlock | NBC |
"Broke" | The Office | Charlie Grandy | |
"Chapter 1" | Eastbound & Down | Jody Hill, Ben Best, and Danny R. McBride | HBO |
"Gossip" | The Office | Paul Lieberstein | NBC |
"Pilot" | Modern Family | Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd | ABC |
"Reunion" | 30 Rock | Matt Hubbard | NBC |
Title | Writers | Network |
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Georgia O'Keeffe | Michael Cristofer | Lifetime |
Grey Gardens | Teleplay by Michael Sucsy and Patricia Rozema; Story by Michael Sucsy | HBO |
Pedro | Screenplay by Dustin Lance Black; Story by Paris Barclay and Dustin Lance Black | MTV |
Title | Writers | Network |
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America | Teleplay by Joyce Eliason and Rosie O'Donnell, Based upon the novel by E.R. Frank | Lifetime |
Taking Chance | Teleplay by Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.) and Ross Katz, Based on the short story by Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.) | HBO |
Title | Series | Writers | Network |
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"The Burns and the Bees" | The Simpsons | Stephanie Gillis | Fox |
"Eeny Teeny Maya Moe" | John Frink | ||
"Gone Maggie Gone" | Billy Kimball and Ian Maxtone-Graham | ||
"Take My Life, Please" | Don Payne | ||
"Wedding for Disaster" | The Simpsons | Joel H. Cohen |
Title | Series | Writers | Network |
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"A Monster Problem" | Imagination Movers | Randi Barnes, Rick Gitelson, and Scott Gray | Disney Channel |
"Frankly, It's Becoming a Habitat" | Sesame Street | Joseph Mazzarino | PBS |
"Mouse and Home" | Imagination Movers | Michael G. Stern, Randi Barnes, Rick Gitelson, and Scott Gray | Disney Channel |
"The Rival" | True Jackson, VP | Dan Kopelman | Nickelodeon |
"Welcome to the Jungle" | The Troop | Max Burnett | |
"Wild Nature Survivor Guy" | Sesame Street | Christine Ferraro | PBS |
Title | Writers | Network |
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Another Cinderella Story | Written by Erik Patterson and Jessica Scott | ABC Family |
Title | Series | Writers | Network |
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"Black Money" | Frontline | Lowell Bergman and Oriana Zill de Granados | PBS |
"Heat" | Martin Smith | ||
"The Hugo Chávez Show" | Ofra Bikel | ||
"Inside the Meltdown" | Michael Kirk | ||
"The Madoff Affair" | Frontline | Marcela Gaviria and Martin Smith | |
"Poisoned Waters" | Frontline | Hedrick Smith and Rick Young |
Title | Series | Writers | Network |
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"The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln" | American Experience | Written by Barak Goodman | PBS |
"Episode Two: 1890–1915: The Last Refuge" | The National Parks: America's Best Idea | Written by Dayton Duncan | |
"The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer" | American Experience | Written by David Grubin | |
Soul of a People: Writing America's Story | Written by David A. Taylor, Olive Emma Bucklin, and Andrea Kalin | Smithsonian Channel | |
"We Shall Remain: Episode Three: Trail of Tears" | American Experience | Written by Mark Zwonitzer | PBS |
"We Shall Remain: Episode Two: Tecumseh's Vision" | Written by Ric Burns |
Title | Series | Writers | Network |
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CBS Evening News | Joe Clines, Jerry Cipriano, and Jared Crawford | CBS | |
Recession Candy | R. Polly Leider | ||
World News with Charles Gibson | Lee Kamlet, Julia Kathan, and Joel Siegel | ABC |
Title | Series | Writers | Network |
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"All Night Long" | Good Morning America | Mary Pflum | ABC |
"A Private War: Expose: America's Investigative Reports" | Bill Moyers Journal | Thomas M. Jennings | PBS |
"Election Day" | Bill Moyers Journal | Bill Moyers and Michael Winship | |
"Financial Fingers" | CBS News | R. Polly Leider | CBS |
"The Words That Won the White House" | Good Morning America | Lisa Ferri | ABC |
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