76th Writers Guild of America Awards

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76th WGA Awards
DateApril 14, 2024
Organized by Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America West

The 76th Writers Guild of America Awards was held on April 14, 2024, to honor the best writing in film, television and radio of 2023. The nominees were announced on February 21, 2024. [1] [2]

Contents

Winners and nominees

Film

Television

  • The Last of Us (HBO/Max) – Neil Druckmann, Halley Gross, Craig Mazin, Bo Shim
    • The Diplomat (Netflix) – Eli Attie, Debora Cahn, Mia Chung, Anna Hagen, Amanda Johnson-Zetterstrom, Peter Noah
    • Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee) – Tanner Bean, Lee Eisenberg, Marcos Gonzalez, Cody Heller, Mekki Leeper, Katrina Mathewson, Kerry O’Neill, Ese Shaw, Gene Stupnitsky, Andrew Weinberg, Evan Williams;
    • Poker Face (Peacock) – Christine Boylan, Wyatt Cain, Chris Downey, CS Fischer, Rian Johnson, Alice Ju, Joe Lawson, Natasha Lyonne, Charlie Peppers, Lilla Zuckerman, Nora Zuckerman
    • Shrinking (Apple TV+) – Wally Baram, Rachna Fruchbom, Brian Gallivan, Neil Goldman, Brett Goldstein, Bill Lawrence, Annie Mebane, Bill Posley, Jason Segel, Sofia Selig
Limited Series
TV & New Media Motion Pictures
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO/Max) – Senior Writers: Daniel O'Brien, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Seena Vali; Writers: Johnathan Appel, Ali Barthwell, Tim Carvell, Liz Hynes, Ryan Ken, Mark Kramer, Sofia Manfredi, John Oliver, Taylor Kay Phillips, Chrissy Shackelford
    • The Daily Show (Comedy Central) – Head Writer: Dan Amira; Senior Writers: Daniel Radosh, Lauren Sarver Means; Writers: David Angelo, Nicole Conlan, Devin Delliquanti, Anthony DeVito, Zach DiLanzo, Jennifer Flanz, Jason Gilbert, Dina Hashem, Scott Hercman, Josh Johnson, David Kibuuka, Matt Koff, Lenny Marcus, Joseph Opio, Randall Otis, Zhubin Parang, Kat Radley, Lanee Sanders, Scott Sherman, Ashton Womack, Sophie Zucker
    • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) – Sketches: Rory Albanese; Writers: Jamie Abrahams, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Bryan Cook, Blaire Erskine, Devin Field, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Eric Immerman, Jesse Joyce, Jimmy Kimmel, Greg Martin, Jesse McLaren, Molly McNearney, Keaton Patti, Danny Ricker, Troy Walker, Louis Virtel
    • Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) – Head Writer: Alex Baze; Supervising Writers: Seth Reiss, Mike Scollins; Closer Look Supervising Writer: Sal Gentile; Writers: Jermaine Affonso, Karen Chee, Bryan Donaldson, Matt Goldich, Dina Gusovsky, Jenny Hagel, Allison Hord, Mike Karnell, John Lutz, Seth Meyers, Ian Morgan, Amber Ruffin, Mike Shoemaker, Ben Warheit, Jeff Wright
    • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) – Head Writers: Ariel Dumas, Jay Katsir; Writers: Delmonte Bent, Michael Brumm, Aaron Cohen, Stephen T. Colbert, Paul Dinello, Glenn Eichler, Gabe Gronli, Barry Julien, Michael Cruz Kayne, Eliana Kwartler, Matt Lapin, Caroline Lazar, Pratima Mani, Carlos Felipe Torres Medina, Opus Moreschi, Carley Moseley, Asher Perlman, Michael Pielocik, Tom Purcell, Kate Sidley, Brian Stack, John Thibodeaux, Steve Waltien
    • The Problem with Jon Stewart (Apple TV+) – Head Writer: Kristen Acimovic; Writers: Henrik Blix, Rob Christensen, Jay Jurden, Alexa Loftus, Tocarra Mallard, Maria Randazzo, Robby Slowik, Jon Stewart, Kasaun Wilson
  • I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (Netflix) – Writers: Tim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John Solomon, Gary Richardson, Reggie Henke, Brendan Jennings, Patti Harrison
    • History of the World, Part II (Hulu) – Writers: Ike Barinholtz, Emmy Blotnick, Guy Branum, Owen Burke, Adam Countee, Lance Crouther, Ana Fabrega, Fran Gillespie, Janelle James, Jennifer Kim, Nick Kroll, Sergio Serna, David Stassen, Wanda Sykes
    • How To with John Wilson (HBO/Max) – Writers: John Wilson, Michael Koman, Allie Viti
    • Saturday Night Live (NBC) – Head Writers: Kent Sublette, Alison Gates, Streeter Seidell; Writers: Rosebud Baker, Dan Bulla, Megan Callahan-Shah, Michael Che, Mike DiCenzo, Alex English, Jimmy Fowlie, Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, Steve Higgins, Vannessa Jackson, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Steve Koren, Ben Marshall, Dennis McNicholas, Lorne Michaels, Jake Nordwind, Ceara O’Sullivan, Josh Patten, Gary Richardson, Pete Schultz, KC Shornima, Ben Silva, Will Stephen, Bryan Tucker, Asha Ward, Auguste White, Celeste Yim
  • Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love (HBO/Max) – Sarah Silverman
Quiz and Audience Participation
  • The Chase (ABC) – Head Writer: David Levinson Wilk; Writers: Erik Agard, Kyle Beakley, Micki Boden, Megan Broussard, Jonathan Daly, Brian Greene, Robert King, Jason Lundell, Sierra Mannie, Amy Ozols, Bobby Patton, Ellen Teitel, Ari Yolkut
    • Baking It (Peacock) – Writers: Chad Carter, Neil Casey, Jessica McKenna, Zach Reino, Nicolle Yaron
    • Jeopardy! (ABC) – Writers: Marcus Brown, Michael Davies, John Duarte, Mark Gaberman, Debbie Griffin, Michele Loud, Robert McClenaghan, Jim Rhine, Billy Wisse
    • Weakest Link (NBC) – Head Writer: Ann Slichter; Writers: Chip Dornell, Ryan Hopak, Walter Kelly, Stuart Krasnow, Jon Macks, Meggie McFadden, Rylee Newton, Ryan O’Dowd, Scott Saltzburg, Doug Shaffer, Aaron Solomon, Grant Taylor, Mia Taylor
  • Days of Our Lives (Peacock) – Head Writer: Ron Carlivati; Creative Consultant: Ryan Quan; Writers: Sonja Alar, Jazmen Darnell Brown, Joanna Cohen, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Cheryl Davis, Kirk Doering, Christopher Dunn, Jamey Giddens, David Kreizman, Henry Newman, Dave Ryan, Katherine D. Schock
    • General Hospital – Head Writers Dan O'Connor, Chris Van Etten; Writers Ashley Cook, Emily Culliton, Suzanne Flynn, Charlotte Gibson, Lucky Gold, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Shannon Peace, Stacey Pulwer, Dave Rupel, Lisa Seidman, Scott Sickles

Children

Documentary

Documentary Script
  • "The Busing Battleground" – American Experience (PBS) – Sharon Grimberg
  • "Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court" – Frontline (PBS) – Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser
  • "Episode One: Blood Memory" – The American Buffalo (PBS) – Dayton Duncan

News

News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report
News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary
  • "Healing and Hope" – 60 Minutes (CBS News) – Scott Pelley, Nicole Young, Kristin Steve
    • "Convoy of Life" – 60 Minutes (CBS News) – Scott Pelley, Kristin Steve, Nicole Young
    • "Hide and Seek" – 60 Minutes (CBS News) – Sharyn Alfonsi, Oriana Zill de Granados
    • "Put To The Test" – CBS Sunday Morning (CBS News) – Richard Buddenhagen, Lesley Stahl
    • "Targeting Seniors" – 60 Minutes (CBS News) – Sharyn Alfonsi, Emily Gordon, Oriana Zill de Granados
Digital News
  • "The Persuaders: A 5-Part Investigation into the Union-Busting Industry," (HuffPost) – Dave Jamieson
    • "How Paris Kicked Out the Cars," (Slate) – Henry Grabar
    • "The Rise of 'Gas Station Heroin,'" (Vice News) – Manisha Krishnan
    • "Want to Stare Into the Republican Soul in 2023?," (Slate) – Alexander Sammon
    • "The Woman on the Line," (Slate) – Written by Aymann Ismail and Mary Harris

Radio

Radio/Audio Documentary
  • "The Call" – This American Life (Slate) – Mary Harris
    • "America's Blackest Child" – Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas (Slate) – Joel Anderson
    • "The Black Box: Even AI's creators don’t understand it" – Unexplainable (Vox) – Noam Hassenfeld
    • "Emmery" – Party Crews: The Untold Story (Vice) – Janice Llamoca
    • "Expecting: Pregnancy Souvenirs" – Unexplainable (Vox) – Byrd Pinkerton
Radio/Audio News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report
  • "World News This Week – Week of March 17, 2023," (ABC News Radio) – Joy Piazza
    • "The Ballad of Tucker Carlson" – What Next (Slate) – Paige Osburn and Mary Harris
    • "World News Roundup Late Edition – October 9, 2023," (CBS News) – Spencer Raine
Radio/Audio News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary
  • "The Diagnosis Was Fatal. She Couldn’t Get an Abortion" – What Next (Slate) – Madeline Ducharme and Mary Harris
    • "Lacrosse – Spirit of the Land" (ABC News Radio) – Robert Hawley
    • "Stephen King Is Just as Confused About Blue Checks as You Are" – What Next: TBD (Slate) – Lizzie O’Leary and Evan Campbell

Promotional Writing

On-Air Promotion
  • "WCBS AM Promos," (WCBS Newsradio 880) – Bill Tynan

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References

  1. "2024 Writers Guild Awards Timeline". awards.wga.org. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  2. Lewis, Hilary (February 21, 2024). "WGA Awards: 'Air,' 'Barbie,' 'Oppenheimer,' 'May December' Among Film Screenplay Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved February 22, 2024.