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Writers Guild of America, USA: 2006

WGA Award (Screen)

Date:4 February
Host:Jon Favreau (Los Angeles); Alan Cumming (New York City)
Location:Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California, USA (west coast)
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, New York, USA (east coast)

Best Original Screenplay
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  • Cinderella Man (2005) - Cliff Hollingsworth (I) (screenplay/story); Akiva Goldsman (screenplay)
  • Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - George Clooney; Grant Heslov
  • The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) - Judd Apatow; Steve Carell
  • The Squid and the Whale (2005) - Noah Baumbach

    • Best Adapted Screenplay
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  • A History of Violence (2005) - Josh Olson (I)
  • Capote (2005) - Dan Futterman
  • Syriana (2005) - Stephen Gaghan
  • The Constant Gardener (2005) - Jeffrey Caine

    • Documentary Screenplay Award

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  • Cowboy del Amor (2005) - Michèle Ohayon
  • La marche de l'empereur (2005) - Jordan Roberts (VI) (narration written by); Luc Jacquet (screenplay/story); Michel Fessler (screenplay)
  • Street Fight (2005) - Marshall Curry
  • The Fall of Fujimori (2005) - Ellen Perry; Zack Anderson; Kim Roberts (II)

    • WGA Award (TV)

    Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials
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  • The 59th Annual Tony Awards (2005) (TV) - Dave Boone; Jon Macks (special material)

    • Documentary - Other Than Current Events
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  • "The American Experience" (1988) - Adriana Bosch
    - For episode "Fidel Castro".
  • "The American Experience" (1988) - Barak Goodman
    - For episode "Kinsey".
  • "The American Experience" (1988) - Mark Zwonitzer
    - For episode "The Massie Affair".
  • Shot from the Sky (2004) (TV) - Tim Prokop

    • Documentary - Current Events
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  • "Frontline" (1983) - Raney Aronson
    - For the feature "The Soldier's Heart".
  • "Frontline" (1983) - Hedrick Smith; Rick Young (IV)
    - For the feature "Is Wal-Mart Good for America?".
  • Private Warriors (2005) (TV) - Martin Smith (VII)

    • News - Analysis, Feature or Commentary
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  • "60 Minutes" (1968) - Barbara Dury; Morley Safer
    - For the feature "Who Will Succeed Him".
  • "CBS Evening News with Bob Schieffer" (2005) - Jerry Cipriano
    - For the feature "Fallen Heroes".

    • Comedy Series
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  • "Arrested Development" (2003) - Barbara Feldman; Brad Copeland (I); Richard Day (III); Karey Dornetto; Jake Farrow; Abraham Higginbotham; Mitchell Hurwitz; Sam Laybourne (I); John Levenstein; Courtney Lilly; Dean Lorey; Chuck Martin (I); Lisa Parsons; Richard Rosenstock; Tom Saunders (I); Maria Semple; Chuck Tatham; James Vallely; Ron Weiner (I)
  • "Entourage" (2004) - Brian Burns (I); Larry Charles (I); Cliff Dorfman; Doug Ellin (I); Chris Henchy; Stephen Levinson; Rob Weiss (I)
  • "My Name Is Earl" (2005) - Barbara Feldman; Bobby Bowman; Vali Chandrasekaran; J.B. Cook; Brad Copeland (I); Victor Fresco; Gregory Thomas Garcia; John Hoberg; Kat Likkel; Michael Pennie; Timothy Stack (I); Hilary Winston; Danielle Sanchez (I)
  • "The Office" (2005) - Jennifer Celotta; Greg Daniels (I); Lee Eisenberg (I); Ricky Gervais; Mindy Kaling; Paul Lieberstein; Stephen Merchant; B.J. Novak; Michael Schur; Gene Stupnitsky; Larry Wilmore

    • Children's Script - Long Form
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  • Speak (2004) - Jessica Sharzer; Annie Young Frisbie

    • Episodic Drama
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  • "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) - Anthony E. Zuiker (teleplay); Carol Mendelsohn (teleplay); Naren Shankar (teleplay); Quentin Tarantino (story)
    - For episode "Grave Danger".
  • "Nip/Tuck" (2003) - Jennifer Salt
    - For episode "Rhea Reynolds".
  • "Six Feet Under" (2001) - Scott Buck
    - For episode "Singing for Our Lives".
  • "The West Wing" (1999) - Carol Flint
    - For episode "A Good Day".
  • "Veronica Mars" (2004) - Rob Thomas (II)
    - For episode "Normal is the Watchword".

    • Episodic Comedy
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  • "Desperate Housewives" (2004) - Jenna Bans; Kevin Murphy (VI)
    - For episode "Next".
  • "Kitchen Confidential" (2005) - David Hemingson
    - For episode "Exile on main Street" (pilot).
  • "Malcolm in the Middle" (2000) - Rob Ulin
    - For episode "Motivational Speaker".
  • "My Name Is Earl" (2005) - Gregory Thomas Garcia
    - For the pilot.
  • "The Office" (2005) - B.J. Novak
    - For episode "Diversity Day".

    • Children's Script - Episodic & Specials
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  • "Reading Rainbow" (1983) - Ronnie Krauss
    - For episode "Visiting Day".
  • "Sesame Street" (1969) - Christine Ferraro
    - For Episode "Baby Bear's First Day of School".

    • Long Form - Adapted
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  • Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV) - Ruben Santiago-Hudson (teleplay)
  • Our Fathers (2005) (TV) - Thomas Michael Donnelly (screenplay)
  • The Colt (2005) (TV) - Stephen Harrigan (screenplay)

    • News - Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin or Breaking Report
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    • "ABC World News" (????) - Steve Alperin; Charles Gibson (II)
      - For the feature "Peter Jennings Remembered".
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  • "CBS Evening News with Bob Schieffer" (2005) - Paul Fischer (VI); Jerry Cipriano; Bruce Meyer (II)
    - For the feature "Hurricane Katrina".
  • "CBS News" (????) - Jonathan W. Kaplan
    - For the feature "Death of a Pioneer".

    • Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
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  • "Penn & Teller: Bullshit!" (2003) - Penn Jillette; Teller (I); Star Price; Jon Hotchkiss; Michael Goudeau; Sheryl Zohn; Steven Bortko
  • "Real Time with Bill Maher" (2003) - Billy Martin (X) (head writer); Ross Abrash; Scott Carter (I); David Feldman (II); Brian Jacobsmeyer; Jay Jaroch; Chris Kelly (IX); Bill Maher (I); Danny Vermont

    • Daytime Serials
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  • "As the World Turns" (1956) - Jean Passanante (head writer); Christopher Whitesell (co-head writer); Leah Laiman (co-head writer); Hogan Sheffer; Lisa Connor; Paula Cwikly; Charlotte Gibson (I); Frederick Johnson (II); Trent Jones (I); Courtney Simon; Susan Dansby; Elizabeth Page (IV); Melissa Salmons; Judy Tate (II); Judith Donato; Meg Kelly (I); Lynn Martin (III); Josh Griffith (I)
  • "One Life to Live" (1968) - Dena Higley (head writer); Leslie Nipkow (II); Shelly Altman; Ron Carlivati; Anna Cascio; Tom Casiello (II); Janet Iacobuzio; Mark Christopher (III); Carolyn Culliton; Dan Griffin (I); Michelle Poteet Lisanti; Fran Myers; Ginger Redmon; Chris Van Etten; John Loprieno; James H. Brown (I); Barbara Esensten

    • Animation
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  • "The Simpsons" (1989) - J. Stewart Burns
    - For episode "There's Something About Marrying".
  • "The Simpsons" (1989) - John Frink
    - For episode "The Girl Who Slept Too Little".
  • "The Simpsons" (1989) - Stephanie Gillis
    - For episode "See Homer Run".
  • "The Simpsons" (1989) - Don Payne (IV)
    - For episode "Thank God It's Doomsday".
  • "The Simpsons" (1989) - Matthew Warburton
    - For episode "The Father, The Son and the Holy Guest Star".

    • Dramatic Series
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  • "Deadwood" (2004) - Regina Corrado; Sara Hess; Ted Mann (II); Bryan McDonald (I); Bernadette McNamara; David Milch; Victoria Morrow; Peter Ocko (I); Elizabeth Sarnoff; Steve Shill; Nick Towne; Jody Worth
  • "Grey's Anatomy" (2005) - Zoanne Clack; Ann Lewis Hamilton; Kip Koenig; Stacy McKee; James D. Parriott; Tony Phelan (I); Joan Rater; Shonda Rhimes; Mimi Schmir; Gabrielle G. Stanton; Krista Vernoff; Harry Werksman
  • "Six Feet Under" (2001) - Alan Ball (I); Scott Buck; Rick Cleveland; Bruce Eric Kaplan; Nancy Oliver (I); Kate Robin; Jill Soloway; Craig Wright (V)
  • "The West Wing" (1999) - Eli Attie; Debora Cahn; Carol Flint; Mark Goffman; Alex Graves (I); Peter Noah; Lawrence O'Donnell; Lauren Schmidt (I); Josh Singer; Aaron Sorkin; John Wells (III); Bradley Whitford; John Sacret Young

    • Graphic Animation
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    • Steve Bottorff; Eric Diga; Lisa Fisher (IV); Alice Kreit; Casey Sattler
      - For "Inauguaration 2005" (ABC).

    New Series
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  • "Everybody Hates Chris" (2005) - Aron Abrams; Rodney Barnes (I); Craig DiGregorio; Alyson Fouse; Howard Gewirtz; Ali LeRoi; Courtney Lilly; Chris Rock (I); Gregory Thompson (I); Kriss Turner (I)
  • "My Name Is Earl" (2005) - Barbara Feldman; Bobby Bowman; Vali Chandrasekaran; J.B. Cook; Brad Copeland (I); Victor Fresco; Gregory Thomas Garcia; John Hoberg; Kat Likkel; Michael Pennie; Timothy Stack (I); Hilary Winston; Danielle Sanchez (I)
  • "Rome" (2005) - Alexandra Cunningham; David Frankel (I); Bruno Heller (I); Adrian Hodges; William J. MacDonald; John Milius
  • "The Office" (2005) - Jennifer Celotta; Greg Daniels (I); Lee Eisenberg (I); Ricky Gervais; Mindy Kaling; Paul Lieberstein; Stephen Merchant; B.J. Novak; Michael Schur; Gene Stupnitsky; Larry Wilmore

    • Long Form - Original
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  • Dirt (2003) - Nancy Savoca; Richard Guay
  • The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004) (TV) - David N. Titcher
  • The Reading Room (2005) (TV) - Randy Feldman (I)

    • Animation Writers Caucus Animation Award

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    Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement

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    Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

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    Morgan Cox Award

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    Paul Selvin Honorary Award

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    Herb Sargent Award

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    Evelyn F. Burkey Award

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    • Museum of Television & Radio

    Ian McLellan Hunter Award

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    Richard B. Jablow Award

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