Awards for 2012

WGA Award (Screen)

Best Original Screenplay

WINNER

Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen (written by)
NOMINEES

Win Win: Thomas McCarthy (story/screenplay), Joe Tiboni (story)

Young Adult: Diablo Cody (written by)

50/50: Will Reiser (written by)

Bridesmaids: Annie Mumolo (written by), Kristen Wiig (written by)

Best Documentary Screenplay

WINNER

Better This World: Kelly Duane (written by), Katie Galloway (written by)
NOMINEES

Pina: Wim Wenders (screenplay)

Position Among the Stars: Leonard Retel Helmrich (script by), Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich (script by)

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front: Marshall Curry (written by), Matthew Hamachek (written by)

Senna: Manish Pandey (written by)

Nostalgia for the Light: Patricio Guzmán (written by)

Best Adapted Screenplay

WINNER

The Descendants: Nat Faxon (screenplay), Alexander Payne (screenplay), Jim Rash (screenplay)
Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemming
NOMINEES

The Help: Tate Taylor (screenplay)
Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Steven Zaillian (screenplay)
Based on the novel by Stieg Larsson, originally published by Norstedts

Hugo: John Logan (screenplay)
Based on the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Moneyball: Steven Zaillian (screenplay), Aaron Sorkin (screenplay), Stan Chervin (story)
Based on the book by Michael Lewis

WGA Award (TV)

Outstanding Achievement in Writing Original New Media

WINNER

Aim High: Richie Keen (writer), Heath Corson (writer)

Outstanding Achievement in Writing Derivative New Media

WINNER

The Walking Dead: John Esposito (teleplay/ story), Gregory Nicotero (story) (Generate (production company))

Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials

NOMINEE

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts: Michael Stevens, George Stevens Jr., Lewis Friedman, Sara Lukinson

Documentary - Other Than Current Events

WINNER

Frontline: Martin Smith, Marcela Gaviria
Wiki Secrets
NOMINEES

The American Experience: Mark Davis
For episode "Dinosaur Bone War"

The American Experience: Stanley Nelson
For episode "Freedom Riders"

Nova: Daniel McCabe
For episode "Making Stuff Smarter"

God in America: David Belton
For episode "A New Adam, a New Eden"

Prohibition: Geoffrey C. Ward
For episode "A Nation of Scofflaws"

The American Experience: Austin Hoyt
For episode "The Great Famine"

The American Experience: Mark Zwonitzer
For episode "Triangle Fire"

Documentary - Current Events

WINNER

Frontline: Michael Kirk, Mike Wiser
For episode "Top Secret America"
NOMINEES

Frontline: Martin Smith, Marcela Gaviria
For episode "The Spill"

Nova: Michael Bicks, Julia Cort
For episode "Smartest Machine on Earth"

Drama Series

WINNER

Breaking Bad: Moira Walley-Beckett, Sam Catlin, George Mastras, Gennifer Hutchison, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Thomas Schnauz
NOMINEES

Homeland: Alexander Cary, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Henry Bromell, Gideon Raff, Alex Gansa, Meredith Stiehm

The Good Wife: Steve Lichtman, Karen Hall, Julia Wolfe, Matthew Montoya, Leonard Dick, Robert King, Ted Humphrey, Courtney Kemp Agboh, Meredith Averill, Keith Eisner, Michelle King, Corinne Brinkerhoff

Boardwalk Empire: Terence Winter, Margaret Nagle, David Flebotte, Itamar Moses, Bathsheba Doran, Steve Kornacki, Howard Korder

Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin, David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, Jane Espenson, D.B. Weiss

Comedy Series

WINNER

Modern Family: Bill Wrubel, Jeffrey Richman, Steven Levitan, Elaine Ko, Ben Karlin, Paul Corrigan, Danny Zuker, Dan O'Shannon, Ilana Wernick, Brad Walsh, Carol Leifer, Christopher Lloyd, Abraham Higginbotham, Cindy Chupack
NOMINEES

30 Rock: Colleen McGuinness, Jon Haller, Tracey Wigfield, Matt Hubbard, Robert Carlock, John Riggi, Jack Burditt, Josh Siegal, Tina Fey, Ron Weiner, Hannibal Buress, Vali Chandrasekaran, Dylan Morgan, Tom Ceraulo, Kay Cannon

Parks and Recreation: Aisha Muharrar, Emily Kapnek, Amy Poehler, Emily Spivey, Greg Daniels, Brian Rowe, Alan Yang, Michael Schur, Mike Scully, Harris Wittels, Norm Hiscock, Daniel J. Goor, Greg Levine, Katie Dippold, David King, Chelsea Peretti

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Jeff Schaffer, Larry David, David Mandel, Alec Berg

Louie: Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon

Episodic Drama

WINNERS

Homeland: Henry Bromell
For episode "The Good Soldier".

Breaking Bad: Vince Gilligan
For episode "Box Cutter".
NOMINEES

Breaking Bad: Moira Walley-Beckett, Thomas Schnauz
For episode "End Times".

Boardwalk Empire: Itamar Moses
For episode "A Dangerous Maid".

Boardwalk Empire: Bathsheba Doran
For episode "The Age of Reason".

Dexter: Jace Richdale
For episode "Just Let Go".

Episodic Comedy

WINNER

Modern Family: Jeffrey Richman, Steven Levitan
For episode "Caught in the Act".
NOMINEES

The Office: Greg Daniels
For episode "Goodbye Michael, part 2".

Modern Family: Dan O'Shannon, Ilana Wernick
For episode "Mother's Day".

The Office: Robert Padnick
For episode "PDA".

Weeds: Stephen Falk
For episode "Object Impermanence".

30 Rock: Tracey Wigfield
For episode "Queen of Jordan".

Daytime Drama

WINNER

General Hospital: Tracey Thomson, Elizabeth Korte, David Goldschmid, Meg Bennett, Mary Sue Price, Michele Val Jean, Karen Harris, Nathan Fissell, Robert Guza Jr., Susan Wald
NOMINEES

All My Children: Donna Swajeski, Joanna Cohen, Jeff Beldner, Kate Hall, Lloyd 'Lucky' Gold, Addie Walsh, Lisa Connor, Rebecca Taylor, Lorraine Broderick, David Kreizman, Chip Hayes, Dave Ryan, Christopher Dunn

The Young and the Restless: Natalie Minardi, Sandra Weintraub, Scott Hamner, Linda Schreiber, Jay Gibson, Anne Schoettle, Amanda L. Beall, Sarah Smith, Michael Montgomery, Teresa Zimmerman, Tom Casiello, Christopher Whitesell, Janice Ferri, Marla Kanelos, Susan Dansby, Beth Milstein

Long Form - Adapted

WINNER

Too Big to Fail: Peter Gould
NOMINEE

Mildred Pierce: Jon Raymond, Todd Haynes

Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series

WINNER

The Colbert Report: Tom Purcell, Rich Dahm, Stephen Colbert, Eric Drysdale, Dan Guterman, Peter Gwinn, Scott Sherman, Rob Dubbin, Frank Lesser, Jay Katsir, Opus Moreschi, Michael Brumm, Meredith Scardino, Barry Julien, Max Werner, Paul Dinello, Glenn Eichler
NOMINEES

Conan: Berkley Johnson, Matt O'Brien, Andres du Bouchet, Michael Gordon, Josh Comers, Rob Kutner, Frank Smiley, Jesse Popp, Andy Richter, Todd Levin, Deon Cole, Laurie Kilmartin, Dan Cronin, Brian McCann, Conan O'Brien, Mike Sweeney, Brian Stack, José Arroyo, Brian Kiley

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Wyatt Cenac, Tim Carvell, Elliott Kalan, Dan McCoy, Hallie Haglund, Rory Albanese, John Oliver, Steve Bodow, Daniel Radosh, J.R. Havlan, Jon Stewart, Zhubin Parang, Kevin Bleyer, Sam Means, Rich Blomquist, Jo Miller, Jason Ross

Saturday Night Live: Jonathan Krisel, Heather Anne Campbell, Paula Pell, Steve Higgins, John Mulaney, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, Christine Nangle, Erik Kenward, Jorma Taccone, Chris Kelly, Jessica Conrad, Marika Sawyer, Zach Kanin, Alex Baze, Matthew Craig, James Anderson, James Downey, Michael Patrick O'Brien, Simon Rich, Colin Jost, Doug Abeles, Seth Meyers, Tom Flanigan, Kent Sublette, Akiva Schaffer, Rob Klein, Lorne Michaels, John Solomon, Shelly Gossman, Bryan H. Tucker

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Amy Ozols, Mike DiCenzo, Justin Shanes, Eric Ledgin, Jen Statsky, Gerard Bradford, A.D. Miles, Jon Rineman, Jeremy Bronson, C.J. Toledano, Gavin Purcell, Patrick Borelli, John Haskell, Dan Opsal, Diallo Riddle, Michael Shoemaker, Bashir Salahuddin, David Angelo, Jimmy Fallon

Real Time with Bill Maher: Amani Redd, Jay Jaroch, Billy Martin, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Scott Carter, Adam Felber, Bill Maher, Chris Kelly, Matt Gunn

Jon Benjamin Has a Van: Leo Allen, H. Jon Benjamin

Children's Episodic & Specials

WINNER

Supah Ninjas: Leo Chu, Eric Garcia
For episode "Hero of the Shadows"
NOMINEES

Sesame Street: Joey Mazzarino
For episode "The Good Birds Club"

Imagination Movers: Jennifer Heftler, Randi Barnes, Richard Gitelson, Vivien Mejia, Michael G. Stern
For episode "The Prince Frog"

iCarly: Matt Fleckenstein, Dan Schneider
For episode "iLost My Mind"

The Troop: Max Burnett
For episode "Oh, Brother"

Zeke and Luther: Nick Stanton, Devin Bunje
For episode "Luther Turns 4"

Animation

WINNER

The Simpsons: Joel H. Cohen
For episode "Homer the Father"
NOMINEES

The Simpsons: Tim Long
For episode "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts"

The Simpsons: Rob LaZebnik
For episode "The Blue and the Gray"

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien: Len Uhley
For episode "Moonstruck"

Futurama: Eric Rogers
For episode "The Silence of the Clamps"

The Simpsons: Chris Cluess
For episode "Donnie Fatso"

New Series

WINNER

Homeland: Alex Gansa, Henry Bromell, Meredith Stiehm, Chip Johannessen, Howard Gordon, Alexander Cary, Gideon Raff
NOMINEES

Episodes: Jeffrey Klarik, David Crane

The Killing: Jeremy Doner, Dan Nowak, Dawn Prestwich, Veena Sud, Linda Burstyn, Nic Pizzolatto, Aaron Zelman, Nicole Yorkin, Soo Hugh

New Girl: Nick Adams, Joe Wiseman, Dave Finkel, Elizabeth Meriwether, Luvh Rakhe, Josh Malmuth, J.J. Philbin, Donick Cary, Rachel Axler, Berkley Johnson, Joe Port, Brett Baer

Game of Thrones: Bryan Cogman, Jane Espenson, George R.R. Martin, D.B. Weiss, David Benioff

Long Form - Original

WINNER

Cinema Verite: David Seltzer
NOMINEES

Five (segment "Lili"): Jill Gordon

Five (segment "Mia"): Wendy West

Five (segment "Charlotte"): Stephen Godchaux

Five (segment "Pearl"): Deirdre O'Connor

Five (segment "Cheyanne"): Howard Morris