Newcomers “The Bear” and “Severance” and departing drama “Better Call Saul” were among the frontrunners, with three nominations each, as Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America, East announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing during 2022. Winners will be honored at the Writers Guild Awards ceremony taking place Sunday, March 5, 2023. Here are this year’s noms:
DRAMA SERIES
“Andor” — Written byDan Gilroy, Tony Gilroy, Stephen Schiff, Beau Willimon; Disney+
“Better Call Saul” — Written byAnn Cherkis, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Ariel Levine, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock; AMC
“The Crown” — Written byPeter Morgan; Netflix
Severance, Written byChris Black, Andrew Colville, Kari Drake, Dan Erickson, Mark Friedman, Helen Leigh, Anna Moench, Amanda Overton; Apple TV+
“Yellowjackets” — Written byCameron Brent Johnson, Katherine Kearns, Jonathan Lisco, Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson, Liz Phang, Ameni Rozsa, Sarah L. Thompson, Chantelle M. Wells; Showtime
COMEDY SERIES
“Abbott Elementary” —Written byQuinta Brunson, Ava Coleman, Riley Dufurrena, Justin Halpern, Joya McCrory, Morgan Murphy, Brittani Nichols, Kate Peterman, Brian Rubenstein, Patrick Schumacker, Justin Tan, Jordan Temple, Garrett Werner; ABC
“Barry” — Written byEmma Barrie, Alec Berg, Duffy Boudreau, Bill Hader, Emily Heller, Nicky Hirschhorn, Jason Kim, Liz Sarnoff; HBO/HBO Max
“The Bear” — Written byKaren Joseph Adcock, Joanna Calo, Rene Gube, Sofya Levitsky-Weitz, Alex O’Keefe, Catherine Schetina, Christopher Storer; FX Networks
“Hacks” — Written byLucia Aniello, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W. Downs, Ariel Karlin, Andrew Law, Joe Mande, Aisha Muharrar, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Jen Statsky; HBO/HBO Max
“only Murders in the Building” — Written byMatteo Borghese, Rachel Burger, Kirker Butler, Valentina Garza, Madeleine George, Joshua Allen Griffith, John Hoffman, Noah Levine, Stephen Markley, Kristin Newman, Ben Philippe, Ben Smith, Rob Turbovsky; Hulu
NEW SERIES
“Abbott Elementary” —Written byQuinta Brunson, Ava Coleman, Riley Dufurrena, Justin Halpern, Joya McCrory, Morgan Murphy, Brittani Nichols, Kate Peterman, Brian Rubenstein, Patrick Schumacker, Justin Tan, Jordan Temple, Garrett Werner; ABC
“Andor” — Written byDan Gilroy, Tony Gilroy, Stephen Schiff, Beau Willimon; Disney+
“Bad Sisters” — Written byBrett Baer, Dave Finkel, Sharon Horgan; Apple TV+
“The Bear” — Written byKaren Joseph Adcock, Joanna Calo, Rene Gube, Sofya Levitsky-Weitz, Alex O’Keefe, Catherine Schetina, Christopher Storer; FX Networks
“Severance” — Written byChris Black, Andrew Colville, Kari Drake, Dan Erickson, Mark Friedman, Helen Leigh, Anna Moench, Amanda Overton; Apple TV+
LIMITED SERIES
“The Dropout” — Written byHilary Bettis, Liz Hannah, Liz Heldens, Dan LeFranc, Sofya Levitsky-Weitz, Matt Lutsky, Elizabeth Meriwether, Wei-Ning Yu; Hulu
“Fleishman Is In Trouble” — Written byTaffy Brodesser-Akner, Cindy Chupack, Allison P. Davis, Mike Goldbach, Boo Killebrew; Hulu
“Pam & Tommy” — Written byBrooke Baker, Matthew Bass, Theodore Bressman, D.V. DeVincentis, Sarah Gubbins, Robert Siegel; Hulu
“The Staircase” — Written byAisha Bhoori, Antonio Campos, Maggie Cohn, Aja Gabel, Emily Kaczmarek, Craig Shilowich, Sebastian Silva; HBO/HBO Max
“The White Lotus” — Written byMike White; HBO/HBO Max
TV & NEW MEDIA MOTION PICTURES
“Heart of the Matter” — Teleplay byKaren StruckandMarcy Holland, Story byKaren Struck; Hallmark Channel
“Honor Society” — Written byDavid A. Goodman; Paramount +
“Ray Donovan: The Movie” — Written byDavid Hollander & Liev Schreiber; Showtime
“Torn Hearts” — Written byRachel Koller Croft; Epix
“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” — Written byAl Yankovic & Eric Appel; The Roku Channel
ANIMATION
“Girls Just Shauna Have Fun” (The Simpsons) — Written byJeff Westbrook; Fox
“The Pain Garden” (Tuca & Bertie) — Written byLisa Hanawalt; Adult Swim
“Pixelated and Afraid” (The Simpsons) — Written byJohn Frink, Fox
“Rectify” (Undone) — Written byElijah Aron & Patrick Metcalf; Prime Video
“The Sound of Bleeding Gums” (The Simpsons) — Written byLoni Steele Sosthand;Fox
“To Bob, or Not To Bob” (Bob’s Burgers) — Written byLizzie Molyneux-Logelin & Wendy Molyneux; Fox
EPISODIC DRAMA
“A Hard Way to Go” (Ozark) — Written byChris Mundy; Netflix
“The End of Everything” (The Good Fight) — Written byRobert King & Michelle King; CBS
“Plan and Execution” (Better Call Saul) — Written byThomas Schnauz; AMC
“The Prick” (Bad Sisters) — Teleplay bySharon HorganandDave Finkel & Brett Baer; Apple TV+
“Rock and Hard Place” (Better Call Saul) — Written byGordon Smith; AMC
“The We We Are” (Severance) — Written byDan Erickson; Apple TV+
EPISODIC COMEDY
“The Beginning” (Grace and Frankie) — Written byMarta Kauffman & Howard J. Morris; Netflix
“Braciole” (The Bear) — Written byJoanna Calo & Christopher Storer; FX Networks
“Foie Gras” (Julia) — Written byDaniel Goldfarb & Chris Keyser; HBO/HBO Max
“Private School” (What We Do in the Shadows) — Written byAyo Edebiri & Shana Gohd; FX Networks
“The One, The Only” (Hacks) — Written byLucia Aniello & Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky; HBO/HBO Max
“Wide Net” (Reservation Dogs) — Written byTazbah Rose Chavez; FX Networks
COMEDY/VARIETY TALK SERIES
“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” — Head WritersKristen Bartlett, Sean Alexander Crespo, Mike Drucker;Supervising WritersJoe Grossman, Sahar Rizvi, Alison Zeidman;WritersSamantha Bee, Pat Cassels, Miles Kahn, Michael Rhoa, Chris Thompson, Holly Walker; TBS
“Hell of a Week with Charlamagne Tha God” — WritersCynia Barnwell, Josh Lieb, Charles McBee, Dan McCoy, Lenard McKelvey, Andre D. Thompson; Comedy Central
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” — Head WritersMolly McNearney, Danny Ricker;WritersJamie Abrahams, Rory Albanese, 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, Keaton Patti, Louis Virtel, Troy Walker; ABC
“Late Night with Seth Meyers” — Head WriterAlex Baze;Supervising WritersSeth Reiss, Mike Scollins;Closer LookSupervising WriterSal Gentile;WritersJermaine Affonso, Karen Chee, Bryan Donaldson, Matt Goldich, Dina Gusovsky, Jenny Hagel, Allison Hord, Mike Karnell, John Lutz, Seth Meyers, Ian Morgan, Seth Reiss, Amber Ruffin, Mike Shoemaker, Ben Warheit, Jeff Wright; NBC
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” — Senior WritersDaniel 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; HBO/HBO Max
“The Problem with Jon Stewart” — Head WriterKristen Acimovic;WritersHenrik Blix, Rob Christensen, Jay Jurden, Alexa Loftus, Tocarra Mallard, Maria Randazzo, Robby Slowik, Jon Stewart, Kasaun Wilson; Apple TV+
“Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News” — Head WritersMike Leech, Zach Smilovitz;Supervising WritersAddison Anderson, Bob Powers;WritersSarah Caldwell, Stephen Colbert, RJ Fried, Julie Greiner, Ron Metellus, Libby Schreiner, Hannah Wright; Comedy Central
COMEDY/VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
“Inside Amy Schumer” — WritersGeorgie Aldaco, Rosebud Baker, Jeremy Beiler, Cazzie David, Tova Diker, Derek Gaines, Jon Glaser, Jaye McBride, Tim Meadows, Christine Nangle, Daniel Powell, Tami Sagher, Amy Schumer, Joe Strazzullo, Sydnee Washington, Ron Weiner; Paramount+
“Pause with Sam Jay” — WritersEmmy Blotnick, Ryan Donahue, Megan Gailey, Sam Jay, Joyelle Johnson, Langston Kerman, Jak Knight, Teresa Lo, Lucy Ortiz, Lorena Russi; HBO/HBO Max
“Saturday Night Live” — Head Writers:Michael Che, Alison Gates, Colin Jost, Streeter Seidell, Kent Sublette;Senior WriterBryan Tucker;WritersJames Anderson, Rosebud Baker, Dan Bulla, Mike DiCenzo, Billy Domineau, James Downey, Alex English, Jimmy Fowlie, Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, Steve Higgins, Vannessa Jackson, Erik Kenward, Tesha Kondrat, Ben Marshall, Lorne Michaels, Jake Nordwind, Clare O’Kane, Ceara O’Sullivan, Simon Rich, Ben Silva, John Solomon, Will Stephen, Nicole Sun, Auguste White, Celeste Yim Weekend Update Head Writer Pete Schultz Weekend Update Writers Megan Callahan-Shah, Dennis McNicholas, Josh Patten, KC Shornima; Mark Steinbach; NBC
COMEDY/VARIETY SPECIALS
“The National Memorial Day Concert 2022” — Written byKirk Ellis, Jon Macks;Special Material Written byRita Brent; PBS
“Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration” — Head WritersMatt Roberts, Beth Sherman;WritersRita Brent, Page Hurwitz, Carey O’Donnell;Special Material Written byGuy Branum, Chris Sartinsky, Louis Virtel; Netflix
“The Problem with Jon Stewart: Election Wrap-Up Special” — Head WriterKristen Acimovic;WritersHenrik Blix, Rob Christensen, Jay Jurden, Alexa Loftus, Tocarra Mallard, Robby Slowik, Maria Randazzo, Jon Stewart, Kasaun Wilson; Apple TV+
“Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel” — Written byJerrod Carmichael; HBO/HBO Max
QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
“Baking It” —WritersNeil Casey, Chad Carter, Jessica McKenna, Zach Reino; Peacock
“Capital One College Bowl” — Head WriterHarry Friedman;WritersJason Antoniewicz, Alan Bailey, Eli Bauman, Patricia A. Cotter, Riham El-Ounsi, Joyce Ikemi, Joey Ortega, Chris Sturgeon; NBC
“Jeopardy!” — Head WritersMichele Loud, Billy Wisse;WritersMichael Davies, John Duarte, Mark Gaberman, Debbie Griffin, Robert McClenaghan, Jim Rhine; ABC
“Weakest link” — Head WriterAnn Slichter;WritersChip Dornell, Joyce Ikemi, Stuart Krasnow, Jon Macks, Meggie McFadden, Ryan O’Dowd, Veronica Penn-Turner, Scott Saltzburg, Aaron Solomon, Doug Shaffer, Grant Taylor; NBC
DAYTIME DRAMA
“Days of Our Lives” — Head WriterRon Carlivati;WritersLorraine Broderick, Jazmen Darnell Brown, Joanna Cohen, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Cheryl Davis, Kirk Doering, Christopher Dunn, Jamey Giddens, David Kreizman, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Katherine D. Schock; NBC
CHILDREN’S EPISODIC, LONG FORM AND SPECIALS
“A Perilous Journey” (The Mysterious Benedict Society) — Written byPhil Hay & Matt Manfredi; Disney+
“Thursday” (Life by Ella) — Written byVincent Brown; Apple TV+
“Pilot” (Amber Brown) — Written byBonnie Hunt; Apple TV+
“Prison or Palace” (Life by Ella) — Written byHernan Barangan; Apple TV+
“Test Subject Thirteen” (Circuit Breakers) — Written byMelody Fox; Apple TV+
SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA
“Breakwater” — Written byZach Craley; Snapchat
“Carpool Karaoke: The Series” — Head WriterDavid Young;WriterCasey Stewart; Apple TV+
“Three Busy Debras” — Written bySandy Honig, Mitra Jouhari, Sarah Sherman, Alyssa Stonoha, Diana Tay, Evan Waite; Adult Swim
documentARY script – CURRENT EVENTS
“Episode Two: Resilience” (Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness) — Written byDavid Blistein; PBS
“Inside the Alleged Sexual Assault Cover Up in Charlotte Schools” (Vice News Tonight) — Written byArlissa Norman, Carter Sherman, Gilad Thaler; Vice
“Lies, Politics and Democracy” (Frontline) — Written byMichael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS
documentARY script – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS
“Episode Two: An American (1775 – 1790)” (Benjamin Franklin) — Written byDayton Duncan; PBS
“Episode One: The Golden Door (Beginnings – 1938)” (The U.S. and the Holocaust) — Written byGeoffrey C. Ward; PBS
“Lucy and Desi” — Written byMark Monroe; Prime Video
“Ocean Invaders” (Nova) — Written byJeff Boedeker; PBS
“Pelosi’s Power” (Frontline) — Written byMichael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS
“Plague at the Golden Gate” (American Experience) — Written bySusan Kim; PBS
NEWS script – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
“Massacre in Buffalo” (CBS Weekend News) — Written byJ. Craig Wilson & Claudine Cleophat; CBS News
“Shooting At Robb Elementary” (World News Tonight with David Muir) — Written byDavid Muir, Dave Bloch, Karen Mooney; ABC News
“Special Edition: From the Ukraine Border” (World News Tonight with David Muir) — Written byDavid Muir, Karen Mooney, Dave Bloch; ABC News
“The Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi” (CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell) — Written byJames Hutton, Rob Rivielle; CBS News
NEWS script – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“Battle for Ukraine” (20/20) — Written byDavid Muir, Karen Mooney, Dave Bloch; ABC News
“City of Lions” (60 Minutes) — Written byScott Pelley, Nicole Young, Kristin Steve; CBS News
“The Green Jacket – Golf’s Ultimate Prize” (CBS Saturday Morning) — Written byDaniel Elias & Dana Jacobson; CBS News
“Harvest of War” (60 Minutes) — Written byScott Pelley, Nicole Young, Kristin Steve; CBS News
“The Longest Running Oil Spill” (60 Minutes) — Written byJon WertheimandOriana Zill de Granados; CBS News
“Targeting Americans” (60 Minutes) — Written byScott Pelley, Oriana Zill de Granados; CBS News
DIGITAL NEWS
“America’s only LGBTQ Historic District Is Falling Apart” — Written byLeo Rocha; Vice
“How Oregon’s Prison System Retaliated Against Its Most Effective Jailhouse Lawyer” — Written byJessica Schulberg; HuffPost
“I Spent 72 Depraved Hours Searching for the Gnarliest Dive Bar in Las Vegas” — Written byDrew Schwartz; Vice
“The Most Unexpected Consequence of the Texas Abortion Ban” — Written byChristina Cauterucci; Slate
“The Pivot to Web3 Is Going to Get People Hurt” — Written byMaxwell Strachan; Slate
“What’s so scary about a transgender child?” — Written byEmily St. James; Vox
