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77th Writers Guild of America Awards

77th WGA Awards
DateFebruary 15, 2025
Organized byWriters Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America West

The 77th Writers Guild of America Awards will be held on February 15, 2025, to honor the best writing in film, television and radio of 2024.[1][2] The nominations were announced on January 15, 2025. The Writers Guild originally scheduled to announce the nominations on January 9, but they postponed them twice due to the series of wildfires affecting Southern California.[3][4]

Nominees

Film

Television

  • Abbott Elementary (ABC) – Quinta Brunson, Ava Coleman, Riley Dufurrena, Justin Halpern, Joya McCrory, Chad Morton, Morgan Murphy, Brittani Nichols, Rebekka Pesqueira, Kate Peterman, Brian Rubenstein, Patrick Schumacker, Justin Tan, Jordan Temple, Garrett Werner
  • The Bear (FX/Hulu) – Karen Joseph Adcock, Joanna Calo, Rene Gube, Will Guidara, Matty Matheson, Alex Russell, Catherine Schetina, Christopher Storer, Courtney Storer
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO Max) – Larry David, Jon Hayman, Justin Hurwitz, Carol Leifer, Stephen Leff, Jeff Schaffer, Nathaniel Stein
  • Hacks (HBO Max) – Genevieve Aniello, Lucia Aniello, Guy Branum, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W. Downs, Jess Dweck, Ariel Karlin, Andrew Law, Carol Leifer, Carolyn Lipka, Joe Mande, Aisha Muharrar, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Jen Statsky
  • What We Do in the Shadows (FX/Hulu) – Jake Bender, Max Brockman, Zach Dunn, Shana Gohd, Amelia Haller, Sam Johnson, Jeremy Levick, Chris Marcil, William Meny, Sarah Naftalis, Marika Sawyer, Paul Simms, Rajat Suresh, Lauren Wells
  • English Teacher (FX/Hulu) – Brian Jordan Alvarez, Wally Baram, Jake Bender, Emmy Blotnick, Zach Dunn, Dave King, Stephanie Koenig, Jonathan Krisel, Paul Simms, Samantha Shier
  • Fallout (Prime Video) – Jake Bender, Karey Dornetto, Zach Dunn, Kieran Fitzgerald, Chaz Hawkins, Lisa Joy, Carson Mell, Jonathan Nolan, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Gursimran Sandhu, Graham Wagner
  • Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Prime Video) – Carla Ching, Adamma Ebo, Adanne Ebo, Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Schuyler Pappas, Francesca Sloane, and Yvonne Hana Yi
  • Nobody Wants This (Netflix) – Barbie Adler, Jane Becker, Jack Burditt, Vali Chandrasekaran, Craig DiGregorio, Erin Foster, Lindsay Golder, Steven Levitan, Pat Regan, Niki Schwartz-Wright, Neel Shah, Noelle Valdivia, Ron Weiner, Ryann Werner
  • Shōgun (FX/Hulu) – Shannon Goss, Maegan Houang, Rachel Kondo, Matt Lambert, Justin Marks, Caillin Puente, Nigel Williams, Emily Yoshida
Limited Series
TV & New Media Motion Pictures
  • The Daily Show (Comedy Central) – Head Writer: Dan Amira; Senior Writers: Lauren Sarver Means, Daniel Radosh; Writers: David Angelo, Nicole Conlan, Devin Delliquanti, Zach DiLanzo, Jennifer Flanz, Jason Gilbert, Dina Hashem, Scott Hercman, Josh Johnson, David Kibuuka, Matt Koff, Joe Opio, Randall Otis, Zhubin Parang, Kat Radley, Lanee’ Sanders, Scott Sherman, Jon Stewart, Ashton Womack, Sophie Zucker
  • John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA (Netflix) – Writers: Anna Drezen, David Ferguson, Fran Gillespie, Langston Kerman, Jeremy Levick, John Mulaney, Alex Scordelis, Rajat Suresh
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show (Syndicated) – Head Writer: Jordan Watland; Writers: Kevin Hurley, Nik Robinson
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) – 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 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 Lappin, Caroline Lazar, Pratima Mani, Felipe Torres Medina, Opus Moreschi, Carley Moseley, Asher Perlman, Michael Pielocik, Tom Purcell, Kate Sidley, Brian Stack, John Thibodeaux, Steve Waltien
  • Saturday Night Live (NBC) – Head Writers: Alison Gates, Streeter Seidell, Kent Sublette; Writers: Rosebud Baker, Dan Bulla, Megan Callahan-Shah, Steven Castillo, Michael Che, Mike DiCenzo, Alex English, Jimmy Fowlie, Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, Steve Higgins, Vannessa Jackson, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Ben Marshall, Dennis McNicholas, Lorne Michaels, Jake Nordwind, Ceara O’Sullivan, Josh Patten, Gary Richardson, Pete Schultz, KC Shornima, Asha Ward, Auguste White, Celeste Yim
Quiz and Audience Participation
  • Jeopardy! (ABC) – Writers: Marcus Brown, Michael Davies, John Duarte, Mark Gaberman, Debbie Griffin, Michele Loud, Robert McClenaghan, Jim Rhine, Steve Tamerius, Billy Wisse
  • Pop Culture Jeopardy! (Prime Video) – Writers: Marcus Brown, Buzzy Cohen, Michael Davies, Chip Dornell, John Duarte, Mark Gaberman, Debbie Griffin, Michele Loud, Traci Mack, Amy Ozols, Louis Virtel, Billy Wisse
  • Days of Our Lives (Peacock) – Head Writer: Ron Carlivati; Writers: Sonja Alarr, Kirk Doering, Christopher Dunn, Jamey Giddens, David Kreizman, Henry Newman, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Katherine D. Schock
  • General Hospital (ABC) – Head Writers: Elizabeth Korte, Chris Van Etten; Writers: Nigel Campbell, Ashley Cook, Emily Culliton, Suzanne Flynn, Charlotte Gibson, Lucky Gold, Kate Hall, Catherine LePard, Patrick Mulcahey, Dan O’Connor, Shannon Peace, Stacey Pulwer, Anne Schoettle, Scott Sickles, Micah Steinberg
  • The Young and the Restless (CBS/Paramount+) – Head Writer: Amanda L. Beall; Writers: Susan Banks, Jeff Beldner, Marin Gazzaniga, Lindsay Harrison, Marla Kanelos, Rebecca McCarty, Madeleine Phillips, Dave Ryan
  • Die Hart 3: Hart to Kill (Roku) – Tripper Clancy
  • Tiny Time Travel (PBS Kids) – Annabeth Bondor-Stone, Cynthia Furey, Tim McKeon, Nikki Palumbo, Connor White, Moujan Zolfaghari

Children

Documentary

Documentary Script

News

News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report
News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary
  • "Finding Cillian Murphy" – 60 Minutes (CBS News) – Scott Pelley, Nicole Young and Kristin Steve
  • "Fine Print: Carl Hiaasen" – CBS Sunday Morning (CBS News) – Written by Richard Buddenhagen and Lesley Stahl
  • "History Repeats Itself in Northern Gaza One Year Later" – Ayman (MSNBC) – Rajaa Elidrissi
  • "The Resistance" – 60 Minutes (CBS News) – Scott Pelley, Nicole Young and Kristin Steve
  • "Understanding Travel Advisories" (ABC NewsOne) – Erik Pierorazio
Digital News
  • "The Food That Makes You Gay" (Eater) – Jaya Saxena
  • "Mise-en-Seine: A Paris Olympics Diary" (Slate) – Henry Grabar
  • "Sent by God" (Slate) – Molly Olmstead
  • "The Unraveling of Nancy Mace" (Slate) – Jim Newell
  • "What Is Hamas Thinking Now?" (HuffPost) – Akbar Shahid Ahmed

Radio

Radio/Audio Documentary
  • "Art on Trial" – OneYear: 1990 Slate – Evan Chung
  • "Deadly Exes: Domestic Violence Awareness with Annie Elise" – Serial Killers (Spotify Studios) – Maggie Admire
  • "A Hotbed of Homosexuality" – Slow Burn (Slate) – Christina Cauterucci
  • "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie… Will He Want a Welfare Check?" – Decoder Ring (Slate) – Cheyna Roth and Patrick Fort
Radio/Audio News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report
  • "6:40am News – November 6, 2023" (1010 WINS AM & FM) – Philip Pilato
  • "World News This Week – Week of December 15, 2023," (ABC News Radio) – Joan B. Harris
  • "Inside a Gaza Hospital" – What Next (Slate) – Mary Harris and Rob Gunther
  • "Passages: Three Women Who Made A Difference" (CBS News Radio) – Gail Lee
  • "World News This Year 2023" (ABC News Radio) – Robert Hawley
Radio/Audio News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary
  • "The Athleticism and Empathy of Horses" – Press Play 2024 (ABC News Radio) – Robert Hawley
  • "The Bleeding Edge" – Unexplainable (Vox) – Byrd Pinkerton
  • "Charles Osgood Remembered" (CBS News Radio) – Gail Lee

Promotional Writing

On-Air Promotion
  • "Fortune Favors the Bold. Promotions for Tracker and King & Conqueror" (CBS) – Molly Neylan
  • "LC Voting Ads" (YouTube) – Desireena Almoradie and Angad Bhalla
  • "NCIS: Season 21 Legacy, Launch and Beyond Trailers" (CBS) – Erial Tompkins
  • "NYSNA AMC Campaign" (YouTube) – Adrianna Hernandez Stewart and Angad Bhalla

References

  1. ^ Lewis, Hilary (January 15, 2025). "2025 Writers Guild Awards Nominations: Challengers, My Old Ass, A Complete Unknown, Dune: Part Two Among Films Nominated". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
  2. ^ Richlin, Harrison (January 15, 2025). "2025 WGA Award Nominees Include A Real Pain, Anora, Wicked, and More". IndieWire. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
  3. ^ Davis, Clayton (January 9, 2025). "WGA Awards Nominations Postponed to Jan. 13 Amid L.A. Fires". Variety. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
  4. ^ Hipes, Patrick (January 13, 2025). "WGA Awards Postpones Nominations Announcement Again Due To L.A. Wildfires – Update". Deadline. Retrieved January 15, 2025.