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2019 Writers Guild Award Winners Include Nathan For You, Eighth Grade, and Barry

February 18, 2019
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2019 Writers Guild Award Winners Include Nathan For You, Eighth Grade, and Barry

While, the rest of the award season seems to be a hot mess, we’re glad to see that the WGA gave a well deserved honor to Bo Burnham and Nathan Fielder for their fantastic, groundbreaking work on Eighth Grade and Nathan For You, respectively.

Also,  Barry, the breakout HBO comedy series of last year, managed to win the new series and episodic comedy series. Of course, perennial favorites Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Last Week Tonight, and The Simpsons went home with awards as well.

All in all, this is definitely one of the better list of winners we’ve seen thus far this year. The rest of the comedy winners for 2019′s Writers Guild Awards are below.

FILM

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY-Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, Based on the book by Lee Israel; Fox Searchlight

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY-Eighth Grade, Written by Bo Burnham; A24

TV 

COMEDY SERIES-The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Written by Kate Fodor, Noah Gardenswartz, Jen Kirkman, Sheila Lawrence, Daniel Palladino, Amy Sherman Palladino; Prime Video

NEW SERIES-Barry, Written by Alec Berg, Duffy Boudreau, Bill Hader, Emily Heller, Liz Sarnoff, Ben Smith, Sarah Solemani; HBO

EPISODIC COMEDY-“Chapter One: Make Your Mark” (Barry), Written by Alec Berg & Bill Hader; HBO

COMEDY/VARIETY TALK SERIES-Last Week Tonight with John Oliver; Writers: Tim Carvell, Raquel D’Apice, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Daniel O’Brien, John Oliver, Brian Parise, Owen Parsons, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, Juli Weiner; HBO

COMEDY/VARIETY SKETCH SERIES-Nathan For You, Writers: Leo Allen, Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Michael Koman, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola; Comedy Central

COMEDY/VARIETY SPECIALS-The Fake News with Ted Nelms, Written by John Aboud, Andrew Blitz, Michael Colton, Ed Helms, Elliott Kalan, Joseph Randazzo, Sara Schaefer; Comedy Central

ANIMATION-“Bart’s Not Dead” (The Simpsons), Written by Stephanie Gillis; Fox

Here’s the complete list of Writers Guild Awards winners over at Deadline.

The Onion Unionizes with WGA East

December 21, 2018
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The Onion Unionizes with WGA East

Well, here is some unequivocal, very non-ironic good news. 

Legendary satirical publication The Onion has signed an official contract with the Writers Guild of America East that covers their 69 (we’re guessing that’s not on purpose) employees. 

Per Deadline:

The two-year contract includes annual pay increases, minimum pay grades, diversity and anti-harassment language, just cause, union security, editorial independence and intellectual property rights. It also puts an end to “permalancers” – long-term freelancers – through a provision that requires the company to offer them full-time jobs if they contract, fellow or apprentice for the company for 12 consecutive months or 18 cumulative months over a two-year period.

Note that any new positions that open up at The Onion will be even more coveted than before.

The Onion Unionizes with WGA East

December 21, 2018
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The Onion Unionizes with WGA East

Well, here is some unequivocal, very non-ironic good news. 

Legendary satirical publication The Onion has signed an official contract with the Writers Guild of America East that covers their 69 (we’re guessing that’s not on purpose) employees. 

Per Deadline:

The two-year contract includes annual pay increases, minimum pay grades, diversity and anti-harassment language, just cause, union security, editorial independence and intellectual property rights. It also puts an end to “permalancers” – long-term freelancers – through a provision that requires the company to offer them full-time jobs if they contract, fellow or apprentice for the company for 12 consecutive months or 18 cumulative months over a two-year period.

Note that any new positions that open up at The Onion will be even more coveted than before.

Chelsea Peretti to Host 2019 Writers Guild Awards

December 19, 2018
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Chelsea Peretti to Host 2019 Writers Guild Awards

While The Oscars are still scrambling to find a host, The Writers Guild of America have landed Chelsea Peretti to host their Writers Guild Awards on Feb. 17th.

As you may well know, the Writers Guild Awards are never televised (though clips of the monologues and speeches sometimes find their way online). With that being the case, it’s usually a much more fun affair and a bit more roast-y as well, which will likely suit Chelsea quite nicely. 

This will also be the first awards hosting gig for Peretti and pretty much the first big live gig since her recent return to stand-up, which makes us even more intrigued about what she’ll do two months from now.   

Chelsea Peretti to Host 2019 Writers Guild Awards

December 19, 2018
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Chelsea Peretti to Host 2019 Writers Guild Awards

While The Oscars are still scrambling to find a host, The Writers Guild of America have landed Chelsea Peretti to host their Writers Guild Awards on Feb. 17th.

As you may well know, the Writers Guild Awards are never televised (though clips of the monologues and speeches sometimes find their way online). With that being the case, it’s usually a much more fun affair and a bit more roast-y as well, which will likely suit Chelsea quite nicely. 

This will also be the first awards hosting gig for Peretti and pretty much the first big live gig since her recent return to stand-up, which makes us even more intrigued about what she’ll do two months from now.   

Veep, Will & Grace, Last Week Tonight, and SNL Win at 2018 Writers Guild Awards

February 12, 2018
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Veep, Will & Grace, Last Week Tonight, and SNL Win at 2018 Writers Guild Awards

More specifically, the comedy winners of the 2018 Writers Guild Awards are

Comedy Series
Veep, Written by Gabrielle Allan, Rachel Axler, Ted Cohen, Jennifer Crittenden, Alex Gregory, Steve Hely, Peter Huyck, Erik Kenward, Billy Kimball, David Mandel, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Dan Mintz, Lew Morton, Georgia Pritchett, Will Smith; HBO – WINNER

Episodic Comedy
“Rosario’s Quinceanera” (Will & Grace), Written by Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally; NBC – WINNER

Comedy/Variety Talk Series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Writers: Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner, Ben Silva, Seena Vali; HBO – WINNER

Comedy/Variety Sketch Series
Saturday Night Live, Head Writers: Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider, Bryan Tucker, Writers: James Anderson, Kristen Bartlett, Jeremy Beiler, Neal Brennan, Zack Bornstein, Joanna Bradley, Megan Callahan, Michael Che, Anna Drezen, Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Nick Kocher, Michael Koman, Dave McCary, Brian McElhaney, Dennis McNicholas, Drew Michael, Lorne Michaels, Josh Patten, Katie Rich, Pete Schultz, Streeter Seidell, Will Stephen, Kent Sublette, Julio Torres; NBC Universal – WINNER

At some point, there ought to be a category for podcasts or, at the very least, ad copy/reads for podcasts. 

You can get a full list of the winners here.

2018 Writers Guild Awards Comedy Nominees

December 7, 2017
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2018 Writers Guild Awards Comedy Nominees

The 2018 Writers Guild Awards just announced their nominees, which, in looking at the comedy categories, should come as little surprise. 

That being said, we’re delighted to see The President Show and Nathan For You get some love here amongst the perennials favorites of Veep, Last Week Tonight, and SNL.

Here are all the comedy nominees for 2018:

COMEDY SERIES

Curb Your Enthusiasm, Written by Larry David, Jon Hayman, Justin Hurwitz, Jeff Schaffer; HBO

GLOW, Written by Kristoffer Diaz, Liz Flahive, Tara Herrmann, Nick Jones, Jenji Kohan, Carly Mensch, Emma Rathbone, Sascha Rothchild, Rachel Shukert; Netflix

Master of None, Written by Aziz Ansari, Andrew Blitz, Zoe Jarman, Cord Jefferson, Sarah Peters, Sarah Schneider, Michael Schur, Leila Strachan, Gene Stupnitsky, Lakshmi Sundaram, Lena Waithe, Jason Woliner, Alan Yang; Netflix

Silicon Valley, Written by Alec Berg, Donick Cary, Adam Countee, Jonathan Dotan, Mike Judge, Carrie Kemper, John Levenstein, Dan Lyons, Carson Mell, Dan O’Keefe, Clay Tarver; Aaron Zelman; HBO

Veep, Written by Rachel Axler, Sean Gray, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, Erik Kenward, Billy Kimball, Steve Koren, Dave Mandel, Jim Margolis, Lew Morton, Georgia Pritchett, Will Smith, Alexis Wilkinson; HBO

EPISODIC COMEDY

“The Burglary”-Grace and Frankie, Written by Brendan McCarthy & David Budin; Netflix

“Intervention”-The Carmichael Show, Written by Willie Hunter; NBC

“Judge”-Veep, Written by Ted Cohen; HBO

“Rosario’s Quinceanera”-Will & Grace, Written by Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally; NBC

“The Verdict”-Trial & Error, Written by Jeff Astrof; NBC

COMEDY/VARIETY TALK SERIES

Conan, Head Writer: Matt O’Brien, Writers: Jose Arroyo, Daniel Cronin, Andres du Bouchet, Jessie Gaskell, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Leah Krinsky, Stephen Kutner, Todd Levin, Levi MacDougall, Conan O’Brien, Paul Richter, Frank Smiley, Mike Sweeney; TBS

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Writers: Samantha Bee, Ashley Nicole Black, Pat Cassels, Eric Drysdale, Mathan Erhardt, Travon Free, Joe Grossman, Jo Miller, Jason Reich, Melinda Taub; TBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live, Writers: Jimmy Kimmel, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Gonzalo Cordova, Devin Field, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Jesse Joyce, Bess Kalb, Jeff Loveness, Molly McNearney, CeCe Pleasants, Danny Ricker, Joe Strazzullo; ABC

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Writers: Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner, Ben Silva, Seena Vali; HBO

Late Night with Seth Meyers, Writers: Jermaine Affonso, Alex Baze, Bryan Donaldson, Sal Gentile, Matt Goldich, Dina Gusovsky, Jenny Hagel, Allison Hord, Mike Karnell, John Lutz, Seth Meyers, Ian Morgan, Seth Reiss, Amber Ruffin, Mike Scollins, Mike Shoemaker, Ben Warheit; NBC Universal

Real Time with Bill Maher, Writers: Scott Carter, Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Billy Martin, Bob Oschack, Danny Vermont; HBO

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Writers: Dan Amira, David Angelo, Steve Bodow, Kashana Cauley, Devin Delliquanti, Zach DiLanzo, Hallie Haglund, David Kibuuka, Matt Koff, Adam Lowitt, Dan McCoy, Trevor Noah, Joseph Opio, Zhubin Parang, Owen Parsons, Daniel Radosh, Lauren Sarver-Means, Michelle Wolf; Comedy Central

The Jim Jefferies Show, Head Writer: Jason Reich, Writers: Jim Jefferies, Subhah Agarwal, Kevin Avery, Curtis Cook, Lucas Kavner, Matt Kirshen, Bryan Olsen, Laura Willcox, JJ Whitehead, Scott Y. Zabielski; Comedy CentralCOMEDY/VARIETY SKETCH SERIES

Nathan For You, Writers: Leo Allen, Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Michael Koman, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola; Comedy Central

Portlandia, Writers: Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Karen Kilgariff, Jonathan Krisel, Graham Wagner; IFC

Saturday Night Live, Head Writers: Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider, Bryan Tucker, Writers: James Anderson, Kristen Bartlett, Jeremy Beiler, Neal Brennan, Zack Bornstein, Joanna Bradley, Megan Callahan, Michael Che, Anna Drezen, Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Nick Kocher, Michael Koman, Dave McCary, Brian McElhaney, Dennis McNicholas, Drew Michael, Lorne Michaels, Josh Patten, Katie Rich, Pete Schultz, Streeter Seidell, Will Stephen, Kent Sublette, Julio Torres; NBC Universal

The President Show, Writers: Emily Altman, Anthony Atamanuik, Emmy Blotnick, Neil Casey, Mike Drucker, Noah Garfinkel, John Gemberling, Peter Grosz, Mitra Jouhari, John Knefel, Alison Leiby, Christine Nangle, John Reynolds, Jason Ross, Rae Sanni, Evan Waite; Comedy Central

Weekend Update Summer Edition, Writers: Megan Callahan, Michael Che, Mikey Day, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Dennis McNicholas, Josh Patten, Katie Rich, Pete Schultz, Streeter Seidell, Kent Sublette, Brian Tucker; NBC Universal

COMEDY / VARIETY SPECIALS

39th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, Written by Dave Boone; CBS

89th Annual Academy Awards, Written by Billy Kimball, Jon Macks; Special Material Written by Jack Allison, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Gonzalo Cordova, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Bess Kalb, Jimmy Kimmel, Jeff Loveness, Molly McNearney, Danny Ricker, Joe Strazzullo; ABC

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Diane Keaton, Written by Bob Gazzale, Jon Macks; TNT

Michael Bolton’s Big, Sexy, Valentine’s Day Special, Written by Scott Aukerman, Dave Ferguson, Mike Hanford, Tim Kalpakis, Joe Saunders, Akiva Schaffer; Additional Material Written by Zach Kanin, Claudia O’Doherty, Tim Robinson; Netflix

Nathan For You: A Celebration, Written by Leo Allen, Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Michael Koman, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola; Comedy Central

The winners will be announced when the Writers Guild Awards ceremony takes place in both LA and NYC on Wednesday, February 11th, 2018.

Here’s a full list of nominees.

WGA and AMPTP Reach Deal Avoiding Another Strike and Late Night, Your New Favorite Comedies, and More Actually Won’t Be Brought to a Grinding Halt

May 2, 2017
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WGA and AMPTP Reach Deal Avoiding Another Strike and Late Night, Your New Favorite Comedies, and More Actually Won’t Be Brought to a Grinding Halt

Past the deadline when the previous contract had expired, the WGA and AMPTP did indeed agree on a deal that prevented a strike (which was made to seem inevitable in the days leading up to this) from happening.

If you remember from a decade ago, Conan O’Brien was spinning a ring on his desk as a segment, The Office was never quite the same, and the whole of the industry biz was shaken as a result of the last WGA Strike for both creators and consumers to a degree no one had anticipated. 

Thankfully, your favorite peak TV, bashing Trump for whatever he said that day, and a new comedy that’s perhaps waiting for word on more episodes ordered on the back end are now all safe. It might be hard to appreciate the gravity of this as it the worst scenario was avoided, but you should have, at the very least, a brief, demonstrative sigh of relief.

Now, go back to worrying about all the “other stuff” (North Korea, Obamacare, the Wall, civil unrest in Europe and South America, POTUS seeming dumber than ever, ISIS, etc. etc.). 

Mike Judge Will Be Receiving a WGA Lifetime Achievement Award For Animation

December 14, 2016
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Mike Judge Will Be Receiving a WGA Lifetime Achievement Award For Animation

Mike Judge has done so much post-animation with Idiocracy and Silicon Valley and this WGA Lifetime Achievement Award for Animation is a great reminder that Judge also brought King of the Hill and Beavis and Butthead to TV during the animation period of his career.

This is probably the first of multiple lifetime achievement awards that Judge will receive in the years to come.

Atlanta, Better Things, Nathan For You, Veep, Last Week Tonight, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, BoJack Horseman Score WGA Awards TV Nominations

December 5, 2016
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Atlanta, Better Things, Nathan For You, Veep, Last Week Tonight, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, BoJack Horseman Score WGA Awards TV Nominations

The perennial prestige comedy of HBO is alive and well, but upstarts at FX (Atlanta and Better Things) are also riding high for this year’s Writers Guild Awards TV nominations. 

That being said, there’s one very noticeable snub: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee 

It didn’t get nominated next to Last Week Tonight, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. We certainly hope that won’t happen elsewhere this awards season.

*Comedy nominees are in italics

COMEDY SERIES

-Atlanta
Written by Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Stefani Robinson, Paul Simms; FX
-Silicon Valley
Written by Megan Amram, Alec Berg, Donick Cary, Adam Countee, Jonathan Dotan, Mike Judge, Carrie Kemper, John Levenstein, Dan Lyons, Carson Mell, Dan O’Keefe, Clay Tarver, Ron Weiner; HBO
-Transparent
Written by Arabella Anderson, Bridget Bedard, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Jessi Klein, Stephanie Kornick, Ethan Kuperberg, Ali Liebegott, Our Lady J, Faith Soloway, Jill Soloway; Amazon Studios
-Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Written by Emily Altman, Robert Carlock, Azie Mira Dungey, Tina Fey, Lauren Gurganous, Sam Means, Dylan Morgan, Marlena Rodriguez, Dan Rubin, Meredith Scardino, Josh Siegal, Allison Silverman, Leila Strachan; Netflix
-Veep
Written by Rachel Axler, Sean Gray, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, Eric Kenward, Billy Kimball, Steve Koren, David Mandel, Jim Margolis, Lew Morton, Georgia Pritchett, Will Smith, Alexis Wilkinson; HBO

NEW SERIES

-Atlanta
Written by Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Stefani Robinson, Paul Simms; FX
-Better Things
Written by Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K., Cindy Chupack, Gina Fattore; FX
-Stranger Things
Written by Paul Dichter, Justin Doble, The Duffer Brothers, Jessica Mecklenburg, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Alison Tatlock; Netflix
-This Is Us
Written by Isaac Aptaker, Elizabeth Berger, Bekah Brunstetter, Dan Fogelman, Vera Herbert, Joe Lawson, Kay Oyegun, Aurin Squire, K.J. Steinberg, Donald Todd; NBC
-Westworld
Written by Ed Brubaker, Bridget Carpenter, Dan Dietz, Halley Gross, Lisa Joy, Katherine Lingenfelter, Dominic Mitchell, Jonathan Nolan, Roberto Patino, Daniel T. Thomsen, Charles Yu; HBO

ANIMATION

-“Barthood” (The Simpsons)
Written by Dan Greaney; Fox
-“First Day of Rule” (Elena of Avalor)
Written by Craig Gerber; Disney Channel
-“Fish Out of Water” (BoJack Horseman)
Written by Elijah Aron & Jordan Young; Netflix
-“A Princess on Lothal” (Star Wars Rebels)
Written by Steven Melching; Disney XD
-“Stop the Presses” (BoJack Horseman)
Written by Joe Lawson; Netflix

EPISODIC COMEDY

-“Kimmy Finds Her Mom!” (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Written by Tina Fey & Sam Means; Netflix
-“Kimmy Goes on a Playdate!” (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Written by Robert Carlock; Netflix
-“Pilot” (One Mississippi)
Written by Diablo Cody & Tig Notaro; Amazon Studios
-“R-A-Y-C-Ray-Cation” (Speechless)
Written by Carrie Rosen & Seth Kurland; ABC
-“Streets on Lock” (Atlanta)
Written by Stephen Glover; FX
-“A Taste of Zephyria” (Son of Zorn)
Written by Dan Mintz; Fox

COMEDY / VARIETY (INCLUDING TALK) – SERIES

-The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Writers: Dan Amira, David Angelo, Steve Bodow, Devin Delliquanti, Zach DiLanzo, Travon Free, Hallie Haglund, David Kibuuka, Matt Koff, Adam Lowitt, Dan McCoy, Lauren Sarver Means, Trevor Noah, Joe Opio, Zhubin Parang, Owen Parson, Daniel Radosh, Michelle Wolf; Comedy Central
-Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Writers: Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner; HBO
-Late Night with Seth Meyers
Writers: Jermaine Affonso, Alex Baze, Bryan Donaldson, Sal Gentile, Matt Goldich, Jenny Hagel, Allison Hord, Mike Karnell, Andrew Law, John Lutz, Aparna Nancherla, Chioke Nassor, Seth Meyers, Ian Morgan, Conner O’Malley, Seth Reiss, Amber Ruffin, Mike Scollins, Mike Shoemaker, Ben Warheit, Michelle Wolf; NBC
-The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Writers: Mike Brumm, Nate Charny, Aaron Cohen, Stephen Colbert, Cullen Crawford, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Ariel Dumas, Glenn Eichler, Gabe Gronli, Barry Julien, Jay Katsir, Daniel Kibblesmith, Matt Lappin, Opus Moreschi, Tom Purcell, Jen Spyra, Brian Stack; NBC

COMEDY / VARIETY – SKETCH SERIES

-Documentary Now!
Writers: Bill Hader, John Mulaney, Seth Meyers; IFC
-Inside Amy Schumer
Writers: Kim Carmele, Kyle Dunnigan, Jessi Klein, Michael Lawrence, Kurt Metzger, Christine Nangle, Claudia O’Doherty, Dan Powell, Tami Sagher, Amy Schumer; Comedy Central
-Maya and Marty in Manhattan
Head Writers: Mikey Day, Matt Roberts, Bryan Tucker Writers: Eli Bauman, Jeremy Beiler, Chris Belair, Hallie Cantor, David Feldman, R J Fried, Melissa Hunter, Paul Masella, Tim McAuliffe, John Mulaney, Diallo Riddle, Maya Rudolph, Bashir Salahuddin, Marika Sawyer, Streeter Seidell, Martin Short; Emily Spivey, Steve Young; NBC
-Nathan For You
Written by Leo Allen, Nathan Fielder, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola; Comedy Central
-Saturday Night Live
Head Writers: Rob Klein, Bryan Tucker Writers: James Anderson, Fred Armisen, Jeremy Beiler, Chris Belair, Megan Callahan, Michael Che, Mikey Day, Jim Downey, Tina Fey, Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, Tim Herlihy, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Erik Kenward, Paul Masella, Dave McCary, Dennis McNicholas, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, Josh Patten, Paula Pell, Katie Rich, Tim Robinson, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, Streeter Seidell, Dave Sirus, Emily Spivey, Andrew Steele, Will Stephen, Kent Sublette; NBC

COMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS

-68th Primetime Emmy Awards
Written by Jack Allison, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Robert Cohen, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Jimmy Kimmel, Bess Kalb, Jeff Loveness, Jon Macks, Molly McNearney, Danny Ricker, Jeff Stilson, Joe Strazzullo, Alexis Wilkinson; ABC
-73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards
Written by Barry Adelman; Special Material Written by Dave Boone, Ricky Gervais, Jon Macks, Matthew Robinson; NBC
-88th Annual Academy Awards
Written by Dave Boone, Billy Kimball; Special Material Written by Scott Aukerman, Rodney Barnes, Neil Campbell, Matthew Claybrooks, Lance Crouther, Mike Ferrucci, Langston Kerman, Jon Macks, Steve O’Donnell, Nimesh Patel, Vanessa Ramos, Chris Rock, Frank Sebastiano, Chuck Sklar, Jeff Stilson, Michelle Wolf; CBS
-Triumph’s Election Special
Written by Andy Breckman, Josh Comers, David Feldman, R J Fried, Jarrett Grode, Ben Joseph, Matthew Kirsch, Michael Koman, Mike Lawrence, Brian Reich, Craig Rowin, Robert Smigel, Zach Smilovitz, Andrew Weinberg; Hulu

Get full list of WGA TV nominees here.

Lewis Black to Host WGA Awards in NYC While Patton Oswalt Hosts in LA

November 30, 2016
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Lewis Black to Host WGA Awards in NYC While Patton Oswalt Hosts in LA

If they got to play off each from across the country via Skype, Facetime, etc. that’d be pretty much perfect.

Acclaimed comedians Lewis Black and Patton Oswalt will be the respective hosts of this year’s WGA Awards, presented by the WGA West and WGA East simultaneously. As the ceremony isn’t televised, it’s a little looser and edgier than your typical awards show.

Wth Black and Oswalt both at the helm, don’t be surprised to see a wondrous rant, riff, or two while giving awards out for writing. 

“Grand Budapest Hotel”, “Louie”, “Last Week Tonight”, “High Maintenance” More Win at WGA Awards

February 15, 2015
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The 2015 WGA Awards were handed out last night and the field of winners seems to be raising the least amount of snub talk this awards season. This might have something to do with critical powerhouses like Grand Budapest Hotel and Louie won as well as well-received upstarts like Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and High Maintenance on Vimeo winning statues.

Here’s all the comedy winners for this year’s WGA Awards:

–The Grand Budapest Hotel, Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness-Original Screenplay
–Louie, Written by Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K.-Comedy Series, Episodic Comedy
–High Maintenance, Written by Katja Blichfeld & Ben Sinclair-Short Form New Media
–The Simpsons, “Brick Like Me”, Written by Brian Kelley-Animated
–Last Week Tonight, Writers: Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner-Comedy/Variety (Including Talk)-Series
–71st Annual Golden Globes Awards, Written by Barry Adelman; Special Material by Alex Baze, Dave Boone, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Jon Macks, Sam Means, Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler, Mike Shoemaker-Comedy/Variety-Music, Awards, Tributes-Specials
–How I Met Your Mother, Written by Dan Greenberger-On-Air Promotion (TV, New Media, or Radio)

See the full list of winners here.

Lisa Kudrow To Host Writers Guild Awards Ceremony in Los Angeles

January 24, 2015
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(via Deadline)

So, both Larry Wilmore and Lisa Kudrow will be hosting the WGA Awards on the East and West coasts respectively.

Both ceremonies in LA and NY will happen simultaneously on Feb. 14th and should be a good alternative to observing Valentine’s Day. Hopefully, Wilmore and Kudrow will pull off a bit technically co-hosting, but doing so across the country.

“Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Guardians of The Galaxy” Get Writers Guild Awards Nominations

January 7, 2015
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(via Deadline)

Of all the nominations that have been announced in this current awards season, it seems the Writers Guild Awards has gone a somewhat different and refreshing direction. Already, they have Transparent, Last Week Tonight, and Inside Amy Schumer nominated for TV.

Grand Budapest Hotel is an awards front runner and gets a nod here, but Guardians of The Galaxy, a big budget studio comic book space adventure with plenty of comedy injected throughout, also gained a nomination from the WGA for Adapted Screenplay today.

Guardians of The Galaxy isn’t nominated in such a category in any other awards so far. Maybe, that will change now and other movies that are more readily described as “fun” will be taken more seriously by various academies and associations?

2015 Writers Guild Awards Announce TV Nominations

December 5, 2014
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The 2015 Writers Guild Awards, which will be hosted by The Nightly Show’s Larry Wilmore, just announced their TV and radio nominations. Out of the gate, Transparent and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver got nominated in their first seasons while perennial nominees The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Louie, Veep, and The Colbert Report also got nominated.

Take note how cable and online shows are dominating the field at the WGA as all the comedy nominees include:
Bill Maher: Live From D.C.
Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles
The Colbert Report
SNL
Real Time with Bill Maher
Inside Amy Schumer
Last  Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Transparent
Louie
Modern Family
Orange Is The New Black
New Girl
The Simpsons
Bob’s Burgers
Silicon Valley
Veep

See the full list of nominees here.

Larry Wilmore Set to Host This Year’s Writers Guild Awards

December 2, 2014
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(via Deadline)

Just as Stephen Colbert has picked up another hosting gig from The Kennedy Center on top of moving to The Late Show, Larry Wilmore will now be hosting The Writers Guild Awards in February in addition to his hosting duties at The Nightly Show.

By this time, Wilmore will have already started his post at The Nightly Show, which is making for a really good start to 2015 for Larry. 

The Colbert Report and Veep Win at WGA Awards

February 3, 2014
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The Colbert Report and Veep Win at WGA Awards

Amidst everything else that was happening over the past few days, The WGA Awards were presented and The Colbert Report and Veep took home prizes for comedy. 

So, we’re sure if you’re team lost yesterday and you were really into it, be glad about two of the funniest shows on TV getting writing honors.

WGA Awards Movie Nominees: Her, The Wolf of Wall Street, Nebraska, and More

January 3, 2014
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WGA Awards Movie Nominees: Her, The Wolf of Wall Street, Nebraska, and More

The Writers Guild of America just announced their nominees for movies including dramadies, comedic dramas, dramatic comedies, dramas with really funny moments in it, etc. Her, The Wolf of Wall Street, Nebraska, American Hustle, Blue Jasmine, and more.

That only leaves us thinking “Still, no love for In A World…, It’s A Disaster, or Wrong Cops/Wrong.”

‘The Simpsons’ Sam Simon To Receive WGA’s Valentine Davies Award

December 20, 2013
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‘The Simpsons’ Sam Simon To Receive WGA’s Valentine Davies Award

One of the developers behind The Simpsons, Sam Simon, is getting honored by the WGA with the Valentine Davies Award. 

We don’t know if the WGA or Sam would be into it, but it would be pretty great if the award had his Simpsons Halloween nickname that they give the whole cast and crew during their Halloween episode.

Joan Rivers Resolves WGA Dispute by Not Rending Writing Services

October 7, 2013
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Joan Rivers Resolves WGA Dispute by Not Rending Writing Services

From the fallout of her writers at Fashion Police and their strike, Joan Rivers was up for a possible expulsion at the WGA, but has thus decided to support the writers by not rendering any writing services in hopes that the striking writers will return.

Currently, amongst those striking writers, Eliza Skinner currently writes for Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell and Bryan Cook tours with his Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction.

As of the time of this article, there is no word if the writers will return yet.

Joan Rivers Facing WGA Expulsion Hearing Over ‘Fashion Police’ Next Month

September 10, 2013
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Joan Rivers Facing WGA Expulsion Hearing Over ‘Fashion Police’ Next Month

While the writers of Fashion Police are still technically on strike, little news has come for them making headway in receiving their unpaid wages. However, showrunner Joan Rivers could face expulsion and more in an upcoming WGA East hearing for violating WGA regulations regarding working on Non-WGA sanctioned shows. 

Either way the hearing goes will be a precedent set for being a staff writer on certain shows. 

WGA East Charges Joan Rivers With Violation in ‘Fashion Police’ Writers Dispute

July 11, 2013
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WGA East Charges Joan Rivers With Violation in ‘Fashion Police’ Writers Dispute

A WGA East council took a vote and determined to send violation charges to Joan Rivers over the Fashion Police Writers’ Strike. According to Rivers’ manager, the issue is between the writers and E!, which has been one of the only remarks sent down from Rivers in regards to the whole matter. 
The writers of Fashion Police are still on strike and developments towards a resolution are still to be seen.

Writers of ‘Fashion Police’ on E!, Many of Whom Are Hilarious Comedians, File Claim Over Unpaid Wages

April 3, 2013
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Writers of ‘Fashion Police’ on E!, Many of Whom Are Hilarious Comedians, File Claim Over Unpaid Wages

In case you didn’t know the likes of Eliza Skinner and Bryan Cook, they are two really funny people whose comedic exploits you should definitely be following. With that in mind, they should, as writers on E!’s Fashion Police, also get paid for many hours of overtime if they have not been properly compensated. 

This is cautionary tale to all those writers/comedians/etc. going for a comedy writing job in making sure to not be taken advantage of.

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Sat 17

MAGIC FOR HUMANS (AT HOME) with Justin Willman (Live-stream)

April 17 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Sat 17

Wild Horses (YouTube Live-stream)

April 17 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Sat 17

Live @ Eastville (Live-stream)

April 17 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Sat 17

OMG Comedy Club (Live-stream)

April 17 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Sat 17

John Early Presents: Clockwatchers (Live-stream)

April 17 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Sat 17

Virtual KATG Week 2021: KATG VIP Night (Live-stream)

April 17 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Sat 17

Picture This! 9 to 5 Anniversary (YouTube Live-stream)

April 17 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Sat 17

Nowhere Comedy Club: Mike Birbiglia: Worldwide Pizza Party (Zoom Live-stream)

April 17 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Sat 17

Judah Friedlander: Pre-Existing Fascism (Live-stream)

April 17 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Sat 17

Inside the Unisphere (Zoom Live-stream)

April 17 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Sat 17

NOBODY Twitter Watch Party

April 17 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sat 17

Comedy Oakland Online Show (Zoom Live-stream)

April 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sat 17

The Anti-Influencer Show with Rachel Resnik (Twitch Live-stream)

April 17 @ 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Sat 17

Shrimptown (IG Live-stream)

April 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Sat 17

Magic Asphalt: Drive-In Comedy Under The Stars (in LA)

April 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Sat 17

KO Comedy (Zoom Live-stream)

April 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Sat 17

Bil Dwyer (Zoom Live-stream)

April 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Sat 17

Bawdy Storytelling’s ‘Sprung!’ (Live-stream)

April 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Sat 17

Night Mouse II: Through the Looking Glass (Live-stream)

April 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Sat 17

PILOT DUMP I: “Snake Davis and The Kickass Treasures and Stuff” by Eric Moneypenny (Twitch Live-stream)

April 17 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Sat 17

Brian Kiley & Friends (Live-stream)

April 17 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Sat 17

CRAZY WOKE ASIANS COMEDY CONTEST (Live-stream)

April 17 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Sat 17

Tomorrow! w/Ron Lynch (IG Live-stream)

April 17 @ 11:00 pm - April 18 @ 12:30 am
Sun 18

MAGIC FOR HUMANS (AT HOME) with Justin Willman (Live-stream)

April 18 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Sun 18

Virtual KATG Week 2021: KATG Private Chat & Game Night (Live-stream)

April 18 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Sun 18

Laughs for LLS (Live-stream)

April 18 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Sun 18

Katz Litter Box (Live-stream)

April 18 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Sun 18

Avail Yourself (Zoom Live-stream)

April 18 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Sun 18

KO Comedy (Zoom Live-stream)

April 18 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Mon 19

Afternoon Delight (Clubhouse Live-stream)

April 19 @ 12:05 pm - 1:05 pm
Mon 19

MUSIC & COMEDY WITH ISABEL HAGEN (Live-stream)

April 19 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Mon 19

The Dave Hill Goodtime Hour (Live-stream)

April 19 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Mon 19

Who Wants $2.69? with Martin Urbano (Live-stream)

April 19 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Mon 19

THE LAB: A VERY BLACK EXPERIMENTAL COMEDY SHOW (Live-stream)

April 19 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Mon 19

Super Horses, Wild Ego (YouTube Live-stream)

April 19 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Mon 19

Comedy Rap Battle (RushTix Live-stream)

April 19 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Mon 19

Hi, I’m Reading Trash with Oscar Montoya (IG Live-stream)

April 19 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Mon 19

Writers of Conan & Friends (Zoom Live-stream)

April 19 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Mon 19

Self Care Comedy (Zoom Live-stream)

April 19 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Mon 19

LA SKINS FEST Presents: A Live Q&A about the Peacock Original RUTHERFORD FALLS (Live-stream)

April 19 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Mon 19

Hot Tub with Kurt & Kristen Home Edition (Twitch Live-stream)

April 19 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Mon 19

David Wain Piano Bar (Clubhouse Live-stream)

April 19 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Tue 20

Coffee with Tony (Twitch Live-stream)

April 20 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Tue 20

Pappy’s Flatshare Slamdown w/ Evelyn Mok and Tony Law (Live-stream)

April 20 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Tue 20

Afternoon Delight (Clubhouse Live-stream)

April 20 @ 12:05 pm - 1:05 pm
Tue 20

Hot & Rich (Twitch Live-stream)

April 20 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Tue 20

Doug Benson’s Comedy Sesh (Live-stream)

April 20 @ 4:20 pm - 6:00 pm
Tue 20

Last Stream on the Left (Livestream)

April 20 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Tue 20

Mary Houlihan’s Painting Party (Planet Scum Live-stream)

April 20 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Tue 20

Awful Level League (Twitch Live-stream)

April 20 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Tue 20

Vintage Basement with Max & Nicky (YouTube Live-stream)

April 20 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Tue 20

The 4/20 420 Comedy Extravaganja Special (Zoom Live-stream)

April 20 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Tue 20

Tinder Live! With Lane Moore (Live-stream)

April 20 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Tue 20

High & Mighty 1st Annual 4/20 Mega Sesh (Live-stream)

April 20 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Tue 20

Cook a Meal with Me (with Ruha Taslimi) (IG Live-stream)

April 20 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Tue 20

In The Green Zoom (YouTube Live-stream)

April 20 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Tue 20

Sh!t My Folks Don’t Know (Live-stream)

April 20 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Tue 20

Self Care Comedy (Zoom Live-stream)

April 20 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Wed 21

Afternoon Delight (Clubhouse Live-stream)

April 21 @ 12:05 pm - 1:05 pm
Wed 21

Couples Therapy Quarantine Party (Twitch Live-stream)

April 21 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Wed 21

Sketch on Twitch :: Joan Ford & Cait Raft (Twitch Live-stream)

April 21 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Wed 21

Artisanal Comedy with Bethany Van Delft (IG Live-stream)

April 21 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Wed 21

Bae or Nay (RushTix Live-stream)

April 21 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Wed 21

Planet Scum Live (Twitch Live-stream)

April 21 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Wed 21

Self Care Comedy (Zoom Live-stream)

April 21 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Wed 21

A Ridiculously Good Comedy Show with Debra DiGiovanni (Live-stream)

April 21 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Wed 21

Bess Kalb’s Nobody Will Tell You This But Me! (YouTube Live-stream)

April 21 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Thu 22

Afternoon Delight (Clubhouse Live-stream)

April 22 @ 12:05 pm - 1:05 pm
Thu 22

In Conversation with Las Culturistas (Live-stream)

April 22 @ 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm
Thu 22

Faded Comedy’s Virtual Happy Hour (Twitch Live-stream)

April 22 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Thu 22

Ga’riffs with Gareth Reynolds (IG Live-stream)

April 22 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Thu 22

Food Fight (RushTix Live-stream)

April 22 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Thu 22

Jonny Sun’s Goodbye, again in Conversation w/ Karen Chee! (Live-stream)

April 22 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Thu 22

Self Care Comedy (Zoom Live-stream)

April 22 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Fri 23

Coffee with Tony (Twitch Live-stream)

April 23 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Fri 23

BIG CHEER UP for Amaze (Live-stream)

April 23 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Fri 23

Afternoon Delight (Clubhouse Live-stream)

April 23 @ 12:05 pm - 1:05 pm
Fri 23

Hot & Rich (Twitch Live-stream)

April 23 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Fri 23

Greg Proops: “Smartest Man in the World” Live Podcast Recording (Zoom Live-stream)

April 23 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Fri 23

MAGIC FOR HUMANS (AT HOME) with Justin Willman (Live-stream)

April 23 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Fri 23

Snack Time with Lindsay Adams (Live-stream)

April 23 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Fri 23

Gilbert Gottfried Does Set List Live! (Live-stream)

April 23 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Fri 23

DeAnne Smith & Acquaintances! Tender comedy for tough times. (Zoom Live-stream)

April 23 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Fri 23

Friday Forty! (Live-stream)

April 23 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Fri 23

Crazy Good Fun Stories (Clubhouse Live-stream)

April 23 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Fri 23

Self Care Comedy (Zoom Live-stream)

April 23 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Fri 23

The Bathtub Comedy Shower Hour (Zoom Live-stream)

April 23 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Sat 24

The Dollop UK Live! (Zoom Live-stream, UK Only)

April 24 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm