Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers and Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction and Succession won big at the Writers Guild of America Awards on Sunday night. The Writers Guild Awards honor outstanding writing in film, television, new media, news, radio, and promotional categories.
Best Adapted Screenplay was presented to American Fiction, the winner for the Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award, while The Holdovers won the award for Best Original Screenplay.
Here is the complete list of winners at the WGA Awards 2024:
Original Screenplay
The Holdovers, by David Hemingson
Adapted Screenplay
American Fiction, by Cord Jefferson, based upon the novel Erasure by Percival Everett
Documentary Screenplay
The Pigeon Tunnel, by Errol Morris
Drama Series
Succession, by Will Arbery, Jesse Armstrong, Miriam Battye, Jon Brown, Jamie Carragher, Ted Cohen, Nate Elston, Francesca Gardiner, Callie Hersheway, Lucy Prebble, Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche, Susan Soon He Stanton, Will Tracy
Comedy Series
The Bear, by Karen Joseph Adcock, Joanna Calo, Kelly Galuska, Rene Gube, Sofya Levitsky-Weitz, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Alex Russell, Catherine Schetina, Christopher Storer
New Series
The Last of Us, by Neil Druckmann, Halley Gross, Craig Mazin, Bo Shim
A scene from The Last of Us (2023). Image Credit: HBO
Limited Series
Beef, by Joanna Calo, Bathsheba Doran, Jean Kyoung Frazier, Niko Gutierrez-Kovner, Lee Sung Jin, Alice Ju, Carrie Kemper, Mike Makowsky, Marie Hanhnhon Nguyen, Kevin Rosen, Alex Russell
TV & New-Media Motion Pictures
Quiz Lady, by Jen D’Angelo
Animation
“Carl Carlson Rides Again” (The Simpsons), by Loni Steele Sosthand
Episodic Drama
“Living+” (Succession), by Georgia Pritchett & Will Arbery
Episodic Comedy
“Escape From Shit Mountain” (Poker Face), by Nora & Lilla Zuckerman
Comedy/Variety Talk Series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver; 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
Comedy/Variety Sketch Series
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, by Tim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John Solomon, Gary Richardson, Reggie Henke, Brendan Jennings, Patti Harrison
Comedy/Variety Specials
Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love, by Sarah Silverman
Quiz and Audience Participation
The Chase; Head Writer David Levinson Wilk; Writers Erik Agard, Kyle Beakley, Micki Boden, Megan Broussard, Jonathan Daly, Brian Greene, Robert King, Jason Lundell, Sierra Mannie, Amy Ozols, Bobby Patton, Ellen Teitel, Ari Yolkut
Daytime Drama
Days of Our Lives; Head Writer Ron Carlivati; Creative Consultant Ryan Quan; Writers Sonja Alar, Jazmen Darnell Brown, Joanna Cohen, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Cheryl Davis, Kirk Doering, Christopher Dunn, Jamey Giddens, David Kreizman, Henry Newman, Dave Ryan, Katherine D. Schock
Children’s Episodic, Long Form and Specials
“Romance Dawn” (One Piece), by Matt Owens & Steven Maeda
Short-Form New Media
Carpool Karaoke, by Casey Stewart, David Young
Documentary Script
“Episode One: Blood Memory” (The American Buffalo), by Dayton Duncan
News Script — Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report
“Surprise Attack!” (CBS Weekend News), by J. Craig Wilson, Ambrose Raferty
News Script — Analysis, Feature, or Commentary
“Healing and Hope” (60 Minutes), by Scott Pelley, Nicole Young, Kristin Steve
Digital News
“The Persuaders: A 5-Part Investigation into the Union-Busting Industry,” by Dave Jamieson; HuffPost
Radio/Audio Documentary
“The Call” (This American Life), by Mary Harris
Radio/Audio News Script — Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report
“World News This Week – Week of March 17, 2023,” by Joy Piazza; ABC News Radio
Radio/Audio News Script — Analysis, Feature or Commentary
“The Diagnosis Was Fatal. She Couldn’t Get an Abortion” (What Next), by Madeline Ducharme and Mary Harris
On-Air Promotion
“WCBS AM Promos,” by Bill Tynan; WCBS Newsradio 880
