The WGA Awards sowed some chaos into the Statuette season, awarding CODA Best Adapted Screenplay. This prompted some segments of Film Twitter to disparage the film as Green Book-esque Oscar Gold contender. Though the tweets defending CODA far outweighed the resentment. Meanwhile, Best Original Screenplay went to Don’t Look Up, but we all know how that debate goes.
Meanwhile, on the TV side, Conan received a WGA award for his final season. Succession won for Best Drama and Hacks won for Best Comedy. Lisa Hanawalt won Best Animation for her Tuca & Bertie episode Planteau. Earlier in the day, many animation professionals (including Hanawalt) traveled to Burbank to lobby for a fair deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. So a big day for artist unions all around.
The full list of winners is below.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
don’t look up Screenplay by Adam McKay, Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota
ADAPTED SCRIPT
CODA, screenplay by Siân Heder
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Disclosure by Muybridge, Written by Marc Schaffer
DRAMA SERIES
Succession Written by Jesse Armstrong, Jon Brown, Jamie Carragher, Ted Cohen, Francesca Gardiner, Lucy Prebble, Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche, Susan Soon He Stanton, Will Tracy
COMEDY SERIES
Hacks Written by Genevieve Aniello, Lucia Aniello, Joanna Calo, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W Downs, Jess Dweck, Cole Escola, Janis Hirsch, Ariel Karlin, Katherine Kearns, Andrew Law, Joe Mande, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Michael Schur , JenStatsky
NEW SERIES
Hacks Written by Genevieve Aniello, Lucia Aniello, Joanna Calo, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W Downs, Jess Dweck, Cole Escola, Janis Hirsch, Ariel Karlin, Katherine Kearns, Andrew Law, Joe Mande, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Michael Schur , JenStatsky
ORIGINAL LONG FORM
Mare of Easttown, Written by Brad Ingelsby
ADJUSTED LONG FORM
Maid Written by Bekah Brunstetter, Marcus Gardley, Michelle Denise Jackson, Colin McKenna, Molly Smith Metzler
ORIGINAL & ADAPTED SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA
Debunking Borat, Written by Robyn Adams, Paul Hogan, Jack Youngelson
ANIMATION
“Planteau” (Tuca & Bertie), Written by Lisa Hanawalt
EPISODIC DRAMA
“Retired Janitors of Idaho” Written by Tony Roche & Susan Soon He Stanton
EPISODIC COMEDY
“Alone Finally” (The Great), Written by Tony McNamara
COMEDY/VARIETY TALK SERIES
Conan, Chief Writer: Matt O’Brien Authors: Jose Arroyo, Glenn Boozan, Daniel Cronin, Andres du Bouchet, Jessie Gaskell, Skyler Higley, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Todd Levin, Levi MacDougall, Conan O’Brien, Andy Richter, Frank Smiley, Mike Sweeney
COMEDY/VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Authors: Zach Kanin, Tim Robinson, John Solomon
COMEDY/VARIETY SPECIALS
Full Frontal Wants to Take Your Guns Main Authors: Kristen Bartlett, Mike Drucker Authors: Samantha Bee, Pat Cassels, Sean Crespo, Miles Kahn, Chris Thompson, Holly Walker, Alison Zeidman; Writing supervised by Joe Grossman, Sahar Rizvi Special material by Michael Rhoa
QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
Baking It, Authors: Neil Casey, Jessica McKenna, Zach Reino, Niccole Thurman
DAY DRAMA
Days of Our Lives Lead Author: Ron Carlivati Authors: Lorraine Broderick, Joanna Cohen, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Jamey Giddens, David Kreizman, Rebecca McCarty, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Katherine D. Schock, Elizabeth Snyder
CHILDREN EPISODIC, LONG FORM AND SPECIALS
“The Tale of the Midnight Magic” (Are you afraid of the dark?), Written by JT Billings and Alex Ebel
DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – CURRENT EVENTS
“The Healthcare Divide” (Frontline), Written by Rick Young
DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS
“Citizen Hearst, Part One” (American Experience) Written by Gene Tempest
NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR CURRENT REPORT
“The Unequal Recession” (60 minutes) Written by Katie Kerbstat Jacobson, Scott Pelley, Nicole Young
NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENT
“Handcuffed to the Truth” (60 minutes) Written by Katie Kerbstat Jacobson, Scott Pelley, Nicole Young
DIGITAL NEWS
“‘Men’s Rights Asias’ think this is their moment,” Written by Aaron Mak; slate.com
RADIO/AUDIO DOCUMENTARY
“One Year: 1977 ‘The Miracle Cure,'” written by Evan Chung; Slate Podcast
RADIO/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR CURRENT REPORT
“Surfside Condo Collapse” (CBS World News Roundup Late Edition), written by Kathleen M. Biggins; CBS News Radio
RADIO/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENT
“The Tasmanian Devil Tattoo” (Decoder Ring), Written by Benjamin Frisch; Slate Podcast
ON-AIR PROMOTION
“Celebrating Strong Female Leads: Trailer for The Equalizer & Why Women Kill,” written by Molly Neylan