2012 Writers Guild Award Winners Announced

Posted on February 20, 2012

The winners of the 2012 Writers Guild Awards were announced by the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) at simultaneous ceremonies at Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and the B.B. King Blues Club in New York City. New Girl star Zooey Deschanel and Community/The Soup star Joel McHale co-hosted the West Coast WGA show, which was executive produced by Spike Jones, Jr. Actress and comedienne Rachel Dratch (Saturday Night Live) hosted the East Coast WGA show.

Here is a list of the 2012 winners:

Screen Winners

• Original Screenplay: Midnight in Paris, written by Woody Allen
• Adapted Screenplay; The Descendants, screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings
• Documentary Screenplay: Better This World, written by Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega

• Drama Series: Breaking Bad, written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett
• Comedy Series: Modern Family, written by Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Carol Leifer, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O'Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Brad Walsh, Ilana Wernick, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker; ABC
• New Series: Homeland, written by Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Gideon Raff, Meredith Stiehm
• Episodic Drama: (Tie) “Box Cutter” (Breaking Bad), Written by Vince Gilligan and “The Good Soldier” (Homeland), written by Henry Bromell
• Episodic Comedy: “Caught in the Act” (Modern Family), written by Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman
• Long Form - Original: Cinema Verite, written by David Seltzer
• Long Form - Adapted: Too Big to Fail, written by Peter Gould, based on the book written by Andrew Ross Sorkin
• Animation: “Homer the Father” (The Simpsons), written by Joel H. Cohen
• Comedy/Variety Series: The Colbert Report, writers: Michael Brumm, Stephen Colbert, Rich Dahm, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Dan Guterman, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Barry Julien, Frank Lesser, Opus Moreschi, Tom Purcell, Meredith Scardino, Scott Sherman, Max Werner
• Comedy/Variety Specials: After the Academy Awards, Head Writers: Gary Greenberg, Molly McNearney; Writers: Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, John N. Huss, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Jimmy Kimmel, Jonathan Kimmel, Jacob Lentz, Danny Ricker, Richard G. Rosner
• Daytime Drama: General Hospital, written by Meg Bennett, Nathan Fissell, David Goldschmid, Robert Guza, Jr., Karen Harris, Elizabeth Korte, Mary Sue Price, Michele Val Jean, Susan Wald, Tracey Thomson
• Children's Episodic & Specials: “Hero of the Shadows” (Supah Ninjas), written by Leo Chu, Eric S. Garcia
• Documentary – Current Events: “Top Secret America” (Frontline), written by Michael Kirk, Mike Wiser
• Documentary – Other Than Current Events: “Wiki Secrets” (Frontline), written by Marcela Gaviria & Martin Smith
• News – Regular, Bulletin or Breaking Report: “Educating Sergeant Pantzke” (Frontline), written by John Maggio, Martin Smith
• News – Analysis, Feature or Commentary: “Doctor Hot Spot” (Frontline), written by Thomas Jennings

• Documentary: 2010 Year in Review, written by Gail Lee; CBS Radio News
• News - Regularly Scheduled or Breaking: Portraits of a Terrorist: Who is Osama Bin Laden?, written by Gail Lee; CBS Radio News
• NEWS –Analysis, Feature or Commentary: Justice in a Time of Terror, written by Andrew Cohen & Rob Mank; CBS Radio News

• On-Air Promotion (Radio or TV): “Fairytale” (Today Show), written by Carol M. Sullivan
• Television Graphic Animation: “CBS News Animations” (CBS News), gaphic animation by David Rosen
• Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, written by Amy Hennig
• Outstanding Achievement in Writing - Original New Media: Aim High, written by Heath Corson & Richie Keen
• Outstanding Achievement in Writing - Derivative New Media: The Walking Dead, teleplay by John Esposito, story by John Esposito and Greg Nicotero