| 61st WGA Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | February 7, 2009 |
| Organized by | Writers Guild of America, East Writers Guild of America, West |
The61stWriters Guild of America Awards honored the bestfilm,television, andvideo game writers of 2008. Winners were announced on February 7, 2009.[1]
Names inbold denote the winners.
| Title | Writers | Network |
|---|---|---|
| Breaking Bad | Vince Gilligan,Peter Gould,Patty Lin, andGeorge Mastras | AMC |
| Fringe | J. J. Abrams,Jason Cahill,Julia Cho,David H. Goodman,Felicia Henderson,Brad Caleb Kane,Alex Kurtzman,Darin Morgan,J. R. Orci,Roberto Orci,Jeff Pinkner, andZack Whedon | Fox |
| In Treatment | Rodrigo García, Bryan Goluboff,Davey Holmes, William Meritt Johnson,Amy Lippman, and Sarah Treem | HBO |
| Life On Mars | Josh Appelbaum,Andre Nemec,Scott Rosenberg, Becky Hartman Edwards,David Wilcox, Adele Lim, Bryan Oh,Tracy McMillan, Sonny Postiglione, Phil M. Rosenberg, and Meredith Averill | ABC |
| True Blood | Alan Ball,Brian Buckner,Raelle Tucker,Alexander Woo,Nancy Oliver, andChris Offutt | HBO |
| Title | Series | Writers | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Don't Ever Change" | House | Doris Egan &Leonard Dick | Fox |
| "Double Booked" | Burn Notice | Craig O'Neill & Jason Tracey | USA |
| "Gray Matter" | Breaking Bad | Patty Lin | AMC |
| "Pilot" | Breaking Bad | Vince Gilligan | AMC |
| "Pilot" | Eli Stone | Greg Berlanti &Marc Guggenheim | ABC |
| "There's Something About Harry" | Dexter | Scott Reynolds | Showtime |
| Title | Series | Writers | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Believe in the Stars" | 30 Rock | Robert Carlock | NBC |
| "Cooter" | 30 Rock | Tina Fey | NBC |
| "Crime Aid" | The Office | Charlie Grandy | NBC |
| "Crush'd" | Ugly Betty | Tracy Poust &Jon Kinnally | ABC |
| "Succession" | 30 Rock | Andrew Guest &John Riggi | NBC |
| "Vote for This and I Promise to Do Something Crazy at the Emmys" | My Name Is Earl | Greg Garcia | NBC |
| Title | Writers | Network |
|---|---|---|
| An American Crime | Tommy O'Haver & Irene Turner | Showtime |
| Pilot (Fringe) | J. J. Abrams,Alex Kurtzman &Roberto Orci | Fox |
| Recount | Danny Strong | HBO |
| Title | Writers | Network |
|---|---|---|
| Generation Kill | "Stay Frosty" - Teleplay byEd Burns, Story byDavid Simon & Ed Burns, Based on the book byEvan Wright "Bomb in the Garden" - Teleplay by David Simon, Story by David Simon & Ed Burns, Based on the book by Evan Wright | HBO |
| John Adams | "Join or Die" & "Independence" - Teleplay byKirk Ellis; Based on thebook byDavid McCullough) | HBO |
| The Memory Keeper's Daughter | Teleplay byJohn Pielmeier; Based on the book byKim Edwards | Lifetime |
| Title | Series | Writers | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Apocalypse Cow" | The Simpsons | Jeff Westbrook | Fox |
| "The Debarted" | The Simpsons | Joel H. Cohen | FOX |
| "E Pluribus Wiggum" | The Simpsons | Michael Price | FOX |
| "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" | The Simpsons | Tim Long | FOX |
| "Life: A Loser's Manual" | King of the Hill | Dan McGrath | FOX |
| "Strangeness on a Train" | King of the Hill | Jim Dauterive | FOX |
| Title | Writers | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards | Written byBilly Kimball,Aaron Lee,Jennifer Celotta, andRainn Wilson | IFC/AMC |
| Jimmy Kimmel's Big Night of Stars | Written byJimmy Kimmel,Gary Greenberg,Molly McNearney,Bryan Paulk,Ned Rice,Jon Bines,Will Burke,Rick Rosner, Jake Lentz,Sal Iacono, andTony Barbieri | ABC |
| Title | Series | Writers | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Elmo's Christmas Countdown" | Sesame Workshop | Written byJoey Mazzarino | ABC |
| "Spencer's 18th Birthday" | South of Nowhere | Written byArika Lisanne Mittman | The N |
| "The Un-Party" | Imagination Movers | Written byScott C. Gray &Rick Gitelson | Disney Channel |
| Title | Series | Writers | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Polar Bears" | The Naked Brothers Band | Written byPolly Draper | Nickelodeon |
| Title | Series | Writers | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Bush's War: Part One" | Frontline | Written byMichael Kirk | PBS |
| Depression: Out of the Shadows | Written byLarkin McPhee | PBS | |
| "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" | NOVA | Written byJoseph McMaster | PBS |
| "Rules of Engagement" | Frontline | Written byArun Rath | PBS |
| "The Medicated Child" | Frontline | Written byMarcela Gaviria | PBS |
| Title | Series | Writers | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil, and the Presidency | Written byCarl Byker | PBS | |
| "Kit Carson" | American Experience | Written byMichelle Ferrari | PBS |
| "Secrets of the Parthenon" | NOVA | Written byGary Glassman | PBS |
| Episode Two: "The Best of Times, The Worst of Times (1924-1945)," | The Jewish Americans | Written byDavid Grubin | PBS |
| The Truth about Cancer | Written by Linda Garmon | PBS | |
| Title | Series | Writers | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABC Weekend News | Joel Siegel,Karen Mooney, andDavid Muir | ABC | |
| "Up to the Minute" | CBS News | Matt Nelko | CBS |
| Title | Series | Writers | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Exonerated" | 60 Minutes | Tom Anderson andJenny Dubin | CBS |
| "Show Me the Love: Amazing Pen Pal Connection" | Good Morning America | Raquel Hecker | ABC |
| "The Warren Buffett Challenge: Are the Rich Taxed Enough?" | Good Morning America | Lisa Ferri | ABC |
| "Yankee Stadium and the New Gilded Age" | Bill Moyers Journal | Bill Moyers &Michael Winship | PBS |
2. † indicates the winners of the Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay.