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2019 WGA Awards honour Eighth Grade and Can You Ever Forgive Me?

February 18, 2019 by Gary Collinson

A week before the 91st annual Academy Awards, it was the turn of the Writers Guild of America to hand out its honours on Sunday evening, with the 2019 WGA Awards taking place at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.

On the film side of things, Eighth Grade and Can You Ever Forgive Me? were awarded Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay respectively, while TV winners included the likes of Barry, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Americans, Castle Rock, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, Homeland and The Simpsons.

Check out the full list of winners here…

FILM

Original Screenplay
“Eighth Grade” 
“Green Book”
“A Quiet Place”
“Roma”
“Vice”

Adapted Screenplay
“Blackkklansman”
“Black Panther”
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?” 
“If Beale Street Could Talk”
“A Star Is Born”

Documentary Screenplay
“Bathtubs Over Broadway” 
“Fahrenheit 11/9″
“Generation Wealth”
“In Search of Greatness”

TELEVISION

Drama Series
“The Americans” 
“Better Call Saul”
“The Crown”
“The Handmaid’s Tale”
“Succession”

Comedy Series
“Atlanta”
“Barry”
“GLOW”
“The Good Place”
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” 

New Series
“Barry” 
“The Haunting of Hill House”
“Homecoming”
“Pose”
“Succession”

Long Form Original
“Castle Rock”
“My Dinner with Hervé”
“Paterno”

Long Form Adapted
“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”
“The Looming Tower”
“Maniac”
“Sharp Objects”

Short Form New Media Original
“After Forever”
“Class of Lies”
“Love Daily”
“West 40s”

Short Form New Media Adapted
“The Walking Dead: Red Machete”

Animation
“Bart’s Not Dead” (“The Simpsons”)
“Boywatch” (“Bob’s Burgers”)
“Just One of the Boyz 4 Now for Now” (“Bob’s Burgers”)
“Krusty the Clown” (“The Simpsons”)
“Mo Mommy Mo Problems” (“Bob’s Burgers”)
“Send in Stewie, Please” (“Family Guy”)

Episodic Drama
“Camelot” (“Narcos: Mexico”)
“The Car” (“This Is Us”)
“Episode 407” (“The Affair”)
“First Blood” (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
“Paean To The People” (“Homeland”)
“The Precious Blood of Jesus” (“Ozark”)

Episodic Comedy
“Another Place” (“Forever”)
“Chapter One: Make Your Mark” (“Barry”)
“Halibut!” (“Santa Clarita Diet”)
“Kimmy and the Beest!” (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”)
“Pilot” (“The Kids Are Alright”)
“Who Knows Better Than I” (“Orange Is the New Black”)

Comedy/Variety Talk Series
“Full Frontal With Samantha Bee”
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”
“Late Night with Seth Meyers”
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”

Comedy/Variety Sketch Series
“At Home with Amy Sedaris”
“I Love You, America”
“Nathan For You”
“Portlandia”
“Saturday Night Live”

Comedy/Variety Specials
“2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish”
“Drew Michael”
“The Fake News with Ted Nelms”
“The Oscars 2018”

Filed Under: Awards Season, Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Television Tagged With: WGA Awards

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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