Mad Men, 30 Rock and The Office and Modern Family led the field for the 2010 Writers Guild Awards with three nods each in the TV section.
30 Rock was nominated in best episodic comedy and two nods for writing. The Office and Mad Men fared a similar fate, whereas Modern Family was nominated for Best Comedy, Best New Show and a Writing nod.
In the drama field, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Dexter, Lost and Friday Night Lights have all been nominated. This years comedy nods are 30 Rock, The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm and newcomers Glee and Modern Family.
Modern Family and Glee also made the best new series category, along with CBS’ The Good Wife, HBO’s Hung and Showtime’s Nurse Jackie.
The Simpsons can already start celebrating, having been nominated in all 5 animation writing slots.
The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, Real Time with Bill Maher and Saturday Night Live were all nominated in the Comedy/ Variety category.
Drama Series:
Breaking Bad
Dexter
Friday Night Lights
Lost
Mad Men
Comedy Series:
30 Rock
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Glee
Modern Family
The Office
New Series:
Glee
The Good Wife
Hung
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie
Episodic Drama:
“Broken, Part 1 and Part 2″ (“House“), Written by Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner & David Foster & David Shore; Fox
“Come, Ye Saints” (“Big Love“), Written by Melanie Marnich; HBO
“The Grown Ups” (“Mad Men“), Written by Brett Johnson and Matthew Weiner; AMC
“Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency” (“Mad Men“), Written by Robin Veith and Matthew Weiner; AMC
“I Will Rise Up” (‘True Blood’), Written by Nancy Oliver; HBO
“Phoenix” (“Breaking Bad“), Written by John Shiban; AMC
Episodic Comedy:
“Apollo, Apollo” (“30 Rock“), Written by Robert Carlock; NBC
“Broke” (“The Office”), Written by Charles Grandy; NBC
“Chapter 1″ (“Eastbound & Down“), Written by Ben T. Best & Jody L. Hill & Danny McBride; HBO
“Gossip” (“The Office“), Written by Paul Lieberstein; NBC
“Pilot” (“Modern Family“), Written by Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd; ABC
“Reunion” (“30 Rock“), Written by Matt Hubbard; NBC
Drama – over one hour:
“Georgia O’Keefe,” Written by Michael Cristofer; Lifetime
“Grey Gardens,” Teleplay by Michael Sucsy and Patricia Rozema, Story by Michael Sucsy; HBO
“Pedro,” Screenplay by Dustin Lance Black, Story by Paris Barclay & Dustin Lance Black; MTV
Adaptation – over one hour:
“America,” Teleplay by Joyce Eliason and Rosie O’Donnell, Based upon the novel by E.R. Frank; Lifetime
“Taking Chance,” Teleplay by Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.) and Ross Katz, Based on the short story by Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.); HBO
Animation:
“The Burns and the Bees” (“The Simpsons“), Written by Stephanie Gillis; Fox
“Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe” (“The Simpsons“), Written by John Frink; Fox
“Gone Maggie Gone” (“The Simpsons“), Written by Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham; Fox
“Take My Life, Please” (“The Simpsons“), Written by Don Payne; Fox
“Wedding for Disaster” (“The Simpsons“), Written by Joel H. Cohen; Fox
Comedy/ Variety – (INCLUDING TALK) SERIES:
Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien (NBC)
