Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Original
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The Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Original is an award presented by the Writers Guild of America to the writers of the best long-form program not based on the previously published material of the season. It has been awarded since the 49th Annual Writers Guild of America Awards in 1996.
| Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Original | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Writing for a Long Form – Original |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Writers Guild of America |
| First award | 1976 |
| Currently held by | Mare of Easttown – Brad Ingelsby (2021) |
| Website | www.wga.org |
Through the 70s and 80s, numerous categories were presented to recognize writing for long-form programs, some of them were for anthology series or limited series while others also included television films as "long form". The divisions between original and adapted were presented in some of the categories presented during these years, though not all of them.
Since the 39th Writers Guild of America Awards in 1976, two categories are presented to recognize the writing in long form television media, these two categories remain to this day and are: Long Form – Original and Long Form – Adapted.
Name History
- Best Anthology Original (1975, 1978)
- Best Original Comedy Anthology (1982-1983)
- Best Original Drama Anthology (1982-1985)
- Best Original/Adapted Comedy Anthology (1984-1985)
- Best Original/Adapted Multi-Part Long Form Series (1984)
- Best Anthology Episode/Single Program (1986-1990)
- Best Long Form - Original (1986-present)
Winners and nominees
The year indicates when each season aired. Single winner of the years is left unmarked while other winners are highlighted in gold and in bold.
1970s
- Best Anthology Original
| Year | Program | Writer(s) | Network | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | ||||
| Queen of the Stardust Ballroom | Jerome Kass | CBS | [1] | |
| 1978 | ||||
| Scott Joplin | Christopher Knopf | NBC | [2] | |
1980s
- Best Original Comedy Anthology
| Year | Program | Writer(s) | Network | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | ||||
| Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend | Oliver Hailey and Marilyn Canton Baker | NBC | [3] | |
| 1983 | ||||
| The Other Woman | Lila Garrett and Anne Meara | CBS | [4] | |
- Best Original Drama Anthology
| Year | Program | Writer(s) | Network | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | ||||
| Skokie | Ernest Kinoy | CBS | [3] | |
| 1983 | ||||
| Special Bulletin | Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick | NBC | [4] | |
| 1984 | ||||
| The Day After | David Hume | ABC | [5] | |
| Pope John Paul II | Christopher Knopf | CBS | ||
| 1985 | ||||
| Do You Remember Love | Vickie Patik | CBS | [6] | |
| Not My Kid | Christopher Knopf and Beth Polson | CBS | ||
- Best Original/Adapted Comedy Anthology
| Year | Program | Writer(s) | Source material | Network | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | |||||
| Hobson's Choice | Burt Prelutsky | Original TV movie | CBS | [5] | |
| 1985 | |||||
| The Ratings Game | Michael Barrie and Jim Mulholland | Original TV movie | Showtime | [6] | |
- Best Original/Adapted Multi-Part Long Form Series
| Year | Program | Writer(s) | Source material | Network | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | |||||
| Blood Feud "Part II" |
Robert Boris | Original TV movie | Syndicated | [4] | |
| V "Part I" | Kenneth Johnson | Original miniseries | NBC | ||
| 1984 | |||||
| The First Olympics: Athens 1896 | Charles Gary Allison and William Bast | Original miniseries | NBC | [5] | |
- Best Anthology Episode/Single Program
- Best Long Form - Original
| Year | Program | Writer(s) | Network | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | ||||
| Nobody's Child | Mary Gallagher and Ara Watson | CBS | [7] | |
| The Execution of Raymond Graham | Mel Frohman | ABC | ||
| Unnatural Causes | John Sayles, Martin M. Goldstein, Stephen Doran, Robert Jacobs | NBC | ||
| Miles to Go... | Beverly Levitt, Stuart Fischoff | CBS | ||
| The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Bob Shayne | |||
| 1987 | ||||
| Not awarded | [8] | |||
| 1988 | ||||
| God Bless the Child | Dennis Nemec | ABC | [9] | |
| My Father, My Son | Jacqueline Feather and David Seidler | CBS | ||
| The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story | Norman Morrill | NBC | ||
| 1989 | ||||
| Nightbreaker | T.S. Cook | TNT | [10] | |
1990s
- Best Anthology Episode/Single Program
| Year | Program | Episode | Writer(s) | Network | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | |||||
| Sisters | Shelley List, and Jonathan Estrin | CBS | [11] | ||
| Nightmare Classics | "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" | J. Michael Straczynski | Showtime | ||
| Tales from the Crypt | "The Ventriloquist's Dummy" | Frank Darabont | HBO | ||
- Best Long Form - Original
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Year | Program | Writer(s) | Network | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||||
| Mrs. America | Tanya Barfield, Joshua Allen Griffith, Sharon Hoffman, Boo Killebrew, Micah Schraft, April Shih, Dahvi Waller | FX | [50] | |
| Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story | Aaron Carew, Alexandra Cunningham, Lex Edness, Kevin J. Hynes, Juliet Lashinsky-Revene, Stacy A. Littlejohn, Katherine B. McKenna | USA Network | ||
| Hollywood | Ian Brennan, Janet Mock, Ryan Murphy, Reilly Smith | Netflix | ||
| Safety | Nick Santora | Disney+ | ||
| Uncle Frank | Alan Ball | Amazon | ||
| 2021 | ||||
| Mare of Easttown | Brad Ingelsby | HBO | [51] | |
| American Horror Story: Double Feature | Brad Falchuk, Manny Coto, Ryan Murphy, Kristen Reidel, Reilly Smith | FX | ||
| The White Lotus | Mike White | HBO | ||
| Midnight Mass | James Flanagan, Mike Flanagan, Elan Gale, Jeff Howard, Dani Parker | Netflix | ||
| Them: Covenant | Christina Ham, Little Marvin, David Matthews, Dominic Orlando, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Francine Volpe | Prime Video | ||