Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Writing in Animation |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Writers Guild of America |
First awarded | 2003 |
Currently held by | Loni Steele Sosthand for The Simpsons (2023) |
Website | www |
The Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation is an award presented by the Writers Guild of America to the best writing in an animated television program.
History
It has been presented annually since the 55th Writers Guild of America Awards in 2003 where Futurama won the first award.[1] Before the award's inception, animated programs were submitted under their appropriate category (either episodic comedy or episodic drama). However, no animated programs received nominations. The Simpsons is the only program to win more than three awards, winning fourteen. It also holds the record for nominations with 60.
Winners and nominees
Notes
- The years denote when the episode first aired; the awards are presented the following year. Though, due to the eligibility period, some nominees could have aired in a different year. For the first 16 years, the eligibility period was December 1 to November 30. Starting in 2018, the eligibility period shifted to correspond with the calendar year (January 1 to December 31).[2] The winners are highlighted in gold.
2000s
Year | Show | Episode | Writer(s) | Network | Ref. |
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2002
(55th) |
Futurama | "Godfellas" | Ken Keeler | Fox
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[3] |
King of the Hill | "My Own Private Rodeo" | Alex Gregory & Peter Huyck | Fox | ||
Santa Baby! | Peter Bakalian & Suzanne Collins | ||||
The Simpsons | "The Bart Wants What It Wants" | John Frink & Don Payne | |||
"Jaws Wired Shut" | Matt Selman | ||||
"Blame It on Lisa" | Bob Bendetson | ||||
2003
(56th) |
The Simpsons | "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" | Matt Selman | Fox | [4] [5] |
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
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"Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion" | Steven Banks | Nickelodeon | ||
Futurama | "The Sting" | Patric Verrone | Fox | ||
King of the Hill | "Reborn to be Wild" | Tony Gama-Lobo & Rebecca May | |||
The Simpsons | "Moe Baby Blues" | J. Stewart Burns | |||
"My Mother the Carjacker" | Michael Price | ||||
2004
(57th) |
The Simpsons | "Catch 'Em If You Can" | Ian Maxtone-Graham | Fox | [6] [7] |
Justice League | "Starcrossed" | Part I: Rich Fogel Part II: Story by : Rich Fogel Teleplay by : John Ridley Part III: Rich Fogel and Dwayne McDuffie |
Cartoon Network | ||
The Simpsons | "Fraudcast News" | Don Payne | Fox | ||
"Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore" | Julie Chambers & David Chambers | ||||
"Today I Am a Clown" | Joel H. Cohen | ||||
2005
(58th) |
The Simpsons | "Mommie Beerest" | Michael Price | Fox | [8] [9] |
The Simpsons | " The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star "
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Matt Warburton | Fox | ||
"The Girl Who Slept Too Little" | John Frink | ||||
"See Homer Run" | Stephanie Gillis | ||||
"Thank God, It's Doomsday" | Don Payne | ||||
"There's Something About Marrying" | J. Stewart Burns | ||||
2006
(59th) |
The Simpsons | "The Italian Bob" | John Frink | Fox | [10] [11] |
King of the Hill | "Church Hopping" | Jim Dauterive | Fox | ||
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee | "Who's Your Daddy?" | Marsha Griffin | Cartoon Network | ||
The Simpsons | "Girls Just Want to Have Sums" | Matt Selman | Fox | ||
" Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore "
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Dan Castellaneta & Deb Lacusta | ||||
"Simpsons Christmas Stories" | Don Payne | ||||
2007
(60th) |
The Simpsons | " Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2 "
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Jeff Westbrook | Fox | [12] [13] |
King of the Hill | "Lucky's Wedding Suit" | Jim Dauterive | Fox | ||
"The Passion of the Dauterive" | Tony Gama-Lobo & Rebecca May | ||||
The Simpsons | "The Haw-Hawed Couple" | Matt Selman | |||
"The Homer of Seville" | Carolyn Omine | ||||
" Stop or My Dog Will Shoot "
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John Frink | ||||
2008
(61st) |
The Simpsons | "Apocalypse Cow" | Jeff Westbrook | Fox | [14] [15] |
King of the Hill | "Life: A Loser's Manual" | Dan McGrath | Fox | ||
"Strangeness on a Train" | Jim Dauterive | ||||
The Simpsons | "The Debarted" | Joel H. Cohen | |||
"E Pluribus Wiggum" | Michael Price | ||||
"Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" | Tim Long | ||||
2009
(62nd) |
The Simpsons | "Wedding for Disaster" | Joel H. Cohen | Fox | [16] [17] |
The Simpsons | "The Burns and the Bees" | Stephanie Gillis | Fox | ||
"Eeny Teeny Maya Moe" | John Frink | ||||
"Gone Maggie Gone" | Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham | ||||
"Take My Life, Please" | Don Payne |
2010s
Year | Show | Episode | Writer(s) | Network | Ref. |
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2010
(63rd) |
Futurama | "The Prisoner of Benda" | Ken Keeler | Comedy Central | [18] [19] |
Back at the Barnyard | "Treasure Hunt" | Tom Sheppard | Nickelodeon | ||
Futurama | "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" | Patric Verrone | Comedy Central | ||
The Simpsons | "Moe Letter Blues" | Stephanie Gillis | Fox | ||
"O Brother, Where Bart Thou?" | Matt Selman | ||||
2011
(64th) |
The Simpsons | "Homer the Father" | Joel H. Cohen | Fox | [20] |
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien | "Moonstruck" | Len Uhley | Cartoon Network | ||
Futurama | "The Silence of the Clamps" | Eric Rogers | Comedy Central | ||
The Simpsons | "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts" | Tim Long | Fox | ||
"The Blue and the Grey" | Rob LaZebnik | ||||
"Donnie Fatso" | Chris Cluess | ||||
2012
(65th) |
The Simpsons | " Ned 'n Edna's Blend Agenda "
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Jeff Westbrook | Fox | [21] |
Family Guy | "Forget-Me-Not" | David A. Goodman | Fox | ||
Futurama | "A Farewell to Arms" | Josh Weinstein | Comedy Central | ||
The Simpsons | "Holidays of Future Passed" | J. Stewart Burns | Fox | ||
"Treehouse of Horror XXIII" | David Mandel & Brian Kelley | ||||
2013
(66th) |
The Simpsons | "A Test Before Trying" | Joel H. Cohen | Fox | [22] [23] |
Futurama | "Game of Tones" | Michael Rowe | Comedy Central | ||
"Murder on the Planet Express" | Lewis Morton
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"Saturday Morning Fun Pit" | Patric Verrone | ||||
The Simpsons | "Hardly Kirk-ing" | Tom Gammill & Max Pross
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Fox | ||
" YOLO "
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Michael Nobori | ||||
2014
(67th) |
The Simpsons | "Brick Like Me" | Brian Kelley | Fox | [24] |
Bob's Burgers | "Bob and Deliver" | Greg Thompson | Fox | ||
"Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl" | Nora Smith | ||||
The Simpsons | "Covercraft" | Matt Selman | |||
"Pay Pal" | David H. Steinberg | ||||
"Steal This Episode" | J. Stewart Burns | ||||
2015
(68th) |
Bob's Burgers | "Housetrap" | Dan Fybel | Fox | [25] |
Bob's Burgers | "Gayle Makin' Bob Sled" | Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux | Fox | ||
BoJack Horseman | "Hank After Dark" | Kelly Galuska | Netflix | ||
The Simpsons | "Halloween of Horror" | Carolyn Omine | Fox | ||
"Sky Police" | Matt Selman | ||||
"Walking Big & Tall" | Michael Price | ||||
2016
(69th) |
BoJack Horseman | "Stop the Presses" | Joe Lawson | Netflix | [26] |
BoJack Horseman | "Fish Out of Water" | Elijah Aron & Jordan Young | Netflix | ||
Elena of Avalor | "First Day of Rule" | Craig Gerber | Disney Channel | ||
The Simpsons | "Barthood" | Dan Greaney | Fox | ||
Star Wars Rebels | "A Princess on Lothal" | Steven Melching | Disney XD | ||
2017
(70th) |
BoJack Horseman | "Time's Arrow" | Kate Purdy | Netflix | [27] |
Bob's Burgers | "Brunchsquatch" | Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux | Fox | ||
BoJack Horseman | "Ruthie" | Joanna Calo | Netflix | ||
The Simpsons | "A Father's Watch" | Simon Rich | Fox | ||
"The Serfsons" | Brian Kelley | ||||
2018
(71st) |
The Simpsons | "Bart's Not Dead" | Stephanie Gillis | Fox | [28] |
Bob's Burgers | "Boywatch" | Rich Rinaldi | Fox | ||
"Just One of the Boyz 4 Now for Now" | Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux | ||||
"Mo Mommy, Mo Problems" | Steven Davis | ||||
Family Guy | "Send in Stewie, Please" | Gary Janetti | |||
The Simpsons | "Krusty the Clown" | Ryan Koh | |||
2019
(72nd) |
The Simpsons | "Thanksgiving of Horror" | Dan Vebber | Fox | [29] |
Bob's Burgers | "Bed, Bob & Beyond" | Kelvin Yu | Fox | ||
"The Gene Mile" | Steven Davis | ||||
BoJack Horseman | "A Horse Walks Into A Rehab" | Elijah Aron | Netflix | ||
The Simpsons | "Go Big or Go Homer" | John Frink | Fox | ||
"Livin La Pura Vida" | Brian Kelley |
2020s
Year | Show | Episode | Writer(s) | Network | Ref. |
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2020
(73rd) |
BoJack Horseman | "Xerox of a Xerox" | Nick Adams | Netflix | [30] |
Bob's Burgers | "Prank You for Being a Friend" | Katie Crown | Fox | ||
The Simpsons | "Bart the Bad Guy" | Dan Vebber | |||
"I, Carumbus" | Cesar Mazariegos | ||||
"A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas" | Jessica Conrad | ||||
"Three Dreams Denied" | Danielle Weisberg | ||||
2021
(74th) |
Tuca & Bertie | "Planteau" | Lisa Hanawalt | Adult Swim | [31] |
Bob's Burgers | "An Incon-Wheelie-ent Truth" | Dan Fybel | Fox | ||
"Loft in Bedslation" | Jameel Saleem | ||||
Family Guy | "Must Love Dogs" | Daniel Peck | |||
The Simpsons | "Portrait of a Lackey on Fire" | Johnny LaZebnik
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"The Star of the Backstage" | Elisabeth Kiernen Averick | ||||
2022
(75th) |
Undone | "Rectify" | Elijah Aron & Patrick Metcalf | Amazon Prime Video | [32] |
Bob's Burgers | "To Bob, or Not to Bob" | Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin & Wendy Molyneux | Fox | ||
The Simpsons | "Girls Just Shauna Have Fun" | Jeff Westbrook | |||
"Pixelated and Afraid" | John Frink | ||||
"The Sound of Bleeding Gums" | Loni Steele Sosthand | ||||
Tuca & Bertie | "The Pain Garden" | Lisa Hanawalt | Adult Swim | ||
2023
(76th) |
The Simpsons | "Carl Carlson Rides Again" | Loni Steele Sosthand | Fox | [33] |
Futurama | "I Know What You Did Next Xmas" | Ariel Ladensohn | Hulu | ||
The Simpsons | "A Mid-Childhood Night’s Dream" | Carolyn Omine | Fox | ||
"Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass" | Tim Long | ||||
"Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story" | Rob LaZebnik |
Total awards
- Fox – 15
- Netflix – 3
- Comedy Central – 1
Programs with multiple awards
- 14 awards
- The Simpsons (Fox)
- 3 awards
- BoJack Horseman (Netflix)
- 2 awards
- Futurama (Fox; Comedy Central)
Programs with multiple nominations
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Writers with multiple wins
- 3 wins
- Joel H. Cohen
- Jeff Westbrook
- 2 wins
- Ken Keeler
Writers with multiple nominations
- 7 nominations
- John Frink
- Matt Selman
- 5 nominations
- Joel H. Cohen
- Don Payne
- 4 nominations
- J. Stewart Burns
- Stephanie Gillis
- Brian Kelley
- Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
- Michael Price
- Jeff Westbrook
- 3 nominations
- Elijah Aron
- Jim Dauterive
- Rob LaZebnik
- Tim Long
- Carolyn Omine
- Patric Verrone
- 2 nominations
- Steven Davis
- Dan Fybel
- Lisa Hanawalt
- Ken Keeler
- Tony Gama-Lobo & Rebecca May
- Ian Maxtone-Graham
- Loni Steele Sosthand
- Dan Vebber
See also
References
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