Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Original

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Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Original
Awarded forOutstanding Writing for a Long Form – Original
CountryUnited States
Presented byWriters Guild of America
First awarded1976
Currently held byMare of EasttownBrad Ingelsby (2021)
Websitewww.wga.org

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.

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
Year Program Episode Writer(s) Network Ref.
1986
The Twilight Zone "
Teacher's Aide"/"Paladin of the Lost Hour
"
Harlan Ellison CBS [7]
Amazing Stories "The Doll" Richard Matheson NBC
The Twilight Zone "
The Last Defender of Camelot
"
George R. R. Martin CBS
"
I of Newton
"
Alan Brennert
1987
There Were Times, Dear Harry Cauley PBS [8]
The Twilight Zone "
Nightsong
"
Rockne S. O'Bannon CBS
"
The Junction
"
Virginia Aldridge
American Playhouse "A Mistaken Charity" Lawrence DuKore, C.R. Portz PBS
Tales from the Darkside "Everybody Needs a Little Love" John Harrison Syndicated
1988
Great Performances "Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson" Andy Wolk PBS [9]
Alfred Hitchcock Presents "There Was a Little Girl..." Charlie Grant Craig NBC
CBS Summer Playhouse "Mad Avenue" Christopher Knopf and David A. Simons CBS
1989
Great Performances "Tales from the Hollywood Hills: The Closed Set" Ellen M. Violett PBS [10]
The Cosby Show "The Birth" John Markus, Carmen Finestra, and Gary Kott NBC
The Twilight Zone "
Father and Son Game
"
Jeremy Bertrand Finch, and Paul Chitlik Syndicated
"
Street of Shadows
"
Michael Reaves
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
Year Program Writer(s) Network Ref.
1990
The Incident James Norell, and Michael Norell CBS [11]
Heat Wave Michael Lazarou TNT
1991
Judgment Tom Topor HBO [12]
1992
Homefront
"S.N.A.F.U."
Lynn Marie Latham, and Bernard Lechowick ABC [13]
1993
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom Jane Anderson HBO [14]
1994
Witness to the Execution Thomas Baum, Keith Pierce, and Priscilla Prestwidge NBC [15]
Lily in Winter Julie Moskowitz, Robert Elsele, Gary Stephens, and J. Michael Riva USA Network
1995
ER
"24 Hours"
Michael Crichton NBC [16]
A Father for Charlie H. Haden Yelin CBS
Lily in Winter Julie Moskowitz, Robert Elsele, Gary Stephens, and J. Michael Riva USA Network
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Alison Cross NBC
1996
Harvest of Fire Susan Nanus and Richard Alfieri CBS [17]
[18]
Andersonville David W. Rintels TNT
Hidden in Silence Stephanie Liss Lifetime
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden Tim Cagney The Family Channel
1997
The Summer of Ben Tyler Robert Inman CBS [19]
Dark Skies Bryce Zabel, Brent V. Friedman NBC
Hidden in America Peter Silverman and Michael De Guzma Showtime
1998
Labor of Love Nina Shengold Lifetime [20]
[21]
Blind Faith Frank Military Showtime
Color of Justice Lionel Chetwynd
Gia Jay McInerney and Michael Cristofer HBO
1999
Dash and Lilly Jerry Ludwig A&E [22]
[23]
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within Michael Burton Showtime
Freak City Jane Shepard
Purgatory Gordon T. Dawson TNT

2000s

Year Program Writer(s) Network Ref.
2000
Freedom Song Phil Alden Robinson and Stanley Weiser TNT [24]
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
"Part I"
Tina Andrews CBS
If You Believe Anthea Sylbert and Richard Romanus Lifetime
The Truth About Jane Lee Rose
2001
Conspiracy Loring Mandel HBO [25]
Varian's War Lionel Chetwynd Showtime
61* Hank Steinberg HBO
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story Timothy J. Sexton
2002
The Gathering Storm Larry Ramin and Hugh Whitemore HBO [26]
Door to Door William H. Macy and Steven Schachter TNT
My Beautiful Son Tim Kazurinsky Showtime
Sins of the Father John Pielmeier FX
2003
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself Larry Gelbart HBO [27]
Julius Caesar Peter Pruce and Craig Warner TNT
Wilder Days Jeff Stockwell
Taken
"Beyond the Sky", "Jacob and Jesse"
Leslie Bohem Sci-Fi Channel
2004
Something the Lord Made Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell HBO [28]
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story J.T. Allen FX
Spinning Boris Yuri Zeltser and Grace Cary Bickley Showtime
2005
Warm Springs Margaret Nagle HBO [29]
[30]
Dirt Richard Guay and Nancy Savoca Showtime
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear David Titcher TNT
The Reading Room
Randy Feldman
Hallmark Channel
2006
Flight 93
Nevin Schreiner A&E [31]
[32]
Broken Trail Alan Geoffrion AMC
The Ron Clark Story Annie deYoung and Max Enscoe TNT
2007
Pandemic Bryce Zabel and Jackie Zabel Hallmark Channel [33]
[34]
The Lost Room Christopher Leone, Laura Harkcom and Paul Workman Syfy Channel
2008
Recount Danny Strong HBO [35]
[36]
An American Crime Tommy O'Haver Showtime
Fringe
"Pilot"
J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci Fox
2009
Georgia O’Keeffe Michael Cristofer Lifetime [37]
[38]
Grey Gardens Michael Sucsy and Patricia Rozema HBO
Pedro Dustin Lance Black and Paris Barclay MTV

2010s

Year Program Writer(s) Network Ref.
2010
The Special Relationship Peter Morgan HBO [39]
[40]
You Don't Know Jack Adam Mazer HBO
2011
Cinema Verite David Seltzer HBO [41]
Five Deirdre O'Connor, Stephen Godchaux, Howard Morris, Jill Gordon, Wendy West Lifetime
2012
Hatfields & McCoys
"Part 2", "Part 3"
Bill Kerby, Ted Mann, and Ronald Parker
History
[42]
Hemingway & Gellhorn Jerry Stahl and Barbara Turner HBO
Political Animals
"Pilot"
Greg Berlanti USA
2013
Not awarded [43]
2014
Deliverance Creek Melissa Carter Lifetime [44]
Return to Zero Sean Hanish Lifetime
2015
Saints & Strangers Seth Fisher, Walon Green, Chip Johannessen, and Eric Overmyer
Nat Geo
[45]
American Horror Story: Hotel
Ryan Murphy, Jennifer Salt, and James Wong
FX
Flesh and Bone Bronwyn Garrity, Jami O'Brien, Adam Rapp, Moira Walley-Beckett, and David Wiener Starz
Sons of Liberty Stephen David, Kirk Ellis, and David C. White
History
2016
Confirmation Susannah Grant HBO [46]
American Crime Julie Hébert, Sonay Hoffman, Keith Huff, Stacy A. Littlejohn, Kirk A. Moore, Davy Perez and Diana Son ABC
Harley and the Davidsons Seth Fisher, Nick Schenk and Evan Wright Discovery Channel
Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le Dianne Houston Lifetime
2017
Flint Barbara Stepansky Lifetime [47]
American Horror Story: Cult
Ryan Murphy, Adam Penn and James Wong
FX
Feud: Bette and Joan
Ryan Murphy
, Gina Welch and Michael Zam
Godless
Scott Frank Netflix
Manhunt: Unabomber
Jim Clemente, Tony Gittelson, Max Hurwitz, Steven Katz, Nick Schenk, Andrew Sodroski and Nick Towne Discovery
2018
Castle Rock Marc Bernardin, Scott Brown, Lila Byock, Mark Lafferty, Sam Shaw, Dustin Thomason, Gina Welch and Vinnie Wilhelm Hulu [48]
My Dinner with Hervé Sacha Gervasi and Sean Macaulay HBO
Paterno Debora Cahn and John C. Richards
2019
Chernobyl Craig Mazin HBO [49]
True Detective Nic Pizzolatto, David Milch, Alessandra DiMona, Graham Gordy and Gabriel Hobson HBO
The Terror: Infamy Max Borenstein, Naomi Iizuka, Tony Tost, Alexander Woo, Alessandra DiMona, Shannon Goss, Steven Hanna, Benjamin Klein and Danielle Roderick AMC
Togo Tom Flynn Disney+

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
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
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

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