WGA Awards 2024: The complete list of winners

Posted On April 15, 2024April 15, 2024

Following a significant year, the Writers Guild of America Awards 2024 saw an array of cutting-edge writing achievements rewarded for their efforts in the entertainment industry.

It proved to be a night to remember for the teams behind The Holdovers, American Fiction, The Bear, and Succession, who all ended award seasons on a high.The 2024 WGA Awards ceremony was held at the Hollywood Palladium for the West Coast edition on April 14th and at the Edison Ballroom in New York for the East Coast’s event. 

Notably, Jesse Armstrong’s hit HBO comedy-drama, Succession won two prizes at the New York event. This was the final major awards ceremony the show was eligible for after explosively concluding in May 2023.

The programme took home the episodic drama accolade for season four’s sixth instalment ‘Living+’, as well as one of the most gilded awards up for grabs, best drama series. This follows a widely triumphant awards season as the show bids farewell.

Other notable winners included American Fiction writer Cord Jefferson, who adapted it from the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett. For his directorial feature debut, Jefferson was also bestowed with the Paul Sevlin Award. Elsewhere, the likes of Beef, The Last of Us and Poker Face were successful.

Furthermore, a big shock on the evening was the cult sketch show I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson securing a victory over comedic institution Saturday Night Live. 

See the complete list of winners below.

WGA Awards 2024: The full list of winners

Original Screenplay

• Air – Alex Convery
• Barbie – Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach;
• The Holdovers – David Hemingson (WINNER)
• May December – Samy Burch
• Past Lives – Celine Song

Adapted Screenplay

• American Fiction – Cord Jefferson (WINNER)
• Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. – Kelly Fremon Craig
• Killers of the Flower Moon – Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese
• Nyad – Julia Cox
• Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan

Documentary Screenplay

• Bella! – Jeff L. Lieberman
• It Ain’t Over – Sean Mullin
• The Pigeon Tunnel – Errol Morris (WINNER)
• Stamped from the Beginning – David Teague
• What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears? – John Scheinfeld

Drama Series

• The Crown – Peter Morgan
• The Curse – Carmen Christopher, Nathan Fielder, Alex Huggins, Carrie Kemper and Benny Safdie
• The Diplomat – Eli Attie, Debora Cahn, Mia Chung, Anna Hagen, Amanda Johnson-Zetterstrom, and Peter Noah
• The Last of Us – Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin
• Succession – Will Arbery, Jesse Armstrong, and more (WINNER)

Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary
• Barry
• The Bear (WINNER)
• Jury Duty
• Only Murders in the Building

New Series

• The Diplomat
• Jury Duty
• The Last of Us (WINNER)
• Poker Face
• Shrinking

Limited Series

• A Murder at the End of the World
• Beef (Winner)
• Daisy Jones & The Six
• Fargo
• Lessons in Chemistry

TV and New Media Motion Pictures

• Finestkind
• Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie
• No One Will Save You
• Quiz Lady (WINNER)
• Totally Killer

Animation

• ‘A Mid-Childhood Night’s Dream’ – The Simpsons
• ‘Carl Carlson Rides Again’ – The Simpsons (WINNER)
• ‘Homer’s Adventure Through the Windshield Glass’ – The Simpsons
• ‘I Know What You Did Next Xmas’ – Futurama
• ‘Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story’ – The Simpsons

Episodic Drama

• ‘Crown Jewels’ – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
• ‘Kill List – Succession
• ‘The Last Generation’ – Star Trek: Picard
• ‘Living+’ – Succession (WINNER)
• ‘Our Black Shining Prince’ – Godfather of Harlem
• ‘Sleep, Dearie Sleep’ – The Crown

Episodic Comedy

• ‘Escape From Shit Mountain’ – Poker Face (WINNER)
• ‘Fishes’ – The Bear
• ‘Forks’ – The Bear
• ‘House Made of Bongs’ – Reservation Dogs
• ‘Ice’ – The Great
• ‘Pride Parade’ – What We Do in the Shadows

Comedy/Variety Talk Series

• The Daily Show
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (WINNER)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
• The Problem with Jon Stewart

Comedy/Variety Sketch Series

• History of the World, Part II
• How To with John Wilson
• I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (WINNER)
• Saturday Night Live

Comedy/Variety Specials

• Adam Sandler: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
• Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
• Marc Maron: From Bleak to Dark
• Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love (WINNER)

Quiz and Audience Participation

• Baking It
• The Chase (WINNER)
• Jeopardy!
• Weakest Link

Daytime Drama

• Days of Our Lives (WINNER)
• General Hospital

Children’s Episodic, Long Form and Specials

• ‘The Ballad of the Last Men’ – Sweet Tooth
• ‘I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher’ – Percy Jackson and the Olympians
• ‘Romance Dawn’ – One Piece (WINNER)
• ‘Say Cheese and Die!’ – Goosebumps
• ‘What Guy Are You’ – American Born Chinese

Short Form New Media

• Carpool Karaoke (WINNER)
• Command Z

Documentary Script

• ‘The Busing Battleground’ – American Experience
• ‘Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court’ – Frontline
• ‘Episode One: Blood Memory’ – The American Buffalo

News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report

• ‘Black History Month – Hall of Fame Hero’
• ‘Deadly Tornadoes Unleash Terror Across the Central U.S.’
• ‘Suprise Attack!’ (WINNER)

News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary

• ‘Convoy of Life’
• ‘Healing and Hope’ (WINNER)
• ‘Hide and Seek’
• ‘Put to the Test’
• ‘Targeting Seniors’

Digital News

• ‘How Paris Kicked Out the Cars’
• ‘The Persuaders: A 5-Part Investigation into the Union-Busting Industry’ (WINNER)
• ‘The Rise of ‘Gas Station Heroin”
• ‘Want to Stare Into the Republican Soul in 2023?’
• ‘The Woman on the Line’

Radio/Audio Documentary

• ‘America’s Blackest Child’
• ‘The Black Box: Even AI’s creators don’t understand it’
• ‘The Call’ – This American Life (WINNER)
• ‘Emmery’ – Party Crews: The Untold Story
• ‘Expecting: Pregnancy Souvenirs’ – Unexplainable

Radio/Audio News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report

• ‘The Ballad of Tucker Carlson’
• ‘World News This Week – Week of March 17, 2023′ (WINNER)
• ‘World News Roundup Late Edition – October 9, 2023’

Radio/Audio News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary

• ‘The Diagnosis Was Fatal. She Couldn’t Get an Abortion’ (WINNER)
• ‘Lacrosse – Spirit of the Land’
• ‘Stephen King Is Just as Confused About Blue Checks as You Are’

On Air Promotion

• ‘Cross Walk, Cyber Bullying, VR Meditation’
• ‘Strange New Promos’
• ‘WCBS AM Promos’ (WINNER)

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