2019 Writers Guild Awards Nominees: 'Days of our Lives,' 'General Hospital'

The Writers Guild Awards honor outstanding writing in film, television, new media, videogames, news, radio, promotional, and graphic animation categories. Today the nominees for the 2019 Writers Guild Awards were revealed. Check out the list below.

TELEVISION, NEW MEDIA, AND NEWS NOMINEES

DAYTIME DRAMA
Days of Our Lives, Head Writer: Ron Carlivati; Writers: Sheri Anderson, Lorraine Broderick, David Cherrill, Joanna Cohen, Lisa Connor, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Rick Draughon, Cydney Kelley, David Kreizman, David A. Levinson, Rebecca McCarty, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Katherine Schock, Elizabeth Snyder, Tyler Topits; NBC

General Hospital, Head Writers: Shelly Altman, Christopher Van Etten; Writers: Barbara Bloom, Anna Theresa Cascio, Suzanne Flynn, Charlotte Gibson, Lucky Gold, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O'Connor, Donny Sheldon, Scott Sickles; ABC

DRAMA SERIES
The Americans, Written by Peter Ackerman, Hilary Bettis, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Sarah Nolen, Stephen Schiff, Justin Weinberger, Joe Weisberg, Tracey Scott Wilson; FX Networks

Better Call Saul, Written by Ann Cherkis, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, Heather Marion, Bob Odenkirk, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock; AMC

The Crown, Written by Tom Edge, Amy Jenkins, Peter Morgan; Netflix

The Handmaid’s Tale, Written by Yahlin Chang, Nina Fiore, Dorothy Fortenberry, John Herrera, Lynn Renee Maxcy, Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder, Eric Tuchman; Hulu

Succession, Written by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Jon Brown, Jonathan Glatzer, Anna Jordan, Lucy Prebble, Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche, Susan Soon He Stanton, Daniel Zelman; HBO

'General Hopsital' Wins 2018 Writers Guild Award

ABC soap opera General Hospital beat out fellow Daytime Drama nominee, NBC's Days of our Lives, at the Writers Guild Awards on February 11.

Here's the winning GH team.

Head Writers: Shelly Altman, Jean Passanante; Writers: Anna Theresa Cascio, Suzanne Flynn, Charlotte Gibson, Lucky Gold, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O'Connor, Dave Rupel, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Christopher Van Etten, Christopher Whitesell

Check out the complete list of nominees and winners here.

Watch Ron Carlivati Accept the 2016 WGA Award for 'General Hospital'

Ron Carlivati and the winning writing team from General Hospital.

On Saturday, February 13, the writing team from ABC soap opera General Hospital took home its second consecutive WGA Award, led by former head writer Ron Carlivati, who had plenty to say in his acceptance speech. The winning episode was from GH's 52nd anniversary last April revolving around Anthony Geary's iconic character, Luke Spencer.

"We told an original story about one of the most popular characters on daytime television," Carlivati explained. "At the time the actor who played him told me it was his favorite story line of his entire thirty-seven-year run on the show. Shortly after this, however, he became disenchanted with my writing, and for some strange reason refused to acknowledge that we ever even met, referring to me in interviews as only as 'the writer'. Apparently this is supposed to be some kind of insult but I'm sure my fellow writers standing on the stage, and probably most you in this room, would agree I consider being called a writer to be a badge of honor. So thank you to him for that, and thank you the Writers Guild for this."

Watch Carlivati's speech below.

'General Hospital' Writing Team Wins at 68th WGA Awards

General Hospital won in the Daytime Drama category at the 68th annual Writers Guild Awards on Saturday night. The ABC soap opera won for the second year in a row, this year beating one other nominee, The Bold and the Beautiful.

GH was nominated for the episode celebrating the soap's 52nd anniversary that aired on April 1, 2015. Current cast members took on past roles to recreate scenes from the show's very first episode that aired on that day in 1963.

The winning GH team included: Writers: Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Andrea Archer Compton, Suzanne Flynn, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O’Connor, Elizabeth Page, Jean Passanante, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Chris Van Etten; ABC

The ceremony took place simultaneously in New York and Los Angeles. Below is a complete list of winners in other categories:

DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men, Written by Lisa Albert, Semi Chellas, Jonathan Igla, Janet Leahy, Erin Levy, Tom Smuts, Robert Towne, Matthew Weiner, Carly Wray; AMC

EPISODIC DRAMA
“Uno” (Better Call Saul), Written by Vince Gilligan & Peter Gould; AMC

'Days of our Lives' Writer Melissa Salmons To Receive the Richard B. Jablow Award at 2016 WGA Awards

Melissa Salmons won her fourth WGA Award
in 2014. It was the first one for her work at
Days of our Lives.

The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) announced on Friday that Days of our Lives writer Melissa Salmons will be honored with the Richard B. Jablow Award at the 68th annual Writers Guild Awards at the Edison Ballroom in New York City on February 13.

The Jablow award was established in 1978 to recognize devoted service to the Guild. It was created in honor of Richard B. Jablow, who helped found the WGAE, authored its constitution and served as its first counsel.

A Guild member since 1986, Salmons won a Daytime Emmy Award Award for her writing at both Guiding Light and As the World Turns, with 7 nominations total over the years. She has won four Writers Guild Awards and received another eleven nominations. She has also written for One Life to Live, The Young and the Restless and Another World during her career.

Salmons was elected to two terms on the WGAE’s council and has served on multiple committees, including the MBA negotiating committee, the elections committee and co-chair of the future members committee. She is currently a trustee of the Writers’ Guild-Industry Health Fund and the Producer-Writers Guild of America Pension Plan.

'General Hospital' Wins WGA Award (Video)

"Soaps are unique, and they're special," GH head writer Ron Carlivati said during his acceptance speech.

On Saturday, February 14, The Writers Guild of America, West and The Writers Guild of America, East held simultaneous awards ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. Ron Carlivati and the writing team from General Hospital won the award in the Daytime Drama category. Watch Abigail Spencer (ex-Becca, All My Children) present the award below:

'General Hospital' Wins WGA Award

GH head writer Ron Carlivati posted this photo on Twitter with the
caption: "Thanks to the #WGA for this honor & thanks to my amazing
writing team!"

The Writers Guild of America, West and The Writers Guild of America, East are holding simultaneous awards ceremonies Saturday at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles and the Edison Ballroom in New York. Lisa Kudrow is hosting the Los Angeles ceremony, while Larry Wilmore hosts the New York event.

Ron Carlivati and the writing team from General Hospital won the award in the Daytime Drama category. Days of our Lives was the other nominee. Note: The last time a daytime soap opera won the WGA Award and a Daytime Emmy for writing in the same year was 2006 (The Young and the Restless).

Below is a list of winners:

DAYTIME DRAMA
General Hospital, Written by Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Suzanne Flynn, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O’Connor, Elizabeth Page, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Chris Van Etten; ABC

DRAMA SERIES
True Detective, Written by Nic Pizzolatto; HBO

RADIO NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“Civil Rights at 50,” Written by Jane Tillman Irving; WCBS Radio

RADIO DOCUMENTARY
“Three Shots Rang Out: The JFK Assassination 50 Years Later,” Written by Darren Reynolds; ABC News Radio

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness; Fox Searchlight

'Days of our Lives' and 'General Hospital' Receive Writers Guide Award Nominations

The nominees for the 2015 Writers Guild Awards were announced on Thursday in the TV, New Media and Radio categories. ABC's General Hospital and NBC's Days of our Lives were nominated in the Daytime Drama category.

Below is a complete list of nominees:

TV-NEW MEDIA-RADIO NOMINEES

DRAMA SERIES
Game of Thrones, Written by David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, George R.R. Martin, D.B. Weiss; HBO
The Good Wife, Written by Leonard Dick, Keith Eisner, Matthew Hodgson, Ted Humphrey, Michelle King, Robert King, Erica Shelton Kodish, Matthew Montoya, Luke Schelhaas, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Craig Turk, Julia Wolfe; CBS
House of Cards, Written by Bill Cain, Laura Eason, Sam R. Forman, William Kennedy, Kenneth Lin, John Mankiewicz, David Manson, Beau Willimon; Netflix
Mad Men, Written by Heather Jeng Bladt, Semi Chellas, Jonathan Igla, David Iserson, Erin Levy, Matthew Weiner, Carly Wray; AMC
True Detective, Written by Nic Pizzolatto; HBO

WGA Awards 2014 Winners: DAYS OF OUR LIVES, BREAKING BAD, HOUSE OF CARDS

The Writers Guild of America, West handed out its awards Saturday evening, with "Her" taking the honors for original screenplay and "Captain Phillips" winning for adapted screenplay. Below is a full list of winners and nominees.

Screen nominees:

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"American Hustle," written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell (Columbia Pictures)
"Blue Jasmine," written by Woody Allen (Sony Pictures Classics)
"Dallas Buyers Club," written by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack (Focus Features)
WINNER: "Her," written by Spike Jonze (Warner Bros.)
"Nebraska," written by Bob Nelson (Paramount Pictures)

2014 Writers Guild Awards Nominations Revealed

Nominations for the 2014 Writers Guild Awards were announced Thursday for achievement in TV, new media, news, radio, promotional writing, and graphic animation. Check out the list below:

TELEVISION NOMINEES

DAYTIME DRAMA
Days of Our Lives, Written by Lorraine Broderick, David Cherrill, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Rick Draughon, Christopher Dunn, Janet Iacobuzio, David A. Levinson, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Melissa Salmons, Christopher J. Whitesell; NBC
General Hospital, Written by Michelle Altman, Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Suzanne Flynn, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O’Connor, Jean Passanante, Elizabeth Page, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Chris Van Etten; ABC
The Young and the Restless, Associate Head Writers: Shelly Altman, Tracey Thomson; Written by Amanda Beall, Jeff Beldner, Brent Boyd, Susan Dansby, Janice Ferri Esser, Jay Gibson, Beth Milstein, Lisa Seidman, Natalie Minardi Slater, Anne Schoettle, Linda Schreiber, Teresa Zimmerman; CBS

2013 Writers Guild Awards Nominations

The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, news, radio, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2012 season. The winners will be honored at the 2013 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 17, 2013, at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.

TELEVISION NOMINEES

DAYTIME DRAMA

DAYS OF OUR LIVES, Written by Lorraine Broderick, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Rick Draughon, Christopher Dunn, Lacey Dyer, Janet Iacobuzio, David A. Levinson, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Melissa Salmons, Roger Schroeder, Elizabeth Snyder, Christopher J. Whitesell, Nancy Williams Watt; NBC

WINNERS: Writers Guild Awards - Bob Guza and GENERAL HOPSITAL Team Among Winners

ABC's GENERAL HOSPITAL won the Writers Guild Award on Sunday ngiht in the Daytime Drama category. Legendary writer Claire Labine was previously announced as winner of the Ian McLellan Hunter Award. Below is a list of soap-related winners:

DAYTIME DRAMA
GENERAL HOSPITAL, Written by Meg Bennett, Nathan Fissell, David Goldschmid, Robert Guza, Jr., Karen Harris, Elizabeth Korte, Mary Sue Price, Michele Val Jean, Susan Wald, Tracey Thomson; ABC

ORIGINAL NEW MEDIA
“Episode 1,” “Episode 2,” “Episode 4,” “Episode 5,” “Episode 6” (AIM HIGH), Written by Heath Corson & Richie Keen; cambio.com/aim-high

DRAMA SERIES
BREAKING BAD, Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett; AMC

NEW SERIES
HOMELAND, Written by Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Gideon Raff, Meredith Stiehm; Showtime

EPISODIC DRAMA (tie)
"Box Cutter” (BREAKING BAD), Written by Vince Gilligan; AMC
“The Good Soldier” (HOMELAND), Written by Henry Bromell; Showtime

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DERIVATIVE NEW MEDIA
“A New Day,” “Family Matters,” “Neighborly Advice,” “Step Mom,” “Everything Dies” (THE WALKING DEAD), Teleplay by John Esposito, Story by John Esposito and Greg Nicotero; amc.com

Claire Labine To Be Honored, Kate Mulgrew Presenting At 64th WGA Awards

The 64th Writers Guild of America Awards will take place on Sunday, February 19 hosted by Rachel Dratch. The WGA East has also selected daytime TV writer Claire Labine as winner of the Ian McLellan Hunter Award. Judd Apatow will receive the Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence.

WGA East president Michael Winship said: "With this year's Sargent and Hunter Awards, we honor one of the most important aspects of membership in the guild: collegiality. Both Judd Apatow and Claire Labine not only have created notable and entertaining bodies of work; they have gone out of their way to encourage and mentor new young writers, offering constant and solid support to those just starting out in the business."

Presenters include Kate Mulgrew, Jonathan Ames, Jon Benjamin, Shari Springer Berman, Jimmy Fallon, Geoffrey Fletcher, Nancy Giles, Steve Kroft, Seth Meyers, Robert Pulcini, James Schamus, Kristen Wiig and Terence Winter.

RELATED:
- NOMINATIONS: 2012 Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards -- ALL MY CHILDREN, GENERAL HOSPITAL, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
- WLS Interview Archive: Claire Labine (7-Part Series)
- WLS Interview Archive: Claire Labine Answered YOUR Questions (6-Part Series)
- 50 Greatest Soap Actresses: #38 Kate Mulgrew

Video From the Writers Guild Awards

AS THE WORLD TURNS won the Writers Guild Award on Saturday night in the Daytime Drama category. Watch Jean Passanante's acceptance speech below as well as Erika's Slezak's presentation.

WINNERS: 2011 Writers Guild Awards

On Saturday, the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) announced the winners of the 2011 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for screen, television, radio, news, promotional, videogame, and new media writing at simultaneous ceremonies at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel-Grand Ballroom in Los Angeles and the AXA Equitable Center in New York City.

Here are the soap-related winners:

DAYTIME DRAMA
AS THE WORLD TURNS, Written by Susan Dansby, Lucky Gold, Janet Iacobuzio, Penelope Koechl, David Kreizman, Leah Laiman, David A. Levinson, Leslie Nipkow, Jean Passanante, Gordon Rayfield, David Smilow; CBS

2010 WGA Award Winners: Y&R, MAD MEN

On Saturday night, the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) announced the winners of the 2010 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for screen, television, radio, news, promotional, and videogame writing at simultaneous ceremonies at the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City and the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.

Soap opera winners were THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS and MAD MEN.

DRAMA SERIES
MAD MEN, Written by Lisa Albert, Andrew Colville, Kater Gordon, Cathryn Humphris, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Brett Johnson, Erin Levy, Marti Noxon, Frank Pierson, Robin Veith, Dahvi Waller, Matthew Weiner; AMC

DAYTIME SERIAL
THE YOUNG AND THE RESLTESS, Written by Amanda L. Beall, Tom Casiello, Lisa Connor, Janice Ferri Esser, Eric Freiwald, Jay Gibson, Scott Hamner, Marla Kanelos, Beth Milstein, Natalie Minardi Slater, Melissa Salmons, Linda Schreiber, James Stanley, Sandra Weintraub, Teresa Zimmerman; CBS

WGA Award Nominations Announced

The nominees for the 62nd Annual Writers Guild Awards were announced today. Here are the soap categories:

DAYTIME SERIAL
ALL MY CHILDREN - Written by Jeff Beldner, Joanna Cohen, Kate Hall, Chip Hayes, Michelle Patrick, Charles Pratt, Jr., Rebecca Taylor, Tracey Thomson, Addie Walsh; ABC
AS THE WORLD TURNS - Written by Peter Brash, Lisa Connor, Susan Dansby, Cheryl L. Davis, Leah Laiman, David A. Levinson, Leslie Nipkow, Jean Passanante, Gordon Rayfield, Courtney Simon; CBS
ONE LIFE TO LIVE - Written by Shelly Altman, Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Aida Croal, Carolyn Culliton, Frederick Johnson, Elizabeth Page, Melissa Salmons, Katherine Schock, Chris Van Etten; ABC
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - Written by Amanda L. Beall, Tom Casiello, Lisa Connor, Janice Ferri Esser, Eric Freiwald, Jay Gibson, Scott Hamner, Marla Kanelos, Beth Milstein, Natalie Minardi Slater, Melissa Salmons, Linda Schreiber, James Stanley, Sandra Weintraub, Teresa Zimmerman; CBS

News Brief

Chicago Tribune: The WGA strike: It's nearly over, writers should pick up pencils by Wednesday.

Variety: Writers Guild of America members gave a resounding thumbs-up to the guild’s new contract agreement at membership meetings held Saturday in Gotham and L.A., clearing the path for the three-month-old writers strike to end by midweek. At the L.A. meeting at the Shrine Auditorium, WGA West leaders told the crowd of more than 3,500 members that the WGA West board and WGA East council would meet Sunday morning to formally recommend the deal for ratification, and to approve a special 48-hour vote among members about whether to end the strike. The boards are also expected to begin the process of holding a 10-day ratification vote for members to formally seal the new three-year contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

New York Daily News: A desperate Carly calls ex-husband Jack this week on AS THE WORLD TURNS to say they've got big trouble. SPOILER: "Parker has shot Sam," reports Michael Park, who plays good cop Jack Snyder. Parker is Jack and Carly's teenage son, who caught Sam trying to rape Carly on Friday's episode. "By the time Carly calls Jack, Parker has already fled the scene," continues Park."Parker runs over to the church, where Jack catches up with him [and Carly]: 'What are you doing here?' Jack asks them. They left the scene of the crime, and they left a man for dead," Park continues.

E! Online: On the same day the Writers Guild of America announced it had an agreement with producers, potentially ending three months of keyboard stoppage, the union on Saturday bestowed its top movie and television honors.

Sunday Mirror: Former HOLLYOAKS star Lesley Crawford has finally landed a job as a midwife... but only part-time and 50 miles from home. Lesley, 25 - who gave up her £100,000-a-year role as bad girl Laura Burns in the soap to join the NHS - had searched for work for over five months.

The Telegraph (India): At 48, Victoria Rowell is neither young nor restless. But the show in which she played a stellar role as Drucilla Winters for 13 years is still full of pizzazz. It has just completed 2007 as the top-rated daytime drama on US television for the 919th week running. And even as The Young and The Restless prepares to celebrate its 35th anniversary in March (it will soon complete a year in India on Zee Cafe), Rowell, who single-handedly pulled the show up when she joined it in 1990 drawing Afro-Asian viewership, is far away — in India, doing book readings and visiting underprivileged children.

Chicago Tribune: Did you ever want to make a B&B your home? ALL MY CHILDEN star Walt Willey did it. Willey, who took on the role of the "AMC" lawyer some 20 years ago, is in love with the magnificent "unimpeded" sights his home just south of Santa Fe offers -- the "beautiful rolling arroyos dotted with pinons, junipers and Russian olive trees. Red rock, blue sky and at night -- so many stars it looks like crushed diamonds on black velvet."

Ventura County Star: Networks bringing soap stars back, even after decades. Returning popular characters and actors to daytime serials is a staple of the 60-year-old genre. However, the knack for doing it has come in particularly handy for ABC Daytime this time.

Hollywood Reporter: Former GUIDING LIGHT star Brittany Snow hasn't made a huge name for herself yet, but she's been in the biz for ages. Soon she will star in a new film called Vicious Kind, from writer/director Lee Toland Krieger. Snow will star as "a woman targeted by the obsessed older brother of her boyfriend after he brings her home for Thanksgiving." So this is yet another reason not to meet the family. It's just too much hassle.

Times-News: Former AS THE WORLD TURNS Emmy acting nominee Terrence Mann will direct the University Players in a production of the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21 through 23, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, in the performance hall of the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.

Korea Times: Most Korean dramas start airing after the shooting of first a few episodes. Thus the general practice has been that production gets busier and busier, with the dramas eventually rushing to the end with obviously lower quality than before. The ``one-page script'' exists in Korean soap-opera making. The whole script for one episode is not produced at the same time. The actors stand ready for shooting a scene without knowing what they are going to film and just one page of the script is sent from the writer. Then they act according to that one page without knowing what's going on before and after the scene.

Y&R and Days Win WGA Awards

Marking the 60th Anniversary of their annual awards, the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced the winners of the 2008 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for screen, television, documentary, radio, promotion, and videogames during 2007.

DAYTIME SERIAL
THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS
Written by Lynn Marie Latham, Scott Hamner, Jeff Gottesfeld & Cherie Bennet, Bernard Lechowick, James Stanley, Natalie Minardi Slater, Lynsey Dufour, Marina Alburger, Sara Bibel, Janice Ferri Esser, Eric Freiwald & Linda Schreiber, Joshua McCaffrey, Sandra Weintraub; CBS

TELEVISION ON-AIR PROMOTION
DAYS OF OUR LIVES: MINI-SERIES, THE BRADYS VS. THE DIMERAS
Written by Judie Henninger; NBC

Awards Schedule Update

Updating my previous post on the schedule of awards shows and nominations.

Director's Guide of America (DGA) Awards: January 26, 2008

Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Pre-nominations: TBD (tentatively February)

NAACP Image Awards: February 14, 2008

Writer's Guide of America (WGA) Awards: February 9, 2008 (winners may only be announced for this one due to the writer's strike)

GLAAD Media Awards: March 17, 2008 (for Daily Drama)

Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Final nominations: April 30, 2008 (tentative)

Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards: June 20, 2008