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The Americans, Written by Peter Atlanta, Written by , Ackerman, Tanya Barfield, Joshua Stephen Glover, Jamal Olori, Brand, Fields, Stephen Schiff, Stefani Robinson, Paul Simms; FX Joe Weisberg, Tracey Scott Wilson; FX , Written by Megan , Written by Ann Amram, , Donick Cary, Cherkis, , Jonathan Adam Countee, Jonathan Dotan, Glatzer, , Gennifer , Carrie Kemper, Hutchison, Heather Marion, Thomas John Levenstein, Dan Lyons, Carson Schnauz, Gordon Smith; AMC Mell, Dan O’Keefe, , Ron Weiner; HBO , Written by , Bryan Cogman, Dave Hill, Transparent, Written by Arabella D.B. Weiss; HBO Anderson, Bridget Bedard, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Stranger Things, Written by Paul Jessi Klein, Stephanie Kornick, Dichter, Justin Doble, The Duffer Ethan Kuperberg, Ali Liebegott, Brothers, Karl Gajdusek, Jessica Our Lady J, Faith Soloway, Mecklenburg, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Jill Soloway; Studios Alison Tatlock; Unbreakable , Written , Written by Ed Brubaker, by Emily Altman, , Bridget Carpenter; Dan Dietz, Halley Azie Mira Dungey, , Lauren Gross; Lisa Joy; Katherine Lingenfelter, Gurganous, Sam Means, Dylan Dominic Mitchell, , Morgan, Marlena Rodriguez, Roberto Patino, Daniel T. Thomsen, Dan Rubin, Meredith Scardino, Charles Yu; HBO Josh Siegal, , Leila Strachan; Netflix

Veep, Written by , Sean Gray, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, Erik Kenward, Billy Kimball, Steve Koren, , Jim Margolis, Lew Morton, Georgia Pritchett, Will Smith, Alexis Wilkinson; HBO

FEBRUARY 19, 2017 11 TELEVISION AND NEW MEDIA NOMINEES NEW SERIES LONG FORM ORIGINAL

Atlanta, Written by Donald Glover, American Crime, Written by Julie Stephen Glover, Jamal Olori, Hébert, Sonay Hoffman, Keith Huff, Stefani Robinson, Paul Simms; FX Stacy . Littlejohn, Kirk A. Moore, Davy Perez, Diana Son; ABC Better Things, Written by Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K., Cindy Chupack, Confirmation, Written by Susannah Gina Fattore; FX Grant; HBO

Stranger Things, Written by Paul Harley and the Davidsons, Written by Dichter, Justin Doble, The Duffer Seth Fisher, Nick Schenk, Evan Wright; Brothers, Karl Gajdusek, Jessica Discovery Channel Mecklenburg, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Alison Tatlock; Netflix Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le, Written by Dianne Houston; , Written by Isaac Aptaker, Lifetime Elizabeth Berger, Bekah Brunstetter, Dan Fogelman, Vera Herbert, Joe Lawson, Kay Oyegun, Aurin Squire, K.J. Steinberg, Donald Todd; NBC LONG FORM ADAPTED

Westworld, Written by Ed Brubaker, 11.22.63, Written by Bridget Carpenter, Bridget Carpenter, Dan Dietz, Halley Brigitte Hales, Joe Henderson, Brian Gross, Lisa Joy, Katherine Lingenfelter, Nelson, Quinton Peeples, Based on the Dominic Mitchell, Jonathan Nolan, Novel by Stephen King; Roberto Patino, Daniel T. Thomsen, Charles Yu; HBO Madoff, Written by Ben Robbins, Inspired by the Book The Madoff Chronicles: Inside the Secret World of Bernie and Ruth by Brian Ross; ABC

The Night Of, Written by , Steve Zaillian, Based on the BBC Series Criminal Justice, Created by Peter Moffat; HBO

12 THE 69TH ANNUAL WRITERS GUILD AWARDS The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA–ADAPTED Crime Story, Written by Scott Alexander, , D.V. DeVincentis, “Passage” Part 4 (Fear the Walking Maya , Larry Karaszewski, Dead), Written by Lauren Signorino & Wally Wolodarsky, Based on the Mike Zunic; amc.com Book The Run of His Life by Jeffrey Toobin; FX “Under Siege” (The Strain), Written by Bradley Thompson & David Weddle, Roots, Written by Lawrence Konner, Based on the Novels by Guillermo Alison McDonald, Charles Murray, del Toro and Chuck Hogan; Mark Rosenthal, Based upon the Book fxnetworks.com by Alex Haley; History Channel

ANIMATION SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA–ORIGINAL “Barthood” (), Written “Episode 101” (Now We’re Talking), by Dan Greaney; Fox Written by Tug Coker, Tommy Dewey; go90.com “First Day of Rule” (Elena of Avalor), Written by Craig Gerber; “Escape the Room” (Life Ends at 30), Disney Channel Written by Michael Field; vimeo.com “Fish Out of Water” (BoJack “Itsy Bitsy Spider” Episode 1 (Thug Horseman), Written by Elijah Aron Passion), Written by Motrya Tomycz; & Jordan Young; Netflix vimeo.com “A Princess on Lothal” (Star Wars “The Party” (The Commute), Written Rebels), Written by Steven Melching; by Linsey Stewart & Dane Clark; Disney XD .com “Stop the Presses” (BoJack Horseman), Written by Joe Lawson; Netflix

FEBRUARY 19, 2017 13 TELEVISION AND NEW MEDIA NOMINEES

“Streets on Lock” (Atlanta), Written EPISODIC DRAMA by Stephen Glover; FX

“” (Better Call Saul), Written “A Taste of Zephyria” (Son of Zorn), by Gordon Smith; AMC Written by Dan Mintz; Fox

“I Am a Storm” (Shameless), Written by Sheila Callaghan; Showtime COMEDY / VARIETY (INCLUDING ) – SERIES “” (Better Call Saul), Written by Heather Marion & Vince Gilligan; AMC with , Writers: Dan Amira, David Angelo, “Switch” (Better Call Saul), Written , Devin Delliquanti, Zach by Thomas Schnauz; AMC DiLanzo, , , David Kibuuka, , , “The Trip” (This Is Us), Written by Alex Marino, Dan McCoy, Lauren Vera Herbert; NBC Sarver Means, Trevor Noah, Joe Opio, Zhubin Parang, Owen Parson, Daniel “The Winds of Winter” (Game of Radosh, , Delaney Thrones), Written for Television by Yeager; David Benioff & D.B. Weiss; HBO Last Week Tonight with , Writers: Kevin Avery, , , , EPISODIC COMEDY Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, “Kimmy Finds Her Mom!” (Unbreakable , Juli Weiner; HBO Kimmy Schmidt), Written by Tina Fey & Sam Means; Netflix with , Writers: Jermaine Affonso, Alex Baze, Bryan “Kimmy Goes on a Playdate!” Donaldson, Sal Gentile, Matt Goldich, (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Jenny Hagel, Allison Hord, Mike Written by Robert Carlock; Netflix Karnell, Andrew Law, John Lutz, Aparna Nancherla, Chioke Nassor, “” (One Mississippi), Written Seth Meyers, Ian Morgan, Conner by Diablo Cody & ; O’Malley, Seth Reiss, , Mike Scollins, Mike Shoemaker, Ben Warheit, Michelle Wolf; NBC “R-A-Y-C-Ray-Cation” (Speechless), Written by Carrie Rosen & Seth The Late Show with , Kurland; ABC Writers: Mike Brumm, Nate Charny, Aaron Cohen, Stephen Colbert, Cullen Crawford, , Eric Tina Fey, Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Ariel Dumas, , , , , Gabe Gronli, Barry Zach Kanin, , Erik Kenward, Julien, Jay Katsir, Daniel Kibblesmith, Paul Masella, Dave McCary, Dennis Matt Lappin, Opus Moreschi, Tom McNicholas, Seth Meyers, Lorne Purcell, Jen Spyra, ; CBS Michaels, Josh Patten, , Katie Rich, , , Pete Schultz, , Dave Sirus, , Andrew Steele, COMEDY/VARIETY – SKETCH SERIES Will Stephen, Kent Sublette; NBC

Documentary Now!, Writers: , , Erik Kenward, COMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC, John , Seth Meyers; IFC AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS

Inside , Writers: 68th Primetime , Written Kim Caramele, , by Jack Allison, , Jessi Klein, Michael Lawrence, Kurt Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Metzger, Christine Nangle, Claudia , Gary Greenberg, O’Doherty, Dan Powell, Tami Sagher, Josh Halloway, , Eric Amy Schumer; Comedy Central Immerman, , Bess Kalb, Jeff Loveness, Jon Macks, Molly Maya and Marty, Head Writers: McNearney, Danny Ricker, , , Matt Roberts, Bryan Tucker Joe Strazzullo, Alexis Wilkinson; ABC Writers: Eli Bauman, Jeremy Beiler, Chris Belair, Hallie Cantor, David 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards, Feldman, R J Fried, Melissa Hunter, Written by Barry Adelman; Special Paul Masella, Tim McAuliffe, John Material Written by Dave Boone, Mulaney, Diallo Riddle, , , Jon Macks, Matthew Bashir Salahuddin, Marika Sawyer, Robinson; NBC Streeter Seidell, ; Emily Spivey, Steve Young; NBC 88th Annual , Written by Dave Boone, Billy Kimball; Special Nathan For You, Written by Leo Allen, Material Written by Scott Aukerman, , Adam Locke-Norton, Rodney Barnes, Neil Campbell, Eric Notarnicola; Comedy Central Matthew Claybrooks, , Mike Ferrucci, Langston Kerman, Jon , Head Writers: Rob Macks, Steve O’Donnell, Nimesh Patel, Klein, Bryan Tucker Writers: James Vanessa Ramos, , Frank Anderson, Fred Armisen, Jeremy Sebastiano, , Jeff Stilson, Beiler, Chris Belair, Megan Callahan, Richard Vos, Michelle Wolf; CBS , Mikey Day, , 15 TELEVISION AND NEW MEDIA NOMINEES

Triumph The Primary Election Special CHILDREN’S – EPISODIC & SPECIALS 2016, Written by , Josh Comers, Rajan Desai, , “Girl Meets Commonism” (Girl Meets R J Fried, Jarrett Grode, Ben Joseph, World), Written by Joshua Jacobs & Matthew Kirsch, , Mike Michael Jacobs; Disney Channel Lawrence, Brian Reich, Craig Rowin, , Zach Smilovitz, David “Just Add Mom” (Just Add Magic), Taylor, ; Additional Written by John-Paul Nickel; Materials by Ray James, Jesse Joyce, Amazon Studios , Alex Scordelis; Hulu “Mel vs. The Night Mare of Normal Street” (Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Normal Street), Written by Laurie Parres; Amazon Studios Hollywood Game Night, : “Mucko Polo, Grouch Explorer” (Sesame Grant Taylor; Writers: Michael Agbabian, Street), Written by Belinda Ward; HBO Alex Chauvin, Ann Slichter, Dwight D.

Smith; NBC CHILDREN’S – LONG FORM OR SPECIAL Jeopardy!, Written by John Duarte, Harry Friedman, Mark Gaberman, Dance Camp, Teleplay by Nicholas W. Deborah Griffin, Michele Loud, Turner & Rex New and Cameron Fay, Robert McClenaghan, Jim Rhine, Story by Nicholas W. Turner & Rex New; Steve D. Tamerius, Billy Wisse; ABC youtube.com

Once Upon a DAYTIME DRAMA Christmas, Written by Geri Cole & Ken Scarborough; HBO General Hospital, Writers: Shelly R.L. Stine’s Monsterville: Cabinet Of Altman, Anna Theresa Cascio, Souls, Written by Billy Brown & Dan Andrea Archer Compton, Suzanne Angel; Freeform Flynn, Janet Iacobuzio, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O’Connor, Jean Passanante, Dave Rupel, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Chris Van Etten, Christopher Whitesell; ABC

16 THE 69TH ANNUAL WRITERS GUILD AWARDS DOCUMENTARY – CURRENT EVENTS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT “Chasing Heroin” (Frontline), Written by Marcela Gaviria; PBS “Ambush In Dallas” (World News Tonight With David Muir), Written by David “The Choice 2016” (Frontline), Written Bloch, Karen Mooney, David Muir, David by Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS Schoetz; ABC News

“Inside Assad’s Syria” (Frontline), “Brussels Under Attack” (World News Written by Martin Smith; PBS Tonight With David Muir), Written by David Bloch, Karen Mooney, David Muir, David Schoetz; ABC News DOCUMENTARY – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS “Muhammad Ali: Remembering A Legend” (48 Hours), Written by Jerry “American Reds,” Written by Richard Cipriano, John Craig Wilson; CBS News Wormser; WPTS Dayton

“Jackie Robinson, Part One,” Written by NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, David McMahon & Sarah Burns; PBS OR COMMENTARY

“Netanyahu at War” (Frontline), Written “CBS Sunday Morning Almanac” by Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS June 12, 2016 (CBS Sunday Morning), Written by Thomas A. Harris; CBS

FEBRUARY 19, 2017 17 RADIO NOMINEES

DOCUMENTARY “World News This Week” August 26, 2016, Written by Tara Gimbel Tanis; ABC News Radio “: 30 Years Later,” Written by Andrew Evans; ABC News Radio

“Summer of 2016,” Written by David NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, Shapiro; CBS News Radio OR COMMENTARY

“Dishin’ Digital on WCBS-AM,” Written NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, by Robert Hawley; WCBS-AM Radio BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT “Morley Safer: A Journalist’s Life,” “6:40am News” November 13, 2015, Written by Gail Lee; CBS News Radio Written by Philip Pilato; 1010 WINS Radio “Vin Scully,” Written by Jerry Edling; KNX

“Legends of the Game,” Written by “Vin Scully Hangs Up The ,” Written Thomas A. Sabella; CBS News Radio by Andrew Evans; ABC News Radio

“Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to Greatness,” Written by Gail Lee; CBS News Radio PROMOTIONAL WRITING NOMINEES

ON-AIR PROMOTION “Limitless Promos 15/16” (CBS), (TELEVISION, NEW MEDIA OR RADIO) Written by Jessica Katzenstein; CBS On-Air Promotion “Big Brother Over The Top Launch & NCIS: Special Agent Tony Dinozzo’s “Mom,” Written by Dan Greenberger; CBS Top Moments,” Written by Erial CBS Tompkins; TELEVISION GRAPHIC ART “CBS On-Air Reel,” Written by Brian AND ANIMATION Retchless; CBS On-Air Promotion “The Real History of Cinco de Mayo,” “The Dollmaker, Halloween,” Written ( Group), Graphic by Jennifer H. Kaas; NBC Animation by Elisa Solinas; lifehacker.com VIDEOGAME WRITING NOMINATIONS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT MR. ROBOT 1.51exfiltratiOn, Story by IN VIDEO GAME WRITING Adam Hines, Kor Adana; Written by Adam Hines; Night School Studio : Infinite Warfare, Written by Brian Bloom; 4: A Thief’s End, Written by Neil Druckmann, ; Far Cry Primal, Story by Jean-Sébastien Additional Writing Tom Bissell, Ryan Décant, Ian C. Ryan, Kevin Shortt; James; Lead Writers Ian C. Ryan, Kevin Shortt; Writers Lynne Kamm, Susan Patrick; Ubisoft

FEBRUARY 19, 2017 19 CREDITS

Executive Producers Activities Committee Bonnie Datt Joan Wilen, Chair Shannon Walker Alana Sanko Anne Flournoy Head Writer Bill Deane Ann B. Cohen Caytha Jentis David M. Handelman Writers Jeffrey E. Stolzer Jordan Carlos Jennifer Vanderbes David Steven Cohen John F. Yarbrough Timothy Cooper Juliet L. Packer Don Hooper Lee Hunkins Lily-Hayes Kaufman Susane Lee Nick Nadel Joan Wilen Dan Perlman Craig Shemin Andrew Smith Sasha Stewart

Line Producer LBI Audio, Video & Scenic Solutions

Clip/Tribute Reels Craig Shemin

PATRONS

Mario Cilento, President Danielle Earle State AFL-CIO Alex Gibney Amazon Studios Rifkin & Lubcher, LLC Marisa Bramwell Michael Weller Lawrence Chance

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