Writers Guild Awards 2022: The Complete List of Winners

It was a successful night for HBO at the 74th Writers Guild of America Awards on Sunday night, as comedy-drama Hacks and satirical drama Succession walked away with two trophies each.

The virtual ceremony, which honored the best writing in film, television, and radio of 2021, also saw wins for HBO crime drama Mare of Easttown for Original Long Form, Hulu’s comedy-drama The Great for Episodic Comedy, and the final season of TBS’ late-night show Conan for Comedy/Variety Talk Series.

In film, Adam McKay’s Netflix satire Don’t Look Up took home the trophy for Original Screenplay while Siân Heder’s CODA snapped up the Adapted Screenplay award.

Check out the full list of winners below.

FILM

 

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Don’t Look Up – WINNER
Being the Ricardos
The French Dispatch of the Liberty Kansas Evening Sun
King Richard
Licorice Pizza

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

CODA – WINNER
Dune
Nightmare Alley
Tick, Tick … Boom!
West Side Story

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

Exposing Muybridge – WINNER
Being Cousteau
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres

TELEVISION

 

DRAMA SERIES

Succession – WINNER
The Handmaid’s Tale
Loki
The Morning Show
Yellowjackets

COMEDY SERIES

Hacks – WINNER
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Only Murders in the Building
Ted Lasso
What We Do in the Shadows

NEW SERIES

Hacks – WINNER
Loki
Only Murders in the Building
Reservation Dogs
Yellowjackets

ORIGINAL LONGFORM

Mare of Easttown – WINNER
American Horror Story: Double Feature
Midnight Mass
Them: Covenant
The White Lotus

ADAPTED LONGFORM

Maid – WINNER
Halston
Impeachment: American Crime Story
The Underground Railroad
WandaVision

ADAPTED SHORTFORM NEW MEDIA

Debunking Borat – WINNER
Calls
The Expanse: One Ship

ANIMATION

“Planteau” (Tuca & Bertie) – WINNER
“An Incon-Wheelie-ent Truth” (Bob’s Burgers)
“Loft in Bedslation” (Bob’s Burgers)
“Must Love Dogs” (Family Guy)
“Portrait of a Lackey on Fire” (The Simpsons)
“The Star of the Backstage” (The Simpsons)

EPISODIC DRAMA

“Retired Janitors of Idaho” (Succession) – WINNER
“1883” (1883)
“Birth Mother” (This Is Us)
“La Amara Vita” (The Morning Show)
“The New Normal” (New Amsterdam)
“Testimony” (The Handmaid’s Tale)

EPISODIC COMEDY

“Alone at Last” (The Great) – WINNER
“All Sales Final” (Superstore)
“Enlightened Dave” (Dave)
“Episode One: True Crime” (Only Murders in the Building)
“F*ckin’ Rez Dogs” (Pilot) (Reservation Dogs)
“Pilot” (The Wonder Years)

COMEDY/VARIETY TALK SERIES

Conan – WINNER
Desus & Mero
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Problem With Jon Stewart

COMEDY/VARIETY SKETCH SERIES

I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson – WINNER
How To With John Wilson
Pause With Sam Jay
Saturday Night Live
That Damn Michael Che

COMEDY/VARIETY SPECIALS

Full Frontal Wants to Take Your Guns – WINNER
43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors
Drew Michael: Red Blue Green
The Tony Awards Presents: Broadway’s Back!
Yearly Departed

QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

Baking It – WINNER
Capital One College Bowl
The Chase
Jeopardy!

DAYTIME DRAMA

Days of Our Lives – WINNER
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless

CHILDREN’S EPISODIC, LONGFORM AND SPECIALS

“The Tale of the Midnight Magic” (Are You Afraid of the Dark?) – WINNER
“A Big Favor for Grampy/A Fair Way to Bounce” (Donkey Hodie)
“Park Ranger Percy / Lizard Lizzy” (Helpsters)
“Rice” (Waffles + Mochi)
“Which Witch?” (Just Beyond)

DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – CURRENT EVENTS

“The Healthcare Divide” (Frontline) – WINNER
“The Jihadist” (Frontline)

DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS

“Citizen Hearst, Part One” (American Experience) – WINNER
“A Writer” (Hemingway)
“Citizen” (Amend: The Fight for America)
“Round One” (Muhammad Ali)

NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR BREAKING REPORT

“The Unequal Recession” (60 Minutes) – WINNER
“Against All Enemies” (60 Minutes)
“Democracy Lost” (60 Minutes)

NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY

“Handcuffed to the Truth” (60 Minutes) – WINNER
“The Fall of Kandahar” (Vice News Tonight)
“Unpacking How Child Welfare and Foster Care Fails Black Children” (Unpack That)
“The Unstudied Link Between the COVID Vaccine and Periods” (Vice News Tonight)
“Woman in Motion: Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols and The Transformation of NASA” (CBS Sunday Morning)

RADIO/AUDIO

 

RADIO/AUDIO DOCUMENTARY

“One Year: 1977 ‘The Miracle Cure’”, Slate Podcast – WINNER
“Our Year” (What Next), Slate Podcast
“That Seattle Muzak Sound” (Decoder Ring), Slate Podcast
“Who Killed the Segway?” (Decoder Ring), Slate Podcast

RADIO/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT — REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR BREAKING REPORT

“Surfside Condo Collapse” (CBS World News Roundup Late Edition), CBS News Radio – WINNER
“Silence the Mics: Tributes to Some Famous Broadcasters,” CBS Radio
“World News This Week — Week of August 16, 2021,” ABC Audio
“World News This Week — Week of January 8, 2021,” ABC Audio
“World News This Week – Week of September 3, 2021,” ABC Audio

RADIO/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT — ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY

“The Tasmanian Devil Tattoo” (Decoder Ring), Slate Podcast – WINNER
“When the Culture War Comes for Your Job” (What Next), Slate Podcast

ON-AIR PROMOTION

“Celebrating Powerful Female Leads: Trailers for The Equalizer & Why Women Kill,” CBS – WINNER
“CSI: Vegas Trailers,” CBS