Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form - Adapted

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Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Adapted
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Awarded for Outstanding Writing for a Long form Adapted
Country United States
Presented by Writers Guild of America
First awarded 1996 (for the programs released in 1995-1996 TV Season)
Currently held by Olive Kitteridge (2014)
Official website www.wga.org

The Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Adapted is an award presented by the Writers Guild of America to the writers of the best long form program based on the previously published material or work of the season. It has been awarded since the 50th Annual Writers Guild of America Awards in 1996.

Name History

  • 1996-2006: Long Form - Adapted
  • 2008-2011: Long Form - Adapted: Over one hour - one or two parts, one or two airing times
  • 2012–present: Long Form - Adapted

Winners and Nominees

The year indicates that each ceremony honored the programs of that year. Single winner of the years is left unmarked while other winners which also have nominees, are highlighted in gold.

1990s

Year Long Form - Adapted Screenplay Writer(s) Adapted from Network Ref.
1996
Citizen X Chris Gerolmo The Killer Department
by Robert Cullen		 HBO Films and HBO [1]
1997
The Boys Next Door William Blinn The Boys Next Door
by Tom Griffin		 Hallmark Hall of Fame Production and CBS [2]
1998
Bastard out of Carolina Anne Meredith Bastard out of Carolina
by Dorothy Allison		 Out of Carolina Productions and Showtime [3]
1999
The Love Letter James Henerson The Love Letter
by Jack Finney		 Hallmark Hall of Fame Production and CBS [4]

2000s

Year Long Form - Adapted Screenplay Writer(s) Adapted from Network Ref.
2000
The Confession David Black Fertig
by Sol Yurick		 El Dorado Pictures and Phoenician Films [5]
2001
RKO 281 John Logan The Battle Over Citizen Kane
by Richard Ben Cramer and Thomas Lennon from The American Experience		 HBO Films, Scott Free Productions and HBO [6]
2002
Anne Frank Kirk Ellis Anne Frank: The Biography
by Melissa Müller		 Milk and Honey Productions, Dorothy Pictures and ABC [7]
2003
Bastogne (Band of Brothers) Bruce C. McKenna Band of Brothers
by Stephen E. Ambrose		 Playtone, DreamWorks Television and HBO [8]
2004
Out of the Ashes Anne Meredith I was a doctor in Auschwitz
by Gisella Perl		 Showtime [9]
2005
Angels in America Tony Kushner Angels in America
by Tony Kushner		 HBO [10]
2006
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
by Roger Lewis		 HBO [11]
2007
Not awarded [12]
2008
The Company: A Story of CIA Ken Nolan The Company
by Robert Littell		 TNT [13]
2009
John Adams
– "Join or Die" & "Independence"		 Kirk Ellis John Adams
by David McCullough		 HBO [14]

2010s

Year Long Form - Adapted Screenplay Writer(s) Adapted from Network Ref.
2010
Taking Chance Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl USMC (Ret.) and Ross Katz Taking Chance
by Michael Strobl		 HBO [15]
2011
The Pacific
– "Part Eight"		 Robert Schenkkan and Michelle Ashford Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie
With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge with,
Red Blood, Black Sand by Chuck Tatum
China Marine by Eugene B. Sledge		 HBO [16]
2012
Too Big to Fail Peter Gould Too Big to Fail
by Andrew Ross Sorkin		 HBO [17]
2013
Game Change Danny Strong Game Change
by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann		 HBO [18]
Coma
– "Nights 1 and 2"		 John J. McLaughlin Coma
by Robin Cook		 A&E
2014
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight Shawn Slovo Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
by Howard Bingham and Max Wallace		 HBO [19]
Killing Kennedy Kelly Masterso Killing Kennedy
by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard		 Nat Geo US
2015
Fargo Steve Blackman, Bob DeLaurentis, Noah Hawley, Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert Fargo
by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen		 FX [20]
The Red Tent Elizabeth Chandler and Anne Meredith The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant		 Lifetime
Show Me a Hero David Simon and William F. Zorzi Show Me a Hero
by Lisa Belkin		 HBO

References

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