The WGA nominations for TV are out. The full list of writing nominations in all categories is here, the major ones below. The WGA awards are held on Saturday, Feb. 1st:
Drama Series
- Breaking Bad
- The Good Wife
- Homeland
- House of Cards
- Mad Men
Comedy Series
- 30 Rock
- Modern Family
- Parks and Recreation
- Orange is the New Black
- Veep
New Series
- The Americans
- House of Cards
- Masters of Sex
- Orange is the New Black
- Ray Donovan
Episodic Drama
- "Buried" (Breaking Bad)
- "Confessions" (Breaking Bad)
- "Episode 101" (House of Cards)
- "Granite State" (Breaking Bad)
- "Hitting the Fan" (The Good Wife)
- "Pilot" (Masters of Sex)
Episodic Comedy
- "Career Day" (Modern Family)
- "Farm Strong" (Modern Family)
- "Hogcock!" (30 Rock)
- "Lesbian Request: Denied" (Orange is the New Black)
- "Leslie and Ben" (Parks and Recreation)
- "Pilot" (Orange is the New Black)
Comedy/Variety Series
- The Colbert Report
- Conan
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Portlandia
- Saturday Night Live
Unsurprisingly, Breaking Bad was showered with noms, although I'm shocked that they didn't get one for "Ozymandias" over the three other individual episodes nominated for writing. I mean that was pretty much one of the greatest television episodes of all time, of anything. And I'm always happy to see the great Parks and Rec recognized somewhere, since it pretty much never gets any attention. And obviously there's lots of love for Orange is the New Black, and more proof that Netflix has very unwisely decided to submit it for Golden Globe and Emmy attention as a drama rather than a comedy series, when clearly both the writer's and producer's guilds see it as the dark comedy it is. Seriously, there's no way that show gets anything if they insist that it's a drama, competing against heavy handers like Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones. As a comedy though, it's a frontrunner to win. Make the right move, Netflix.
