On the television side, Donald Glover's buzzy freshman comedy "Atlanta" took home two trophies, for best comedy and best new series, continuing its recent successful awards season run. And fellow FX series "The Americans" nabbed the prize for best drama series, finally gaining some awards attention after its excellent fourth season. (Its only previous WGA nomination came in 2014, for best new series.)
But the real story was on the film side of the equation, with "La La Land" losing out on one of the night's top two prizes. A nominee for best original screenplay, the musical was instead upstaged by "Moonlight," which took top honors. "Arrival" was named the other big winner, taking the best adapted screenplay award.
In an odd bit of category confusion, "Moonlight" and "La La Land" will not go head-to-head in the screenwriting category at the Oscars, with "Moonlight" landing among the Academy's adapted screenplay nominees (alongside "Arrival"), and "La La Land" nabbing an original screenplay nod. But they're both vying for Best Picture, and "La La Land" seems to be losing its once seemingly unstoppable momentum; could this latest setback spell trouble for its chances to take home Oscar's biggest prize?
A partial list of WGA film and television winners is below. For the complete list of honorees in all categories, visit the WGA website.
FILM WINNERS:
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Moonlight
Screenplay by Barry Jenkins, Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney; A24
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Arrival
Screenplay by Eric Heisserer; Based on the Story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang; Paramount Pictures
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY: Command and Control
Telescript by Robert Kenner & Eric Schlosser, Story by Brian Pearle and Kim Roberts; Based on the book Command and Control by Eric Schlosser; American Experience Films
TELEVISION WINNERS:
DRAMA SERIES: The Americans
Written by Peter Ackerman, Tanya Barfield, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Stephen Schiff, Joe Weisberg, Tracey Scott Wilson; FX
COMEDY SERIES: Atlanta
Written by Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Jamal Olori, Stefani Robinson, Paul Simms; FX
NEW SERIES: Atlanta
Written by Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Jamal Olori, Stefani Robinson, Paul Simms; FX
ORIGINAL LONG FORM: Confirmation
Written by Susannah Grant; HBO
ADAPTED LONG FORM: The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Written by Scott Alexander, Joe Robert Cole, D.V. DeVincentis, Maya Forbes, Larry Karaszewski, Wally Wolodarsky, Based on the book The Run of His Life by Jeffrey Toobin; FX
ANIMATION: "Stop the Presses" (BoJack Horseman)
Written by Joe Lawson; Netflix
EPISODIC DRAMA: "The Trip" (This Is Us)
Written by Vera Herbert; NBC
EPISODIC COMEDY: "Kimmy Goes on a Playdate!" (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Written by Robert Carlock; Netflix
COMEDY / VARIETY TALK SERIES: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Writers: Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner; HBO - WINNER
COMEDY / VARIETY SKETCH SERIES: Saturday Night Live
Head Writers: Rob Klein, Bryan Tucker Writers: James Anderson, Fred Armisen, Jeremy Beiler, Chris Belair, Megan Callahan, Michael Che, Mikey Day, Jim Downey, Tina Fey, Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, Tim Herlihy, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Erik Kenward, Paul Masella, Dave McCary, Dennis McNicholas, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, Josh Patten, Paula Pell, Katie Rich, Tim Robinson, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, Streeter Seidell, Dave Sirus, Emily Spivey, Andrew Steele, Will Stephen, Kent Sublette; NBC
COMEDY / VARIETY SPECIALS: Triumph The Primary Election Special 2016
Written by Andy Breckman, Josh Comers, Raj Desai, David Feldman, R J Fried, Jarrett Grode, Ben Joseph, Matthew Kirsch, Michael Koman, Mike Lawrence, Brian Reich, Craig Rowin, Robert Smigel, Zach Smilovitz, David Taylor, Andrew Weinberg; Additional Materials by Ray James, Jesse Joyce, Jason Reich, Alex Scordelis; Hulu
QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION: Hollywood Game Night
Head Writer: Grant Taylor; Writers: Michael Agbabian, Alex Chauvin, Ann Slichter, Dwight D. Smith; NBC
DAYTIME DRAMA: General Hospital
Writers: Shelly Altman, Anna Theresa Cascio, Andrea Archer Compton, Suzanne Flynn, Janet Iacobuzio, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O'Connor, Jean Passanante, Dave Rupel, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Chris Van Etten, Christopher Whitesell; ABC
CHILDREN'S EPISODIC: "Mel vs. The Night Mare of Normal Street" (Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street)
Written by Laurie Parres; Amazon Studios
CHILDREN'S LONG FORM: Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
Written by Geri Cole & Ken Scarborough; HBO
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