‘CODA,’ ‘Hacks,’ ‘Succession’ Early Winners at Writers Guild Awards (Updating Live)
variety.comAdam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThe Writers Guild Awards, one of the final stops on this year’s awards cycle, were announced on Sunday.
The WGA West-WGA East joint virtual ceremony, hosted by Ashley Nicole Black, started at 4 p.m. PT.The nominations honor outstanding achievement for writing in film, television and new media in 2021.On the film side, original screenplay nominees are “Being the Ricardos,” “Don’t Look Up,” “The French Dispatch,” “King Richard” and “Licorice Pizza.” The adapted screenplay nominees are “CODA,” “Dune,” “Nightmare Alley,” “Tick, Tick … Boom!” and “West Side Story,” with “CODA” winning the award. (Several Oscar nominees for adapted and original screenplay — “Belfast,” “Drive My Car,” “The Lost Daughter,” “The Power of the Dog” and “The Worst Person in the World” — were ineligible for the WGA Awards.) Among the TV nominations, “Only Murders in the Building” led the WGA tally with three nods — while “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Loki,” “The Morning Show,” “Succession,” “Yellowjackets,” “Hacks,” “Reservation Dogs,” “Bob’s Burgers” and “The Simpsons” received two nominations each.
HBO led all networks with nine nominations — and the tally jumps to 12 nods when including HBO Max.In addition to the WGA categories, Seth Meyers will present late-night host and comedian Dick Cavett with WGAE’s 2022 Evelyn F.
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