Emmys: Writing Awards
The nominees and winners of writing awards at last night’s Emmys:
WRITING FOR A COMEDY
“Flight Of The Conchords” — “Prime Minister” (HBO) — James Bobin, Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie,
WINNER: “30 Rock” — “Reunion” (NBC) — Matt Hubbard
“30 Rock” — “Apollo, Apollo” (NBC) — Robert Carlock
“30 Rock” — “Mamma Mia” (NBC) Ron Weiner
“30 Rock” — “Kidney Now!” (NBC) — Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock
More than one option
- (Film) Reunion
- Carmen Duncan, Chris Langman
- (Film) Yi Lou Yi
- (Film) Reunion
- Bree Anthony, Jay West
- (Film) Reunion
- (Film) Reunion
- Denzel Washington, Regge Life
- (Film) Reunion: Dogme #17
- (Film) The Eden Myth
- (Film) Reunion
- Carolyn Owens, Sheila Norman
- (Tv) Reunion
- Kevin Dobson, Russ Mayberry
- (Tv) Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files
- (Tv) Reunion
- Series Information, Seasons, Credits, Awards
- (Tv) Class Reunion
- (Tv) Reunion
- Marlo Thomas, Lee Grant
- (Tv) Reunion
- Series Information, Seasons, Credits, Awards
- (Tv) Reunion
- Series Information, Seasons, Credits, Awards
- (Film) Reunion
- 1991 — Jason Robards, Jerry Schatzberg
- (Film) Reunion
- 2000 — Tim Devlin, Larry David Eudene
WRITING FOR A DRAMA
“Lost” — “The Incident” — (ABC) — Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof
“Mad Men — A Night To Remember” — (AMC) — Robin Veith, Matthew Weiner
“Mad Men — Six Month Leave” — (AMC) — Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Matthew Weiner
“Mad Men” — The Jet Set” — (AMC) — Matthew Weiner
WINNER: “Mad Men” — “Meditations In An Emergency” — (AMC) — Kater Gordon, Matthew Weiner
WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
“The Colbert Report” (Comedy Central) — Stephen Colbert, Allison Silverman, Richard Dahm, Michael Brumm, Rob Dubbin, Opus Moreschi, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Frank Lesser, Tom Purcell, Glenn Eichler, Peter Grosz, Barry Julien, Meredith Scardino
WINNER: “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (Comedy Central) — Steve Bodow, Jon Stewart, David Javerbaum, Josh Lieb, Rory Albanese, Kevin Bleyer, Jason Ross, Tim Carvell, John Oliver, Sam Means, Rob Kutner, J.R. Havlan, Rich Blomquist, Wyatt Cenac, Elliott Kalan, Rachel Axler
“Late Night With Conan O’Brien” (NBC) — Mike Sweeney, Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Dan Cronin, Kevin Dorff, Andres du Bouchet, Michael Gordon, Berkley Johson, Brian Kiley, Todd Levin, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O’Brien, Matt O’Brien, Brian Stack, Andrew Weinberg
“Late Show With David Letterman” (CBS) — Eric Stangel, Justin Stangel, Michael Barrie, Jim Mulholland, Steve Young, Tom Ruprecht, Lee Ellenberg, Matt Roberts, Jeremy Weiner, Joe Grossman, Bill Scheft, Bob Borden, Frank Sebastiano, David Letterman
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) — Seth Meyers, Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, John Lutz, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Paula Pell, Simon Rich, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, John Solomon, Emily Spivey, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker
More than one option
More than one option
More than one option
- (Person) John G Oliver
- (Person) John Oliver
- Actor, Music, Sound
- (Person) John Oliver
- Actor
- (Person) John Oliver
- Propman
More than one option
- (Person) Jason Ross
- Actor, Song
- (Person) Jason Ross
WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
“Generation Kill — Bomb In The Garden” (HBO)- David Simon
“Grey Gardens” (HBO) — Michael Sucsy, Patricia Rozema
“Into The Storm” (HBO)- Hugh Whitemore
WINNER: “Little Dorrit” (PBS) — Andrew Davies
“Taking Chance” (HBO) — Ross Katz
“Mad Men” and “30 Rock” the big winners.
UPDATE: But wait! This just in! The Hollywood Roaster reports “Lifetime sweeps Emmys”!