Borat, Desus and Mero Win Big at 2021 WGA Awards

Congrats to the following comedy writers who came home (even if they already were at home for the virtual ceremony) with awards this year from the Writers Guild Association. ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Screenplay by Sacha Baron …

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Borat, Desus and Mero Win Big at 2021 WGA Awards

Congrats to the following comedy writers who came home (even if they already were at home for the virtual ceremony) with awards this year from the Writers Guild Association. ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Screenplay by Sacha Baron …

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R.I.P. John Marshall

John Marshall, a comedian and writer who earned an Emmy nomination for writing on HBO’s The Chris Rock Show, and who executive-produced multiple annual ceremonies for the Writers Guild Awards, has died from cancer. Raised in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., …

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R.I.P. John Marshall

John Marshall, a comedian and writer who earned an Emmy nomination for writing on HBO’s The Chris Rock Show, and who executive-produced multiple annual ceremonies for the Writers Guild Awards, has died from cancer. Raised in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., M…

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Congrats to the 2020 WGA Awards winners

It was a big weekend for women in comedy at the 2020 Writer Guild Association’s awards festivities, held as usual in both New York City and Los Angeles. Because writers can’t afford to all travel to one place? Or more likely because the WGA…

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Comedy winners at the 2019 Writers Guild Awards

Congrats to Bo Burnham and the rest of this year’s WGA winners from the Writers Guild, announced Sunday night. Burnham jokingly pointed out in his acceptance speech that all the “losers” in his category would just have to go and have …

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Here are your Writers Guild Award nominees from 2018

Congrats to all the hard-working scribes out there getting the most out of their WGA memberships! Here are the comedy-related nominees this year. 2019 Writers Guild Awards Nominees COMEDY SERIES Atlanta, Written by Ibra Ake, Donald Glover, Stephen Glov…

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Inside ‘The Onion,’ ‘ClickHole,’ and ‘The A.V. Club’s Vote to Unionize

The employees at Onion Inc., the company behind satire sites The Onion and ClickHole as well as The A.V. Club, have voted to unionize and will be the latest group of online publication staffers to join the Writers Guild of America. The news was announced today in a post published at The A.V. Club revealing that a majority of staffers at […]

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Jordan Peele, Veep, Last Week Tonight win at the 2018 WGA Awards

It was another great night both for Jordan Peele and HBO as the awards season swung through the Writers Guild of America on Sunday night. Peele won for Original Screenplay for his first feature film, Get Out, while HBO played host to the writers for both Best Comedy Series, Veep, and best comedy/variety talk series, […]

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