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36th Writers Guild of America Awards
The 36th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best television, and film writers of 1983. Winners were announced in 1984.
| 36th WGA Awards |
|---|
| 1984 |
| Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West |
The 36th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best television, and film writers of 1983. Winners were announced in 1984.
Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay | |
| Tender Mercies, Written by Horton Foote | |
| Silkwood, Written by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen | |
| WarGames, Written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes | Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screenplay |
| The Big Chill, Written by Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek | |
| Risky Business, Written by Paul Brickman | |
| Zelig, Written by Woody Allen | |
| Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium | |
| Reuben, Reuben, Screenplay by Julius J. Epstein; Based on the novel by Peter De Vries and the play by Herman Shumlin | |
| The Right Stuff, Screenplay by Philip Kaufman; Based on the book by Tom Wolfe | |
| The Year of Living Dangerously, Screenplay by David Williamson, Peter Weir and C.J. Koch; Based on the novel by C.J. Koch | Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium |
| Terms of Endearment, Screenplay by James L. Brooks; Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry | |
| A Christmas Story, Written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark; Based on the novel "In God We Trust, All Other Pay Cash" by Jean Shepherd | |
| To Be or Not to Be, Written by Thomas Meehan and Ronny Graham; Based on the 1942 screenplay by Edwin Justus Mayer and the story of Melchior Lengyel and Ernst Lubitsch |
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Episodic Comedy | |
| "Give Me a Ring Sometimes" – Cheers (NBC) – Glen Charles and Les Charles | |
| "Boys in the Bar" – Cheers (NBC) – Ken Levine and David Isaacs | |
| "The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One" – Cheers (NBC) – David Lloyd | |
| "Let Me Count the Ways" – Cheers (NBC) – Heide Perlman | |
| "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" – MAS*H (CBS) – Alan Alda, Burt Metcalf, John Rappaport, Dan Wilcox, Thad Mumford, Elias Davis, David Pollock and Karen Hall | |
| "Scenskees from a Marriage: Part 1 & 2" – Taxi (NBC) – Howard Gewirtz and Ian Praiser | |
| "Jim's Inheritance" – Taxi (NBC) – Ken Estin | Episodic Drama |
| "Trial by Fury" – Hill Street Blues (NBC) – David Milch | |
| "Jane Doe #37" – Cagney & Lacey (CBS) – Peter Lefcourt | |
| "Gung Ho" – Hill Street Blues (NBC) – David Milch, Jeffrey Lewis and Michael Wagner | |
| "Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back" – Hill Street Blues (NBC) – Anthony Yerkovich, David Milch, Karen Hall, Steven Bochco and Jeffrey Lewis | |
| "Addiction" – St. Elsewhere (NBC) – John Masius and Tom Fontana | |
| "Pilot" – Two Marriages (ABC) – Carol Sobieski | |
| Daytime Serials | |
| Ryan's Hope (ABC) – Claire Labine, Mary Munisteri, Paul Avila Mayer and Nancy Fordh | |
| Capitol – John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington, Shirley Hartman, Steve Hayes, Susan Goldberg, David Carren, Stephen Karpf, Elinor Karpf, Peggy O'Shea, Craig Carlson, Granville Burgess, Richard Camp and Peggy Sloane | Adapted Drama Anthology |
| For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story (PBS) – Ossie Davis and Ken Rotcop | |
| Original/Adapted Comedy Anthology | |
| The Other Woman – Lila Garret and Anne Meara | Original Drama Anthology |
| Special Bulletin (NBC) – Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick | |
| Original/Adapted Multi-Part Long Form Series | |
| "Part II" – Blood Feud (OPT) – Robert Boris | |
| "Part I" – V (NBC) – Kenneth Johnson | Children's Show |
| "The Woman Who Willed a Miracle" – ABC Afterschool Special (ABC) – Arthur Heinemann | |
| "Big Bird in China" – Sesame Street (PBS) – Jon Stone and Joseph A. Bailey | |
| "Oh Boy! Babies!" – NBC Special Treat (NBC) – Carole Hart, Bruce Hart and Sherry Coben |
| Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement |
|---|
| Jack Rose, Melville Shavelson, Melvin Frank, and Norman Panama |
| John Gay |
| Jerome Lawrence, and Robert E. Lee |
| Nate Monaster |
- WGA.org
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