Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Original

The Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Original is an award presented by the Writers Guild of America to the writers of the best long-form program not based on the previously published material of the season. It has been awarded since the 49th Annual Writers Guild of America Awards in 1996.

Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Original
Awarded forOutstanding Writing for a Long Form – Original
CountryUnited States
Presented byWriters Guild of America
First awarded1996 (for the programs released in 1995–1996 TV season)
Currently held byChernobyl (2019)
Websitewww.wga.org

Name History
  • 1996–2007: Long Form – Original
  • 2008–2010: Long Form – Original: Over one hour – one or two parts, one or two airing times
  • 2011–present: Long Form – Original

Winners and nominees

The year indicates when each season aired. Single winner of the years is left unmarked while other winners are highlighted in gold.

1990s
Year Winner(s) Writer(s) Network Ref.
1996
ER
– "24 Hours"		 Michael Crichton Warner Bros. Television and NBC [1]
1997
Harvest of Fire Richard Alfieri and Susan Nanus Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions and CBS [2]
Hidden in Silence Stephanie Liss Hearst Entertainment Productions and Lifetime
1998
The Summer of Ben Tyler Robert Inman Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions and CBS [3]
1999
Labor of Love Nina Shengold Ken Raskoff Productions and Lifetime [4]

2000s
Year Winner(s) Writer(s) Network Ref.
2000
Dash and Lilly Jerry Ludwig A&E and Granada Entertainment [5]
2001
Freedom Song Phil Alden Robinson and Stanley Weiser Turner Pages and TNT [6]
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal Tina Andrews Aerial Acts, Inc. and CBS
2002
Conspiracy Loring Mandel HBO Films and HBO [7]
2003
The Gathering Storm Hugh Whitemore and Larry Ramin Scott Free Productions, HBO Films, and HBO [8]
2004
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself Larry Gelbart HBO [9]
2005
Something the Lord Made Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell HBO [10]
2006
Warm Springs Margaret Nagle HBO [11]
2007
Flight 93 Nevin Schreiner A&E [12]
2008
Pandemic Bryce Zabel and Jackie Zabel Hallmark Channel [13]
2009
Recount Danny Strong HBO [14]

2010s
Year Winner and nominee(s) Writer(s) Network Ref.
2010
Georgia O’Keeffe Michael Cristofer Lifetime [15]
2011
The Special Relationship Peter Morgan HBO [16]
2012
Cinema Verite David Seltzer HBO [17]
2013
Hatfields & McCoys
– "Part 2" + "Part 3"		 Bill Kerby, Ted Mann, and Ronald Parker History [18]
Hemingway & Gellhorn Jerry Stahl and Barbara Turner HBO
Political Animals
– "Pilot"		 Greg Berlanti USA
2014
Deliverance Creek Melissa Carter Lifetime [19]
Return to Zero Sean Hanish Lifetime
2015
Saints & Strangers Seth Fisher, Walon Green, Chip Johannessen, and Eric Overmyer Nat Geo [20]
American Horror Story: Hotel Brad Falchuk, John J. Gray, Todd Kubrak, Crystal Liu, Ned Martel, Tim Minear, Ryan Murphy, Jennifer Salt, and James Wong FX
Flesh and Bone Bronwyn Garrity, Jami O'Brien, Adam Rapp, Moira Walley-Beckett, and David Wiener Starz
Sons of Liberty Stephen David, Kirk Ellis, and David C. White History
2016
Confirmation Susannah Grant HBO [21]
American Crime Julie Hébert, Sonay Hoffman, Keith Huff, Stacy A. Littlejohn, Kirk A. Moore, Davy Perez and Diana Son ABC
Harley and the Davidsons Seth Fisher, Nick Schenk and Evan Wright Discovery Channel
Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le Dianne Houston Lifetime
2017
Flint Barbara Stepansky Lifetime [22]
American Horror Story: Cult Brad Falchuk, John J. Gray, Joshua Green, Todd Kubrak, Crystal Liu, Ned Martel, Tim Minear, Ryan Murphy, Adam Penn and James Wong FX
Feud: Bette and Joan Jaffe Cohen, Sonay Hoffman, Tim Minear, Ryan Murphy, Gina Welch and Michael Zam
Godless Scott Frank Netflix
Manhunt: Unabomber Jim Clemente, Tony Gittelson, Max Hurwitz, Steven Katz, Nick Schenk, Andrew Sodroski and Nick Towne Discovery Channel
2018
Castle Rock Marc Bernardin, Scott Brown, Lila Byock, Mark Lafferty, Sam Shaw, Dustin Thomason, Gina Welch and Vinnie Wilhelm Hulu [23]
My Dinner with Hervé Sacha Gervasi and Sean Macaulay HBO
Paterno Debora Cahn and John C. Richards
2019
Chernobyl Craig Mazin HBO [24]
True Detective Nic Pizzolatto, David Milch, Alessandra DiMona, Graham Gordy and Gabriel Hobson HBO
The Terror: Infamy Max Borenstein, Naomi Iizuka, Tony Tost, Alexander Woo, Alessandra DiMona, Shannon Goss, Steven Hanna, Benjamin Klein and Danielle Roderick AMC
Togo Tom Flynn Disney+

References
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  3. "WGA Awards 1998". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  4. "WGA Awards 1999". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
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  18. "WGA Awards 2013". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  19. "WGA Awards 2014". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  20. "WGA Awards 2015". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  21. "WGA Awards 2016". WGA. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  22. "WGA Awards 2017". WGA. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  23. "WGA Awards 2018". WGA. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  24. "2020 Writers Guild Awards Nominees & Winners". WGA. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
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