The WGA has announced its nominations for outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio, and promotional writing during 2016 and they’re honoring a few notable newcomers.
In the television drama series category, cable and streaming services dominated with nominees FX’s The Americans, AMC’s Better Call Saul, HBO’s Game of Thrones, Netflix’s Stranger Things and HBO’s Westworld. Same for comedy series with nominees, FX’s Atlanta, HBO’s Silicon Valley, Amazon’s Transparent, Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and HBO’s Veep. In the new series category, NBC’s This is Us represented the only broadcast nominee, along with FX’s Atlanta and Better Things, and HBO’s Westworld.
Winners will be honored at the 2017 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 19, 2017, at concurrent ceremonies in New York City and Los Angeles.
Here is the full list of nominees:
