Sunday
March 8, 2026

2002 Writers Guild Awards Winners

SCREEN

BEST SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN

GOSFORD PARK, USA Films, Written by Julian Fellowes

BEST SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED

A BEAUTIFUL MIND, Universal Pictures, Written by Akiva Goldsman, based on the book by Sylvia Nasar

TELEVISION

ORIGINAL LONG FORM

CONSPIRACY, HBO Films; HBO, Written by Loring Mandel

ADAPTED LONG FORM

ANNE FRANK, Milk and Honey Productions in association with Dorothy Pictures, Inc.; ABC, Teleplay by Kirk Ellis, based on the book by Melissa Muller originally published by Claasen Verlag, Munich, Germany

EPISODIC DRAMA

PINE BARRENS (The Sopranos), Chase Films/Brad Grey Television in association with HBO Original Programming; HBO, Teleplay by Terence Winter, Story by Tim Van Patten & Terence Winter

EPISODIC COMEDY

ITALY, Parts 1 & 2 (Everybody Loves Raymond), HBO Independent Productions and Worldwide Pants, Inc. in association with Where’s Lunch, Inc.; CBS, Written by Philip Rosenthal

COMEDY/VARIETY -- MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES -- SPECIALS — (Any Length)

THE KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, A George Stevens Jr. Presentation, Kennedy Center Television Productions, Inc., CBS, Written by Don Baer and George Stevens Jr., film sequences Written by Sara Lukinson, Harry Miles Muheim

COMEDY/VARIETY -- (INCLUDING TALK) SERIES

LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O’BRIEN, Broadway Video; NBC, Mike Sweeney, Chris Albers, Ellen Barancik, Andy Blitz, Kevin Dorff, Jonathan Glaser, Michael Gordon, Roy Jenkins, Brian Kiley, Michael Koman, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O’Brien, Andrew Secunda, Robert Smigel, Brian Stack, Andrew Weinberg

DAYTIME SERIALS

ALL MY CHILDREN, ABC Daytime; ABC, Agnes Nixon, Jean Passanante, Craig Carlson, Frederick Johnson, N. Gail Lawrence, Victor Miller, Juliet Law Packer, Addie Walsh, Mimi Leahey, Bettina F. Bradbury, Charlotte Gibson, David Hiltbrand, Janet Iacobuzio, Royal Miller, John Piroman, Rebecca Taylor, Neal Bell

CHILDREN'S SCRIPT

MY LOUISIANA SKY, a Hyperion Studio & Aviator Films Production; Showtime, Teleplay by Anna Sandor, based on My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt

DOCUMENTARY -- CURRENT EVENTS

DRUG WARS, PART 2 (Frontline), Rain Media in cooperation with WGBH and Cambay Productions; PBS, Written by Lowell Bergman & Kenneth Levis and Doug Hamilton & Oriana Zill

DOCUMENTARY -- OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS (There is a tie)

HITLER’S LOST SUB (Nova), Lone Wolf Pictures in cooperation with WGBH; PBS, Written by Rushmore DeNooyer

SCOTTSBORO, AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (The American Experience), Social Media Productions; PBS, Written by Barak Goodman

NEWS -- REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT

WEDDING DISASTER, CBS-TV (WBBM), Jonathan Kaplan

NEWS -- ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY

THE CRUELTY CONNECTION, CBS-TV (WBBM), Jonathan Kaplan

RADIO

RADIO DOCUMENTARY — (any length)

EYE ON DEATH ROW (Weekend Roundup), CBS Radio Network, Wendy Zentz

NEWS -- REGULARLY SCHEDULED

THE RECOUNT, CBS Radio Network, Paul Farry

NEWS -- ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY

PRESERVING AMERICAN SOUND (Perspective), ABC News Radio, Scott L. Anderson

ON-AIR PROMOTION

NBC PROMOTIONS, NBC, Lori Sunshine