This is a list of US Scriptwriters Guild Award winners and nominees for Best Screenplay in an episode of the drama series .
- † Episode Awarded Emmy Award for Best Drama Screenplay
- * The episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Drama Screenplay
| U.S. Scriptwriters Guild Award for Best Screenplay in Drama Series Episode | |
|---|---|
| Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama | |
| A country | |
| Founder | U.S. Scriptwriters Guild |
| Base | |
| The last owner | Robert King and Michelle King |
| Site | wga.org |
Content
1990-1999
2000-2009
| Year | Show | Episode | Screenwriter (s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | West wing | “In Excelsis Deo” † | Aaron Sorkin and Rick Cleveland | Nbc |
| Again and again | "Strangers and Brothers" | Richard Kramer | Abc | |
| Clan soprano | Big Girls Don't Cry | Terence Winter | HBO | |
| The Knight in White Satin Armor * | Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess | |||
| West wing | "Enemies" | Ron Osbourne, Jeff Renault, Rick Cleveland, Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. and Patrick Caddell | Nbc | |
| "Take This Sabbath Day" | Aaron Sorkin, Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. and Paul Redford | |||
| 2001 | Clan soprano | Pine Barrens * | Tim Van Patten and Terence Winter | HBO |
| CSI: Crime Scene | "Blood Drops" | Ann Donahue and Tish McCarthy | Cbs | |
| Clan soprano | " Employee of the Month " † | Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess | HBO | |
| " Proshai, Livushka " | David chase | |||
| West wing | "Somebody's Going to Emergency", "Somebody's Going to Jail" | Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin | Nbc | |
| " Two Cathedrals " | Aaron Sorkin | |||
| 2002 | Raising Max Bickford | "Pilot" | Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin | Cbs |
| Ambulance | "On the Beach" * | John Wells | Nbc | |
| Resurrection Boulevard | "Nino del Polvo" | Robert Eisel | Showtime | |
| The customer is always dead | "In Place of Anger" | Christian Taylor | HBO | |
| Clan soprano | " Whoever Did This " * | Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess | ||
| West wing | "Game On" | Aaron Sorkin and Paul Redford | Nbc | |
| 2003 | 24 hours | "Day 2: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm" | Evan Katz | Fox |
| Law and order | "Bounty" | Michael S. Chernuchin | Nbc | |
| Law & Order: Special Corps | "Abomination" | Michelle Fazekas and Tara Butters | ||
| "Loss" | ||||
| Lonely Hearts | "Premiere" | John Schwartz | Fox | |
| West wing | "Disaster Relief" | Alexa Junge and Lauren Schmidt | Nbc | |
| 2004 | West wing | "The Supremes" | Deborah Kahn | Nbc |
| The customer is always dead | "Falling into Place" | Craig Wright | HBO | |
| Clan soprano | “ Long Term Parking ” † | Terence Winter | ||
| West wing | Memorial Day | John Seikret Young and Josh Singer | Nbc | |
| 2005 | Dr. House | " Autopsy " | Lawrence Kaplow | Fox |
| CSI: Crime Scene | "Grave Danger" | Anthony E. Siker , Carol Mendelssohn , Naren Shankar and Quentin Tarantino | Cbs | |
| Body parts | Rhea Reynolds | Jennifer Salt | Fx | |
| The customer is always dead | "Singing for Our Lives" | Scott buck | HBO | |
| Veronica Mars | "Normal Is the Watchword" | Rob Thomas | UPN | |
| West wing | "A Good Day" | Carol Flint | Nbc | |
| 2006 | Big love | "Pilot" | Mark W. Olsen and Will Schaeffer | HBO |
| Battlestar Galactica | Occupation / Precipice * | Ronald D. Moore | Sci fi | |
| To stay alive | " Two for the Road " | Elizabeth Sarnoff and Christina M. Kim | Abc | |
| Nightmares and fantastic visions | "The End of the Whole Mess" | Lawrence D. Cohen and Stephen King | TNT | |
| Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | "Pilot" | Aaron Sorkin | Nbc | |
| West wing | Election Day: Part II | Eli Etti and John Wells | ||
| 2007 | Clan soprano | " The Second Coming " * | Terence Winter | HBO |
| Snooper | "The Round File" | Michael Alaimo | TNT | |
| Dexter | " The Dark Defender " | Tim Schlattmann | Showtime | |
| To stay alive | " Flashes Before Your Eyes " | Damon Lindelof and Drew Goddard | Abc | |
| Madmen | "The Hobo Code" | Chris Provenzano | AMC | |
| Wiretap | " Final Grades " | David Simon and Ed Burns | HBO | |
| 2008 | Breaking bad | " Pilot " | Vince gilligan | AMC |
| Breaking bad | " Gray Matter " | Patty lin | AMC | |
| Black Mark | "Double Booked" | Craig O'Neill and Jason Tracy | USA | |
| Dexter | "There's Something About Harry" | Scott Reynolds | Showtime | |
| Eli Stone | "Pilot" | Greg Berlanti and Mark Guggenheim | Abc | |
| Dr. House | "Don't Ever Change" | Doris Egan and Leonard Dick | Fox | |
| 2009 | Dr. House | " Broken " | Russell Friend , Garrett Lerner , David Foster and David Shore | Fox |
| Big love | "Come, Ye Saints" | Melanie Marnich | HBO | |
| Breaking bad | "Phoenix" | John shiban | AMC | |
| Madmen | "The Grown-Ups" | Brett Johnson and Matthew Weiner | ||
| Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency * | Robin Waite and Matthew Weiner | |||
| Real blood | "I Will Rise Up" | Nancy Oliver | HBO |
2010—
| Year | Show | Episode | Screenwriter (s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Madmen | " The Chrysanthemum and the Sword " | Erin Levy | AMC |
| Breaking bad | "I See You" | Jennifer hutchison | AMC | |
| IFT | George Mastras | |||
| Good wife | Boom | Ted Humphrey | Cbs | |
| Dr. House | Help Me | Russell Friend , Garrett Lerner and Peter Blake | Fox | |
| To stay alive | The End * | Damon Lindelof and Carleton Cuse | Abc | |
| 2011 | Breaking bad | Box Cutter | Vince gilligan | AMC |
| Homeland | " The Good Soldier " | Henry Bromell | Showtime | |
| Boardwalk Empire | " The Age of Reason " | Bathsheba Doran | HBO | |
| " A Dangerous Maid " | Itamar Moses | |||
| Breaking bad | " End Times " | Thomas Schnauz and Moira Wally-Beckett | AMC | |
| Dexter | "Just Let Go" | Jace richdale | Showtime | |
| 2012 | Madmen | " The Other Woman " * | Seven Cellas and Matthew Weiner | AMC |
| Breaking bad | " Buyout " | Jennifer hutchison | AMC | |
| Dead Freight * | George Mastras | |||
| Fifty-One | Sam Kathleen | |||
| Say My Name * | Thomas Schnauz | |||
| Homeland | " New Car Smell " | Meredith Steam | Showtime | |
| 2013 | Breaking bad | " Confessions " | Jennifer hutchison | AMC |
| Breaking bad | " Buried " | Thomas Schnauz | AMC | |
| " Granite State " | Peter Gould | |||
| Good wife | "Hitting the Fan" | Robert King and Michelle King | Cbs | |
| House of cards | " Chapter 1 " | Bo willimon | Netflix | |
| Masters of sex | " Pilot " | Michelle Ashford | Showtime | |
| 2014 | Good wife | " The Last Call " | Robert King and Michelle King | Cbs |
| Boardwalk Empire | "Devil You Know" | Howard Corder | HBO | |
| "Friendless Child" | Riccardo DiLoreto, Christine Chambers and Howard Corder | |||
| Game of Thrones | " The Lion and the Rose " | George R. R. Martin | ||
| Madmen | "A Day's Work" | Jonathan Eagle and Matthew Weiner | AMC | |
| Correct mistakes | "Donald the Normal" | Kate Powers and Ray McKinnon | Sundance | |
| 2015 | Better call Saul | " Uno " | Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould | AMC |
| Game of Thrones | " Mother's Mercy " | David Benioff and D. B. Weiss | HBO | |
| Good wife | Mind's Eye | Robert King and Michelle King | Cbs | |
| Abandoned | International Assassin | Damon Lindelof and Nick Cuse | HBO | |
| Madmen | " Person to Person " | Matthew Weiner | AMC | |
| Narco | "Explosivos" | Andy black | Netflix | |
| 2016 | This is us | "The Trip" | Vera Herbert | Nbc |
| Better call Saul | "Gloves Off" | Gordon Smith | AMC | |
| Klick | Heather Marion and Vince Gilligan | |||
| " Switch " | Thomas Schnauz | |||
| Game of Thrones | " The Winds of Winter " | David Benioff and D. B. Weiss | HBO | |
| Shameless | "I Am a Storm" | Sheila Callahan | Showtime | |
| 2017 | Better call Saul | " Chicanery " | Gordon Smith | AMC |
| The Americans | "The Soviet Division" | Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg | Fx | |
| Better call Saul | " Slip " | Heather Marion | AMC | |
| Good behavior | "The Heart Attack is the Best Way" | Chad Hodge | TNT | |
| Abandoned | "The Book of Nova" | Tom Perrotta , Damon Lindelof and Tom Speziali | HBO | |
| OA | "Homecoming" | Brit Marling and Batmanglege Hall | Netflix | |
| 2018 | Homeland | " Paean to the People " | Alex gans | Showtime |
| Lovers | 406 | Lydia Diamond, Sarah Sutherland and Haken Castellanos | Showtime | |
| The Handmaid's Tale | "First Blood" | Eric Tuckman | Hulu | |
| Narco: Mexico | "Camelot" | Eric Newman and Clayton Thrassel | Netflix | |
| Ozark | "The Precious Blood of Jesus" | David manson | ||
| This is us | "The Car" | Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger | Nbc |
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