Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Adapted
| Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Adapted | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Writing for a Long Form – Adapted |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Writers Guild of America |
| First awarded | 1976 |
| Currently held by | Maid – Bekah Brunstetter, Marcus Gardley, Michelle Denise Jackson, Colin McKenna, Molly Smith Metzler (2021) |
| Website | www.wga.org |
The Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Adapted is an award presented by the Writers Guild of America to the writers of the best long form program based on the previously published material or work of the season. It has been awarded since the 50th Annual Writers Guild of America Awards in 1996.
Through the 70s and 80s, numerous categories were presented to recognize writing for long-form programs, some of them were for anthology series or limited series while others also included television films as "long form". The divisions between original and adapted were presented in some of the categories presented during these years, though not all of them.
Since the 39th Writers Guild of America Awards in 1976, two categories are presented to recognize the writing in long form television media, these two categories remain to this day and are: Long Form – Original and Long Form – Adapted.
Name history
- Best Anthology Adaptation (1979)
- Best Multi-Part Long Form Series and/or Any Production of More Than Two Parts (1978-1979)
- Best Adapted Drama Anthology (1082-1985)
- Best Original/Adapted Comedy Anthology (1984-1985)
- Best Original/Adapted Multi-Part Long Form Series (1984)
- Best Long Form - Adapted (1986-present)
Winners and nominees
The year indicates that each ceremony honored the programs of that year. Single winner of the year is left unmarked, while other winners which also have nominees are highlighted in gold and in bold.
1970s
- Best Anthology Adaptation
| Year | Program | Writer(s) | Source material | Network | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | |||||
| A Christmas to Remember | Stewart Stern | The novel The Melodeon by Glendon Swarthout | CBS | ||
| A Woman Called Moses | Lonne Elder III | The book by Marcy Heidish | NBC |
- Best Multi-Part Long Form Series and/or Any Production of More Than Two Parts
| Year | Program | Writer(s) | Source material | Network | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | |||||
|
Centennial "Only The Rocks Live Forever" |
John Wilder | The novel by James A. Michener | NBC | ||
| 1979 | |||||
| Backstairs at the White House | Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov | The novel My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House by Lillian Rogers Parks | NBC |
1980s
- Best Adapted Drama Anthology
| Year | Program | Writer(s) | Source material | Network | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | |||||
| Of Mice and Men | E. Nick Alexander | The novel by John Steinbeck | NBC | ||
| 1983 | |||||
| For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story | Ossie Davis and Ken Rotcop | The book by Myrlie Evers-Williams and William Peters | PBS | ||
| 1984 | |||||
| The Dollmaker | Susan Cooper and Hume Cronyn | The novel by Harriette Simpson Arnow | ABC | ||
| 1985 | |||||
| The Burning Bed | Rose Leiman Goldemberg | The novel by Faith McNulty | NBC |
- Best Original/Adapted Comedy Anthology
| Year | Program | Writer(s) | Source material | Network | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | |||||
| Hobson's Choice | Burt Prelutsky | Original TV movie | CBS | ||
| 1985 | |||||
| The Ratings Game | Michael Barrie and Jim Mulholland | Original TV movie | Showtime |
- Best Original/Adapted Multi-Part Long Form Series
| Year | Program | Writer(s) | Source material | Network | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | |||||
|
Blood Feud "Part II" |
Robert Boris | Original TV movie | Syndicated | ||
|
V "Part I" |
Kenneth Johnson | Original miniseries | NBC | ||
| 1984 | |||||
| The First Olympics: Athens 1896 | Charles Gary Allison and William Bast | Original miniseries | NBC |
- Best Long Form - Adapted
| Year | Program | Writer(s) | Source material | Network | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | |||||
| Peter the Great | Edward Anhalt | The book Peter the Great: His Life and World by Robert K. Massie | NBC | ||
| Trapped in Silence | Vickie Patik | The book Murphy's Boy by Torey Hayden | CBS | ||
| 1987 | |||||
| Escape from Sobibor | Reginald Rose | Various sources | CBS | ||
| Prison for Children | Christopher Knopf | CBS | |||
| 1988 | |||||
|
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World "Part 1" |
Jacqueline Feather and David Seidler | The book Ari: The Life and Times of Aristotle Socrates Onassis by Peter Evans | ABC | ||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame: Foxfire | Susan Cooper | The play by Cooper, Hume Cronyn and Jonathan Brielle | CBS | ||
| A Friendship in Vienna | Richard Alfieri | The book The Devil in Vienna by Doris Orgel | Disney Channel | ||
| 1989 | |||||
|
Lonesome Dove "Part I: Leaving" |
William D. Wittliff | The novel by Larry McMurtry | CBS |
1990s
- Best Long Form - Adapted
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Year | Program | Writer(s) | Source material | Network | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Queen's Gambit | Scott Frank and Allan Scott | The novel by Walter Travis | Netflix | |
| Bad Education | Mike Makowsky | The New York Magazine article "The Bad Superintendent' by Robert Kolker | HBO | ||
| Clouds | Kara Holden, Casey La Scala & Patrick Kopka | The book Fly A Little Higher by Laura Sobiech | Disney+ | ||
| The Good Lord Bird | Jeff Augustin, Ethan Hawke, Erika L. Johnson, Mark Richard, Kristen SaBerre, Lauren Signorino | The novel by James McBride | Showtime | ||
| Little Fires Everywhere | Harris Danow, Rosa Handelman, Shannon Houston, Attica Locke, Raamla Mohamed, Amy Talkington, Liz Tigelaar, Nancy Won | The novel by Celeste Ng | Hulu | ||
| 2021 | Maid | Bekah Brunstetter, Marcus Gardley, Michelle Denise Jackson, Colin McKenna, Molly Smith Metzler | The book Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land | Netflix | |
| Impeachment: American Crime Story | Flora Birnbaum, Sarah Burgess, Halley Feiffer, Daniel Pearle | The book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin | FX | ||
| The Underground Railroad | Jihan Crowther, Allison Davis, Jacqueline Hoyt, Barry Jenkins, Nathan C. Parker, Adrienne Rush | The novel by Colson Whitehead | Prime Video | ||
| Halston | Ian Brennan, Ted Malawer, Ryan Murphy, Tim Pinckney, Sharr White, Kristina Woo | The book Simply Halston by Steven Gaines | Netflix | ||
| WandaVision | Peter Cameron, Mackenzie Dohr, Laura Donney, Bobak Esfarjani, Chuck Hayward, Megan McDonnell, Jac Schaeffer, Cameron Squires | The Marvel Comics | Disney+ |