Saturday
February 13, 2027

1999 Writers Guild Awards Winners

SCREEN

BEST SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, Miramax Films and Universal Pictures, Written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard

BEST SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED

OUT OF SIGHT, Universal Pictures, Screenplay by Scott Frank, Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard

TELEVISION

ORIGINAL LONG FORM

LABOR OF LOVE, A Ken Raskoff Production, Lifetime Movie of the Week, Written by Nina Shengold

ADAPTED LONG FORM

THE LOVE LETTER, Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS Movie of the Week, Teleplay by James Henerson, Television story by James Henerson, based on the short story by Jack Finney

EPISODIC DRAMA

PROOFS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD (NOTHING SACRED), 20th Century Fox Film Corp., ABC
Written by Bill Cain (aka Paul Leland)

EPISODIC COMEDY

FRASIER'S IMAGINARY FRIEND (FRASIER), Paramount Pictures Corp., NBC, Written by Rob Greenberg

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

ELLEN: A HOLLYWOOD TRIBUTE, Touchstone Television, ABC, Written by Tim Doyle

COMEDY/VARIETY -- (INCLUDING TALK) SERIES

DENNIS MILLER LIVE, Happy Family Productions, HBO, Written by Eddie Feldmann, David Feldman, Jose Arroyo, Leah Krinsky, Dennis Miller, Jim Hanna and David Weiss

DAYTIME SERIALS

ALL MY CHILDREN, ABC, Written by Agnes Nixon, Megan McTavish, Lorraine Broderick, Hal Corley, Frederick Johnson, Peggy Sloane, Victor Miller, Craig Carlson, N. Gail Lawrence, Juliet Law Packer, Karen Lewis, Michelle Patrick, Bettina F. Bradbury, Judith Donato, Kathleen Klein, Caroline Franz, Charlotte Gibson, Elizabeth Page and Sharon Epstein

CHILDREN'S SCRIPT

TELLY AS JACK (SESAME STREET), Children's Television Workshop, PBS, Written by Christine Ferraro

DOCUMENTARY CURRENT EVENTS

ONCE UPON A TIME IN ARKANSAS, Kirk Documentary Group, PBS, Written by Michael Kirk and Peter J. Boyer

DOCUMENTARY -- OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS

TRUMAN (THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE), David Grubin Productions, PBS, Written by David Grubin

NNEWS -- REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR BREAKING REPORT

FAREWELL TO A PRINCESS, CBS, Written by Jerry Cipriano and L. Franklin DeVine

NEWS -- ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY

THEODORE KACZYNSKI'S BROTHER (GOOD MORNING AMERICA), ABC, Written by Edmund Levin

RADIO

RADIO DOCUMENTARY

THE NATURE OF GIVING, ABC Radio Network, Written by Ruth Davis

NEWS -- REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR BREAKING REPORT

WORLD NEWS THIS WEEK, ABC Radio Network, Written by Stuart H. Chamberlain, Jr.

NEWS -- ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY (Please note: This is a three-way tie.)

GOODNIGHT MOON, ABC Radio Network, Written by Andrea Smith Stapleton

SINATRA (DAN RATHER REPORTING), CBS Radio Network, Written by Greg Kandra

FRANK SINATRA: THE FINAL CURTAIN, ABC Radio Network, Written by Hank Weinbloom

ON - AIR   PROMOTION

CBS PROMOTIONS, CBS, Written by Nancy McColgan

GRAPHIC ANIMATION

CBS GRAPHIC ANIMATION, CBS, Designed by Beth Leudesdorf

GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR PACKAGE/CAMPAIGN/SERIES

60 MINUTES AT 30, CBS, Designed by Beth Leudesdorf