29th Writers Guild of America Awards

29th WGA Awards
29th WGA Awards
Date	1977
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West

The 29th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1976. Winners were announced in 1977.^[1]

Winners and nominees

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Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay Network, Written by Paddy Chayefsky The Omen, Written by David Seltzer Rocky, Written by Sylvester Stallone Taxi Driver, Written by Paul Schrader The Front, Written by Walter Bernstein	Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screenplay The Bad News Bears, Written by Bill Lancaster Murder by Death, Written by Neil Simon Next Stop, Greenwich Village, Written by Paul Mazursky Silent Movie, Written by Mel Brooks, Ron Clark, Rudy De Luca and Barry Levinson Silver Streak, Written by Colin Higgins
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium All the President's Men, Screenplay by William Goldman; Based on the book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward Bound for Glory, Screenplay by Robert Getchell; Based on the autobiography by Woody Guthrie The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Screenplay by Nicholas Meyer; Based on the novel by Nicholas Meyer Marathon Man, Screenplay by William Goldman, Based on his novel The Shootist, Screenplay by Miles Hood Swarthout and Scott Hale; Based on the novel by Glendon Swarthout	Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Screenplay by Frank Waldman and Blake Edwards Family Plot, Screenplay by Ernest Lehman; Based on the novel by Victor Canning Stay Hungry, Screenplay by Charles Gaines and Bob Rafelson; Based on the novel by Charles Gaines The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, Screenplay by Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins; Based on the novel by William Brashler The Ritz, Screenplay by Terrence McNally; Based on his play

Television

Episodic Comedy *"Dear Sigmund" – MASH (CBS) – Alan Alda** "Joey's Baptism" – All in the Family (CBS) – Mel Tolkin, Larry Rhine and Milt Josefsberg "Evacuation" – Barney Miller (ABC) – Danny Arnold and Chris Hayward "Hawkeye Get Your Gun" – MASH* (CBS) – Jay Folb, and Gene Reynolds "Mary's Insomnia" – The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) – David Lloyd "My Son, the Genius" – The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) – Bob Ellison	Episodic Drama *"Crossing Fox River" – Lincoln* (NBC) – Loring Mandel** "Flying Misfits" – Baa Baa Black Sheep (NBC) – Stephen J. Cannell "The November Plan: Part 1, 2 & 3" – City of Angels (NBC) – Stephen J. Cannell and Roy Huggins Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (ABC) – Millard Lampell "So Help Me God" – The Rockford Files (NBC) – Juanita Barltett
Daytime Serials Ryan's Hope (ABC) – Claire Labine, Paul Avila Mayer, Mary Munisteri and Jeffrey Lane Days of Our Lives (NBC) – William J. Bell, Patricia Falken Smith, Bill Rega, Margaret Stewart and Kay Lenard The Edge of Night (ABC) – Henry Slesar	Children's Script - Episodic & Specials *"Blind Sunday" – ABC Afterschool Special* (ABC) – Arthur Barron** "Big Henry and the Polka Dot Kid" – NBC Special Treat (NBC) – W.W. Lewis Bound for Freedom (NBC) – Jan Hartman "Part II" – God's Country (CBS) – Alfa-Betty Olsen and Marshall Efron

Special awards

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Samson Raphaelson
Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
Everett Greenbaum, James Fritzell
Valentine Davies Award
Carl Foreman
Morgan Cox Award
Herbert Baker

References

^ "Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1977)". IMDb. Retrieved June 20, 2019.

External links

WGA.org

[1] "Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2010.

[2] "Writers Guild of America, USA (1977)". IMDb. Retrieved June 20, 2019.

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Writers Guild of America Awards
Film Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Documentary Screenplay
Television/ New Media Awards	Animation Comedy Series Comedy/Variety Talk Series Comedy/Variety Specials Comedy/Variety Sketch Series Daytime Serials Drama Series Episodic Comedy Episodic Drama Limited Series TV & New Media Pictures Short Form New Media New Series Children's Script
Special Awards	Paul Selvin Award Valentine Davies Award Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement Evelyn F. Burkey Award
Former Awards	Musical Western American Scene Drama Comedy Long Form – Adapted Long Form – Original Documentary Script – Current Events Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events
Ceremonies	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Years are of film release; ceremonies are held the following year