The 2015 Writers Guild Awards were announced over the weekend, and The Grand Budapest Hotel, Louie, The Simpsons, High Maintenance, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver all took home awards for their work last year. Budapest won Original Screenplay, Louie won both Comedy Series and Episodic Comedy for its season 4 episode “So Did the Fat Lady,” and High Maintenance’s episode “Rachel” won for Short Form New Media. Check out the full list of comedy winners below:
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYThe Grand Budapest HotelScreenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness; Fox SearchlightCOMEDY SERIESLouie, Written by Louis CK; FXEPISODIC COMEDY“So Did the Fat Lady” (Louie), Written by Louis C.K.; FXANIMATION“Brick Like Me” (The Simpsons), Written by Brian Kelley; FoxCOMEDY / VARIETY (INCLUDING TALK) – SERIESLast Week Tonight with John Oliver, Writers: Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner; HBOCOMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS71st Annual Golden Globe Awards, Written by Barry Adelman; Special Material by Alex Baze, Dave Boone, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Jon Macks, Sam Means, Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler, Mike Shoemaker; NBCSHORT FORM NEW MEDIA“Episode 113: Rachel” (High Maintenance), Written by Katja Blichfeld & Ben Sinclair; helpingyoumaintain.com(via)
