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Writers Guild Awards (WGA) - Movies from 1978

Highlights
Most awarded films
Coming Home
1
Midnight Express
1
M*A*S*H (MASH) (TV Series)
1
Lou Grant (TV Series)
1
Heaven Can Wait
1
Movie Movie
1
Most nominated films
Taxi (TV Series)
2
M*A*S*H (MASH) (TV Series)
2
Lou Grant (TV Series)
2
The Waltons (TV Series)
2
Same Time, Next Year
1
House Calls
1
Best Original Drama Screenplay
Past Winners See Rating & Posters
Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones
Winners
Terrence Malick
Deric Washburn , Michael Cimino, Louis Garfinkle, Quinn K. Redeker
Woody Allen
Paul Mazursky
Best Original Comedy Screenplay
Past Winners See Rating & Posters
Larry Gelbart, Sheldon Keller
Winners
Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller
Max Shulman, Julius J. Epstein, Alan Mandel, Charles Shyer
Frank D. Gilroy
John Considine, Patricia Resnick, Allan F. Nicholls, Robert Altman
Best Adapted Drama Screenplay
Past Winners See Rating & Posters
Oliver Stone
Winner
Walter Newman
Wendell Mayes
W.D. Richter
Judith Rascoe, Robert Stone
Best Adapted Comedy Screenplay
Past Winners See Rating & Posters
Elaine May, Warren Beatty
Winners
Neil Simon
Bernard Slade
Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman, Robert Benton
Peter Stone
Best Episodic Drama
Past Winners See Rating & Posters
Seth Freeman (2x2 - Prisoner)
Winner
Gary David Goldberg (2x5 - Murder)
Howard Berk (7x5 - The Conspirators)
Stephen J. Cannell (4x21 - The House on Willis Avenue)
Ray Cunneff (7x7 - The Captive)
John McGreevey (7x8 - The Illusion)
Best Episodic Comedy
Past Winners See Rating & Posters
Gary David Goldberg (7x9 - Baby, It's Cold Outside)
Winner
Milt Josefsberg, Phil Sharp, Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf (9x12 - California, Here We Are)
Reinhold Weege (4x13 - The Ghost)
Ken Levine, David Isaacs (7x10 - Point of View)
Dale McRaven (1x1 - Pilot)
Bob Ellison (5x3 - Rhoda vs. Ida)
Michael Leeson (1x3 - Blind Date)
Barry Kemp (1x11 - Part 1: Memories of Cab 804 & 1x12 - Part 2: Memories of Cab 804)
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