Writers Guild of America Awards 1997

50th WGA Awards

February 21, 1998

Best Adapted Screenplay:
L.A. Confidential

Best Original Screenplay:
As Good as It Gets

The 50th Writers Guild of America Awards, given on 21 February 1998, honored the best writers of 1997.

Winners

Film

Best Adapted Screenplay:
- L.A. Confidential - Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
Best Original Screenplay:
- As Good as It Gets -Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks

Television

Best Episodic Drama

"Entrapment" - Law & Order - Rene Balcer and Richard Sweren

"Whose Appy Now?" - ER - Neal Baer
"Deadbeat" - Law & Order - Ed Zuckerman and I. C. Rapoport

Best Episodic Comedy

"The Fatigues" - Seinfeld - Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin

"The Puppy Episode" - Ellen - Mark Driscoll, Dana Savel, Tracey Newman, Jonathan Stark and Ellen DeGeneres
"The Impossible Dream" - Frasier - Rob Greenberg
"The Chicken Roaster" - Seinfeld - Alec Berg and Jeff Schaffer
"The Bizarro Jerry" - Seinfeld - David Mandel
"Ellen, Or Isn't She?" - The Larry Sanders Show - Judd Apatow, John Markus and Garry Shandling
"The Book" - The Larry Sanders Show - Maya Forbes

1997 Daytime Serials Winner- All My Children: Agnes Nixon; Lorraine Broderick; Hal Corley; Fredrick Johnson; Gail Lawrence; Jeff Beldner; Christina Covino; Courtney Sherman; Millee Taggart; Karen Lewis; Elizabeth Smith; Michelle Patrick; Bettina F. Bradbury; Judith Donato; Kathleen Klein; Jane Owen Murphy

Other Nominees: General Hospital: Claire Labine; Matthew Labine; Robert Guza, Jr.; Karen Harris; Michele Val Jean; Meg Bennett; Ralph Ellis; Mary Ryan; Jane Atkins; Stephanie Braxton; Judith Pinsker; Lynda Myles; Elizabeth Korte; Patrick Mulcahey; Lisa Lieberman

Writers Guild of America Awards

Film Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Documentary Screenplay

Television Awards	Animation Comedy Series Daytime Serials Drama Series Episodic Comedy Episodic Drama Long Form - Adapted Long Form - Original New Series Children's Script

Special Awards	Paul Selvin Award Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

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