Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Adapted

Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Adapted
Awarded for	Outstanding Writing for a Long Form – Adapted
Country	United States
Presented by	Writers Guild of America
First awarded	1996 (for the programs released in 1995–1996 TV season)
Currently held by	Fargo (2015)
Official website	www.wga.org

The Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Adapted is an award presented by the Writers Guild of America to the writers of the best long form program based on the previously published material or work of the season. It has been awarded since the 50th Annual Writers Guild of America Awards in 1996.

Name History

• 1996–2006: Long Form – Adapted
• 2008–2011: Long Form – Adapted: Over one hour – one or two parts, one or two airing times
• 2012–present: Long Form – Adapted

Winners and nominees

The year indicates that each ceremony honored the programs of that year. Single winner of the year is left unmarked, while other winners which also have nominees are highlighted in gold.

1990s

Year	Winner	Writer	Adapted from	Network	Ref.
1996
	Citizen X	Chris Gerolmo	The Killer Department by Robert Cullen	HBO Films and HBO	[1]
1997
	The Boys Next Door	William Blinn	The Boys Next Door by Tom Griffin	Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions and CBS	[2]
1998
	Bastard out of Carolina	Anne Meredith	Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison	Out of Carolina Productions and Showtime	[3]
1999
	The Love Letter	James Henerson	The Love Letter by Jack Finney	Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions and CBS	[4]

2000s

Year	Winner	Writer(s)	Adapted from	Network	Ref.
2000
	The Confession	David Black	Fertig by Sol Yurick	El Dorado Pictures and Phoenician Films	[5]
2001
	RKO 281	John Logan	The Battle Over Citizen Kane by Richard Ben Cramer and Thomas Lennon from American Experience	HBO Films, Scott Free Productions, and HBO	[6]
2002
	Anne Frank: The Whole Story	Kirk Ellis	Anne Frank: The Biography by Melissa Müller	Milk and Honey Productions, Dorothy Pictures, and ABC	[7]
2003
	Band of Brothers – "Bastogne"	Bruce C. McKenna	Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose	Playtone, DreamWorks Television, and HBO	[8]
2004
	Out of the Ashes	Anne Meredith	I was a doctor in Auschwitz by Gisella Perl	Showtime	[9]
2005
	Angels in America	Tony Kushner	Angels in America by Tony Kushner	HBO	[10]
2006
	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers	Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers by Roger Lewis	HBO	[11]
2007
	No award				[12]
2008
	The Company	Ken Nolan	The Company by Robert Littell	TNT	[13]
2009
	John Adams – "Join or Die" + "Independence"	Kirk Ellis	John Adams by David McCullough	HBO	[14]

2010s

Year	Winner and nominee(s)	Writer(s)	Adapted from	Network	Ref.
2010
	Taking Chance	Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl USMC (Ret.) and Ross Katz	Taking Chance by Michael Strobl	HBO	[15]
2011
	The Pacific – "Iwo Jima"	Robert Schenkkan and Michelle Ashford	Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge China Marine by Eugene Sledge Red Blood, Black Sand by Chuck Tatum	HBO	[16]
2012
	Too Big to Fail	Peter Gould	Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin	HBO	[17]
2013
	Game Change	Danny Strong	Game Change by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann	HBO	[18]
	Coma – "Part 1" + "Part 2"	John J. McLaughlin	Coma by Robin Cook	A&E
2014
	Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight	Shawn Slovo	Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight by Howard Bingham and Max Wallace	HBO	[19]
	Killing Kennedy	Kelly Masterson	Killing Kennedy by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard	Nat Geo
2015
	Fargo	Steve Blackman, Bob DeLaurentis, Noah Hawley, Ben Nedivi, and Matt Wolpert	Fargo by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen	FX	[20]
	The Red Tent	Elizabeth Chandler and Anne Meredith	The Red Tent by Anita Diamant	Lifetime
	Show Me a Hero	David Simon and William F. Zorzi	Show Me a Hero by Lisa Belkin	HBO

References

1. "WGA Awards 1996". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
2. "WGA Awards 1997". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
3. "WGA Awards 1998". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
4. "WGA Awards 1999". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
5. "WGA Awards 2000". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
6. "WGA Awards 2001". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
7. "WGA Awards 2002". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
8. "WGA Awards 2003". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
9. "WGA Awards 2004". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
10. "WGA Awards 2005". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
11. "WGA Awards 2006". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
12. "WGA Awards 2007". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
13. "WGA Awards 2008". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
14. "WGA Awards 2009". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
15. "WGA Awards 2010". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
16. "WGA Awards 2011". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
17. "WGA Awards 2012". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
18. "WGA Awards 2013". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
19. "WGA Awards 2014". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
20. "WGA Awards 2015". WGA. Retrieved December 24, 2015.

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