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Medieval fantasy "Game of Thrones," murder-mystery "True
Detective," CBS's political drama "The Good Wife," Netflix's
political thriller "House of Cards" and AMC's period portrait of
the advertising world, "Mad Men," will each vie for the top
award of best drama series.
Top comedy series nominees include tech world satire "Silicon
Valley," comedian Louis CK's irreverent take on modern urban
life, "Louie" on FX, political satire "Veep" as well as
Netflix's jailhouse series "Orange Is the New Black" and
Amazon's transgender family show "Transparent."
The Writers Guild of America will hand out its awards at
ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles on Feb. 14. The WGA's
film writing awards nominations will be announced on Jan. 7.
The next closest network to premium cable's HBO was broadcaster
Fox, with eight nominations. The network swept the animation
category as "The Simpsons" earned four nods, the most of any
show, and "Bob's Burgers" two.
Writers for "Mad Men," "Game of Thrones," "The Good Wife" and
SundanceTV's Southern Gothic series "Rectify" each earned
nominations for the scripts of individual episodes for a drama
series. HBO's Prohibition drama "Boardwalk Empire" received two
nods in the category despite missing out on the top drama prize.
The nominees for best comedy episode include two episodes of
ABC's " Modern Family," Fox's "New Girl," "Orange Is the New
Black," "Louie" and "Transparent."
Online streaming services Netflix and Amazon each earned three
total nominations, while networks ABC and CBS each had six
nominations. NBC earned four nods.
(Reporting by Eric Kelsey; Editing by Patricia Reaney and Tom
Brown)
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