The Writers Guild Awards are currently underway in New York City, celebrating excellence in film, television, and digital writing. This year's event has a notable backdrop, as the traditional West Coast ceremony in Los Angeles was canceled due to an ongoing strike by the Writers Guild Staff Union, which began on February 17. The union is advocating for higher wages and “just cause” protections within the employee discipline process. Comedian Roy Wood, Jr. is hosting the New York show at the Edison Ballroom, where Stephen Colbert is also set to receive the prestigious Walter Bernstein Award.

In the highly anticipated Original Screenplay category, notable contenders include “Sinners,” a supernatural horror film from Ryan Coogler; “Marty Supreme,” a ping-pong drama led by Timothée Chalamet and written by Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein; “Black Bag,” penned by David Koepp; “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” by Mary Bronstein; and “Weapons,” written by Zach Cregger.

The Adapted Screenplay race saw Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” emerge as the winner. This screenplay, with a screen story by Anderson inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s novel Vineland, triumphed over other strong nominees such as “Bugonia” (screenplay by Will Tracy), Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” (based on Mary Shelley’s classic), “Hamnet” (screenplay by Chloe Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell), and “Train Dreams” (screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar).

For Documentary Screenplay, Mstyslav Chernov's “2,000 Meters to Andriivka” was recognized as the winner, competing against “Becoming Led Zeppelin” and “White with Fear.”

On the television front, “Pluribus” garnered significant attention with four nominations, closely followed by “The Pitt” and “The Studio” each with three nods. “Pluribus” and “The Pitt” were nominated for Drama Series, while “The Studio” was a contender for Comedy Series. All three shows also received nominations for Best New Series, a category ultimately won by “The Pitt.” In the Limited Series category, “Dying for Sex” was named the winner. “Deep Cover,” written by Derek Connolly & Colin Trevorrow, secured the award for TV & Streaming Motion Pictures.

Other key television and streaming awards included “Shira Can’t Cook” from “Long Story Short” for Animation, “7:00 A.M.” from “The Pitt” for Episodic Drama, and “Prelude” from “The Righteous Gemstones” for Episodic Comedy. In the Comedy/Variety Series – Talk or Sketch category, programs like “The Daily Show,” “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” and “Saturday Night Live” were recognized for their writing. Marc Maron’s “Marc Maron: Panicked” took home the award for Comedy/Variety Specials.

Further awards were distributed across diverse media. “Celebrity Jeopardy!” was the winner in Quiz and Audience Participation, while “The Young and the Restless” won for Daytime Drama. In Children’s Episodic, Long Form and Specials, “When We Lose Someone” from “Tab Time” was honored. For Digital News, “An Isolated Boarding School Promised to Help Troubled Girls. Former Students Say They Were Abused.” by Sebastian Murdock and Taiyler Mitchell for HuffPost received the award.

News script awards went to “The L.A. Wildfires” from World News Tonight with David Muir for Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report, and “Remembering Palestinian Journalists Killed by Israeli Forces” from MSNBC for Analysis, Feature, or Commentary.

In the audio categories, “Jerry Lewis’ Lost Holocaust Clown Movie” from Decoder Ring won for Radio/Audio Documentary. “ABC News Radio Top of the Hour News” won for Radio/Audio News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report, and “The Life and Legacy of Jimmy Carter” from CBS News Radio was recognized for Radio/Audio News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary. Finally, “CBS Comedy” won the On-Air Promotion category for Promotional Writing.