Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Best Comedy/Variety – Sketch Series
Appearance
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy/Variety - Sketch Series | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Writing in Comedy/Variety - Sketch Series |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Writers Guild of America |
Currently held by | Zach Kanin, Tim Robinson, John Solomon for I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (2021) |
Website | www |
The Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy/Variety - Sketch Series is an award presented by the Writers Guild of America to the best writing in a comedy/variety sketch series, until 2015, sketch series competed along with comedy/variety talk programs in the category Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series. In 2016, a separate category was added only for sketch series.
Winners and nominees
[edit]2010s
[edit]2020s
[edit]Year | Program | Writer(s) | Network | Ref. |
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2020
(73rd) |
At Home with Amy Sedaris | Jeremy Beiler, Cole Escola, Peter Grosz, Amy Sedaris | truTV | [6] |
How To with John Wilson | Michael Koman, John Wilson | HBO | ||
The Amber Ruffin Show | Jenny Hagel (head writer); Demi Adejuyigbe, Shantira Jackson, Dewayne Perkins, Amber Ruffin (writers); John Lutz (additional material) | Peacock | ||
2021
(74th) |
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson | Zach Kanin, Tim Robinson, John Solomon | Netflix | [7] |
How To with John Wilson | Alice Gregory, Michael Koman, Conner O'Malley, Susan Orlean, John Wilson | HBO | ||
PAUSE with Sam Jay | Emmy Blotnick, Ryan Donahue, Zack Fox, Megan Gailey, Robin M. Henry, Sam Jay, Langston Kerman, Jak Knight | |||
Saturday Night Live | Michael Che, Anna Drezen, Colin Jost, Kent Sublette, Bryan Tucker, Pete Schultz (head writers); Megan Callahan-Shah, Dennis McNicholas, Josh Patten, Mark Steinbach (Weekend Update writers); Alison Gates, Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, Streeter Seidell (supervising writers); James Anderson, Dan Bulla, Steven Castillo, Mike DiCenzo, Billy Domineau, Alex English, John Higgins, Steve Higgins, Martin Herlihy, Vannessa Jackson, Sam Jay, Erik Kenward, Tesha Kondrat, Dan Licata, Lorne Michaels, Ben Marshall, Jake Nordwind, Jasmine Pierce, Gary Richardson, Ben Silva, Emily Spivey, Will Stephen, Celeste Yim (writers) | NBC | ||
That Damn Michael Che | Michael Che, Gary Richardson, Rosebud Baker, Reggie Conquest, Godfrey Danchimah Jr., Calise Hawkins, Kevin Iso, Sam Jay, Matt Richards, Wil Sylvince | HBO Max | ||
2022
(75th) |
Inside Amy Schumer | Georgie Aldaco, Rosebud Baker, Jeremy Beiler, Cazzie David, Tova Diker, Derek Gaines, Jon Glaser, Jaye McBride, Tim Meadows, Christine Nangle, Daniel Powell, Tami Sagher, Yamaneika Saunders, Amy Schumer, Sascha Seinfeld, Joe Strazzullo, Sydnee Washington, and Ron Weiner | Paramount+ | |
PAUSE with Sam Jay | Emmy Blotnick, Ryan Donahue, Megan Gailey, Sam Jay, Joyelle Johnson, Langston Kerman, Jak Knight (posthumous nomination), Teresa Lo, Lucy Ortiz, and Lorena Russi | HBO/HBO Max | ||
Saturday Night Live | Michael Che, Alison Gates, Colin Jost, Streeter Seidell, Kent Sublette (head writers); Bryan Tucker (senior writer); James Anderson, Rosebud Baker, Dan Bulla, Mike DiCenzo, Billy Domineau, James Downey, Alex English, Jimmy Fowlie, Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, Steve Higgins, Vannessa Jackson, Erik Kenward, Tesha Kondrat, Ben Marshall, Lorne Michaels, Jake Nordwind, Clare O'Kane, Ceara O'Sullivan, Simon Rich, Ben Silva, John Solomon, Will Stephen, Nicole Sun, Auguste White, Celeste Yim (writers); Pete Schultz (Weekend Update head writer); Megan Callahan-Shah, Dennis McNicholas, Josh Patten, KC Shornima, and Mark Steinbach (Weekend Update writers) | NBC |
Programs with multiple awards
[edit]- 2 awards
- Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)
- Saturday Night Live (NBC)
- I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (Netflix)
Programs with multiple nominations
[edit]- 6 nominations
- 3 nominations
- At Home with Amy Sedaris (truTV)
- Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)
- Nathan for You (Comedy Central)
- 2 nominations
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ McNary, Dave (13 February 2016). "WGA Honors 'Big Short,' 'Spotlight,' 'Mad Men' at 68th Awards". Variety. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ Littleton, Cynthia; McNary, Dave (19 February 2017). "WGA Awards: 'Moonlight,' 'Arrival' Win For Best Screenplay, 'Atlanta' Wins Twice". Variety. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ "WGA Awards: The Complete Winners List". Variety. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ McNary, Dave (17 February 2019). "WGA Awards 2019 Winners: 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?,' 'Eighth Grade' Win Screenplay Awards". Variety. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ Lindhal, Chris (1 February 2020). "Writers Guild Awards 2020: 'Parasite' and 'JoJo Rabbit' Win Screenplay Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (February 3, 2021). "WGA Awards TV Nominations: 'Better Call Saul', 'Ted Lasso' & 'The Great' Lead Way". Deadline. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ Schneider, Michael (January 13, 2022). "Writers Guild Unveils 2022 WGA TV Award Nominees: 'Yellowjackets,' 'Hacks,' 'Reservation Dogs,' 'Only Murders in the Building' and More". Variety. Retrieved January 14, 2022.