We say that there are so many television series that it is impossible to keep up to date with everything that is produced. It couldn’t be more true. But when it comes to awards, this volume of fiction suddenly shrinks. And this weekend the writers’ union of the United States, the Writer’s Guild of America, awarded the best written series on television. And which ones were chosen? The same ones that triumphed at the Golden Globes, the Emmy Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
In the category of best drama series according to the WGA, HBO’s Succession won the award for the third time, after winning it in 2020 and 2022. It beat The crown, The curse, The diplomat and The last of us, and also triumphed in the episodic category for Living, the sixth episode of the fourth season written by Georgia Pritchett and Will Arbery. It is the episode where the investors of the Waystar company meet and where Kendall and Roman confront Lukas Matsson over a new company initiative that the late Logan wanted to explore.
For the second year in a row, Disney’s The Bear has dominated as television’s best-written comedy ahead of Abbott School, Barry, Jury Duty and Just Murders in the Building. Of course, it did not win in the category of best comedy episode where Poker face made a place for itself with Escape from shit mountain, the episode written by Nora and Lilla Zuckerman where Natasha Lyonne shares the spotlight with Stephanie Hsu, David Castañeda and Joseph Gordon. Levitt.
And, for best limited series, Netflix’s Bronca won the statuette in a category where its rivals were Murder at the End of the World, Everybody Loves Daisy Jones, Fargo and Kitchen with Chemistry. Taking into account the success of Lee Sung Jin’s work, it can be understood that the content platform has a new season underway with other plots and another cast, which could be headed by Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal.
At the WGA Awards it is also worth highlighting the award for the best written new series for The Last of Us, unfortunately for its competitors Poker Face, Unfiltered Therapy, The Diplomat and Jury Duty; and the award for best comedy episode for Carl Carlson Rides Again of The Simpsons, written by Loni Steele Sosthand.
