Writers Guild Awards Nominees: Homeland, Breaking Bad and Modern Family Score Big

New series honored by the organization include Nashville, The Mindy Project and Girls

By Jenna Mullins Dec 06, 2012 7:30 PMTags
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The Writers Guild of America released its nominations for the 2013 Writers Guild Awards, and as expected people still really love Breaking Bad and Modern Family. Not that we blame them in the least.

Overall, there are no big surprises in the nominees, but for some reason we are always happily shocked when Parks and Recreation gets the accolades it deserves. We are also glad to see The Mindy Project and Nashville getting nods in the new series category. Here is the complete list of nominees:

Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
Homeland
Mad Men

Comedy Series

30 Rock
Girls
Louie
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation

New Series

Girls
The Mindy Project
Nashville
The Newsroom
Veep

Episodic Drama

Breaking Bad, "Buyout"
Breaking Bad, "Dead Freight"
Breaking Bad, "Fifty-One"
Breaking Bad, "Say My Name"
Homeland, "New Car Smell"
Mad Men, "The Other Woman"

Episodic Comedy

30 Rock, "Leap Day"
Episodes, "Episode 9"
Modern Family, "Little Bo Bleep"
Modern Family, "Mistery Date"
Modern Family, "Virgin Territory"
Parks and Recreation, "The Debate"

Long Form - Original

Hatfields and McCoys
Hemingway & Gelhorn
Political Animals 

Long Form - Adapted

Coma
Game Change

Animation

Family Guy, "Forget-Me-Not"
Futurama, "A Farewell to Arms"
The Simpsons, "Holidays of Future Passed"
The Simpsons, "Ned and Edna's Blend Agenda"
The Simpsons, "Treehouse of Horror XXIII"

Comedy/Variety

Conan
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Key & Peele
Portlandia
Real Time with Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

Comedy/Variety – Music, Awards, Tributes

66th Annual Tony Awards,
2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards
After the Academy Awards
National Memorial Day Concert

Daytime Drama

Days of Our Lives
One Life to Live
The Young & The Restless