Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Adapted
Awarded forOutstanding Writing for a Long Form – Adapted
CountryUnited States
Presented byWriters Guild of America
First awarded1976
Currently held byMaid – Bekah Brunstetter, Marcus Gardley, Michelle Denise Jackson, Colin McKenna, Molly Smith Metzler (2021)
Websitewww.wga.org

The Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Adapted is an award presented by the Writers Guild of America to the writers of the best long form program based on the previously published material or work of the season. It has been awarded since the 50th Annual Writers Guild of America Awards in 1996.

Through the 70s and 80s, numerous categories were presented to recognize writing for long-form programs, some of them were for anthology series or limited series while others also included television films as "long form". The divisions between original and adapted were presented in some of the categories presented during these years, though not all of them.

Since the 39th Writers Guild of America Awards in 1976, two categories are presented to recognize the writing in long form television media, these two categories remain to this day and are: Long Form – Original and Long Form – Adapted.

Name history

  • Best Anthology Adaptation (1979)
  • Best Multi-Part Long Form Series and/or Any Production of More Than Two Parts (1978-1979)
  • Best Adapted Drama Anthology (1082-1985)
  • Best Original/Adapted Comedy Anthology (1984-1985)
  • Best Original/Adapted Multi-Part Long Form Series (1984)
  • Best Long Form - Adapted (1986-present)

Winners and nominees

The year indicates that each ceremony honored the programs of that year. Single winner of the year is left unmarked, while other winners which also have nominees are highlighted in gold and in bold.

1970s

Best Anthology Adaptation
Year Program Writer(s) Source material Network Ref.
1978
A Christmas to RememberStewart SternThe novel The Melodeon by Glendon SwarthoutCBS[1]
A Woman Called MosesLonne Elder IIIThe book by Marcy HeidishNBC
Best Multi-Part Long Form Series and/or Any Production of More Than Two Parts
Year Program Writer(s) Source material Network Ref.
1978
Centennial
"Only The Rocks Live Forever"
John WilderThe novel by James A. MichenerNBC[1]
1979
Backstairs at the White HouseGwen Bagni and Paul DubovThe novel My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House by Lillian Rogers ParksNBC[2]

1980s

Best Adapted Drama Anthology
Year Program Writer(s) Source material Network Ref.
1982
Of Mice and MenE. Nick AlexanderThe novel by John SteinbeckNBC[3]
1983
For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers StoryOssie Davis and Ken RotcopThe book by Myrlie Evers-Williams and William PetersPBS[4]
1984
The DollmakerSusan Cooper and Hume CronynThe novel by Harriette Simpson ArnowABC[5]
1985
The Burning BedRose Leiman GoldembergThe novel by Faith McNultyNBC[6]
Best Original/Adapted Comedy Anthology
Year Program Writer(s) Source material Network Ref.
1984
Hobson's ChoiceBurt PrelutskyOriginal TV movieCBS[5]
1985
The Ratings GameMichael Barrie and Jim MulhollandOriginal TV movieShowtime[6]
Best Original/Adapted Multi-Part Long Form Series
Year Program Writer(s) Source material Network Ref.
1983
Blood Feud
"Part II"
Robert Boris Original TV movie Syndicated [4]
V
"Part I"
Kenneth JohnsonOriginal miniseriesNBC
1984
The First Olympics: Athens 1896Charles Gary Allison and William BastOriginal miniseriesNBC[5]
Best Long Form - Adapted
Year Program Writer(s) Source material Network Ref.
1986
Peter the Great Edward Anhalt The book Peter the Great: His Life and World by Robert K. Massie NBC [7]
Trapped in SilenceVickie PatikThe book Murphy's Boy by Torey HaydenCBS
1987
Escape from Sobibor Reginald Rose Various sources [lower-alpha 1] CBS [8]
Prison for ChildrenChristopher KnopfCBS
1988
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
"Part 1"
Jacqueline Feather and David Seidler The book Ari: The Life and Times of Aristotle Socrates Onassis by Peter Evans ABC [9]
Hallmark Hall of Fame: Foxfire Susan Cooper The play by Cooper, Hume Cronyn and Jonathan Brielle CBS
A Friendship in ViennaRichard AlfieriThe book The Devil in Vienna by Doris OrgelDisney Channel
1989
Lonesome Dove
"Part I: Leaving"
William D. Wittliff The novel by Larry McMurtry CBS [10]

1990s

Best Long Form - Adapted
Year Program Writer(s) Source material Network Ref.
1990
Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase E. Jack Neuman The book When Rabbit Howls by Truddi Chase ABC [11]
1991
Long Road Home Jane-Howard Hammerstein The novel by Ronald B. Taylor NBC [12]
1992
The Broken Cord Ann Beckett The book by Michael Dorris ABC [13]
Miss Rose WhiteAnna SandorThe play A Shayna Maidel by Barbara LebowNBC
1993
Barbarians at the Gate Larry Gelbart The book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar HBO [14]
Silent Cries Walter Halsey Davis, and Vickie Patik The book Guests of the Emperor by Janice Young Brooks NBC
1994
A Family Torn Apart Matthew Bombeck The book Sudden Fury: A True Story of Adoption and Murder by Leslie Walker NBC [15]
1995
Citizen X Chris Gerolmo The book The Killer Department by Robert Cullen HBO [16]
JosephLionel ChetwyndThe novel by James CarringtonTNT
1996
The Boys Next Door William Blinn The play by Tom Griffin CBS [17]
[18]
HomecomingChristopher Carlson and Mark JeanThe novel by Cynthia VoigtShowtime
Kissinger and NixonLionel ChetwyndThe book Kissinger: A Biography by Walter IsaacsonTNT
1997
Bastard Out of Carolina Anne Meredith The novel by Dorothy Allison Showtime [19]
[20]
George WallacePaul Monash and Marshall FradyThe book Wallace: The Classic Portrait of Alabama Governor George Wallace by FradyTNT
The HunchbackJohn FasanoThe novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
In the GloamingWill SchefferA New Yorker short story by Alice Elliott DarkHBO
1998
The Love Letter James Henerson The short story by Jack Finney CBS [21]
[22]
Don King: Only in AmericaKario SalemThe book Only in America: The Life and Crimes of Don King by Jack NewfieldHBO
Thicker Than BloodBill CainThe play Stand-Up Tragedy by CainTNT
1999
The Confession David Black The novel Fertig by Sol Yurick Cinemax [23]
[24]
A Cooler ClimateMarsha NormanThe book by Zena CollierShowtime
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 YearsEmily MannThe book by Sarah Louise Delany, Annie Elizabeth Delany and Amy Hill HearthCBS
The Devil's ArithmeticRobert J. AvrechThe novel by Jane YolenShowtime

2000s

Year Program Writer(s) Source material Network Ref.
2000
RKO 281 John Logan The film The Battle Over Citizen Kane by Richard Ben Cramer and Thomas Lennon from American Experience HBO [25]
[26]
Tuesdays with Morrie Thomas Rickman The book by Mitch Albom ABC
Deliberate IntentAndy Wolk and Lisa MohanThe book by Rod SmollaFX
A House DividedParis QuallesThe book Woman of Color, Daughter of Privilege: Amanda Dickson by Kent Anderson LeslieShowtime
2001
Anne Frank: The Whole Story Kirk Ellis The book Anne Frank: The Biography by Melissa Müller ABC [27]
[28]
BabyDavid Manson, Kerry Kennedy and Patricia MacLachlanThe novel by MacLachlanTNT
The Mists of AvalonGavin ScottThe novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My ShadowsRobert L. FreedmanThe memoir by Lorna LuftABC
The Song of the LarkJoseph MaurerThe novel by Willa CatherPBS
2002
Band of Brothers
"Bastogne"
Bruce C. McKenna The book by Stephen E. Ambrose HBO [29]
[30]
Last CallHenry BromellThe memoir Against the Current: As I Remember F. Scott Fitzgerald by Frances Kroll RingShowtime
Hysterical BlindnessLaura CahillThe book by CahillHBO
Roughing ItSteven H. BermanThe book by Mark TwainHallmark
2003
Out of the Ashes Anne Meredith The book I Was a Doctor in Auschwitz by Gisella Perl Showtime [31]
[32]
NormalJane AndersonThe play Looking for Normal by AndersonHBO
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani StoryStanley WeiserThe book Rudy!: An Investigative Biography of Rudy Giuliani by Wayne BarrettUSA Network
The Stranger Beside MeMatthew McDuffie and Matthew TabakThe book by Ann Rule
2004
Angels in America Tony Kushner The play by Kushner HBO [33]
CavedwellerAnne MeredithThe novel by Dorothy AllisonShowtime
The Wool CapWilliam H. Macy and Steven SchachterThe film Gigot by Gene KellyTNT
2005
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely The book by Roger Lewis HBO [35]
[36]
The ColtStephen HarriganThe short story by Mikhail SholokhovHallmark
Lackawanna BluesRuben Santiago-HudsonThe play by Santiago-HudsonHBO
Our FathersThomas Michael DonnellyThe book by David FranceShowtime
2006
Not awarded [37]
2007
The Company Ken Nolan The novel by Robert Littell TNT [38]
[39]
Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeDaniel GiatThe book by Dee BrownHBO
The Starter WifeJosann McGibbon and Sara ParriottThe novel by Gigi LevangieUSA Network
2008
John Adams
"Join or Die", "Independence"
Kirk Ellis The book by David McCullough HBO [40]
[41]
Generation Kill
"Stay Frosty", "Bomb in the Garden"
Ed Burns and David SimonThe book by Evan WrightHBO
The Memory Keeper's DaughterJohn PielmeierThe novel by Kim EdwardsLifetime
2009
Taking Chance Michael Strobl and Ross Katz The journal by Strobl HBO [42]
[43]
AmericaJoyce Eliason and Rosie O'DonnellThe novel by E. R. FrankLifetime

2010s

Year Program Writer(s) Source material Network Ref.
2010
The Pacific
"Part Eight: Iwo Jima"
Robert Schenkkan and Michelle Ashford Various sources [lower-alpha 2] HBO [44]
[45]
The Pillars of the EarthJohn PielmeierThe novel by Ken FolletStarz
Temple GrandinChristopher Monger and William Merritt JohnsonThe memoirs Emergence by Temple Grandin and Margaret Scariano, and Thinking in Pictures by GrandinHBO
The Pacific
"Part Four: Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika"
Robert Schenkkan and Graham YostVarious sources
2011
Too Big to Fail Peter Gould The book by Andrew Ross Sorkin HBO [46]
Mildred PierceTodd Haynes and Jon RaymondThe novel by James M. CainHBO
2012
Game Change Danny Strong The book by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann HBO [47]
Coma
"Part 1", "Part 2"
John J. McLaughlinThe novel by Robin CookA&E
2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight Shawn Slovo The book by Howard Bingham and Max Wallace HBO [48]
[49]
Killing KennedyKelly MastersonThe book by Bill O'Reilly and Martin DugardNat Geo
2014
Olive Kitteridge Jane Anderson The novel by Elizabeth Strout HBO [50]
HoudiniNicholas MeyerThe book Houdini: A Mind in Chains: A Psychoanalytic Portrait by Bernard C. MeyerHistory
KlondikePaul Scheuring, Josh Goldin, Rachel AbramowitzThe book Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike by Charlotte GrayDiscovery
The Normal HeartLarry KramerThe play by KramerHBO
The Leftovers
"Pilot"
Damon Lindelof and Tom PerrottaThe novel by Perrotta
2015
Fargo Steve Blackman, Bob DeLaurentis, Noah Hawley, Ben Nedivi, and Matt Wolpert The film by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen FX [51]
The Red Tent Elizabeth Chandler and Anne Meredith The novel by Anita Diamant Lifetime
Show Me a Hero David Simon and William F. Zorzi The book by Lisa Belkin HBO
2016 The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Scott Alexander, Joe Robert Cole, D.V. DeVincentis, Maya Forbes, Larry Karaszewski and Wally Wolodarsky The book The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin FX [52]
11.22.63 Bridget Carpenter, Brigitte Hales, Joe Henderson, Brian Nelson and Quinton Peeples The novel by Stephen King Hulu
Madoff Ben Robbins The book The Madoff Chronicles: Inside the Secret World of Bernie and Ruth by Brian Ross ABC
The Night Of Richard Price and Steven Zaillian The television series Criminal Justice by Peter Moffat HBO
Roots Lawrence Konner, Alison McDonald, Charles Murray and Mark Rosenthal The novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley History
2017 Big Little Lies David E. Kelley The novel by Liane Moriarty HBO [53]
Fargo Monica Beletsky, Bob DeLaurentis, Noah Hawley, Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert The film by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen FX
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo and George C. Wolfe The book by Rebecca Skloot HBO
The Wizard of Lies Sam Levinson, John Burnham Schwartz and Samuel Baum The book by Diana B. Henriques and Truth and Consequences by Laurie Sandell
2018 The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story Maggie Cohn and Tom Rob Smith The book Vulgar Favors by Maureen Orth FX [54]
The Looming Tower Bash Doran, Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney, Shannon Houston, Adam Rapp, Ali Selim and Lawrence Wright The novel by Lawrence Wright Hulu
Maniac Nick Cuse, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Amelia Gray, Danielle Henderson, Mauricio Katz, Patrick Somerville and Caroline Williams The television series by Espen PA Lervaag, Håakon Bast Mossige, Kjetil Indregard and Ole Marius Araldsen Netflix
Sharp Objects Ariella Blejer, Scott Brown, Vince Calandra, Gillian Flynn, Dawn Kamoche, Alex Metcalf and Marti Noxon The novel by Flynn HBO
2019 Fosse/Verdon Debora Cahn, Joel Fields, Ike Holter, Thomas Kail, Steven Levenson, Charlotte Stoudt, Tracey Scott Wilson The book Fosse by Sam Wasson FX [55]
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Vince Gilligan The television series Breaking Bad by Vince Gilligan Netflix
Unbelievable Michael Chabon, Susannah Grant, Becky Mode, Jennifer Schuur and Ayelet Waldman Various source [lower-alpha 3]
The Loudest Voice John Harrington Bland, Laura Eason, Tom McCarthy, Alex Metcalf, Gabriel Sherman and Jennifer Stahl The book The Loudest Voice in the Room by Gabriel Sherman Showtime

2020s

Year Program Writer(s) Source material Network Ref.
2020 The Queen's Gambit Scott Frank and Allan Scott The novel by Walter Travis Netflix [56]
Bad Education Mike Makowsky The New York Magazine article "The Bad Superintendent' by Robert Kolker HBO
Clouds Kara Holden, Casey La Scala & Patrick Kopka The book Fly A Little Higher by Laura Sobiech Disney+
The Good Lord Bird Jeff Augustin, Ethan Hawke, Erika L. Johnson, Mark Richard, Kristen SaBerre, Lauren Signorino The novel by James McBride Showtime
Little Fires Everywhere Harris Danow, Rosa Handelman, Shannon Houston, Attica Locke, Raamla Mohamed, Amy Talkington, Liz Tigelaar, Nancy Won The novel by Celeste Ng Hulu
2021 Maid Bekah Brunstetter, Marcus Gardley, Michelle Denise Jackson, Colin McKenna, Molly Smith Metzler The book Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land Netflix [57]
Impeachment: American Crime Story Flora Birnbaum, Sarah Burgess, Halley Feiffer, Daniel Pearle The book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin FX
The Underground Railroad Jihan Crowther, Allison Davis, Jacqueline Hoyt, Barry Jenkins, Nathan C. Parker, Adrienne Rush The novel by Colson Whitehead Prime Video
Halston Ian Brennan, Ted Malawer, Ryan Murphy, Tim Pinckney, Sharr White, Kristina Woo The book Simply Halston by Steven Gaines Netflix
WandaVision Peter Cameron, Mackenzie Dohr, Laura Donney, Bobak Esfarjani, Chuck Hayward, Megan McDonnell, Jac Schaeffer, Cameron Squires The Marvel Comics Disney+

Notes

  1. Escape from Sobibor was based on the book of the same name by Richard Rashke, the manuscript "From the Ashes of Sobibor" by Thomas Blatt and the book Inferno in Sobibor by Stanisław Szmajzner.
  2. The Pacific is based on the memoirs Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie and With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge, with additional material from Red Blood, Black Sand by Chuck Tatum and China Marine by Eugene Sledge.
  3. Unbelievable is based on the ProPublica and The Marshall Project article "An Unbelievable Story of Rape" by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong and This American Life radio episode “Anatomy of Doubt".

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