50th Writers Guild of America Awards

The 50th Writers Guild of America Awards, given on 21 February 1998, honored the best writers in film and television of 1997.

50th WGA Awards
Date21 February 1998
Organized byWriters Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West

Film

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Best Adapted Screenplay

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L.A. ConfidentialCurtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland

Best Original Screenplay

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As Good as It GetsMark Andrus and James L. Brooks

Television

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Best Episodic Drama

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"Entrapment" - Law & Order - Rene Balcer and Richard Sweren

  • "Whose Appy Now?" - ER - Neal Baer
  • "Deadbeat" - Law & Order - Ed Zuckerman and I. C. Rapoport

Best Episodic Comedy

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"The Fatigues" - Seinfeld - Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin

1997 Daytime Serials Winner- General Hospital: Claire Labine; Matthew Labine; Robert Guza, Jr.; Karen Harris; Michele Val Jean; Meg Bennett; Ralph Ellis; Mary Ryan; Jane Atkins; Stephanie Braxton; Judith Pinsker; Lynda Myles; Elizabeth Korte; Patrick Mulcahey; Lisa Lieberman

Other Nominees: All My Children: Agnes Nixon; Lorraine Broderick; Hal Corley; Fredrick Johnson; Gail Lawrence; Jeff Beldner; Christina Covino; Courtney Sherman; Millee Taggart; Karen Lewis; Elizabeth Smith; Michelle Patrick; Bettina F. Bradbury; Judith Donato; Kathleen Klein; Jane Owen Murphy

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