28th Writers Guild of America Awards

28th WGA Awards
28th WGA Awards
Date	1976
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West

The 28th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1975. Winners were announced in 1976.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay Dog Day Afternoon, Written by Frank Pierson French Connection II, Written by Alexander Jacobs, Robert Dillon and Laurie Dillon Nashville, Written by Joan Tewkesbury The Wind and the Lion, Written by John Milius	Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screenplay Shampoo, Written by Robert Towne and Warren Beatty Hearts of the West, Written by Rob Thompson Smile, Written by Jerry Belson The Return of the Pink Panther, Written by Frank Waldman and Blake Edwards
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman; based on the novel by Ken Kesey Barry Lyndon, Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick; based on the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray The Man Who Would Be King, Screenplay by John Huston and Gladys Hill; based on the story by Rudyard Kipling Jaws, Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb; based on the novel by Peter Benchley The Man in the Glass Booth, Screenplay by Edward Anhalt; based on the play by Robert Shaw	Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium The Sunshine Boys, Screenplay by Neil Simon Hester Street, Screenplay by Joan Micklin Silver; based on the novel by Abraham Cahan The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Screenplay by Neil Simon; based on the play by himself

Episodic Comedy *"Welcome to Korea" – MASH (CBS) – Everett Greenbaum, James Fritzell and Larry Gelbart** "Archie the Hero" – All in the Family (CBS) – Lou Derman and Bill Davenport "Big Mac" – MASH* (CBS) – Laurence Marks "Ida's Doctor" – Rhoda (CBS) – Coleman Mitchell and Geoffrey Neigher "Edie Gets Married" – The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) – Bob Ellison "Chuckles Bites the Dust" – The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) – David LLoyd	Episodic Drama *"Prior Consent" – The Law* (NBC) – Arthur A. Ross and Stephen Kandel** "The Busters" – Gunsmoke (CBS) – Jim Byrnes "The Goodluck Bomber" – Kojak (CBS) – Ray Brenner "Web of Lies" – The Streets of San Francisco (ABC) – Leonard Kantor "The Woman" – The Waltons (CBS) – Hindi Brooks
Daytime Serials Ryan's Hope (ABC) – Paul Avila Mayer, Claire Labine, Mary Munisteri and Allan Leicht Days of Our Lives (NBC) – Patricia Falken Smith, William J. Bell, Bill Rega, Margaret Stewart, Kay Lenard, and Sheri Anderson The Edge of Night (CBS) – Henry Slesar	Original Anthology Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (CBS) – Jerome Kass
Original Variety The Smothers Brothers Show (NBC) – Mason Williams, Rod Warren, Mickey Rose, Ray Jessel, Jim Mulligan, James R. Stein, Bob Illes, Chevy Chase, Pat Proft, Kenny Solms, and Gail Parent

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Michael Wilson
Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
Rod Serling
Valentine Davies Award
Winston Miller
Morgan Cox Award
William Ludwig

^ "Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1976)". IMDb. Retrieved June 20, 2019.

Writers Guild of America Awards
Film Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Documentary Screenplay
Television/ New Media Awards	Animation Comedy Series Comedy/Variety Talk Series Comedy/Variety Specials Comedy/Variety Sketch Series Daytime Serials Drama Series Episodic Comedy Episodic Drama Limited Series TV & New Media Pictures Short Form New Media New Series Children's Script
Special Awards	Paul Selvin Award Valentine Davies Award Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement Evelyn F. Burkey Award
Former Awards	Musical Western American Scene Drama Comedy Long Form – Adapted Long Form – Original Documentary Script – Current Events Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events
Ceremonies	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Years are of film release; ceremonies are held the following year