WGA winners: 'Juno,' 'No Country,' 'The Wire,' '30 Rock'
Since the Writers Guild of America wreaked such havoc with other award ceremonies this year, it didn't dare to stage a lavish affair. There was merely a reception where winners were unveiled and the list was posted at its website. CLICK HERE.
Feature film champs "Juno" and "No Country for Old Men" were widely expected, although a few pundits believed the former might be toppled by "Michael Clayton" in the race for original scripts. One surprise: "Taxi to the Dark Side" zoomed past "No End in Sight" and "Sicko" for best documentary.
Over the past decade, WGA feature-film champs have agreed with both Oscar choices (original and adapted) only four times, but they've lined up over the past three years. This year "Juno" and "No Country" were the early Oscar faves even before WGA results were known.
"The Wire" rubbed out "The Sopranos" for best TV drama series, but the mobsters-on-Prozac got a parting gift for their "Second Coming" episode — that's the one where son A.J (Robert Iler) tries to snuff himself by jumping in the swimming pool. "30 Rock" continued its recent kudos sweep (Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG) by winning the comedy series prize, but last year's champ "The Office" got a nice consolation prize: a trophy for its episode "The Job," the one where Michael (Steve Carell) puts Dwight (Rainn Wilson) in charge of the staff when he thinks he think he'll get a big corporate promotion.
Photo: WGA Award
