48th Writers Guild of America Awards
Award ceremony for writing of 1995
The 48th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best television, and film writers of 1995. Winners were announced in 1996.[ 1]
Winners and nominees
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Film
Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface .
Television
"The Matchmaker" – Frasier (NBC) – Joe Keenan
"The Club" – Frasier (NBC) – Elias Davis, and David Pollock
"The One Where Underdog Gets Away" – Friends (NBC) – Jeff Greenstein, and Jeff Strauss
"Our Fifteen Minutes" – Mad About You (NBC) – Jack Burditt
"The Ride Home" – Mad About You (NBC) – Liz Coe
"Hank's New Assistant" – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) – John Riggi
"Arthur After Hours" – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) – Peter Tolan
"Roseanne's Return" – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) – Maya Forbes, Steven Levitan, and Garry Shandling
"Lover's Labor Lost" – ER (NBC) – Lance Gentile
"Fits Like a Glove" – Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC) – Bonnie Mark, Tom Fontana, and Julie Martin
"Saint Zach" – Picket Fences (CBS) – Nick Harding, and David E. Kelley
"Duane Barry" – The X-Files (FOX) – Chris Carter
General Hospital (ABC) – Claire Labine, Matt Labine, Eleanor Mancusi, Meg Bennett, Ralph Ellis, Michele Val Jean, Stephanie Braxton, Karen Harris , Lewis Arlt, Judith Pinsker
All my Children (ABC) – Agnes Nixon, Hal Corley, Frederick Johnson, N. Gail Lawrence, Jeff Beldner, Karen Lewis, Elizabeth Smith, Michelle Patrick, Bettina F. Bradbury, Pete T. Rich, Judith Donato, Megan McTavish
Another World (NBC) – Carolyn Culliton, Janet Iacobuzio, Samuel D. Ratcliffe, Lorraine Broderick, Victor Miller, Mimi Leahey, Peter Brash, Sharon Epstein, Sofia Landon Geier, Kathy Ebel, Elizabeth Page, Kathleen Kennedy
Guiding Light (CBS) – James H. Brown, Craig Carlson, Michael Conforti, Stephen Demorest, Barbara Esensten, Jeannie Glynn, Tom King, Kathleen Klein, Megan McTavish, Lynda Myles, Roger Newman, Courtney Simon, Peggy Sloane, Nancy Williams Watt
"24 Hours" – ER (NBC) – Michael Crichton
A Father for Charlie (CBS) – H. Haden Yelin
Lily in Winter – Robert Eisele, J. Michael Riva, Julie Moskowitz, and Gary Stephens
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (NBC) – Alison Cross
Citizen X (HBO) – Chris Gerolmo
Joseph (TNT) – Lionel Chetwynd
"Stand Up" – CBS Schoolbreak Special (CBS) – Gordong Rayfield
"Sharks, Beakmania & Einstein" – Beakman's World (CBS) – Philip J. Walsh, Barry Friedman, Mark Waxman, Richard Albrecht, and Casey Keller
"Between Mother and Daughter" – CBS Schoolbreak Special (CBS) – Pamela Douglas
"A Baby Worm Is Born" – Sesame Street (PBS) – Tony Geiss
Variety - Musical, Award, Tribute, Special Event
"Episode #8" – Dennis Miller Live (HBO) – Eddie Feldmann, Jeff Cesario, Ed Driscoll, David Feldman, Gregory Greenberg, Dennis Miller, and Kevin Rooney
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Steven Spielberg (NBC) – Robert Shrum, and George Stevens Jr.
Documentary
Current Events
"The Nature of Human Nature" – The Human Quest – Roger Bingham, and Carl Byker
"The Rage Over Welfare" – 48 Hours (CBS) – Greg Kandra
"Rush Lumbaugh's America" – Frontline (PBS) – Stephen Talbot
"Currents of Fear" – Frontline (PBS) – Jon Palfreman
Documentary – Other Than Current Events
The Way West (PBS) – Ric Burns
"FDR: Part 1" – American Experience (PBS) – David Grubin
"The Battle of the Bulge: World War II's Deadliest Battle" – American Experience (PBS) – Thomas Lennon, and Mark Zwonitzer
Frederick Douglas: When the Lion Wrote History (PBS) – Steve Fayer, and Theodore Thomas
Television Spot News Script
48 Hours: No Place to Hide (CBS) – Greg Kandra
Radio
Radio Documentary
The 442nd (ABC Radio) – Mike Silvestein
Radio Spot News Script
World News This Week (ABC Radio) – Stephen B. Jones
On-Air Promotion
PBS & CBS Promotions – Susan Meredith Lay
Television Graphic Animation
CBS Graphic Animation (CBS) – Karen McInnis
Special awards
References
External links
Film Awards Television/ New Media Awards Special Awards Former Awards Ceremonies
Years are of film release; ceremonies are held the following year