‘Breaking Bad,' ‘Modern Family,' ‘Homeland' Win at WGA Awards

HBO, PBS' ‘Frontline' also notch multiple writing wins

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/19/2012 11:21:31 PM

The Writers Guild of America presented its Writers Guild Awards Sunday night during simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles, and several TV series saw multiple wins -- AMC's Breaking Bad, ABC's Modern Family, Showtime's Homeland and PBS' Frontline.

Breaking Bad won for both best drama series and best episodic drama for the "Box Cutter" episode, the latter award which it shared with Homeland for its episode "The Good Soldier." The Showtime drama also took the ward for best new series.

Perennial award-winner Modern Family took the nod for best comedy series and episodic comedy for the "Caught in the Act" episode penned by series creator Steve Levitan and Jeffrey Richman.

HBO took both long form categories, notching wins for Cinema Verite (long form original) and Too Big To Fail (long form adapted).

Comedy Central's The Colbert Report won for best comedy/variety series, while ABC's After the Academy Awards got the nod for the best of comedy/variety among music, awards, or tribute specials.

In animation, Fox's The Simpsons took the honor for the episode "Homer the Father" and the Nickelodeon series Supah Ninjas won for best of children's episodic and specials.

Frontline swept all three news and documentary categories: "Wiki Secrets" won for best documentary other than current events, "Educating Sergeant Pantze" took the win in the regularly scheduled, bulletin or breaking news field, and "Doctor Hot Spot" won the award for news - analysis, feature or commentary.