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Office nominated for 2007 Writers Guild Awards

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

The Office has received three nominations for the 2007 Writers Guild Awards:

  • COMEDY SERIES. The Office, written by Steve Carell, Jennifer Celotta, Greg Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Brent Forrester, Ricky Gervais, Mindy Kaling, Paul Lieberstein, Stephen Merchant, B.J. Novak, Michael Schur, Justin Spitzer, Gene Stupnitsky
  • EPISODIC COMEDY, any length, one airing time. Casino Night (The Office), written by Steve Carell
  • EPISODIC COMEDY, any length, one airing time. The Coup (The Office), written by Paul Lieberstein

Read the full list of nominees here.

The awards will be presented on February 11 in Los Angeles.

Congratulations to Steve, Paul, and the rest of the writing staff!

Posted in The Office Awards, Steve Carell, B.J. Novak, Mindy Kaling, Greg Daniels, Paul Lieberstein, Ricky Gervais, Michael Schur, Jen Celotta, Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky, Brent Forrester, Justin Spitzer

14 comments

  1. I’d have nominated Branch Closing over The Coup as well.

    I wonder if being nominated for two episodes hurts the chances of either one winning.

    14 | DrunkBiking  Thu. Dec. 14, 2006 at 8:44am

  2. And, yes, Casino Night must win. Just a brilliant piece of work, subtle foreshadowing, recurring motifs, and every scene a gut-buster (one way or another).

    13 | NA than  Thu. Dec. 14, 2006 at 4:25am

  3. Yeah, I also thought “The Coup” kind of sucked (by Office standards). But when I think about it, what I didn’t like about it was Rainn’s overdone-even-for-Dwight performance, from the stupid waffle thing to the drool after his mea culpa. It was a well-constructed-enough episode though; Michael’s reaction to his betrayal was very well-conceived.

    12 | NA than  Thu. Dec. 14, 2006 at 4:21am

  4. I thought Branch Cloeing should have gotten a nod. I wonder when the cut off was….

    11 | Officenerd  Wed. Dec. 13, 2006 at 10:18pm

  5. Casino Night MUST win.

    10 | Stephanie  Wed. Dec. 13, 2006 at 10:11pm

  6. That’s funny, because The Coup is right behind Diwali for my least favorite episode this season. It was good TV but it didn’t feel like an Office episode to me personally, still good news for the show though.

    9 | dtrainpdx  Wed. Dec. 13, 2006 at 9:49pm

  7. The Coup? Interesting, especially since CN was the other nominee. Totally different types of episodes. (also my most and least favorite!) At least there is a big diversity in nominees.

    8 | Allie  Wed. Dec. 13, 2006 at 8:27pm

  8. Best writing of any comedy currently out there, but that’s due to Arrested Development being murdered by the morons at FOX.

    Still, the nominations are well deserved.

    7 | Cousin Mose  Wed. Dec. 13, 2006 at 4:11pm

  9. I hope they all win for their writing efforts, but I really really hope that Steve Carrell wins for Casino Night, that man is a genius.

    6 | melissa  Wed. Dec. 13, 2006 at 4:04pm

  10. That’s great to hear, the nominations are well deserved.

    5 | Da Belle of Da Ball  Wed. Dec. 13, 2006 at 2:51pm

  11. the Office has the best writing of any show out (maybe even all time)

    4 | littlekidlover  Wed. Dec. 13, 2006 at 2:23pm

  12. That’s awesome!

    I am a bit surprised the The Coup was singled out for a nod since there were some bigger standouts from this current season (like Branch Closing & The Merger & Gay Witch Hunt) - though I’m not sure what the cutoff date for qualification was.

    Totally agree with the Casino Night nod, for sure.

    3 | Jon Jon  Wed. Dec. 13, 2006 at 2:21pm

  13. yay!

    2 | Word.  Wed. Dec. 13, 2006 at 2:06pm

  14. Cool.

    1 | Bryan  Wed. Dec. 13, 2006 at 1:59pm

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