\n\tWarner Bros\u2019 juggernauts Sinners and One Battle After Another have been dueling for statuettes on the awards circuit months, but both came away as big winners this time.<\/p>\n
\n\tSinners\u00a0writer-director Ryan Coogler took the Original Screenplay and Paul Thomas Anderson scribe-helmer won Adapted Screenplay for One Battle After Another during the 78th annual WGA Awards<\/a> ceremony Sunday at Edison Ballroom in Manhattan. Both will compete for an Oscar<\/a> on March 15. See the full winners list below.<\/p>\n \n\tSinners will battle for the Original Screenplay Oscar against Marty Supreme, Blue Moon, Sentimental Value and It Was Just an Accident. The latter two scripts weren\u2019t nominated for the WGA Award<\/a> because of the Writers Guild\u2019s strict eligibility rules, along with other International Feature Os<\/a>car nominees<\/a> The Secret Agent\u00a0and\u00a0Sir\u0101t.<\/p>\n \n\tOne Battle After Another starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn is up for the Adapted Screenplay Oscar<\/a> next weekend, vying against the scripts for Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet and Train Dreams. <\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: Deadline\u2019s \u201cRead The Screenplay\u201d Series: See Scripts For Most Of 2025-26 Awards Season\u2019s Films <\/a><\/p>\n \n\tIt was an unusual awards year for the guild as its annual West Coast ceremony was canceled<\/a> last weekend amid an ongoing strike by unionized staffers<\/a> against WGA West<\/a>\u2018s management. That comes as the full union is scheduled to begin contract talks<\/a> with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on March 16.<\/p>\n \n\tThe Documentary Screenplay prize went to Mstyslav Chernov for Frontline Features\u2019 2,000 Meters to Andriivka, which follows a Ukrainian platoon as it attempts to liberate the titular town from Russian occupiers in 2023. Chernov also received the WGA West\u2019s 2026 Paul Selvin Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tOn the TV side, HBO\u2019s The Pitt went 3-for-3 on Sunday. The Emmy-winning<\/a> Noah Wyle hospital procedural won every category for which it was nominated: Drama Series, Episodic Drama and New Series. <\/p>\n \n\tAnother small-screen awards-season behemoth, Apple TV\u2019s The Studio, took home the Comedy Series statuette.<\/p>\n \n\tHBO\u2019s now-wrapped<\/a> The Righteous Gemstones won the Episodic Comedy prize; read about its series finale here<\/a>. The premium cabler also won the Comedy\/Variety Series \u2013 Sketch or Talk award with Last Week Tonight with John Oliver<\/p>\n \n\tFX\/Hulu\u2019s Dying for Sex scooped the Limited Series prize after HBO picked up another win for Marc Maron: Panicked, which took Comedy\/Variety Special.<\/p>\n \n\tCBS\/Paramount+\u2019s The Young and the Restless won the Daytime Drama prize, beating Daytime Emmy winner<\/a> General Hospital and freshman Beyond the Gates.<\/p>\n \n\tStephen Colbert, whose The Late Show is ending its run in May, received this year\u2019s Walter Bernstein Award for career achievement<\/a> from the WGA East<\/a> during Sunday\u2019s ceremony. Watch portions of his speech here:<\/p>\n Stephen Colbert, telling one of several jokes written for his late-night show but never aired. The CBS host, whose show will end in May, was honored Sunday night with a career achievement award at the Writers Guild Awards #WGAAwards<\/a> (Video: Dade Hayes\/Deadline) pic.twitter.com\/Gk7Dg01CKm<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Deadline (@DEADLINE) March 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Stephen Colbert at #WGAAwards<\/a> \u2013 he pulled out a long-sleeve t-shirt that was given to staffers as a holiday gift in 2025. It is the McDonald\u2019s logo with the caption, \u201cWe suck dick now\u201d \u2013 that’s the punchline to one of the jokes never aired on Late Show. In Colbert\u2019s speech he\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/BntGBI1w3O<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Deadline (@DEADLINE) March 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tRoy Wood Jr., the former Daily Show correspondent and current host of CNN\u2019s Have I Got News for You, opened the show with a seemingly sincere, stark set of warnings<\/a> from someone that he called \u201ca profound philosopher\u201d: ex-Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Watch some of his comments here: <\/p>\n Roy Wood Jr. Uses Words Of Marjorie Taylor Greene To Inspire Unwitting Crowd In Politically Charged WGA Awards Opening: “You All Are Being Incited Into Civil War” https:\/\/t.co\/LWc9beE3gN<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Deadline (@DEADLINE) March 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tOscar winner and two-time Screenplay Oscar nominee Terry George (Hotel Rwanda, In the Name of the Father) received the WGA East\u2019s Ian McLellan Hunter Award for career achievement. Here are parts of his speech:<\/p>\n Screenwriter Terry George, accepting a lifetime achievement honor at Sunday\u2019s #WGAAwards<\/a>, has a spicy response to studio bosses who think they can use AI to replace writers. (Video: Dade Hayes\/Deadline) pic.twitter.com\/h5EDTtMy8G<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Deadline (@DEADLINE) March 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Oscar winner and three-time nominee Terry George, accepting a career achievement awards at Sunday\u2019s #WGAAwards<\/a>, gets honest about the struggles of pitching via Zoom and navigating a complex industry landscape. (Video: Dade Hayes\/Deadline) pic.twitter.com\/2W4dMt4Jc8<\/a><\/p>\n