The 72nd Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best writing in film, television and radio of 2019.
The ceremonies were hosted by Ana Gasteyer (Beverly Hilton) and John Fugelsang (Edison Ballroom).
[2] Parasite (Neon) — Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won; story by Bong Joon-ho Jojo Rabbit (Fox Searchlight) – Taika Waititi; based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (HBO Documentary Films) – Alex Gibney Succession (HBO) – Jesse Armstrong, Alice Birch, Jon Brown, Jonathan Glatzer, Cord Jefferson, Mary Laws, Lucy Prebble, Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche, Gary Shteyngart, Susan Soon He Stanton, and Will Tracy Barry (HBO) – Alec Berg, Duffy Boudreau, Bill Hader, Emily Heller, Jason Kim, Taofik Kolade, and Elizabeth Sarnoff Watchmen (HBO) – Lila Byock, Nick Cuse, Christal Henry, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Cord Jefferson, Jeff Jensen, Claire Kiechel, Damon Lindelof, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Tom Spezialy, and Carly Wray Chernobyl (HBO) – Craig Mazin Fosse/Verdon (FX) – Debora Cahn, Joel Fields, Ike Holter, Thomas Kail, Steven Levenson, Charlotte Stoudt, Tracey Scott Wilson; Based on the book Fosse by Sam Wasson Special (Netflix) – Ryan O'Connell "Thanksgiving of Horror" – The Simpsons (Fox) – Dan Vebber "Tern Haven" – Succession (HBO) – Will Tracy "Pilot" – Dead to Me (Netflix) – Liz Feldman Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) – Senior writers: Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner; Writers: Daniel O'Brien, Tim Carvell, John Oliver, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Ben Silva, and Seena Vali Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents: Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner Part 2 (TBS) – Head writer: Melinda Taub; Supervising writers: Joe Grossman, Nicole Silverberg; Writers: Samantha Bee, Kristen Bartlett, Pat Cassels, Sean Crespo, Mike Drucker, Mathan Erhardt, Miles Kahn, Sahar Rizvi; Special contributor: Allison Silverman I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (Netflix) – Jeremy Beiler, Zach Kanin, Tim Robinson, and John Solomon Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
(Nickelodeon) – Head writer: Bret Calvert; Writers: Seth Harrington and Rosemarie DiSalvo The Young and the Restless (CBS) – Writers: Amanda L. Beall, Jeff Beldner, Sara Bibel, Matt Clifford, Annie Compton, Christopher Dunn, Sara Endsley, Janice Ferri Esser, Mellinda Hensley, Anne Schoettle, Natalie Minardi Slater, and Teresa Zimmerman "Remember Black Elvis?"
– Family Reunion (Netflix) – Howard Jordan Jr. "Trump's Trade War" – Frontline (PBS) – Marcela Gaviria "Chasing The Moon Part One: A Place Beyond The Sky" – American Experience (PBS) – Robert Stone "Terror in America: The Massacres in El Paso and Dayton" – Special Edition of the CBS Evening News (CBS News) – Jerry Cipriano, Joe Clines, and Bob Meyer "Fly like an Eagle" – 60 Minutes (CBS News) – Scott Pelley, Katie Kerbstat, and Nicole Young "Stories About My Brother" (Jezebel.com) – Prachi Gupta "Hail and Farewell: Remembering Some Headline Makers" (CBS News Radio) – Gail Lee "The Enduring Legacy of Jackie Kennedy Onassis" (CBS News Radio) – Dianne E. James and Gail Lee "Star Trek: Picard" and "All Rise Promos" (CBS) – Jessica Katzenstein Charles Randolph Nancy Meyers Merrill Markoe Years are of film release; ceremonies are held the following year