"Modern Family" continues its streak at the top winning a writing award at this years Writers Guild Awards.
The show about a family and their trials and tribulations told in mockumentary style won two awards, including Best New Series and for Best Comedy Episode for the "Modern Family Pilot."
"30 Rock" airs Thursdays on NBC. "Modern Family' airs Wednesdays on ABC.
Complete list of winners:
Original screenplay: The Hurt Locker, written by Mark Boal
Adapted screenplay: Up in the Air, screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Documentary screenplay: The Cove, written by Mark Monroe
Drama series: Mad Men
Comedy series: 30 Rock
New series: Modern Family
Episodic drama: “Broken, Part 1 and Part 2,” House, written by Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, David Foster and David Shore
Episodic comedy: “Apollo, Apollo,” 30 Rock, written by Robert Carlock, and the pilot of Modern Family, written by Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd
Animation, any length (all nominations in category were for The Simpsons): “Take My life, Please,” The Simpsons, written by Don Payne
Longform, original: Georgia O’Keeffe, written by Michael Cristofer
Longform, adaptation: Taking Chance, teleplay by Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.) and Ross Katz, Based on the short story by Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.).
Comedy/variety: Saturday Night Live & The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Daytime serial: The Young and the Restless
Children’s episodic: “Welcome to the Jungle,” The Troop, written by Max Burnett
Children’s script, longform: Another Cinderella Story, ABC Family, written by Erik Patterson, Jessica Scott
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