Friday, August 31, 2012

AFT Awards: Best Writing for a Comedy Series

This is the sixteenth category of the 6th Annual AFT Television Awards, my personal choices for the best in television during the 2011-2012 season. For the directing and writing categories, I’ve included only honorable mentions rather than semi-finalists and finalists. Nominees are listed in alphabetical order.

Best Writing for a Comedy Series


Last year’s nominees: The Big C (Happy Birthday Cancer), The Office (Goodbye Michael), Parks and Recreation (Fancy Party), Parks and Recreation (Flu Season), 30 Rock (Double-Edged Sword)

Emmy nominees: Remedial Chaos Theory (Community), Pilot (Girls), Pregnant (Louie), The Debate (Parks and Recreation), Win, Lose, or Draw (Parks and Recreation)

Semi-finalists: Enlightened (Comrades Unite!), The Finder (Pilot), Girls (She Did), House of Lies (The Mayan Apocalypse), Modern Family (Door to Door), Modern Family (Express Christmas), New Girl (Cece Crashes), New Girl (See Ya), Parks and Recreation (Bowling for Votes), Shameless (A Beautiful Mess), Shameless (Hurricane Monica), Shameless (Just Like the Pilgrims Intended), Suburgatory (Entering Eden), Suburgatory (Independence Day), Suburgatory (The Motherload), Suits (Pilot), 2 Broke Girls (Pilot), 30 Rock (The Return of Avery Jessup), 30 Rock (What Will Happen to the Gang Next Year?), Veep (Tears), Weeds (Do Her/Don't Do Her)

Finalists: Parks and Recreation (Citizen Knope), Modern Family (Aunt Mommy), Veep (Pilot), Wilfred (Pilot), The Big C (Crossing the Line)

The nominees:

House of Lies (Pilot) Girls (Hard Being Easy) Parks and Recreation (Win, Lose, or Draw) Veep (Nicknames)

The debut installment of Showtime’s comedy was brilliant and deeply hilarious. HBO’s series had one of its best episodes with a complex and excellent exploration of its characters. NBC’s superb comedy went out with a bang with his funny and heartwarming election extravaganza. HBO’s political satire demonstrated its wit and humor with this extremely entertaining episode.

The winner:

Girls (Pilot) was a wonderfully inventive, quirky, and offbeat half hour with exceptionally written characters and dialogue.

Next up: Best Ensemble in a Drama Series

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