HBO Leads 2015 Writers Guild Awards Nominations

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HBO garnered the lion’s share of cable and digital 2015 Writers Guild Award nominations, the organization announced Thursday.

HBO earned 16 nominations, including two best drama series nods for Game Of Thrones and True Detective, according to the Guild. Other shows nominated in the category include CBS’s The Good Wife, Netflix’s House Of Cards and AMC’s Mad Men.

OTT services Netflix and Amazon earned multiple nominations, as did cable networks FX, Lifetime, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon.

The winners will be announced during the 2015 Writers Guild Awards ceremony Feb. 14 in Los Angeles and New York.

A full list of nominees can be found here.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.