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Film
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay
Reds, Written by Warren Beatty and Trevor Griffiths
Absence of Malice, Written by Kurt Luedtke
Atlantic City, Written by John Guare
Body Heat, Written by Lawrence Kasdan
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screenplay
Arthur, Written by Steve Gordon
The Four Seasons; Written by Alan Alda
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Written by Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas and Philip Kaufman
S.O.B., Written by Blake Edwards
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
On Golden Pond, Screenplay by Ernest Thompson and Donald E. Stewart; Based on his play
Cutter's Way, Screenplay by Jeffrey Alan Fiskin; Based on the novel by Newton Thornburg
Prince of the City, Screenplay by Jay Presson Allen and Sidney Lumet; Based on the book by Robert Daley
Ragtime, Screenplay by Michael Weller; Based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
Rich and Famous, Screenplay by Gerald Ayres; Based on the play by John Van Druten
First Monday in October, Screenplay by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee; Based on their play
For Your Eyes Only, Screenplay by Richard Maibaum, and Michael G. Wilson; Based on the stories by Ian Fleming
Television
Episodic Drama
"Hill Street Station" - Hill Street Blues (NBC) - Michael Kozoll and Steven Bochco
"Film at Eleven" - Hill Street Blues (NBC) - Anthony Yerkovich
"Strike" - Lou Grant (CBS) - April Smith
"Campesinos" - Lou Grant (CBS) - Michael Vittes
"Bless You Hawkeye" - M*A*S*H (CBS) - Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford
"Future City" - Palmerstown, U.S.A. (CBS) - Ronald Rubin
Episodic Comedy
"Stormy Weather" - Barney Miller (CBS) - Nat Mauldin
"Field Associate" - Barney Miller (CBS) - Jordan Moffet
"A War for All Seasons" - M*A*S*H (CBS) - Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford
"No Sweat" - M*A*S*H (CBS) - John Rappaport
"Crazy Judge" - Park Place (CBS) - Reinhold Weege
"Tony's Sister and Jim" - Taxi (ABC) - Michael Leeson
"Thy Boss' Wife" - Taxi (ABC) - Ken Estin
"The Greatest American Hero" - The Greatest American Hero (ABC) - Stephen J. Cannell
Daytime Serials
Ryan's Hope (ABC) - Paul Avila Mayer, Claire Labine, Mary Munisteri and Jeffrey Lane
The Doctors (NBC) - Dennis de Brito and Elizabeth Levin
Texas (NBC) - John Williams Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington, Ralph Adamo, Harry Boehm, Elizabeth Boehm, Carole Berlin and Patrick Mulcahey
Anthology Drama Adapted
Bitter Harvest (NBC) - Richard Friedenberg
Life on the Mississippi (PBS) - Philip H. Reisman Jr.
The Acorn People (NBC) - Joan Tewkesbury
Special Awards
Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Paul Osborn
Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
John McGreevey
Valentine Davies Award
Mort R. Lewis
Morgan Cox Award
Brad Radnitz