Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay - Episodic Drama

This is the list of winners and nominees of the WGA Television Award for Best Writing for Drama Series - Episodic.

2000s

"'2000: "The West Wing" - Rick Cleveland/Aaron Sorkin for "In Excelsis Deo"
*"Once and Again" - Richard Kramer for "Strangers and Brothers"
*"The Sopranos" - Mitchell Burgess/Robin Green for "The Knight in White Satin Armor"
*"The Sopranos" - Terence Winter for "Big Girls Don't Cry"
*"The West Wing" - Patrick Caddell/Rick Cleveland/Lawrence O'Donnell/Ron Osborn/Jeff Renofor "Enemies"
*"The West Wing" - Lawrence O'Donnell/Paul Redford/Aaron Sorkin for "Take This Sabbath Day"

"'2001: "The Sopranos" - Timothy Van Patten/Terence Winter for "Pine Barrens"
*"" - Ann Donahue/Tish McCarthy for "Blood Drops"
*"The Sopranos" - David Chase for "Proshai, Livushka"
*"The Sopranos" - Mitchell Burgess/Robin Green for "Employee of the Month"
*"The West Wing" - Paul Redford/Aaron Sorkin for "Somebody's Going To Emergency, Somebody's Going To Jail"
*"The West Wing" - Aaron Sorkin for "Two Cathedrals"

"'2002: "The Education of Max Bickford" - Dawn Prestwich/Nicole Yorkin for "Pilot"
*"ER" - John Wells for "On the Beach"
*"Resurrection Blvd." - Robert Eisele for "Nino Del Polvo"
*"Six Feet Under" - Christian Taylor for "In Place of Anger"
*"The Sopranos" - Mitchell Burgess/Robin Green for "Whoever Did This"
*"The West Wing" - Paul Redford/Aaron Sorkin for "Game On"

"'2003: "24" - Evan Katz for "7:00 PM - 8:00 PM"
*"Law & Order" - Michael S. Chernuchin for "Bounty"
*"" - Tara Butters/Michele Fazekas for "Abomination"
*"" - Tara Butters/Michele Fazekas for "Loss"
*"The O.C." - Josh Schwartz for "Pilot"
*"The West Wing" - Alexa Junge/Lauren Schmidt for "Disaster Relief"

"'2004: "The West Wing" - Debora Cahn for "The Supremes"
*"Six Feet Under" - Craig Wright for "Falling Into Place"
*"The Sopranos" - Terence Winter for "Long Term Parking"
*"The West Wing" - Josh Singer/John Sacret Young for "Memorial Day"

"'2005: "House" - Lawrence Kaplow for "Autopsy"
*"" - Carol Mendelsohn/Naren Shankar/Quentin Tarantino/Anthony E. Zuiker for "Grave Danger"
*"Nip/Tuck" - Jennifer Salt for "Rhea Reynolds"
*"Six Feet Under" - Scott Buck for "Singing for Our Lives"
*"Veronica Mars" - Rob Thomas for "Normal Is the Watchword"
*"The West Wing" - Carol Flint for "A Good Day"

"'2006: "Big Love" - Mark V. Olsen/Will Scheffer for "Pilot"
*"Battlestar Galactica" - Ronald D. Moore for "Occupation/Precipice"
*"Lost" - Christina M. Kim/Elizabeth Sarnoff for "Two for the Road"
*"" - Lawrence D. Cohen for "The End of the Whole Mess"
*"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" - Aaron Sorkin for "Pilot"
*"The West Wing" - Eli Attie/John Wells for "Election Day: Part 2"

"'2007: "The Sopranos" - Terence Winter for "The Second Coming"
*"The Closer" - Michael Alaimo for "The Round File"
*"Dexter" - Timothy Schlattmann for "The Dark Defender"
*"Lost" - Drew Goddard/Damon Lindelof for "Flashes Before Your Eyes"
*"Mad Men" - Chris Provenzano for "The Hobo Code"
*"The Wire" - Ed Burns/David Simon for "Final Grades"