The Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement is an honorary award presented by the Writers Guild of America for the greatest achievement in television writing. Along with the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, it is one of two lifetime achievement awards rewarded each year at the Writers Guild of America Awards.
Winners Year Recipient(s) 1976 Rod Serling 1977 James Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum 1978 Ernest Kinoy 1979 James Costigan 1980 Howard Rodman 1981 Larry Gelbart 1982 John McGreevey 1983 Herbert Baker 1984 John Gay 1985 Danny Arnold 1986 Richard Levinson & William Link 1987 Reginald Rose 1988 Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf 1989 Hal Kanter 1990 David Shaw 1991 Carol Sobieski 1992 Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. & Jess Oppenheimer 1993 Norman Lear 1994 Steven Bochco 1995 Carl Reiner 1996 Paul Henning 1997 David W. Rintels 1998 James L. Brooks & Allan Burns 1999 David Milch 2000 Paul Monash 2001 David Lloyd 2002 Glen Charles & Les Charles 2003 David E. Kelley 2004 Loring Mandel 2005 Susan Harris 2006 Stephen J. Cannell 2007 John Wells 2008 David Chase 2009 William Blinn 2010 Larry David 2011 Diane English 2012 Marshall Herskovitz & Edward Zwick 2013 Joshua Brand & John Falsey 2014 Garry Marshall 2015 Shonda Rhimes 2016 Marta Kauffman & David Crane 2017 Aaron Sorkin 2018 Alison Cross 2019 Jenji Kohan 2020 Merrill Markoe 2021 No award 2022 2023 Yvette Lee Bowser 2024 Linda Bloodworth Thomason 2025 Vince Gilligan 2026 Don Reo
External links Official site with list of past recipients