For Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, the WGA honorary Paddy Chayefsky Laurel For Television Writing Achievement served as an opportunity to call for action as a “profoundly divided country.” ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Gilligan was honored at the ceremony with the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for achievement in television writing, and he noted he was there ...

"Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan has been tapped to receive the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement at this year's Writers Guild Awards. The award, chosen by the ...

Presented with the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement at the Los Angeles ceremony, Gilligan acknowledged he was being honored because of Breaking Bad and writing ...

The 58-year-old screenwriter, who also created Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul, spoke after accepting the highest prize at last night’s Writer’s Guild Awards, the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel ...

Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay for "Marty" (1955), "The ...

While searching for an analogy for Donald Trump 1.0 during his 2016 campaign, I landed on a juxtaposition of “Mad Max” and Paddy Chayefsky’s brilliant movie “Network.” I envisioned Mel ...

Before presenting Gilligan with the WGA West’s Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement on Saturday, the 3x Emmy-nominated actress raved to Deadline about his “pretty ...

In a speech accepting the Writers Guild Award’s top writing honor, the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement, Gilligan said that Hollywood should spend more of its ...