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Louis C.K. Earns Two Writers Guild Award Nods for Penning FX’s “Louie”

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Louis C.K. continues writing his way into Hollywood’s good graces…

The 47-year-old Mexican American actor/stand-up comedian and multiple Emmy-winner has picked up two Writers Guild Award nominations for penning his highly acclaimed FX comedy series Louie.

Louis C.K.

Louis C.K.’s series, which he writes, directs and stars in, will compete against Orange Is The New Black, Silicon Valley, Transparent and Veep in the Comedy Series category.

Louie picked up his first WGA Award in this category in 2013.

He’s also competing in the Episodic Comedy category for penning the show’s “So Did the Fat Lady” episode.

The Writers Guild Awards honor outstanding writing in film, television, new media, videogames, news, radio, promotional, and graphic animation categories.

The Writers Guild of Americ will present its awards jointly at simultaneous ceremonies on Saturday, February 14, 2015, in Los Angeles at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza and in New York City at the Edison Ballroom.

Here’s a look at Louis C.K.’s nominations:

COMEDY SERIES

Louie, Written by Louis CK; FX
Orange Is the New Black, Written by Stephen Falk, Sian Heder, Tara Herrmann, Sara Hess, Nick Jones, Jenji Kohan, Lauren Morelli, Alex Regnery, Hartley Voss; Netflix
Silicon Valley, Written by John Altschuler, Alec Berg, Matteo Borghese, Jessica Gao, Mike Judge, Dave Krinsky, Carson Mell, Dan O’Keefe, Clay Tarver, Rob Turbovsky, Ron Weiner; HBO
Transparent, Written by Bridget Bedard, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Ethan Kuperberg, Ali Liebegott, Faith Soloway, Jill Soloway; Amazon Prime
Veep, Written by Simon Blackwell, Kevin Cecil, Roger Drew, Sean Gray, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Georgia Pritchett, David Quantick, Andy Riley, Tony Roche, Will Smith; HBO

EPISODIC COMEDY

“The Cold” (Modern Family), Written by Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz; ABC
“Landline” (New Girl), Written by Rob Rosell; Fox
“Low Self Esteem City” (Orange Is the New Black), Written by Nick Jones; Netflix
“So Did the Fat Lady” (Louie), Written by Louis C.K.; FX
“Three Dinners” (Modern Family), Written by Abraham Higginbotham & Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman; ABC
“The Wilderness” (Transparent), Written by Ethan Kuperberg; Amazon Prime

Louis C.K. Earns Second Consecutive TCA Award…

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It’s like a case of déjà vu for Louis C.K.

The 45-year-old Mexican American stand-up comedian and actor picked up his second consecutive Television Critics Association Award on Saturday.

Louis C.K.

Louis C.K. once again picked up the award for Individual Achievement in Comedy for his Emmy-winning FX series Louie.

It’s the latest award for Louis C.K., who recently received a remarkable nine Emmy nominations.

This year alone he’s claimed a Producers Guild of America Digital V.I.P. Award, a Peabody Award and a Writers Guild Award. And the comedian was named one of Time magazine’s100 Influentials last year.

Here’s a look at this years TCA Award winners:

Individual Achievement in Drama:
Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black, BBC America)

Individual Achievement in Comedy: Louis C.K. (Louie, FX) 


Outstanding Achievement in News and Information:
The Central Park Five (PBS) 


Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming:
Shark Tank (ABC) 


Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming:
Bunheads (ABC Family) 


Outstanding New Program:
The Americans (FX) 


Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials:
Behind the Candelabra (HBO) 


Outstanding Achievement in Drama:
Game of Thrones (HBO) 


Outstanding Achievement in Comedy:
(Tie) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) and Parks and Recreation (NBC). 


Career Achievement Award:
Barbara Walters (ABC) 


Heritage Award:
All in the Family (CBS) 


Program of the Year:
Breaking Bad (AMC)

Louis C.K. Wins His First Writers Guild Award

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Louis C.K. has picked up his first Writers Guild Award…

The 45-year-old half-Mexican American actor, stand-up comedian and Emmy-winning writer was named the winner in the comedy series category at Sunday’s 65th Annual Writers Guild Awards ceremony.

Louis C.K.

Louis C.K., who will be starring in Woody Allen’s latest film Blue Jasmine this summer, won the award for penning his critically acclaimed FX series Louie, alongside Pamela Adlon and Vernon Chatman.

Fred Armisen won the WGA Award in the Comedy/Variety Series category. The 46-year-old half-Venezuelan actor and former Saturday Night Live star took home the prize for penning his IFC series Portlandia, along with fellow writers Carrie Brownstein, Karey Dornetto, Jonathan Krisel and Bill Oakley.

PBS’ Marcela Gaviria won the WGA Award in the Documentary – Current Events category. The Colombia-born journalist and filmmaker earned the award for penning Frontline’s “Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode One” documentary with Martin Smith.

The Writers Guild Awards, presented by the Writers Guild of America, honor outstanding achievement in writing in film, television, radio, new media, and other awards categories.