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| The Practice News - February 2003 |
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"The Practice" Screening and Seminar
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Writers Guild Will Honor David E. Kelley
By: PAT NASON, UPI Hollywood Reporter
Source: United Press International
LOS ANGELES, Feb 17, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- The
Writers Guild of America said Monday it will present one of its highest
honors, the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television, to David E.
Kelley.
The Chayefsky Laurel -- the guild's most prestigious TV award -- is given
to writers "who have advanced the literature of television through the
years, and who have made outstanding contributions to the profession of
the television writer."
Kelley joins a list of previous recipients that includes Larry Gelbart,
Carl Reiner, Rod Serling and last year's joint recipients, Glen & Les
Charles. The list also includes Steven Bochco, who brought Kelley in as a
writer-producer on the '80s legal drama "L.A. Law."
Kelley earned seven Emmy nominations for writing on "L.A. Law," winning
one in 1990. He twice won producing Emmys for the show, when it was named
outstanding drama series in 1989 and 1990.
Kelley, who was a practicing attorney in Boston before he broke into
writing for film and TV, earned five more producing Emmys -- all for show
set in the world of legal practice.
"Pickets Fences" was named outstanding drama in 1993 and 1994. "The
Practice" won for outstanding drama series in 1998 and 1999. Kelley made
Emmy history by winning the top prize for both drama and comedy series in
the same year when "Ally McBeal" won for best comedy in 1999.
"David E. Kelley has changed what we see on television," said Victoria
Riskin, President of the WGAw. "His writing is so unique and distinctive
that it has redefined television drama"
Kelley is one of the most decorated writers in TV history.
"The Practice" and "Ally McBeal" have both won Peabody and Golden Globe
Awards. Kelley won the Humanitas Prize in 1996 (with Nick Harding) for en
episode of "Picket Fences." He won a second Humanitas Prize in 2002 (with
Lukas Reiter) for an episode of "The Practice." Kelley is a member of the
Humanitas Prize Television Board of Trustees.
He is also the creator-producer of "Boston Public" on Fox and the medical
drama "Chicago Hope," which ran on CBS from 1994-2000.
Kelley was nominated for WGA five times for "L.A. Law" and once for "Ally
McBeal." The guild honored him in 1996 with its Paul Selvin Award for a
two-part episode of "Picket Fences."
He joined "L.A. Law" as a writer in 1986 and eventually became a
supervising producer during the show's third season. He and Bochco
co-created "Doogie Howser, M.D."
In 1998, the Producers Guild of America honored Kelley with is Norman
Felton Award for Episodic Television for "The Practice." In 2001, the PGA
presented Kelley with its David Susskind Lifetime Achievement Award.
Kelley is a member of the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame, and a
winner of the Publicists Guild of America Television Showmanship Award.
The Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television is named for the Emmy- and
Oscar-winning writer of "Marty," "Network" and "The Hospital." The WGA
will present the award to Kelley on March 8 at the 55th Annual Writers
Guild Awards, in ceremonies to be held simultaneously in Beverly Hills,
Calif., and New York.
Copyright 2003 by United Press International.
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