Let’s Count…

Crossposted at Speaker’s Corner.

Let’s count how many total nominations there were for Writers Guild of America’s annual awards.

And then we’ll count how many are women! Should be fun and instructive, right?

The full list of nominees is over at Speaker’s Corner with the nominated women identified by their red names.

Here’s the breakdown:

There are 328 people nominated for WGA awards. Of those 328, 78 are women. That is 23.78%

Now, by category.

• Dramatic Series: 50 total, 16 women = 32% [THIRD HIGHEST, thank you Mad Men]
• Comedic Series: 63 total, 16 women = 25.4%
• New Series: 36 total, 3 women = 8.3% [LOWEST that actually has a woman writer nominated]
• Episodic Drama (one episode): 8 total, 1 woman = 12.5%
• Episodic Comedy (one episode): 6 total, 0 women = 0% [tied for LOWEST percentage, obviously]
• Long Form Original: 2 total, 0 women = 0% [tied for LOWEST percentage, obviously]
• Long Form Adaptation: 7 total, 1 woman = 14.3%
• Animation: 5 total, 1 woman = 20%
• Comedy/Variety: 69 total, 9 women = 13%
• Comedy/Variety Special: 14 total, 2 women = 14.3%
• Daytime Serials: 35 total, 21 women = 60% [HIGHEST percentage]
• Children’s Episodic & Specials: 5 total, 0 women = 0% [tied for LOWEST percentage, obviously]
• Children’s Script: 4 total, 2 women = 50% [tied for SECOND HIGHEST]
• Documentary Current Events: 9 total, 2 women = 22%
• Documentary Other Than Current Events: 9 total, 1 woman = 11% [SECOND LOWEST]
• News Regularly Scheduled: 2 total, 1 woman = 50% [tied for SECOND highest]
• News Analysis, Feature, Commentary: 4 total, 2 women = 50% [tied for SECOND HIGHEST]