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'30 Rock' and Tina Fey are put as the nominees of this year's Writers Guild of America Awards with four chances.

• Jan 8, 2009

AceShowbiz - Writers Guild of America have selected some writer names and several TV series to be put under the contenders of their 2009 awards event. Nominees of WGA Awards were announced on Wednesday, January 7 and the TV list is crowded by "30 Rock" and "Breaking Bad".

NBC's "30 Rock" earns four nominations including one for Comedy Series and three for Episodic Comedy. Tina Fey who plays Liz Lemon in the series, earns a nod in the ensemble and solo for episode "Cooter". AMC's "Breaking Bad" meanwhile, pockets 3 nods in 2 categories, namely New Series and Episodic Drama.

The ceremony to hand out the prizes will be held on February 7 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles. Other fields in the TV world which are recognized are Documentary, News, Children's Episodic and Specials, Comedy/Variety Series and Animation among others, which nominees can be viewed on WGA.org.

DRAMATIC SERIES:

• "Dexter", Showtime
• "Friday Night Lights", NBC
• "Lost", ABC
• "Mad Men", AMC
• "The Wire", HBO

• "30 Rock", NBC
• "Entourage", HBO
• "The Office", NBC
• "The Simpsons", Fox
• "Weeds", Showtime

• "Breaking Bad", AMC
• "Fringe", Fox
• "In Treatment", HBO
• "Life on Mars" ABC
• "True Blood" HBO

• "Don't Ever Change" ("House M.D."), Fox
• "Double Booked" ("Burn Notice"), USA
• "Gray Matter" ("Breaking Bad"), AMC
• "Pilot" ("Breaking Bad"), AMC
• "Pilot" ("Eli Stone"), ABC
• "There's Something About Harry" ("Dexter"), Showtime

• "Believe in the Stars" ("30 Rock"), NBC
• "Cooter" ("30 Rock"), NBC
• "Crime Aid" ("The Office"), NBC
• "Crush'd" ("Ugly Betty"), ABC
• "Succession" ("30 Rock"), NBC
• "Vote for This and I Promise to Do Something Crazy at the Emmys" ("My Name is Earl"), NBC