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'Inception' Takes Home Top Prize at Writer's Guild Awards

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Feb. 6 2011, Published 8:00 a.m. ET

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Stars came out for Saturday’s Writer’s Guild Awards, held simultaneously in NYC and L.A., to honor the men and women behind the best scripts in television and film for 2010.

Modern Family’s Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet hosted the show on the west coast and represented the hilarious sitcom’s win for TV Comedy Series.

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Mad Men, featuring John Hamm and Christina Hendricks, nabbed the award for TV Drama Series.

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The top honor of the evening, Original Screenplay, went to Christopher Nolan for his work on Inception, while the Social Network kept the nods coming with Aaron Sorkin’s win for Adapted Screenplay.

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Although the King’s Speech, starring Colin Firth, has been racking up serious Oscar buzz, the film was left out of the night’s nominations for not meeting specific Writer’s Guild guidelines, according to E! Online.

Check out the full list of winners from last night’s Writer’s Guild Awards here:

Original Screenplay: Christopher Nolan for Inception

Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network

Documentary Screenplay: Charles Ferguson, Chad Beck, and Adam Bolt for Inside Job

TV Drama Series: Mad Men

TV Comedy Series: Modern Family

New TV Series: Boardwalk Empire

TV Episodic Drama: Mad Men’s "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword"

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TV Episodic Comedy: 30 Rock’s "When it Rains, it Pours"

Long Form Original: The Special Relationship

Long Form Adaptation: The Pacific’s "Part Eight"

Animation: Futurama’s "The Prisoner of Benda"

Comedy/Variety Series: The Colbert Report

Comedy/Variety Special: National Memorial Day Concert 2010

Daytime Drama: As the World Turns

Children's Episodic: Imagination Movers’ "Happy Ha-Ha Holidays"

Children's Long Form: Avalon High

TV Documentary (Current Events): Frontline’s "Flying Cheap"

TV Documentary (Other): American Experience’s "Wyatt Earp"

News: CBS Sunday Morning’s "Sunday Morning Almanac"

News Analysis, Feature or Commentary: 60 Minutes’ "Resurrecting Eden”

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