1979 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium Winner and Nominees

Heaven Can Wait

Elaine May

A Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die, returns to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire.

California Suite

Neil Simon

Same Time, Next Year

Bernard Slade

Superman

Mario Puzo

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Peter Stone