Los Angeles – Executive Producer Cort Casady and Talent Producer Carole Propp have confirmed the first wave of top talent set to present honors at the 2013 Writers Guild Awards Los Angeles ceremony coming up on Sunday, February 17, at the JW Marriott L.A. LIVE.
In addition to previously announced show host Nathan Fillion, the Emmy-winning actor currently starring as mystery novelist Richard Castle on ABC’s hit series Castle, this year’s presenters will include two-time Academy Award-nominee and Golden Globe-winning actress Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty, The Help), a trio of Modern Family co-stars – two-time Emmy-winning actress Julie Bowen, two-time Emmy-winning actor Eric Stonestreet, and ALMA Award-winning actor Rico Rodriguez; SAG Award-winning actress Kate Walsh (Private Practice, Grey’s Anatomy), two-time TV Guide Award-winning Castle co-star Stana Katic, three-time Writers Guild and nine-time Emmy Award-nominated actress-writer Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation) and her Parks and Recreation co-star, Independent Spirit Award-nominated actor Adam Scott, three-time Emmy-winning actor Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond), and Writers Guild Award-nominated Key and Peele co-creators/co-stars Keegan Michael Key and Jordan Peele.
Additional talent updates to presenter line-up will be announced closer to WGA L.A. show date.



Funny how they release a press release as if the public had any opportunity of watching
Is there any chance people from peru can watch the awards? Maybe on tnt, e!, warner, tcm…?!
Nathan Fillion’s fantastic and deserves an Emmy, no question, but he hasn’t won one. He’s a two-time People’s Choice Award winner and was nominated for SAG Award and a Daytime Emmy.
The problem is, he does so much work on Castle that requires comedic timing because of the nature of his overgrown child/playboy type character, and it’s not gonna seem as weighty and dramatic as somebody like Cranston on Breaking Bad. It’s the downside of being on a dramedy where you have a lot of banter to do, e.g. Lauren Graham on Gilmore Girls. It just doesn’t get taken seriously in either the comedy or drama categories. He had some emotional scenes last year where he had to cry. ABC doesn’t even try to promote the show beyond the bare bones (didn’t even mention its season premiere during the Emmy telecast the day before). They probably won’t spend a dollar on a For Your Consideration ad. The show’s set up as a useful workhorse when it’s really a underrated little gem.