Better Call Saul's Rhea Seehorn presents the 2025 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award to Vince Gilligan

Emmy-nominated actor Rhea Seehorn presents the Writers Guild of America West’s 2025 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement to Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan.

The Paddy Chayefsky Award is presented to a Guild member who has “advanced the literature of television and made outstanding contributions to the profession of the television writer.”

Gilligan was honored at the 2025 Writers Guild Awards west coast show, held on on Saturday, February 15, 2025 and hosted by standup comedian, writer, and actor Joel Kim Booster (Shrill, Search Party, Big Mouth).

For more information about the 2025 Writers Guild Awards and a list of the winners, visit https://awards.wga.org.