The Writers Guild of America has awarded Breaking Bad's Season 1 Pilot, written by creator Vince Gilligan, as the best episodic drama of the year. The show beat out Fox's House, USA's Burn Notice, ABC's Eli Stone and Showtime's Dexter for this prestigious award, which was based on voting by the 12,000 WGA members. Breaking Bad's first season episode "Gray Matter", written by Patty Lin, was also nominated in this category.

AMC's Mad Men also won a WGA award for best dramatic series.

Click here to watch the Season 1 Pilot in full screen high definition.