Month: August 2013

munchman: Showtime Prez Sneers at His Audience

-The-Borgias-2012
Oh them crazy, zany Borgias
munchman
by munchman

Or, to be more specific. At us. You and me. I wanted to title this post “Showtime Prez Affirms His Belief in Kickstarter,” but then I got all freaked about people missing the irony…and my anger.

Cuz Showtime President David Nevins wasn’t being positive about Kickstarter in any way when he mentioned it the other day. In fact, he was being a dick. In other words, if you think the Borgia family is a bag of bad, wait’ll you get a load of this guy.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Nevins was on his way into the Beverly Hilton Hotel for a Television Critics Association press tour event when he saw a protester with a message to save Showtime’s recently cancelled series, THE BORGIAS. read article

Self-publishing is the future — and great for writers

The future is ours!

We knew this would happen.

Um, wait. No, we didn’t. We were scared shitless. But we feel much better now cuz: read article

Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 8/4/13

Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are

  • Jay Beattie & Dan Dworkin (CRIMINAL MINDS) are writing the horror drama pilot SCREAM, based on the successful film franchise, for MTV. (Chalk up another victory for ye olde tried-and-true, both in terms of the writers and the project.)
  • Carter Covington (HART OF DIXIE) is writing the pilot for MTV’s sitcom FAKING IT. (Ah, MTV, we applaud your embrace of scripted television with palms that are smacking together so loud that it hurts!)
  • Which reminds us that Ben Epstein (DADDY’S GIRLS) is also developing an MTV comedy pilot titled HAPPYLAND. (We don’t want to reveal too much about it cuz the synopsis sounds great and we’re afraid that if we tell you we’ll all get crushed together if it doesn’t pan out.)
  • David Milch (DEADWOOD) is developing THE MONEY, a drama about – duh – rich people, at HBO. (Wonder what excuse he’ll come up this time when he abandons the series halfway through. You know, like DEADWOOD and LUCK.)
  • Jonathan Lisco (SOUTHLAND) will be showrunner of AMC’s upcoming series HALT & CATCH FIRE as part of this new overall deal with the network. (AMC is the new TNT. Ahh.)

Peer Production: 4th Ep of THE DOCTOR PUPPET Debuts August 5th

doctorpuppetasvideostarEverybody loves puppets, right?

And everybody loves DOCTOR WHO, no?

What about peer production? read article

DOCTOR WHO’s John Barrowman has this great idea

File under “If Only…”

Just like everybody else, actors have ideas. And just like everybody else’s ideas, some of them are good. What separates actors from writers, though, is that we actually turn those ideas into stories and write them down for others to read/see/hear.

We’d love to turn this into one of those stories. Or even sit and watch as the idea’s source, John Barrowman AKA Captain Jack of DOCTOR WHO and TORCHWOOD fame, wrote his way into television history. read article