‘Kids Pitch’ Reveals the Behind-the-Scenes Process of TV Development

Stephen Colbert strikes gold, thanks to a cast of brilliant 8-year-olds:

This TVWriter™ minion is thinking that it wouldn’t be a bad idea at all for these kids to be in charge.

Most Viewed TVWriter™ Posts of the Week – May 21, 2018

Time for TVWriter™’s Monday look at our most popular blog posts of the week ending yesterday. They are:

Larry Brody: Of Course TV is Childish. Here’s Why read article

Web Series: ‘It’s All I Am’

The most popular web series genre by far, according to TVWriter™’s go-to experts at Stareable.Com, are comedy shows, which outnumber their closest competitor in terms of sheer volume by almost 3 to 1.

It’s All I Am, a comedy about “a group of teenagers who are in their last year of highschool” has one of the highest approval ratings on the web, so we’ve decided that’s time that all of you out there had a good look at the show.

So here it is, Episode 1 of It’s All I Am: read article

How to Not Write a Boring Script

This video from Film Courage has caused a lot of discussion among the people who, you know, follow the excellent videos shown on YouTube by Film Courage. Watch and see what and why:

From TVWriter™’s perspective, this is Essential Knowledge, so basic that there’s no need for controversy.

But that’ll probably be a controversial view too. read article

Kathryn Graham sees ‘Happy Wife, Happy Life’ & Talks About it with Co-showrunner Bridget McManus

by Kathryn Graham

Happy Wife, Happy Life is a streaming variety show that showcases how marriage is anything but the ‘old ball and chain’.

Happily married couples Bridget McManus Karman Kregloe (formerly of afterellen.com) and Cat Davis & Kristen Smith encourage you to play along as they share their opinions on everything from keeping old sex tapes with your exes to how to tell your wife she’s had a little too much to drink. read article