Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #48 – “Horsepucky!”

THE USUAL NOTE FROM LB: From the summer of 2002 to  the spring of 2010, Gwen the Beautiful and I were the proud and often exhausted owners of a beautiful Ozarks property we called Cloud Creek Ranch.

In many ways, the ranch was paradise. But it was a paradise with a price that started going up before we even knew it existed. Here’s another Monday musing about our adventure and the lessons we learned.

Oh, and if y’all detect any irony, please believe me when I say it comes straight from the universe and not your kindly Uncle Larry B. read article

WGAW June 2019 Calendar

Here’s what going on, socially and professionally,  at the Writers Guild of America West this month:

June 2019

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Last Week in Cord Cutting

More cord cutting news for all you crazy, zany refugees from the tyranny of satellite and cable TV, from CordCuttersNews.

The central issues this week are AT&T Laying Off Staff, NBC News Streaming, Omniverse, & More. read article

WGA-ATA Latest Salvos

by Larry Brody

Here they are, kids, the latest salvos in the War for the Hearts & Minds & Bank Accounts of Writers & Agents Who Formerly Were Best Buds.

A lot has happened since the last time we discussed this here at TVWriter™ , but what stands out in my mind is the shocking amount of ire directed at the members of the WGA by the ATA, which as a group has been violating its fiduciary duty for decades (i.e., fucking us over).

The good news last week was that UTA (that’s a talent agency) co-president Jay Sures asked WGA West president David A. Goodman to please, please, please come back to the bargaining table and Mr. Goodman accepted, which means, at least theoretically, that various injustices and ways to correct them already are, or soon will, discussed by the aggrieved and aggrieving parties. read article

10 Most Viewed TVWriter™ Posts of the Week – June 3, 2019

Happy Monday morning everybody!

Hope you’ve had a great weekend. Time now for TVWriter™’s latest look at our most popular blog posts and resource pages during the week ending yesterday. They are, in order: read article