People ask me questions. They call. They email. They rush up to me on the street.
The most frequently asked question, especially by those rushing up to me on the street, is “What the #&$@! do you think you’re doing?”
Author: LB
A legendary figure in the television writing and production world with a career going back to the late ’60s, Larry Brody has written and produced hundreds of hours of American and worldwide television and is a consultant to production companies and networks in the U.S. and abroad .
Shows written or produced by Brody have won several awards including - yes, it's true - Emmys, Writers Guild Awards, and the Humanitas Award.
LB Sees COPPER
The Good:
- Well written, well directed, with real-sounding (if mannered) dialog, just as you would expect from a series run by HOMICIDE and OZ’s Tom Fontana)
- Strongly evokes the time and place
- Earnest and filled with a concern for justice, social as well as legal
The Not-So-Good:
Even the Writers Guild Understands How Important Contests Have Become
…Especially for TV writers:
I got the above email yesterday and really was amazed that the WGAw has actually been holding a contest – for members only – for four years. It took me completely by surprise.
LB Sees SUITS (and Also BOB AND RAY)
The Good:
- When this series began it was an interesting series about a genius drug dealer who knew the law so well that he successfully did all the work his lazy lawyer “partner” was supposed to do in intriguing criminal and semi-criminal cases
- Good looking actors, both men and women, in even better looking clothes
The Not-So-Good:
Whoa, Kinda Looks Like the DISH CEO is an…Well, How Does ‘Arrogant Putz’ Sound?
Saw this on The Consumerist, a – maybe the – top consumer protection side on the web. Not a healthy way to start the day:
Dish CEO Says His Customers Don’t Watch AMC Because “They Live In Farms & Ranches” – by Chris Morran
To all you Dish subscribers who have to go over to your friends’ houses to watch Breaking Bad because you no longer have AMC, the satellite service’s CEO has a message for you: Stop complaining and don’t watch good TV, because he never has.