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.

WGA-ATA at a Standstill?

by Larry Brody

It certainly seems that way, with the ATA complaining that, as Deadline.Com’s strangely skewed headline put it last Friday, “ATA’s New Proposals Have Gotten No Response From the WGA As Hopes For Quick Return To Bargaining Fizzle.”

Of course that’s not exactly the situation, but the fact that the agents’ spokespeople insist on trying to parse words with their former clients, who just happen to be a pretty find bunch of real writers suggest to me that the very people we entrusted with representing and elevating us and our value to employers (AKA studios, networks, producers, etc.) don’t in fact represent us at all.

In light of the negative reportage appearing last week, bear with me please while I present a few comments clarifying the points of view of my WGA brothers and sisters. read article

Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #50 – “I Used to be Cool”

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

Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #49 – “Two Dreamers”

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

WGA-ATA Inching Forward…Maybe

by Larry Brody

Time now for the latest in the heroic struggle of Hollywood Writers Trying to Make Their Agent Employees Actually Treat Them Like Employers Instead Of Products.

Yes, that’s quite a mouthful. But when you get down to the proverbial brass tacks (or as I like to think of it, “brass brads,” after the fasteners that used to keep our script pages together before Final Draft software made hard copies obsolete) agents have historically treated the writers to whom they owe much of their living as little more than serfs.

Not much has gone on regarding the situation since last week, but the big news is that the ATA finally has moved from its start position to a place just a teeny bit closer to what the WGA has offered. read article

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