Author: munchman

Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions (Allegedly) Did What? To Whom? Bastards (Allegedly)!

This isn’t the first we’ve heard about certain, oh, “suspect business practices” from this company. But it’s the best reaction to said practices that we’ve seen so far. (Hey, TVWriter™ lawyers, how’d we just do?)

Sounds like it should be the “Hall of Shame,” no?

Hallmark Hall Of Fame Productions Sued For Stealing Xmas Story From Emmy Nominee – by Nikki Finke (Deadline.Com)

EXCLUSIVE: Bonnie Eskenazi Of Greenberg Glusker filed the lawsuit this morning accusingHallmark Hall Of Fame Productions and McGee Street Productions of usurping screenwriter, director, and producer Brad Wigor’s intellectual property rights for a Christmas TV story called The Night Flyer. Sure, a lot of people claim their project was stolen but few attract a pitbull litigator like Eskenazi who, for instance, has repped  the estate of JR Tolkien among other clients against this kind of theft. And Wigor is a four-time Daytime Emmy nominee for Children’s Specials. This project in dispute was a family movie about a troubled teenage boy who lives in Los Angeles and meets an angel, then sprouts angelic wings himself, and after a few false starts ultimately uses his power for good during the Christmas season. Read the entire lawsuit here. read article

Waitaminnit! This is a “Twist?”

Dahvi Walker & Friend

‘Mad Men’ Writer-Producer Sells Medical Drama to CBS – by Lacey Rose (Hollywood Reporter)

Dahvi Waller’s 20th TV doctor drama, “Guinea Pigs,” centers on a group of trailblazing doctors who run clinical trials in a Philadelphia hospital.

Mad Men’sDahvi Waller is heading back to broadcast. read article

Eddie Izzard Talks About BULLET IN THE FACE

…Which we love because the series is created/produced by Alan Spencer, whom we would swear is the reincarnation of Mel Brooks except that Mel Brooks is still incarnate. (Actually, Alan is cooler than Mel Brooks, but let’s get back to Eddie:)

Eddie Izzard Talks Snow Globes, Sex with Trees and Finding the Truth in His Outlandish Villain in IFC’s New Miniseries “Bullet in the Face” – by Danny Bowes read article

Another Web Series Getting a Shot at the “Big Time”

…Unless you consider the web to already be Big Time, which, btw, we do.

Fox Buys Comedy Based On ‘Couple Time’ Web Series With Ellen DeGeneres Producing – by Nellie Andreeva (Deadline.Com)

Allyn Rachel & Patrick Carlyle’s digital series Couple Time is headed to television with Ellen DeGeneres executive producing. Fox has bought Couple Time, a single-camera comedy project based on Rachel and Carlyle’s series of vignettes (watch sample below) that the two say explore “weird stuff couples do when no one else is around!” (That is the PG/R-rated silly stuff couples talk about, not the XXX stuff they sometimes do when alone!) read article

munchman Visits Some Shows His Pals Recommend…

…What? You didn’t know I had pals? Well, maybe I won’t after this. But I gotta be honest, you know?

NECESSARY ROUGHNESS
So many jocks. So little game.

THE FIRM
So many gambits. So little result. read article