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Web Series: WELCOME HOME

One of the best comedies on the interweb. We admit it – we’re taking WELCOME HOME as another symbol of how thoroughly professional and insightful interweb TV has become.

And, if you think about it, the combination of “professional and insightful” isn’t something that usually – if ever – springs to mind about that other way of watching TV…you know, on your 60-incher, presented by a broadcast or cable or satellite).

As someone all too familiar with the lifestyle this series presents (moving in with your – yikes – parents after thirty) this TVWriter™ minion definitely appreciates the all-too-real humor you’re about to, um, behold: read article

The Week at TVWriter™ – March 28, 2016

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In case you’ve missed what’s happening at TVWriter™, the most popular blog posts during the week ending yesterday were:

Peggy Bechko’s World: Writers’ Listening Skills read article

Lessons From Late ‘60s TV

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by Dawn McElligott

When I was a little girl, “I Dream of Jeannie” was THE show to watch. It had been conjured up as a competitor to ‘Bewitched” on ABC. But it was more fun. Jeannie was single, whereas Samantha was weighed down with motherly concerns. Jeannie was lively and enthusiastic. If her roommate, Major Nelson yelled at her she could turn into smoke and escape into her bottle. I loved her bottle. She felt safe there. The décor was exotic and uniquely her own.

The imaginative show inspired me to be a writer so I watched TV actively. I was always looking to see how shows were made in contrast to the children at school. They had lunchboxes advertising TV shows that I assumed they watched passively.

As soon as I learned to read I scanned the credits of “I Dream of Jeannie” and saw that it had been created by Sidney Sheldon. I inferred that for Sheldon’s name to be in the credits he had to have done much more than mutter “Why not a show about a genie?” read article

Diana Vacc Sees AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE PEOPLE vs. OJ SIMPSON

 by Diana Vaccarelli

the-people-v-oj-simpson-american-crime-storyTwenty years later and the OJ Simpson trial still fascinates so many.   Executive Producer Ryan Murphy, creator of Glee, Nip/Tuck, and American Horror Story, decided to produce a series based on Jeffrey Toobins book The Run of His Life. The show starts at the murder scene and continues through the trial.

THE GOOD:

  •  The best part of this series is the acting. Everyone fits their roles perfectly. John Travolta as Robert Shapiro, Courtney B. Vance as Johnnie Cochran, Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark, David Schwimmer as Robert Kardashian, and Cuba Gooding Jr. as OJ Simpson. Each actor gives the viewer the most poignant performance. It is almost like watching the trial all over again.
  • The cinematography by Nelson Cragg is nothing short of brilliant. The colors and the scenery bring you into the scene.
  • The writing makes the characters come alive. We experience the emotional toll that the case has on them all…and, man, is there ever a toll.

THE BAD: read article

The Week at TVWriter™ – March 21, 2016

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In case you’ve missed what’s happening at TVWriter™, the most popular blog posts during the week ending yesterday were:

The 100 and the Power of Story read article