A & E Networks Partnering with New York TV Fest

A & E Networks – you know, that set of cable TV channels that used to be good? – has teamed up with the New York TV Festival, and if everybody means what they’re saying, that’s good news for us all.

We here at TVWriter™ can’t, of course, comment too much on intentions, but here’s what’s being said:

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(Yes, this is a Press Release)

A+E Networks and the NYTVF today announced partnership on a new initiative that will identify outstanding new writers and producers for potential development opportunities with A&E Networks’ various TV properties: A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime, FYI and H2. read article

TVWriter™’s Top Posts of the Week Ending July 17th 2015

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The posts TVWriter™ visitors clicked on most during the past week were:

2015 PEOPLE’S PILOT Semi-Finalists! read article

WGAW Showbiz Info For July 2015

This is really a members-only kind of page, but we think all writers should know what’s going on in the biz in general, and what the Writers Guild of America West is paying attention to in particular. Sooo:

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The clickable version is HERE

Quentin Tarantino Tells Us Everything We Need to Know About…Everything

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And the moral of this story is – it’s all in the ‘tude:

Writer-Director Barry Levinson Schools Us All

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Barry Levinson is the writer of DINER and SLEEPERS (among other gems) and the Oscar-winning director of RAIN MAN and GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM.

He’s also produced and/or created TV series like HOMICIDE: LIFE IN THE STREET, OZ, COPPER, and BORGIA, and his career is far from over so look out world. read article