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Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 1/9/14

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Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are=&0=& (COMET) has had his USA series MR. ROBOT picked up for ten eps and even has a star now – Christian Slater. (Yeppers, kids, that’s right. The genius development and network execs have worked hand in hand to come up with the dumbest series title in many a year (and that’s against a hella competition) and in addition saddled it with a star who has never been able to make it on TV even though he’s had more spots in the starting gate than Bruce Willis has had movies. Sorry for your future loss, Sam.) Speaking of the stench of failure, Amazon Studios has cancelled its previously announced greenlighting of THE AFTER, a post-apocalypse series created by none other than Chris Carter,  saying, “We have decided not to move forward with THE AFTER. We would like to thank Chris Carter, the phenomenal cast, crew and producers for all their efforts.” (Notice how there’s no mention of the writers? Yer friendly neighborhood munchaphile figures that’s cuz they couldn’t come up with any to actually, erm, write the series. Why would I think that? Let’s just say I hear things…and sometimes they aren’t just things in my head.)

That’s it for now, munchaladas. Don’t forget to write in and tell yers truly what you’ve sold when you sell it. Cuz TVWriter™ can’t wait to brag to all your friends. (And, more importantly, enemies. Hehehe….)

Disney-ABC Announces 2015 Writing Program Winners

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Yes, this is a press release. But it’s got the kind of news we love to read:

DRUMROLL, please……..

After receiving over 1500 submissions to the Disney-ABC Writing Program, and over the course of 7 months of reading over 3000 scripts (spec and original), conducting close to 100 phone interviews and meeting 26 talented finalists we are proud to announce the 2015 Program Writers: read article

Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 1/7/14

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Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are=&0=& (WITHOUT A TRACE) has sold a spec script, HIGH PROFILE, to ABC as the pilot for an FBI drama about “a nationwide unit dedicated to investigating “crimes of the century.” (So if my knowledge of what a century is, is right, this’ll be one episode and out? Cuz you can’t have more than one “crime of the century,” can you? Or am I being too…you know, smart here?) =&1=&(writer of several unsuccessful Fox pilots but who wants to dwell on that?) is writing HBO’s DIVORCE, a comedy about, yeppers, you’ve got it, one of the funniest things that can happen to any married couple – the agony of divorce.  (Kee-rist, I’m sitting here laughing fit to bust just typing this. Ha ha ha, divorce! Ha, ha, ha divorce! I’m gonna have to get married and then booted out just so I can fully appreciate all the fine points of this brilliant idea.)

That’s it for now, munchaladas. Don’t forget to write in and tell yers truly what you’ve sold when you sell it. Cuz TVWriter™ can’t wait to brag to all your friends. (And, more importantly, enemies. Hehehe….)

Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 1/5/14

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Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are=&0=& (L.A. CONFIDENTIAL) is developing SHAKEDOWN, a series about “the underbelly of Los Angeles in the 1950s” for HBO. (Hmm, I’m not really gettin’ that, but wouldn’t it be cool if I pitched that very same idea to Barbie Kligman? Chaos Man strikes!) =&1=&(Fox’s animated THE LUCAS BROTHERS MOVING COMPANY) are developing a live-action series for Fox based on the Lucas Brothers’ lives as identical twins with a goal – to take over Hollywood. (Here’s hoping that their lives are remotely interesting cuz so far the muncher hasn’t seen any series based on the life of a comedian that’s worth watching. Yeah, I’m including LOUIE, which was great until the Louie character on that show started – yuck – trying to rape people.)

That’s it for now, munchaladas. Don’t forget to write in and tell yers truly what you’ve sold when you sell it. Cuz TVWriter™ can’t wait to brag to all your friends. (And, more importantly, enemies. Hehehe….)

Rod Serling on THE TWILIGHT ZONE & Other Amazing Shows

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For those who don’t know about him, Rod Serling was the Aaron Sorkin of his day, only shorter. A multi-award winning writer with opinions on everything and a writing style that no one, including Sorkin, has ever matched. To put it another way, anything this dude has to say about television and television writing is worth listening to, and in this 1959 video interview has a hella lot to say:

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