Here they are, the most viewed TVWriter™ posts during the past week:
How J.J. Abrams And Damon Lindelof Tricked ABC Into Putting LOST on the Air
Category: By TVWriter.Com
Coming Soon for TV Writers Everywhere
…Um, as long as you have an iSomething or other access to iTunes, that is:
Our Beloved Leader, LB, has seen this film and thinks it’s “Perfect. Exactly what it’s like to run a show. Except with less terror. Every aspiring TV writer should see this before it’s too late.”
Don’t Miss Patricia Harrison’s Stand-Up Act
Uh-oh, it’s becoming a trend. Another TVWriter™ Fave has turned to the Dark Side.
In this case we’re talking about Patricia Harrison, a TVWriter™ Basic Online Workshop Alum, who’s gone full-out stand-up comedian, toiling in the L.A. area (of course). We know Patricia is funny cuz munchman says she even makes him laugh. (And muncho’s a very tough audience for everybody except, you know, himself.)
The insightful and hilarious Ms. Harrison is headlining at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank, CA Sunday, October 19th. Be there!
And the Nicholl Fellowship Winners are…
by Team TVWriter™ Press Service
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the winners of this year’s Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, probably the most important screenplay writing competition in the U.S. because of what it can do for the winners’ careers.
The winners (the Academy calls them “fellows” because, hey, “fellowship”) and their screenplays are:
Sam Baron (Cambridge, UK), The Science Of Love And Laughter
Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 10/7/14
Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are
by munchman
- David Bickel (THE KING OF QUEENS) is adapting Dr. Scott W. Cohen‘s book, Eat, Sleep, Poop: A Common Sense Guide To Your Baby’s First Year into a comedy series about “a celebrity pediatrician who is…revered at work but is not as good practicing what he preaches….” (There’s more to that description, but yer friendly neighborhood munchman is pretty sure you get the idea. Sigh….)
- Kim Stanley Robinson‘s bestselling and multi-prize winning series of novels about humans transforming Mars into a world we can live on is being made into a series for Spike TV to be called RED MARS. (Who’s writing it? Damned if I know. Looks like nobody yet…so excuse me while I call my agent and tell him my personal knowledge of, um, Mars, I guess. What? You don’t think it’ll work? Me neither. But the series just might.)
- Craig DiGregorio (WORKAHOLICS) and David King (PARKS & RECREATION) are writing the pilot for an NBC comedy series based on the 1985 movie REAL GENIUS. (Hmm, I was a munchy 2 year old when that film was made. Ain’t it great to see something contemporary and relatable coming to TV for a change? Oh, wait….)
- Lauren Gussis (DEXTER) has a shiny new overall deal with CBS to develop broadcast and cable shows. (Congrats to Lauren! Anybody who can write both DEXTER and ONCE UPON A TIME is my hero so here’s hoping you knock ’em, uh, dead. Hey, it’s just a saying, you know?)
That’s it for now. Write in and tell munchilito what you’ve sold today. TVWriter™ can’t wait to brag to all your friends. (And, more importantly, enemies. Hehehe….)