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Would You Vote for This Man?

Patric M. Verrone, former president of the Writers Guild of America, West, and an Emmy-winning writer-producer for his work on the dear, departed animated classic FUTURAMA, has announced that he’s writing for the California State Senate. LB, munchman, and about 10,000 other close friends and constituents received the following email on the subject last week:

Futurama-Patric VerroneAn Important Day, An Important Cause

I think of the important days in my life. Getting married of course to my incredible partner. The birth of our children. Winning a few Emmys, I guess. And of course, the day we won the writer’s strike. This is one of those days
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I am now a candidate for the California State Senate. I wanted you to know about it first – why I am doing it – and I want to ask for your help. read article

The Writers Guild’s Latest Official Word on Current Contract Negotiations

So things are, you know, looking good?

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TVWriter™ Top Posts for the Week Ending 3/14/14

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Here they are, the most viewed TVWriter™ posts for the past week:

Kathy Sees Iron Man 3 read article

Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 3/13/14

Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are
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  • Peter Lenkov (HAWAII Five-0) has made a 2-year deal to develop new series at CBS Studios. (Cuz…HAWAII FIVE-0. Waitaminnit, what? HAWAII FIVE-0 has been the epitome of the in-danger, borderline show since it debuted. Which brings us to the real question: WTF?!)
  • Max Brooks (World War Z) just sold his upcoming graphic novel, The Harlem Hellfighters, to Sony pictures. Which is a major victory for literature cuz your favorite munchman has seen this baby and it’s, like, real in every way. So real that mm is glad to forgive Max for the fact that it’s going to be a movie and not a TV series. C’mon, Maxie, give us TV addicts a little something too, willya?)
  • Alec Berg (the upcoming SILICON VALLEY) has made an overall deal with HBO. (Which makes more sense than Petey Lenkov’s cuz the dood was writer-director-executive producer of a little show called CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM for 4 years and therefore probably knows a little something that audiences will like. Whereas anybody associated with FIVE-0…well, you get it.)
  • Petter Skavlan (KON-TIKI) is devloping the Norwegian TV series THE INSTITUTION, which is a fictional look at the inner workings of a contemporary European royal family. (And which must be headed for U.S. TV because otherwise why would whatever mysterious institution that’s running this show be announcing it here? munchie is munchin’ at the bit for this one. Honest.)

The March TVWriter™ Advanced Workshop has 2 Openings

writersm1Yeppers, you heard it here. The next Advanced Online Workshop starts March 19th, a week from today, and we have two openings left.

If you’re ready to dive in and learn more at each of the four meetings than you ever thought you’d learn in, oh, a whole semester in a normal writing class, then now’s a perfect time to sign on and be amazed by Our Beloved Leader, LB – AKA Larry Brody, the dude behind this site.

Editing/cutting down on wordage is everything to LB, so we’re going to follow his lead. Which means that instead of going into all those details, details, details about what the Workshop is and how it operates, we’re sending you straight to the Advanced Online Workshop Page. read article