As determined by, hmm, us.
Because we can.
(We had a whole “somebody has to be the gatekeeper” explanation/argument ready and then remembered that we’re all anti-gatekeeper, and anti-hypocrisy. So it would’ve been bullshit anyway.)
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What’s the Story on MediaBistro.Com?
…Because they’ve got what looks like the world’s greatest writing/editing/producing and all-over media jobs listing service ever:
Curious…so curious…because we’re always, you know, trying to help.
Interview With 5, Count ’em, 5 DOCTOR WHO Giants (um, Doctors)
Here at TVWriter™ we’re in thrall to two things. Television writing and DOCTOR WHO. Well, maybe three things. TV writing, DOCTOR WHO, and tequila. Well, maybe four things. TV writing, DOCTOR WHO, tequila, and all the good times that come along with tequila. Well, maybe five–
You get the picture. We luvs us our Doctor, in all his forms, which is why this is, quite simply, magic:
Q&A with ‘Doctor Who’ stars: The five Doctors
Over the weekend Neela Debnath attended the Collectormania convention in Milton Keynes where five of the actors who played the Doctor were present. Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Paul McGann and Sylvester McCoy answered questions from fans about their time on the show…
Would you be interested in coming back next year for the 50th anniversary?
Don’t Just Wax Nostaligic for Your Favorite Old Crap Series: Buy! Buy! Buy!
Back in 1966, one of LB’s first published works was a letter to Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times, complaining about what an utter “travesty” (his words) the then newly-minted BATMAN TV series was.
Now, 46 years later, this camp classic returns – or, at least merchandise based on it does. Which only goes to show: Dreck never dies, it just keeps soiling us till we wipe it away with our wallets.
H’Wood Reporter Speaks to Top Showrunners
Okay, we admit it. Usually we hate these sniveling puff pieces. But these are showrunners. Writers. Talking about their shows. And how to write them. And everyone knows that writer P.R. is, well, every bit as sacred as the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Or something like that.
Killed Characters, Fired Bosses and Canceled Shows: TV’s Top Drama Showrunners Tell All
On a sunny morning in early May, six of television’s busiest showrunners enjoyed that rarest of luxuries: two hours away from writers rooms, sets and, most frightening, blank computer screens. Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad), 45, Howard Gordon(Homeland), 51, Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, Scandal), 42, Glen Mazzara (The Walking Dead), 44,Veena Sud (The Killing), 45, and Terence Winter (Boardwalk Empire), 52, run some of the most powerful and critically lauded drama series on TV. In a candid discussion about the pressures of their jobs, The Hollywood Reporter heard how some have killed off popular characters, how Mazzara coped with replacing his bossFrank Darabont, the rave reviews Gilligan receives from addicts for his spot-on meth recipes and Gordon’s struggle — shared by the others — to live a life despite “being perpetually haunted by these stories.”