Basic English

Something all writers in the U.S. of A. need to know. (And you thought that our current vocab habits were Facebook’s fault, right? C’mon, admit it.)

Anyway:

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Diana Vacc sees ABC’s Dirty Dancing

by Diana Vaccarelli

Let’s play Spot the Embarrassment…hint, it’s the source of the pic on the right

May 24, 2017 will go down in history for sure – as a day of genuine showbiz infamy. On that date, ABC released a remake of the 1987 classic film of female coming of age Dirty Dancing, with catastrophic results for all involved.

THE GOOD: read article

Diana Vacc sees “Prison Break” Season 5 Episodes 4 thru 6

by Diana Vaccarelli

—SPOILER ALERT—SPOILER ALERT—SPOILER ALERT—SPOILER ALERT–

The last three weeks of Prison Break: Episodes 4, 5, and 6 have been intense and all blend together as, in effect, one long episode, so I’m writing one review for all three. Plotwise, they cover Michael escaping Ogygia Prison and reuniting with his brother Lincoln, with Isil on their tail as they are running through the desert.  Oh, and at last Michael reveals to Lincoln the real reason why he faked his death.

Whew! read article

Big News from Lou Stone Borenstein

NOTE FROM LB: Read on, por favor. I’ll explain later:

by Lou Stone Borenstein

BIG NEWS!

I have written an entire sketch show and it will be performed live. I’m very excited about this show. It represents years of work on my part. I hope you’re excited too. Excited enough to save the date, which is coming up very soon. read article

TVWriter™ Don’t-Miss Posts of the Week – May 29, 2017

Time for TVWriter™’s  Monday look at our 5 most popular blog posts of the week ending yesterday. They are, in order:

Looking for TV Pilot Scripts? read article