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Extra! Writers of THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL Win Daytime Drama Writing Emmy

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Days of Our Lives Won the Best Daytime Drama Emmy Just in Case You Want to Know

Whoa! They gave out the 40th Daytime Emmy Awards yesterday in beautiful downtown Beverly Hills and the writing winners were:

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES WRITING TEAM
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
Bradley P. Bell, Head Writer
Kay Alden, Michael Minnis, Co-Head Writers
Patrick Mulcahey, Tracey Ann Kelly, Rex M. Best,
John F. Smith, Adam Dusevoir, Shannon Bradley,
Michele Val Jean, Writers

Way to go, gang! TVWriter™ congratulates you all. But we have to admit a slight bit of favoritism: We’re really excited about Michele Val Jean getting this because we know her. (Ah, Facebook, you help us make such fascinating friends!) read article

If You Renew a Series That Nobody Knows is On, Have You Really Renewed Anything?

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This question is, but of course, inspired by the poster above for a series called ROGUE, which it turns out is produced by DirecTV and shown only on DirecTV.

Seems the show starring Thandie Newton has already been on for a season without anybody at TVWriter™ knowing about it. You’d think the honchos at DirecTV would have made a bigger advertising fuss if it wanted people to subscribe and watch. Letting the series, which evidently is about “an undercover detective searching for her son’s killer,” go unnoticed doesn’t make much sense to us, especially when it seems likely that it only exists to draw attention to the service. read article

3DTV Is Officially Never Going to Happen

And for better or worse (um, we’re not on the “worse” side when it comes to this), it’s all because of ESPN.

That’s right. Sports killed the 3dTV craze, just like video killed the radio star:

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That was it. That was 3DTV’s best chance. ESPN just decided to discontinue its push for 3DTV sporting events, deciding its time would be better spent focusing on traditional high resolution broadcasts and Tim Tebow daguerreotypes. And that, in a nutshell, effectively kills 3DTV’s chances of ever going mainstream. read article

Why You Need to Make & Post Your Own Videos

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It’s called peer production, which simply means that you’re not a pro film/video maker – yet – creating your videos for your own pleasure and that of others and/or as calling cards so you can become a pro.

A lot of people pooh-pooh the idea because “who wants to give away something for nothing,” but having your work out there can pay off in many ways – especially if the right person sees what you’ve done and falls in love with it. read article

Just What TV Needs – Another Network Aimed at an Even YOUNGER Audience

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Evidently this is some FXX show. Or not. We’ll all have to wait and see. Not you, Mom and Dad. Sorry but you’re too old.

Evidently worried that its current schedule of edgy/weird shows including WILFRED, ANGER MANAGEMENT, THE AMERICANS, AMERICAN HORROR STORY, ASYLUM, JUSTIFIED, and LOUIE might be making the FX Network way too successful (cuz God or His/Her equivalent forbid FX follow the trail blazed by the top broadcast network, CBS) the idiots hotshot execs at FX are poised to throw a “younger skewing” spinoff, FXX, from their toilets into our faces this September.

According to recent press releases and press conferences, FXX intends to be just as wonderful as FX but will also have what the Hollywood Reporter called “A DIY feel.” To us, that means it’s going to look amateurish, cheap, and crappy. At least, that’s how our Do It Yourself projects always turn out.

What we can glean from all the shouting is that FXX is going to be aimed at audiences in the 18-34 age range, which is different from FX, which wants its viewers to be 18-49. Hmm, so that means what? That FX considers itself pretty much all-inclusive but FXX is going to ban men and women from 35 on up? read article