Know what we think is cool?
We think it’s cool that when writers talk about themselves they’re really talking about writing.
(But, yeah, we can see how some peeps might view this the other way around.)
Category: News
Writers Guild of America West June Calendar
Check out the member and non-member events:
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LB: And the Best Written TV Series in History Are…
Last night was a big one for TV writers. The Writers Guild of America, West, and the Writers Guild of America, East, which often seem to be two rival organizations instead of sisters-in-service to film and television writers, joined forces to pay tribute to “the 101 Best Written TV Series.”
The list is the result of online voting by members of both guilds and is a follow-up to a similar one, the 101 Greatest Screenplays, done back in 2006.
The idea behind the TV 101 list is to honor the writers of, “classic, trailblazing series and miniseries, as well as current and critically acclaimed programs” in all genres because, as our fearless leaders, WGAW Prez Chris Keyser and WGAE Prez Michael Winship said in, yeah, you know, a press release:
Matt Smith to quit Doctor Who after Christmas special
When we prepared the post that follows this one, about the DOCTOR WHO plot generator, we had no idea that this particularly sad news was coming. We’re too choked up – for reals – to write anything about this – sob – ourselves. So:
by Claire Duffin
He will bow out in the Christmas special when he will be replaced by a new incarnation of the Time Lord.
Smith, 30, who has been in the role since 2010, said it had been “an honour” to play the part.
NBC Renews HANNIBAL for 2013-14
Yep, the wee-brained, pissant NBC execs have done it again. We’re not watching. We mean it. We’re not. No way…well maybe if a Lectur victim goes full-on zombie. Yeah, we’d like that. But would NBC?
