Um…because the shows on network TV suck?
Yeah, that works for us.
Category: News
Network Flipflops Dept AKA WTF is Going On in TV These Days?
First, the good news:
Deadline.Com reports that Netflix has expanded its order of the highly awaited return of the previously deceased ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT series from 10 episodes to 12 or possibly even as many as 15. Mitch Hurwitz, the show’s creator-showrunner and prodcos 20th Century Fox TV and Imagine TV have convinced Netflix that it’s in everybody’s best interests, especially the audiences, to give us more, more, more.
Parcel sent to Indiana Jones at University of Chicago has a real-world explanation
by Michael Walsh (New York Daily News)
The mysterious Indiana Jones journal will go in a museum — just where the fictional archeologist would want it.
Twitter & Nielsen are Partnering Up
…To record who’s tweeting about television shows. This is really going to put the pressure on the various series writing staffs because now they’re going to have to drum up followers and tweets as well as, you know, write episodes.
Sounds like a job for…Entry Level TV Writers! The whole sordid business starts with the Fall 2013 season so start building your Twitter resumes now. Look for openings at your local network. Better yet, call the offices of your favorite shows and volunteer for the (we predict) soon-to-be gigs.
The 2012 Black List is Out
The Background:
The Black List is where moviemakers find great scripts to make and scripts find moviemakers to make them.
It began as a survey. In 2005, Franklin Leonard surveyed almost 100 film industry development executives about their favorite scripts from that year that had not been made as feature films. That first list – many of which have been made since – can be viewed here. Since then the voter pool has grown to about 500 film executives, 60% of whom typically respond.