HENCH Comic Book Coming to NBC

So the good news, according to Deadline.Com and various other sources, is that HENCH, the comic by Adam Beechen and Manny Bello about a dood who works as a henchman for various supervillains is being developed for TV.

The not so good news, however, is that it’s being developed for NBC by the same people who completely screwed up the U.S. version of PRIME SUSPECT last season. read article

DOCTOR WHO Returns September 1

Only 17 more days till what may not be the most important thing to be happening in the multiverse but definitely is The Big Kahuna of Events in TVWriter™’s corner of our trans-dimensional reality:

DOCTOR WHO, Series 7 (Season 7 in the U.S.), Episode 1, ASYLUM OF THE DALEKS, will be on BBC America at 9 pm Eastern/Pacific time. read article

munchman: Money Talks Dept: Local Station Rips Off Blogger’s Video

…So he bills them, which seems much fairer than what the RIAA and MPAA do when they feel robbed:

 

BLOGGER BILLS TV STATION AFTER SEEING HIS VIDEO IN A NEWS REPORT – by Jim Romenesko (JIMROMENESKO.COM) read article

Michael Chabon’s New Book is Going Way Multi-Media

This is either the greatest idea of the season or the biggest hooey in years. Thoughts?

Harper Plans Enhanced E-Book for Michael Chabon’s Novel – by Barbara Chai read article

15 Writers to Hate

…Eh, excuse us, we should’ve said “authors.” That’s what Forbes calls these wordsmiths, who are making way too much dinero to care what they’re called, other than, maybe, “Sir:”

James Patterson made HOW much last year? 94 million bucks? And we’ve never read one word of his? Wow.

Forbes’ 15 Highest Earning Authors List – by Zoe Triska

Yesterday, Forbes released their annual list of the world’s highest earning authors. read article