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Speaking of Herbie J Pilato (see the post directly below) TVWriter™ is pleased to bring y’all the latest news about this Herbie J Pilato dude:

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TELEVISION, INK. AND MIRKWOOD PARTNERS REWIND CLASSIC TV WITH “NOW & THEN”

Televison, Ink., a pop-culture brand founded and owned by producer-author Herbie J Pilato (“Glamour, Gidgets and the Girl Next Door,” “Twitch Upon A Star,” “The Bionic Book”) has signed with Joel Eisenberg and Steve Hillard’s Mirkwood Partners (“The Chronicles of Ara” for Ovation TV) to produce a 30-minute talk fest devoted to classic television, titled “Herbie J Pilato’s Now & Then.”

Pilato, Founder of the 501 (c) 3 Classic TV Preservation Society, will host the proposed weekly, and interview a single pop-culture subject from the world of classic TV in each episode. The format will closely mirror Pilato’s successful weekly “Throwback Thursday” live events, an in-person interview program hosted at Burbank’s Barnes and Noble since early 2015. read article

2016 WGA TV Writing Award Nominees

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TELEVISION AND NEW MEDIA NOMINEES
(for shows airing in 2015)
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DRAMA SERIES

The Americans, Written by Peter Ackerman, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Stephen Schiff, Lara Shapiro, Joe Weisberg, Tracey Scott Wilson, Stuart Zicherman; FX

Better Call Saul, Written by Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, Bradley Paul, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith; AMC read article

BBC Writersroom Announces Comedy Room 2015 Participants

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BBC Writersroom has announced Comedy Room 2015 – a development pool of 15 up-and-coming writers, launched on 2 October 2015. These writers have been selected from Writersroom open talent searches, alongside input from BBC Comedy (TV and radio).

These writers have been selected from Writersroom open talent searches, alongside input from BBC Comedy (TV and radio). They will receive targeted training and development for six months, including workshops, masterclasses and networking events.

The aim of the scheme is to encourage and develop the best in new comedy writing and to help these writers to build strong connections within BBC Comedy.

Anne Edyvean, Head of the BBC Writersroom, says: “The creation of Comedy Room is a way of answering the question, ‘How do we best support emerging writing talent in Comedy?’ We decided on regular, structured teaching; introductions to key people in BBC Comedy; workshops; and script support for a hand-picked group of writers, over a limited time-period, in conjunction with BBC Radio and TV Comedy.” read article

Web Series: “Every Woman’s Dream “

TVWriter™ is overcome with joy at being able to present this announcement from our Very Talented Friends at Comedy High. (No, really, we are. We love these peeps):

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It’s the modern-day Cleopatra-Meets-Freaky-Adina-Howard, as Valerie Whaley (played by comedian, Jesenia) enjoys feather fans, hot men, and massages in the very sexy season finale of “Shlongologues: The Web Series”, with episode 10: brag. Watch here:

???Shlongologues: The Web Series is a provocatively refreshing MALE twist on The Vagina Monologues featuring NY’s best up-and-coming talent created by Comedy High. read article

Motion Picture Academy Announces Nicholl Award Winners

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Five individuals have been selected as winners of the 2015 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition.  The Academy is celebrating theunnamed 30th anniversary of the global competition which aims to identify and encourage talented new screenwriters.  Each winner will receive a $35,000 prize, the first installment of which will be distributed at an awards presentation on Wednesday, November 4, at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.  For the third consecutive year, the event also will include a live read of selected scenes from the fellows’ winning scripts.

This year’s winners are (listed alphabetically by author):

Elizabeth Chomko, “What They Had”
Andrew Friedhof, “Great Falls”
Anthony Grieco, “Best Sellers”
Sam Regnier, “Free Agent”
Amy Tofte, “Addis Abeka” read article