Cuz we just can’t help wanting to celebrate all the TV writers we can whenever we can:
Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series
Category: Press Release
Hey, we didn’t write this – not all of it anyway
Recommended Reading: “The Bionic Book” by Herbie J Pilato
It isn’t his newest, but it’s one of Herbie J’s best:
by Team TVWriter™ Press Service
Our Superfan bud, Herbie J wrote this comprehensive history of THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN and THE BIONIC WOMAN in 2007. LB, who says he knows both stars “probably a little bit better than I should” and did, in fact, write an episode of THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN back in the day (it’s the one about an earthquake threatening a nuclear power plant with an explosion that could destroy all life…well, in the Western Hemisphere – but LB can’t remember the name), also says that Herbie’s book is “the go-to place for anyone who wants to understand the history of superheroes on TV.”
TRUE BLOOD & HIT THE FLOOR Renewed, But THE LYING GAME Forfeits
Yeah, we meant to find some rotten puns playing on “renewal” and “cancellation,” but we just couldn’t find a metaphor that would fit a vampire series, a teen drama about twin sisters, and a show about basketball dancers. (WTF?) Hard to believe, huh?
Be that as it may, HBO yesterday announced that it/they (we can never get the pronoun straight) have renewed TRUE BLOOD for a seventh season, which means that new showrunner Brian Buckner has made the cut.
While HBO was bragging, VH1 joined the party by announcing an upcoming second season for HIT THE FLOOR. Turns out that showrunner James LaRosa is a big hit at VH1. (We were gonna go off on a huge snark based on the concept that we couldn’t understand why, but sound editorial judgment has told us to leave it to your imagination instead.)
Proof Positive That Print Is Dead
Well, that magazines and newspapers are for sure.
According to a press release from Tribune Company, which is about to become the largest owner of major network TV affiliates in the country (don’t worry, the press release will explain), Tribune plans to spin off its magazine unit and is telling to sell its newspapers, including such Big Deal Journalistic Establishments as the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune.
Let’s face it. This is not something a smart capitalist company does…unless it believes that it’ll make a ton in television and, if it doesn’t act quickly, lose its ass in print.
Robert Picardo joins Inspector Spacetime!
by Team TVWriter™ Press Service
Greetings, Inspectators!
Just in time for the launch of the Season 2 Kickstarter Campaign, the web series that’s been praised by MTV, Entertainment Weekly, Nerdist, the AV Club and the Huffington Post, as well as named “the best of TV on the web for 2012” by USA Today, is proud to announce its latest guest star!
Star Trek: Voyager and Stargate: Atlantis alum Robert Picardo will join Travis Richey (The Inspector), Carrie Keranen (Piper Tate) and Eric Loya (Boyish the Extraordinary), as well as previously announced guest star, Big Bang Theory’s Mayim Bialik (voice of the B.O.O.T.H.)! Picardo will play the part of Bernard, a mysterious character who will factor heavily into the second season.