Hey, we didn’t write this – not all of it anyway
A showrunner’s perspective:
Executive Producer of ‘The Office’ Announces the End of the Series
The executive producer of NBC’s highest-rated scripted series, “The Office,” has taken the wraps off plans to wind down the comedy series, Deadline.com reports.
Okay, so not really a guarantee, but get your novel to ’em pronto. It’s a start…
FremantleMedia, the producer and distributor of several of the world’s most widely-watched television series, and Random House, Inc., the U.S. division of Random House, the world’s largest trade-book publisher, both companies of Bertelsmann AG, announced today a major new creative and strategic partnership to develop scripted television programming for the U.S. and international markets based on the fiction and nonfiction books published by Random House’s imprints in North America and internationally.
The first-look deal with FremantleMedia will reside within Random House Television, a newly created part of Random House Studio, the publisher’s rebranded and expanded entertainment division led by Peter Gethers, President. Random House Television will work together with Random House’s editors and publishers, and their authors’ agents, to identify and acquire performance rights for the full range of broadcast network, cable, and premium television scripted formats.
Speaking of celebrity writers:
As it continues to aggressively expand its scripted programming slate, Lifetime has ordered the drama pilot Cinnamon Girl from executive producers Academy Award® and Golden Globe® Award-winning actress-producer Renée Zellweger, Anthony Tambakis (Warrior) and Gavin O’Connor (Warrior, Pride and Glory). The announcement was made today by Rob Sharenow, Executive Vice President, Programming, of Lifetime Networks.
We know this isn’t about “scripted” televison, but let’s be practical: Anything that strengthens the Writers Guild of America, West or East, strengthens writers working in TV and films. So this is, like, important for us all:
Lion Television and Optomen Productions have become the first non-fiction TV producers to offer writer-producers company-paid health benefits, paid time off, grievance and arbitration provisions, and compensation minimums, according to WGA East.
Yeah, we know that’s a confusing title. Because what we’re talking about just doesn’t happen very often. Read on:
ABC plans to move some shows around in its fall schedule, Deadline.com reports. The network’s new situation comedy “The Neighbors,” originally scheduled to air after the hit “Modern Family” at 9:30 p.m. ET Wednesdays, will now likely be in the 8:30 p.m. ET time slot instead, the story reports.