40 years worth of TV writing experience and info, yours for the taking.
Alex Epstein reports on a panel we wish we’d been at:
I had a chance to attend a panel discussion on “Showrunners” at July’s Just for Laughs Conference with TWO AND A HALF MEN co-creator Lee Aronsohn and BIG BANG THEORY showrunner Bill Prady, moderated by Variety‘s Steven Gaydos. A few takeaways:
…Especially for TV writers:
I got the above email yesterday and really was amazed that the WGAw has actually been holding a contest – for members only – for four years. It took me completely by surprise.
Yes, sitcoms have stories. At least, they’re supposed to.
This is the second part of Ken Levine’s class in Comedy 101. You probably should read the first part before venturing further.
Actually, every side of TV production is creative. Except network meetings, that is:
Comedy 101 by Ken Levine
Haven’t done this in awhile but several of you have requested it. Today I’ll show an episode of our CBS show ALMOST PERFECT and tomorrow I’ll walk you through the thought process on how we broke the story and why we made the decisions we made.
Why you can’t always do what you want when you’re running a TV series (and, no, you can’t even always do what you need):
TA Message About Race and Racism in Teen Wolf – Jeff Davis’s Tumblr post (which has since been taken down)