Category: The TV Biz

WGA Member Vote on Proposed Screen Credits Manual Rescheduled

WGAW & WGAE BOARD AND COUNCIL VOTE TO REVISE SCREEN CREDITS MANUAL PROPOSAL AND TO RESCHEDULE REFERENDUM VOTE

(email to members via TVWriter™ Press Service)

In April of this year, the WGAW Board of Directors and WGAE Council approved a set of revisions to the Screen Credits Manual and directed staff to conduct an online member ratification vote in the Fall. The referendum process has been underway since August 23, when the proposed amendments were first posted on the WGAW and WGAE websites.

As part of the referendum process, two groups of WGA members submitted statements urging a “no” vote. The focus of these con statements was a procedural issue pertaining to the deadline for filing participating writer statements in a credit arbitration. Similar concerns were expressed by members attending an informational meeting that took place at WGAW headquarters on October 2. read article

Broadcast TV Faces Another Fall Ratings Decline, But They’re Not Giving Up Yet

We’ll say one thing for the out-of-touch and even more out-of-tune executives of broadcast TV. At least they aren’t giving up.

Now if they could only translate their eagerness to please into something more tangible like, oh, how about some better goddamn WRITING!?

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Re-Editing ‘BoJack Horseman’ – Today’s Lesson in Adapting Your Creative Vision

Keep reading. You’ll see what we mean:

‘BoJack Horseman’ Creator on Re-Editing the Show’s Beginning for Comedy Central and If the Series Is Close to Ending
by Liz Shannon Miller

“BoJack Horseman” has been a critical favorite for so long it’s hard to imagine people still are discovering it. But that’s just what happened Wednesday night, as the Netflix animated comedy pulled off an unprecedented move by premiering in syndication on Comedy Central. read article

Help Save Stage 9

What’re we talking about? This:

One of the world’s coolest video demos, yeah? Which brings us to the dilemma at hand:

here you can enjoy a full preview video of v0.0.10 Stage Nine release of the Enterprise-D. read article

WGAW October 2018 Calendar

Knowing what’s going on in the Writers Guild of America can be helpful to TV and film writers in many ways, even if you aren’t a member. So, for your edification:

Events listed are current at time of publication. Dates and details are subject to change during the month. To see the live calendar, click here. (Member Login required for that, sorry.)