LB: Untold Tales of the Animated SILVER SURFER TV Series Ep. 16 Script

by Larry Brody

Over the past two weeks I’ve posted the scripts for Season 2 Episode 1 and Episode 2 of the FoxKids Network The Silver Surfer animated series for those who wondered what all of us involved in the show back in 1998 intended to come if we hadn’t been cancelled.

Today it’s the turn of Season 2 Episode 3, Soul Hunter: Part Two.  This one’s a “Rev. Final Draft,” which means that everyone involved in the prep for Season 2 was satisfied that it was ready to shoot. read article

2 Absolutely Essential Writers Guild of America Documents Every TV/Film Writer Should See

Yesterday we wrote about the potential brouhaha, um, brewing between the Writers Guild of America West and the Association of Talent Agents.  That report got us to thinking about all the other ways the WGAs, both West and East help and, for real, protect writers, even those who aren’t members.

Those thoughts have resulted in the following two links that LB and Team TVWriter™ think you should, as Stan Lee might say, “hie thyselves to pronto, pilgrim!” read article

LB: Untold Tales of the Animated SILVER SURFER TV Series Ep. 15

by Larry Brody

Last week I posted the script for Season 2 Episode 1 of the now defunct FoxKids Network The Silver Surfer animated series for those who wondered what all of us involved in the show back in 1998 intended to come if we hadn’t been cancelled.

The response to the post –  let’s face it, the response to the script, actually – was overwhelming, so here we go with Season 2 Episode 2, Soul Hunter: Part One, in which – well, the hell with a synopsis, this “revised” draft (as in it ain’t the first version but it never advanced to a place where it could be called “Final”) certainly speaks for itself: read article

Trouble Ahead? WGAW Rethinking Its Agreement with Agents.

3/15/2018 UPDATE: The Guild has released info from a study of talent agency – writer practices, and it definitely gives all of us much to think about. Deadline.Com has a round-up well worth reading HERE

The last time the Writers Guild of America negotiated an agreement between itself, on behalf of TV and film writers, and talent agencies, was back in 1976, so we’re probably not wrong when we say that it’s certainly time for a close examination into the ins and outs of that agreement. read article

Will the Repeal of Net Neutrality Kill the TV Revolution?

This is the first time we’ve seen this particular argument about the FCC’s foolish repeal of net neutrality rules. And in many ways, for this TVWriter™ minion it’s the scariest one yet:

The latest battle to save the internet will be fought in the halls of Congress, and if it’s lost, the pool of fresh talent that led to “Broad City,” “High Maintenance,” and “Insecure” could be lost too.
by Aymar Jean Christian

Congress now has less than two months to reinstate net neutrality after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repealed the Obama-era order. read article