Have You Read the ‘WandaVision” Pilot Script?

We here at TVWriter™ and the folks at Deadline.Com think you should. Apparently, Marvel Studios agrees. So far they haven’t taken this down.

Click on the image below and enjoy while you learn:

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LB: Oh, Those Wonderful Residuals

by Larry Brody

And they just keep on coming!

This one’s for the scripts I wrote for two different episodes of The Streets of San Francisco back in 1974. All I can say is “Wow!” read article

Last Week’s Most Important Cord Cutting Developments

Amazon classics for us all

Cord Cutters News gives us the latest on the cord cutting front. This time around: Amazon’s Classic TV shows Deal, ESPN+ Price Hike, and More!

Cord Cutters Video Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6tUZA7GiIZPaUu4FQXnFYA

Cord Cutters Web Site:
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America’s Top 10 Broadcast & Streaming Shows 7/11/21

Whoa, Netflix is absolutely killing it ratings-wise – yet again!

Here’s our latest visit to the weekly Nielsen Top 10 site, loaded with absolutely free info for whomever wants and/or needs it. Which is you, of course. Have a sneak peek:

tv total viewing
for last week

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What Does the MCU Have Against Showrunners?

The title of this article from IndieWire asks a question that many TV writers, especially writer-producers, are asking these days. Or, as our Beloved Leader, Larry Brody, would say: “Sigh….”

Paul Bettany as The Vision and Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff in Marvel Studios’ WANDAVISION exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved.

by Libby Hill

At first it seemed a bit like a mistake that Marvel wasn’t using the world showrunner. Television was a medium that the Marvel Cinematic Universe hadn’t much traversed in and a few growing pains are to be expected. After all, this is the same monolith that made the decision to enter “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” into Drama Series competition at the Emmys, based on tone and not content, flying in the face of conventional wisdom which sees those determinations made based on the continuing or concluded nature of a narrative.

“[The decision] came about sort of as the series was launching, but it was something we were thinking about even as we were making it — not because we think, ‘Oh my God, it’s so great,’ but because it does feel a bit more dramatic than some of our typical stuff,” Marvel Studios VP of Production & Development and “Falcon and Winter Soldier” executive producer Nate Moore told IndieWire in April. “As this is sort of our first foray into television, even if it’s Disney+, we thought [the category placement] was appropriate for what the show is trying to tackle.” read article