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What has our Writers Guild done for us lately?
Glad you asked because the Guild has a wonderful answer in Writers Connect, a short newsletter members get every week. (See? Another good reason to bust your butt to qualify and join.)
WGAW Members Work to #RaiseThePercentageHow Black Lives Matter sparked a week of virtual coffees between staffed writers and the underrepresented.
The 2020 Emmy nominees were announced yesterday, and here in TVWriter™World, the awards that mean the most are the ones given to writers.
Which means that here, right now, are all of this year’s writing nominees.
The Great Ken Levine gives us the most helpful advice any first-time show runner could ever want. Dunno about you, but this TVWriter™ minion is constantly finding herself grateful for Ken’s wit, wisdom, and – don’t tell him – his very existence.
Here’s some advice for first-time show runners. Not that anyone asked….
I regard myself as a beautiful musical instrument, and my role is to contribute that instrument to scripts worthy of it. — Ed Asner
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS, September 19, 1970, to March 19, 1977). The iconic sitcom made superstars of its namesake, already an American Sweetheart (via The Dick Van Dyke Show, CBS 1961–1966), as well as a host of charismatic performers including Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman, Betty White, Georgia Engel, Ted Knight, Gavin MacLeod, John Amos, and Ed Asner.