Category: The TV Biz

Herbie J Pilato Talks ‘Bridget Loves Bernie’ – Unsung but Not Forgotten

TVWriter™’s pioneering Consulting Editor Emeritus tells us the story of a seminal TV series that, well, that very few people ever realized was as groundbreaking as it was. Hi Bridget! Hi Bernie!

by Herbie J Pilato

Writer/producer Herbie J Pilato is the host of the TV talk show THEN AGAIN WITH HERBIE J PILATO, now streaming on Amazon Prime and the author of several pop-culture/media tie-in books. He has been part of TVWriter™ for over 20 years and is Contributing Editor Emeritus. Learn more about Herbie J HERE.

Latest on WGAW Connect

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.)

Pitch Perfect

Five things to do in your next virtual pitch meeting. read article

Last Week’s Most Important Cord Cutting Developments 6/30/20

Cord Cutters News gives us the latest on the cord cutting front!

Cord Cutters Video Channel: https://twitter.com/CordCuttersNews
Cord Cutters Web Site: http://cordcuttersnews.com read article

2020 Daytime Emmy Writing Awards

The 2020 Daytime Emmys were given out last Friday night, and our quick look indicates that the most complete listing of the winners was at Deadline.Com, so we urge you to get your completist selves over there ASAP.

Here at TVWriter™, of course, our primary concerns are the “Best Writing” category, and since we aren’t huge daytime TV experts we were surprised to see that this year (maybe every year?) there were only two categories for daytime writing, namely–

Outstanding Writing Team for a Drama Series
WINNER: “The Bold and the Beautiful”
“The Young and the Restless”
“General Hospital”
“Days of Our Lives” read article

WGAW Letter on Returning to Work

June 17, 2020
Dear Members,

There are ongoing and increasingly urgent discussions in the industry about how and when to resume production. We know some members are feeling anxious about what new protocols might mean for writers, so we wanted to give you a brief update. read article