ViacomCBS Reveals Writers For 2020-2021 Mentoring Program

TVWriter™ congratulates all the selectees! (Yeah, we probably should just say “winners,” because although this isn’t being called a contest, that’s in effect what it is, and Sara Casey, Yakira Chambers, Bradley Estrin-Barks, Natasha M. Hall, Manuel Herrera, Nina Kim, Janene Lin, Obiageli (Obi) Odimegwu, Melissa Park, and Andrew Saito deserve to be honored as such.

Here’s the skinny.

by Alexandra Del Rosario

ViacomCBS has revealed the 11 writers set to participate in its annual Writers Mentoring Program. The network announced Thursday its lineup of scribes, selected from a pool of over 1,600 applicants, with varying experiences and backgrounds. read article

Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #118 “Wanda the Arkansas Angel Makes a Match”

THE USUAL NOTE FROM LB: From the summer of 2002 to  the spring of 2010, Gwen the Beautiful and I were the proud and often exhausted owners of a beautiful Ozarks property we called Cloud Creek Ranch.

In many ways, the ranch was paradise. But it was a paradise with a price that started going up before we even knew it existed. Here’s another Monday musing about our adventure and the lessons we learned.

Oh, and if y’all detect any irony, please believe me when I say it comes straight from the universe and not your kindly Uncle Larry B. read article

Latest WGA-Talent Agency Campaign Update: WME and CAA

by Larry Brody

Here’s where we as WGAW members stand. This email went out to Writers Guild of America West last Friday. And, yes, it’s important even if you aren’t a member because these issues affect the way all of our fun little industry called showbiz is run.

Today, the WGA sent both WME and CAA a proposal that outlines the steps each of them must take in order to be in compliance with the 20% ownership cap on production affiliates in the franchise agreement. At the same time, we sent them a renewal of our initial information request, which they have, up to this point, only partially satisfied. read article

10 Most Viewed TVWriter™ Posts of the Week – October 19, 2020

Good morning! Welcome to another new week at TVWriter™, starting with a look at our most popular blog posts and resource pages during the last 7 days.

They are, in order: read article

And Now, a Few Words About Herbie J Pilato

Our all time fave Contributing Editor Emeritus is on Authorpedia.Org. He really is!

We’re mui proud of you, dood!

Here’s a sample from the listing. read article