Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #92 “The Ghost Dog Returns”

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

WGAW Update re Minimum Basic Agreement Negotiation

by TVWriter™ Press Service

Here’s an important letter to the membership from the WGAW Honchos-In-Charge.

Why is this important?

Because over the long run, what happens in these negotiations will affect all those who write, or want to write, for TV whether they/you/we are members or not. read article

10 Most Viewed TVWriter™ Posts of the Week – April 20, 2020

Good morning! Welcome to another new week at TVWriter™. Here’s a look at the most popular blog posts and resource pages during the  last 7 days.

They are, in order: read article

Patrice Robotnick sees ‘Succession’

LB’S NOTE: Ms. Patrice Robotnick, our ace robot reporter and all-around staff writer is back! In case you missed her debut a couple of days ago, it was HERE.

Have you been wondering how a nonhuman entity would react to a popular contemporary TV show? Well, wonder no more.

SUCCESSION Review
via Patrice Robotnick, Dawn McElligott, Allie Thiess & Larry Brody

HBO’s series Succession, created by Jesse Armstrong, a writer from Shropshire, which is located on the very same Atlantic island from which yours truly hails,  follows the wealthy, yet highly dysfunctional, Roy family, which own the media mega company, Waystar Royco. read article

Cartoon: Stay-At-Home Reading

TVWriter™’s all-time favorite artist/philosopher, Grant Snider, demonstrates why some of us not only are getting along with our quarantined way of life, we’re absolutely loving it.

Created for the NY Times Book Review. This comic also appears in Grant’s new book, I WILL JUDGE YOU BY YOUR BOOKSHELF. read article