Tag: Alison McDonald

Peer Production: SHE GOT PROBLEMS Heading from YouTube to ABC

Alison McDonald!

We said a little about this deal earlier today here, but this is your chance to see what a web video that goes big time looks like. Hint: It doesn’t appear all that expensive. Hit up your parents and let talent and fate do the rest:

And, yeah, we admit that Ms McDonald’s no noob. She was a writer-story editor on NURSE JACKIE. More importantly, though, she took a shot…and, honest, you can too. read article

Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 12/5/12

Latest News About Writers Doing Better Than We Are

  • Diane Farr (NUMB3RS) will write a “semi-autobiographical comedy” for NBC based on her memoir, Kissing Outside the Lines. (Yes, she’s known as an actress, not a writer, but, hey, she’s cute, you know?)
  • Alison McDonald (NURSE JACKIE) is adapting her short video SHE GOT PROBLEMS in a pilot script for ABC. (Strangely, she also acts and does stand-up as well. Infer what ye may.)
  • David Goodman (THE FAMILY GUY) and Jason Ruiz (newby!) are teaming up to write MURDER POLICE, an animated comedy about a bumbling detective for Fox. (Neither of these guys is an actress, but Newby Ruiz is a top animator, which in our minds is much better prep for the rigors/horrors of writing a new series.)
  • Andy Bobrow (COMMUNITY) is writing the pilot for a sitcom, ROOKIE, about a young woman “reinventing” herself as a cop. (What? She was a robber before?)