Ken Levine continues to tell the truth about TV. And we continue to love him for it:
My network notes for UNDER THE DOME
by Ken Levine
I don’t get it. Every time we’ve done a series we’ve gotten a shit-ton of network notes. And usually they were very specific.“Where’s the cat? Wouldn’t the cat be in the bedroom at night?”“Is there something healthier than cookies she can pack in her kids’ lunch boxes?”“Did they eat the pizza? They had that big fight in Shakeys but no one ate the pizza they ordered.” (We once got that actual note)
We’d get twenty of these an episode. For a pilot I once had a network guy open an on-set refrigerator to approve the contents.
A Writer Meme from Will Shakespeare
Cuz he’s still crazy after all these years.
Okay, so maybe not crazy, but cool.
Okay, so maybe not cool, but, y’know, Shakespeare:
Joss Whedon on Being True to Yourself
Speaking of interweb memes:
Oops!
(Hey, we worked hard on getting all the metaphorical layers of this baby together. How about a hand, folks? Let’s hear it, huh?
A Kickstarter Web Series Project We Like (& 3 Others That are Meh)
Recommended Reading: “The Bionic Book” by Herbie J Pilato
It isn’t his newest, but it’s one of Herbie J’s best:
by Team TVWriter™ Press Service
Our Superfan bud, Herbie J wrote this comprehensive history of THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN and THE BIONIC WOMAN in 2007. LB, who says he knows both stars “probably a little bit better than I should” and did, in fact, write an episode of THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN back in the day (it’s the one about an earthquake threatening a nuclear power plant with an explosion that could destroy all life…well, in the Western Hemisphere – but LB can’t remember the name), also says that Herbie’s book is “the go-to place for anyone who wants to understand the history of superheroes on TV.”