Oh, you know what it is as well as we do. You’ve gotta. We’re talking about an argument that’s been raging throughout all of TV fandom (including that little subdivision known as TV Writers) for 25 years.
Yeppers, we’re talking ’bout:
Tag: Larry Brody
Tomorrow Will Be Televised
And by tomorrow, writer Simon Applebaum means, literally, tomorrow. His thesis: TV is at a crossroads, and everything that happens in the next 6 months is going to affect the future of the medium, for better or for worse.
We think it’ll be for better:
by Simon Applebaum
Take an extended breath, then brace yourself for an explosive second half of 2013. Quite a ride is in store for anyone involved in the television world, starting and ending with viewers. Here’s a roundup of what you can expect:
Seven Ways To Write About Television
Here on TVWriter™ we use the phrase “TV writing” to mean writing for television. But as we vegged out in front of our TV this weekend it came to us that “TV writing” can also mean “writing about TV.” Or, more specifically, “writing about what’s on TV.”
With that in mind, we took a little spin through Google to see if anybody is in fact doing that little ole writing about what’s on TV thing, and we found something we think is way cool. An article that doesn’t merely write about what’s on TV but goes deeper, examining how TV writers (um, that actually means TV critics/reviewers in this context) write their reviews.
Yeah, yeah, we know this sounds ridiculously complicated. But that’s just our way. This article from the MonkeySee blog makes it really, um, simple:
FREAKS AND GEEKS Creator Speaks About —
…Um, the usual things that writers speak about, actually. Which other writers always want to hear/read. So settle in for a match made in interweb heaven:
8 Things We Learned About ‘Freaks and Geeks’ Creator Turned Film Director Paul Feig’s Career in Comedy
by Julia Selinger
Paul Feig seems to have occupied every corner of the television and filmmaking process, from performing stand-up in Detroit clubs at age 15 to taking a role on “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” (“Acting is hard, but not when you’re playing Eugene Pool”) to helming episodes of some of the best shows on the small screen. Perhaps best known as the creator of the seminal TV series “Freaks and Geeks,” Feig has an impressive list of directing, acting, producing and writing credits. He’s directed episodes of “The Office,” “Arrested Development,” “Mad Men,” “Nurse Jackie” and “Weeds,” as well as 2011 hit “Bridesmaids” and the new buddy cop comedy “The Heat,” starring Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock. On Tuesday night, Feig sat down with David Schwartz, chief curator at the Museum of the Moving Image, at the closing 92YTribeca to talk about working in film and television, women in comedy, and his obsession with Steve Martin. Here are some of the highlights:
He appreciates the relationship between writing and directing. “As a director, it’s important to have a knowledge of writing,” Feig noted.
It’s Interweb Meme Time!
At least, we think this should be a meme cuz we love it:
Oh, and this is from ChilltownTV. Hey, we keep telling you the site and its “product” be awesome!