Tag: Larry Brody

Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 6/21/13

Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are

  • Nick Zano (newbie writer, experienced comedy actor on COUGAR TOWN) is creating NICKY, a sitcom project based on his life for Warner Brothers TV. (Because Warners likes making deals with actors, especially when they have best friends like Channing Tatum, who’ll be producing this show if it ever gets made.)
  • Mike Reiss (THE SIMPSONS, THE CRITIC) is adapting his children’s book, How Murray Saved Christmas into a Christmas special for NBC. And it already has an airdate in December of 2014. (Probably because Mike isn’t an actor and really knows this writing stuff.)
  • Simon Rich (SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE) adapting his book, The Last Girlfriend on Earth into a comedy premise/pilot for FX. (Because he’s only 28 and if the series goes he’ll get to be one of the youngest series creeators ever, which is eminently cool so we’re all for it. Although we admit that if we were much older than 28 we might not be.)
  • Claudia Lonow (HOW TO LIVE WITH YOUR PARENTS) has joined the writing staff of NBC’s upcoming sitcom SEAN SAVES THE WORLD. (And she also has a new overall deal with Universal Television cuz that’s how this works.)

LB: In Praise of the Seattle TV, Film, Theater & Music Scenes

Some people call Seattle "Emerald City." I call it Bob.
Some people call Seattle “Emerald City.” I call it Bob.

I don’t live in Seattle, but I’m close. All it takes for me to get there is a 45 minute drive and a 20 minute ferry ride. (Plus all the ferry waiting time. Aargh! But I’m not talking about that now.)

And I don’t live where I live because of the Seattle art scene. (Or any other art scene either, but I’m also not talking about that now.)

But… read article

Netflix & Dreamworks Just Checked into a Motel Room Together

…And they’re determined to make it An Affair To Remember. (Ouch! Sorry! Really!)

NETFLIX INC. TURBO

Netflix Just Staked Out New Ground in Fight for Your Kids’ Eyeballs
by Brian Barrett

Starting next year, Netflix will begin showing exclusive shows starring characters your children are already intimately familiar with. The collection will include nearly 300 hours of programming, and it could end up being a more important chip than a dozen Arrested Developments. read article

“Writers fighting other writers is the fucking American dream in the eyes of Sony”

No, this isn't from one of Harmon's episodes. It's just guys trying to be him.
No, this isn’t from one of Harmon’s episodes. It’s just guys trying to be him.

Yep, that’s a direct quote – from Dan Harmon, of course. He’s already at it again.

Bashing Sony, we mean.

Ain’t it cool? read article

NURSE JACKIE Showrunner on Why Jackie Betrayed Herself

Hey, it isn’t a spoiler if the episode has already aired, is it? We mean, c’mon.

Besides which, we don’t agree with the whole, “OMG, don’t you dare tell me what happens I want to be surprised” thing. Especially when you’re a writer who should be learning how to write effectively and movingly, not merely, um, surprisingly. Plot twists and turns are not what good writing is about, gang. Genuine insight into the human condition should be what we’re striving to give our viewers.

So here’s NURSE JACKIE’s Clyde Phillips on why Jackie had to take one for the team: read article