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Is This the Future of TV?

TNT honcho Kevin Reilly weighs in on where TV may be going. Except that he leaves out the “maybe” because, you know, he’s Kevin Reilly. However you look at it, this is an important analysis because when you get down to it, the future of TV is, in fact, the future of everyone who follows TVWriter™:

TNT Boss Kevin Reilly on ‘The Alienist,’ E-Sports and Transforming TV for an On-Demand World
by Scott Roxborough

Kevin Reilly has some experience with disruption.

The veteran TV executive came up through the ranks of NBC in the late 1980s and early 1990s during the heyday of the “Must-See TV era,” helping to usher in iconic series such as ER and Law & Order that raised the bar for network drama and arguably set the stage for the current golden age of small-screen fiction. read article

Hank Isaac’s TV Series Project Gets Underway

from Grays Harbor Talk

NOTE FROM LB: I’m always happy to announce Hank Isaac’s projects and awards. His latest is especially close to my heart because, hey, kids, teaching, the future of media. Great topics all. Go, Hank, go!

As of Saturday morning, March 17, six talented young writers ranging in age from ten to thirteen started learning how to write a television series and ultimately actually write that series into production.

Writing will take place from now through the Summer with filming tentatively scheduled to begin in August. read article

Kathryn Graham Sees Netflix’s ‘Everything Sucks’ (And Loves It)

by Kate Graham

All I knew about Netflix’s Everything Sucks going in was that it contained a hefty dose of 90’s nostalgia. And boy does Everything Sucks love the 90’s. Especially its music.

Anything after that was a surprise for me, and I love that, as it’s increasingly harder to walk into a show and not have a good idea of what’s going on. So let me give you the vague review first. read article

How To Replace Your Cable, From A Network Executive Who Cut The Cord

Ooh, genuine information from a genuine TV pro. We here at TVWriter™ love being able to bring you this look into how to get more for your money when it comes to indulging in what we assume is your second favorite pastime, watching TV.

We’re assuming, of course, that your fave is actually writing TV. Anyway:

by Michael Schneider

Garth Ancier is one of the few TV execs to have run three different networks, having headed up entertainment at Fox, The WB and NBC. He also spent time at Turner and BBC America, and was behind one of the biggest syndicated hits of the 1990s, “The Ricki Lake Show.” Traditional TV was once Ancier’s livelihood — but he’s not nostalgic when it comes to the changing ways we watch TV. read article

LB: Untold Tales of the Animated SILVER SURFER TV Series Ep. 16 Script

by Larry Brody

Over the past two weeks I’ve posted the scripts for Season 2 Episode 1 and Episode 2 of the FoxKids Network The Silver Surfer animated series for those who wondered what all of us involved in the show back in 1998 intended to come if we hadn’t been cancelled.

Today it’s the turn of Season 2 Episode 3, Soul Hunter: Part Two.  This one’s a “Rev. Final Draft,” which means that everyone involved in the prep for Season 2 was satisfied that it was ready to shoot. read article