Some recent articles on TV, TV writing, and the TV biz that we regret not posting earlier. But here they are now.
Well, the opening paragraphs anyway:
Rod Serling’s First TV Drama Aired Here 65 Years Ago
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Houdini and Doyle – The Victorian Odd Couple
by Lew Ritter
The modern detective procedural show features a group of suave actors playing Detectives. They solve crimes while driving around in hot sports cars, using the latest technology and keep the world safe from the bad guys. Very traditional and often very predictable.
Houdini and Doyle is an offbeat period piece procedural that takes place in Victorian England, circa the early Twentieth Century. Its main characters are Harry Houdini, the famed illusionist, and Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. The two men were real life friends, who unite to fight unexplained supernatural phenomenon. It is not inconceivable that they would unite for such purposes. It is an offbeat and well executed concept.
In its first season, beginning in the spring of this year, each episode dealt with some impossible crime that appears to be supernatural in nature. Vampires, aliens, unexplained deaths etc. The trio uncover logical reasons for the crime at the end of each episode. Some critics have labeled the show, The “Victorian X-Files. That is fair description because it deals with supernatural crimes in Victorian England. It sounded like an even better idea especially since Fox’s other hit supernatural show Sleepy Hollow ran out of steam in its third season.
Haven’t Made It Yet? Don’t Worry…There’s Always Time
This TVWriter™ minion’s favorite video of the week. (The week I found it, not the week it went online. That was metaphorical centuries ago, but I just saw it last Monday!
A Delve Video Essay by Adam Westbrook
WGAW Calendar for August, 2016
Your union in action!
Peggy Bechko’s World: Yo, Writers! Time to get Organized!
by Peggy Bechko
Okay, so here is where everyone is going to yell at me. I’m going to say a very dirty word (at least in some circles). Ready? Here it comes:
“Routine.”
I don’t know where it ever got started that writers are freewheeling I-don’t-know-whats and that writing can be done on the fly and it’ll all somehow come together like a little miracle. Really? Helloooo!