What’s Behind the Indie TV Prodco Buying Spree?

What’s that? You didn’t know there was one? Well the good folks at Deadline.Com are here to tell you all about it…cuz they’re busy trying to prove that we should always go to them instead of sites like The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and Deadline’s archenemy, The Wrap.

Dig in and enjoy the benefits of Deadline’s ambition dedication:

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LB: God Bless Residuals

Yep, in these troubled time it’s checks like these that keep the Brodys solvent:

Resid Capture Edit
Sorry that this isn’t a full shot of the check but…paranoia, y’know?

Not just for one show but for two, count ’em two – POLICE WOMAN and THE ROOKIES. Good times, kids, good times.

Oh, in case you’re wondering, I’ve had smaller…. read article

LOST Showrunners Tell Us Everything We Want to Know About…LOST, of Course

Well, um, maybe not everything. (Writers is slipper bastids, y’know.)

Can you spot which of these men is the actor? Of course you can.
Can you spot which of these men is the actor? Of course you can.

by Kimberly Nordyke

Four years after the Lost finale aired, showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuseare still fielding questions about it.

The duo reunited with several of their former castmembers … on Day 4 of PaleyFest at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, where they introduced that night’s screening (the audience watched season one’s penultimate episode, titled “Exodus (Part 1),” before the panel discussion). Joked Lindelof of the polarizing series finale: “We debated whether to not to show you the real finale.” To which Cuse quickly responded: “Too soon.” read article

Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 3/24/14

Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are
by munchman

  • Walon Green (LAW & ORDER) has gotten the word to expand his National Geographic KILLING JESUS project into a 4-hour mini-series. (Your munchman is calling this show fictional cuz it’s based on a book by Bill O’Reilly and, you know. I’d never insinuate that Jesus his godly self wasn’t real. Oh no, not moi….)
  • Chris Colfer (one of the glamorous and cool stars of the equally glamorous and cool series GLEE) is writing an episode of that very show. (Cuz he’s a pushy little fuck, methinks. At least he was when we took an acting class together. Hi, Chris! Love you, kiddo! Rilly!)
  • Marta Kauffman (FRIENDS) & Howard J. Morris (HOME IMPROVEMENT) are developing GRACE AND FRANKIE, about two women who bond cuz their husbands have left both of them for each other for Netflix. (Oh, and the stars are already set: Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. Could be a lotta fun watching the worlds of those two Big Names collide!)
  • Ryan Murphy (AMERICAN HORROR STORY) has optioned the book, Empty Mansions: They Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune by Bill Dedman & Paul Clark Newell Jr. but nobody’s saying if he plans to make it into a film or a TV series. (And here at TVWriter™ I munchman am of course hanging on every clue cuz everybody knows yours truly has absolutely no life at all.)

Bringing Diversity to TV: Whose Job Is It?

Here it is, the discussion we all should be having. A tip of the hat to writer Theresa Celebran Jones:

reggielee_grimmby Theresa Celebran Jones

One of the biggest events this past week for us Filipino Americans was Friday night’s episode of Grimm. If you grew up hearing tales of the Aswang — a Filipino mythical creature that eats babies — the Grimm episode, “Mommy Dearest,” was likely one of the most terrifying things you’ve seen on prime time this season. It also probably brought you back to the days when your lola would sit you down and tell you all about the Mumu and Tiktik and Manananggal — stories to put the fear in you and discourage you from being too curious.

You don’t need me to even mention what a wonderful, validating thing it is to see a part of your childhood on television after being invisible for so long. It was also incredibly encouraging to read that the writers personally consulted Reggie Lee — the actor who plays Sergeant Wu, the character around whom the episode was centered — for ideas on a Filipino mythological creature. It was a great episode, one that did justice to how truly terrifying these stories were to us as children, and it was nice to see an actual Filipino American community on television. read article