Tag: People’s Pilot writing contest

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Tattoo”

LB’S NOTE: Back in the mid-1990s, Jeri Taylor, the show runner of Star Trek: Voyager, asked me to write an episode of the show.

I’d just returned to L.A. after having spent a couple of years living on the Santa Clara Pueblo just north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and filled with love and respect for the Indian People (which is what my friends in Santa Clara, as well as those on the Navajo, Hopi, and Lakota reservations where I’d also spent so much time called themselves instead of Native Americans) I agreed, provided I could write about the character, Chakotay, in a script that would portray Indian People the way I knew them. read article

Herbie J Pilato’s Top Ten Favorite TV Shows

LB’s NOTE: Herbie is back at TVWriter™ to discuss a subject very dear to his heart – his 10 best TV series. I may not agree with all your choices, old friend, but I salute your bravery in this article. I mean, you don’t see me writing a post like this, do you?

An Objective List In Alphabetical Order
by Herbie J Pilato

Due to opinion, taste, age, and mindset, it’s pretty much impossible to come up with the ideal mainstream list of what may be considered the best of anything, much less an optimum lineup of favorite television shows. But here’s my personal take on the Top Ten TV series from the primetime schedules of all time, most of which hail from (although not limited to) the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, including dramas, comedies, and sci-fi/fantasy — presented in alphabetical order. read article

Latest WGAW-Agency Dispute Update

The Writers Guild of America West soldiers on in its battle with the top packaging agencies. Yesterday they sent out this reaction to a legal decision two days ago.

April 28, 2020
Dear members, read article

Patrice Robotnick sees ‘Bless This Mess’

LB’S NOTE: Patrice Robotnick, our ace robot reporter and critic, returns with a review that surprised me. Click below and listen up

Now that you know how this review sounds, here’s how it reads:

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HBO Gives Us a Peek at Its Upcoming Reboot of Perry Mason

Time for an LB admission. Never in a million years would I have imagined this particular re-imagining of the classic series – and character – known as Perry Mason.

Were there really books and stories where the archetypal criminal defense attorney was a film noirish private eye? If so, well, then, I’ll be damned. If not, well then, let the damnation fall on whatever genius HBO executive who thought this was something the world needed.

Have a look for yourselves: read article