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Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 9/23/14

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

  • Kevin Costello (UP IN THE AIR) is writing a Fox drama pilot about an airline flight crew who pull big heists in various layover cities as a sideline.  (Here’s hoping there’s a bit more to this than the description. Although yer munchero finds it fascinating that the usually ultra-conservative TV nets are into such heavy, Bonnie and Clyde style anti-dis-establishmentarianism. Hey, did I spell that word right? I know I probably used it wrong.)
  • Betsy Thomas (WHITNEY) is the new showrunner of NBC’s BAD JUDGE. (Give her a call! Take her to lunch! Promise a kickback from your salary. Maybe – if she doesn’t call the cops on you – you’ll end up with a gig. Stranger things have happened, right?)
  • David G.B. Brown (THE SCARECROW AND MRS. KING) died September 6th at 67. (No snark or jokes here, just TVWriter™’s condolences to his family and friends. Good writer!
  • Lee Maddux (NIGHT COURT) died September 9th at 84. (No snark here either, although funny man that he was, Mr. Maddux might appreciate a few jokes. If only the munchy dude was funny enough to do him justice. Condolences to Mr. M’s family and friends.

That’s it for now. Write in and tell munchilito what you’ve sold today. TVWriter™ can’t wait to brag to all your friends. (And, more importantly, enemies. Hehehe….)

Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 9/21/14

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

  • Kevin Nealon (WEEDS) & Susan Yeagley (PARKS & RECREATION) have sold a to be titled comedy to NBC about “a recently divorced couple still tied to…each other…through their jointly owned business.” (To which munchadillio can say only, “Congrats to one of the coolest couples in Hollywood!” I’d be trying to hook them up with each other personally as well as professionally, but the good news is that I don’t have to. They’re already married – to each other. Lookin’ forward to this show, kids!)
  • Brad Copeland (ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT) is writing the pilot ABC’s new comedy set to star Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo. (Who aren’t a married couple and about whom I’m not all that excited cuz let’s face it, Chevy’s onstage antics are legend, and not in the most positive way. And Mz D’Angelo? Well, hasn’t she basically been a kind of a cipher in every role she’s ever played? Good luck, Brad!)
  • Angela Kinsey (THE OFFICE) has joined forces with Rachel Spector & Audrey Wauchope (COUGAR TOWN) to create another untitled series, this one a “female buddy comedy” for ABC. (Sorry, gang, but munchero isn’t much interested in this one. Best female buddy comedy of all time has already been on the air for over 60 years – I LOVE LUCY, yessir. What? You thought that show was about Lucy and Ricky? Watch it again – it’s a Lucy-Ethel vehicle all the way. And the only show in the world that’s ever even come close to it is BBC’s miraculous MIRANDA, which only lasted 3 series. Sigh.)
    • Jeff Astrof (GROUND FLOOR) is writing the pilot for our last untitled comedy series of this post, a “restaurant comedy” for CBS based on some guys who own the Meatball Shop restaurants in New York City. (My suggestion is that you simply insert your own snark here cuz when it comes to meatball jokes, hey, everybody knows they write themselves.

That’s it for now. Write in and tell munchilito what you’ve sold today. TVWriter™ can’t wait to brag to all your friends. (And, more importantly, enemies. Hehehe….)