Peer Production: CONSTANCE AND FLORENCE & IS THIS THING ON?

TVWriter™ has written about Lou Stone Borenstein before. He’s a funny dood who, in addition to placing 2nd in the 2009 Spec Scriptacular, has also created some very funny videos, including this new web series called CONSTANCE AND FLORENCE:

Can’t help it. Lou breaks us up every time.

Peer Production: We aren’t the Only Ones Who Love BECOMING RICARDO

We’ve written about the web series BECOMING RICARDO numerous times on this site. So, for that matter, have its creators. (Do a site search and be amazed. Go on. We’ll wait.) Now, though, it’s time to tell you how the Web Series Channel, a primo peer production destination, feels about this subject:

Becoming Ricardo is a half hour quirky, fun family sitcom! It’s about a girl, named Jesenia, a struggling actress who aspires to be a famous non-struggling actress – and will do just about anything to make it happen. Lucky for her – there is an Open Call audition for the HIT TV show – Crime, Law and Justice. read article

How J.J. Abrams And Damon Lindelof Tricked ABC Into Putting LOST on the Air

Not a joke! Not a parody! Not an imaginary post! The following is a fascinating tale of treachery and deceit in the TV trenches. Cuz getting a series on the air is guerilla fighting at its most intense. (Well, without the bullets.) It’s read and learn time, gang, so…well, um, you know, read and learn:

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by Dariel Figueroa

Lost was a television show that explored the human condition through charged notions: good vs evil, nature vs nurture, free will vs predetermined destiny, the philosophy of mortality and the redemptive nature of man. The ABC show used devices such as mysticism, scientific exploration, and religion — all permeated by an overwhelming sense of survival — to get there. read article

Herbie J Pilato: Laughter in the Rain, man. You gotta’ have both.

Whoa - Batman smiling could be the scariest thing TVWriter™ has ever seen
Whoa – Batman smiling could be the scariest thing TVWriter™ has ever seen

by Herbie J Pilato

Don’t you dare smile.

Not if you’re a superhero in any feature film related to the Justice League franchise with Warner Bros. and DC Comics.

In other words: No laughter. read article

WGAWest October 2014 Calendar of Events

Cuz this is the organization we all want to be in. Talking pro stuff here (as all the pros who come to TVWriter™ well know):

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