Tag: television writing

GRAVITY FALLS Creator on How He Got Started and Other Neat Things

You too can make it big. All it takes is – talent, talent, hard work, hard work, talent, and…you know.

Creator Alex Hirsch Talks GRAVITY FALLS, How He Ended Up Making a Show for the Disney Channel, His Love for TV Animation and More
by Christina Radish

The Disney Channel animated comedy series Gravity Falls, from creator/executive producer/writer/director Alex Hirsch, follows city kids Dipper (voiced by Jason Ritter) and Mabel Pines (voiced by Kristen Schaal), who are sent to spend the summer with their eccentric Great Uncle Stan, aka Grunkle Stan (voiced by Hirsch), who runs a tourist trap called The Mystery Shack in a remote northwestern town where nothing is what it seems.  With creatures in the forest, monsters in the lake and time travel a possibility, things get very interesting for the twins as they quickly realize they need each other, in order to unlock the secrets of the quirky and mysterious town. read article

Just When You Thought You’d Seen the Dullest Possible Series…

…Along comes – tada! – J.Lo:

Jennifer Lopez Developing Drama Project for ABC Family
by Philiana Ng

ABC Family is looking to get into business with Jennifer Lopez. read article

Soap Opera Ratings Report

…Because (seriously) some of our best friends are soap writers:

Not written in Japanese

Soap Opera Ratings: ‘The Young & the Restless’ & ‘Bold and the Beautiful’ Rebound; ‘Days of Our Lives’ Ties Series Lows in Women 18-49
Written By Robert Seidman

Soap Opera Ratings for the week of June 25-29, 2012

Total Viewers
1. Y&R 4,543,000 (+272,000/+25,000)
2. B&B 3,338,000 (+198,000/+438,000)
3. DAYS 2,329,000 (-47,000)
4. GH 2,277,000 (-145,000/+78,000) read article

For the Dedicated CASTLE Insider

A tweet that matters:

Gotcher back!

Some exciting news from us here at the #Castle Art Dept, We are now designing additions to Becketts including a bedroom and bathroom!

— Castle Art Dept (@CastleArtDept) July 6, 2012 read article

The Next Time Someone Tells You Your Goals are “Impossible…”

…Show them this:

“Too close for comfort…?”

Astronomers discover binary stars in ‘impossibly’ tight orbits
by George Dvorsky

A team of scientists using the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) in Hawaii have found four different pairs of binary systems whose stars are so close to each other that it takes them less than four hours to orbit one another. Previous estimates indicated that stars shouldn’t be allowed to do this — they should consume each other, creating one giant mass.

This observation forces astronomers to throw away previously held notions of what binary star systems might look like. read article