ABC Getting Ready to Destroy HUCKLEBERRY FINN

…and his buddy Tom Sawyer as well. (No word on their mentor Jim.)

ABC Developing Tom Sawyer-Huckleberry Finn Drama (Exclusive) by Lesley Goldberg read article

Greetings from LeVar Burton

Not only is LeVar a fine actor, he’s also a hell of a tweeter…and he makes us feel so damn cared for, maybe even loved:

Admit it. You feel all fuzzy inside now, right? Right? read article

Top TVWriter™ Posts for the Week Ending 8/17

Here they are, the most viewed TVWriter™ posts for the week ending Friday, August 17th:

PEOPLE’S PILOT Semi-Finalists are Here read article

Lee Aronsohn and Bill Prady on Showrunning

Alex Epstein reports on a panel we wish we’d been at:

I had a chance to attend a panel discussion on “Showrunners” at July’s Just for Laughs Conference with TWO AND A HALF MEN co-creator Lee Aronsohn and BIG BANG THEORY showrunner Bill Prady, moderated by Variety‘s Steven Gaydos. A few takeaways: read article

Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions (Allegedly) Did What? To Whom? Bastards (Allegedly)!

This isn’t the first we’ve heard about certain, oh, “suspect business practices” from this company. But it’s the best reaction to said practices that we’ve seen so far. (Hey, TVWriter™ lawyers, how’d we just do?)

Sounds like it should be the “Hall of Shame,” no?

Hallmark Hall Of Fame Productions Sued For Stealing Xmas Story From Emmy Nominee – by Nikki Finke (Deadline.Com)

EXCLUSIVE: Bonnie Eskenazi Of Greenberg Glusker filed the lawsuit this morning accusingHallmark Hall Of Fame Productions and McGee Street Productions of usurping screenwriter, director, and producer Brad Wigor’s intellectual property rights for a Christmas TV story called The Night Flyer. Sure, a lot of people claim their project was stolen but few attract a pitbull litigator like Eskenazi who, for instance, has repped  the estate of JR Tolkien among other clients against this kind of theft. And Wigor is a four-time Daytime Emmy nominee for Children’s Specials. This project in dispute was a family movie about a troubled teenage boy who lives in Los Angeles and meets an angel, then sprouts angelic wings himself, and after a few false starts ultimately uses his power for good during the Christmas season. Read the entire lawsuit here. read article