A&E’s Longmire Saddles Up for Second Season
by Kimberly Roots
Sheriff Walt has a long, dusty, crime-solving road ahead of him, because A&E has renewed Longmire for a second season.
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Teen Writing Students on Kickstarter
Teen Writing Students Featured on Kickstarter
by Maryann Yin
The authors and editors behind Canteen Magazine work with under-served Harlem 7th-graders to promote a love of reading, writing and photography. At the end of each academic year, the volunteers produced a printed book compilation called canTeens. This year, they lack the funds to create the 2012 edition of “canTeens” which is why they have turned to Kickstarter in the hopes of raising $5,000. Above, we’ve embedded a video about the project–what do you think?
Here’s more about the project:
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS/PARENTHOOD Genius Gets Some Big Bucks
We like this guy. Great writer-producer. Terrible hair. Inspiring yet comfortable to be around.
Jason Katims Inks New Deal With Universal TV, Hires Michelle Lee As Development Exec
by Nellie Andreeva
EXCLUSIVE: Jason Katims, the Emmy-winning writer-executive producer behind Friday Night Lights and Parenthood, has extended his relationship with the studio behind both series, Universal Television, in a new overall deal. Under the two-year pact, Katims will continue as executive producer on NBC’s Parenthood, in addition to developing new projects…
TVWriter™ Posts of the Week
Here they are, the TVWriter™ posts TeamTVWriter likes best for the week ending today, June 29th:
The Rapture Comes to HBO
No, silly, not that kind of rapture. We’re talking the Big One, not what the French refer to as the Little Death.
Damon Lindelof returns to TV to film the Rapture for HBO
by Meredith Woerner
Damon Lindelof is getting back to his television roots with Tom Perotta’s The Leftovers, a supremely wild novel about what happens to those left behind after the Rapture. The two are currently in talks to adapt this book for an HBO series.