LOUIE is Taking a Break to Rest on its Laurels

…and, according to Louis C.K., recharge after the exhaustion of producing-writing-directing all those short little episodes that won LCK all those Emmy noms and the Big Statue itself for Best Comedy Writing.

Looks like LCK’s a little stressed out by his recent success. According to Jon Weisman on Variety.Com: read article

Two Words: RUBY SKYE

Or, if you must, three: RUBY SKYE, P.I.

The new season of award-winning tween web series, RUBY SKYE, P.I., premiered yesterday, October 10, 2012.  But don’t worry. You didn’t miss anything. Cuz you can see the whole episode right now:

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Today’s TV Writing Deals Dept: 10/11/12

“We do it for love. But that doesn’t mean we should turn down the money.” Old Writerly Saying

  • Joe Wiseman & Joe Port (NEW GIRL) have sold JOE & JOE & JANE, an autobiographical comedy, to NBC with a pilot production commitment. (Not going to say anything snarky or negative about this deal, nosirree, because Joe Wiseman is one of our favorite people…and a former student of Our Very Own LB.)
  • Gabe Sachs & Jeff Judah (90210) are writing a medical drama pilot about Army doctors working the late shift for NBC. (Not saying anything snarky or negative about this deal either, un-uh, even though we don’t know ’em, because we don’t want anybody to say we’re playing favorites)
  • BROAD CITY, a web series by Abbi Jacobson & Illana Glazer, has been given a pilot order by Comedy Central. (Further evidence, if anybody needs it, that web series are the way to go!)
  • Lena Dunham (GIRLS) has gotten what she wanted for her memoir/advice book – over $3,500,000. (Time to start the hating. Who wants to start?)
  • Ken Sanzel (NUMB3RS) is writing 2 drama pilots, GEN MISHIMA and HOOD for NBC. The first is an adaptation of a Chilean series (no, we aren’t going to comment – we swear), while the latter is a contemporary Robin Hood kind of thingie that NBC hopes will become the next PERSON OF INTEREST. (Note to NBC: That ain’t gonna happen without a writer-producer named Nolan. Just sayin’.)

LB: What’s Up With HOMELAND?

…By which I mean I’ve spent almost a year arguing about the show with my associates here at TVWriter™ . They love it. I, well let’s just say I haven’t watched it all that much because when I did all I felt was disdain. Specifically, disdain for characters the show kept telling me where brilliant at their jobs but who, when I saw them, performed those jobs like inept, untrained idiots.

I would’ve fired everybody: Carrie, Saul, Brody. And, of course, the writers who revealed their immense ignorance of the not just how intelligence organizations like the CIA run, but of how the wheels of real life spin around. read article

Did You Know that Everybody You Meet in the TV Biz is Going to Hate You?

‘Cuz we’re all rivals, don’tcha see? And any piece of the pie you get is that much taken out of ours. But you need friends to help you if you’re ever going to make it, so read on and find out what to do:

How to Win Over Someone Who Doesn’t Like You – by Dorie Clark (Forbes.Com)

Does your co-worker scowl every time you walk by? Is that guy in your networking group consistently aloof? Sometimes, for no clear reason, someone may decide they dislike you—and if you want a more comfortable work environment, it’s up to you to change the dynamic. So what can you do to disarm a cranky colleague? read article