TVWriter™ Newsletter – August 2012

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TVWriter™  Newsletter – August 2012
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What Not To Do To Get Your Book On a Store’s Shelf

For once, we’re speechless. No, wait, here’s our speech: “Long live Chutzpah!” Yeah, it’s a showbiz thing.

Joan Rivers says Costco book ban like ‘beginning of Nazi Germany’ (L.A.Times) read article

Everybody’s Talking About How Much TV Stars Make

…Because money, you know, has always had kind of a loud voice:

The highest paid star on TV. Hi, David!

Who Earns What: TV’s Highest Paid Stars – by Stephen Battaglio and Michael Schneider

Drama (per episode)
Mark Harmon (NCIS): $500,000
Ellen Pompeo (Grey’s Anatomy): $350,000
Kevin Bacon (The Following): $175,000
Lucy Liu (Elementary): $125,000
Stephen Amell (Arrow): $30,000 read article

LB: Alas, Poor Aaron…

by Larry Brody

…Sorkin, that is. Looks like everyone’s after him these days, and not in a good way.

And a short while ago he was such a golden boy. Screenwriting Oscar winner! Beloved creator of THE WEST WING! Toast of what we used to call “the Intelligensia” with his cult fave SPORTS NIGHT. read article