New Showrunner for SUPERNATURAL

Thank God. Because, really, did anyone ever think Sera Gamble or Bob Singer were writers?

New Supernatural Boss on Returning to the CW Series and ‘Resetting’ the Mythology – by Vlada Gelman

New Supernatural showrunner Jeremy Carver is coming back to the homestead with a mission: To make the Winchester brothers less complicated and more mature. read article

BOSS Showrunner Says He’s Worried About the Ratings

Maybe if he had one – just one – likeable character on the series and one – just one – moment of joy he wouldn’t have to worry because the ratings would take care of themselves.

Boss Creator “Heartbroken” Over Low Ratings: “I Hope We Get to Tell the Entire Story” – by Kate Stanhope

It’s no secret that Boss, despite its famous leading man and Golden Globe win, has been struggling in the ratings. read article

LB: Concentration – The Secret of Writerly Success

by Larry Brody

Hot Tip #27: Never let anything interfere with your work:

“Dissolve to? Cut to? But how quick a cut…?”

munchman: M. Night Shyamalan Bringing His Patented Incoherence to TV

And Marti Noxon’s going to fix it! (We hope.)

M. Night Shyamalan Jumping Into Scripted TV With Syfy Project (Exclusive) – by Philiana NG

Syfy is getting into business with feature filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan. read article

Whew! We’re Safe!

Not that TVWriter™ has ever done anything like this…that we know of:

Embed All the Pirated Video You Want Because It’s Totally Legal – by  Adrian Covert

A few months back, porn studio Flava Works and the MPAA launched a legal campaign against site myVidster to outlaw the embedding of videos that weren’t uploaded with the permission of the copyright holders. Specifically Hypothetically, you could be punished for posting an old N*Sync video to you blog that wasn’t uploaded by Vevo (or whoever). Thankfully the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals struck that case down. read article