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Writers in the News: Howard Gordon

Put your hands together for another very nice TV writer deal:

Howard Gordon Launches Production Company Based at 20th Century Fox TV – by Nellie Andreeva

Homeland co-creator/executive producer Howard Gordon has launched Teakwood Lane, a production company housed at 20th Century Fox TV where the former24 showrunner has spent nearly his entire career. The pod deal for Teakwood Lane replaces Gordon’s overall deal at the studio. Gordon continues as an executive producer on the critically-praised Homeland alongside co-creator/showrunner Alex Gansa, and will focus on developing and overseeing new series for all the networks, both broadcast and cable… read article

Want to Turn Your Book into a TV Series? Be Published by Random House

Okay, so not really a guarantee, but get your novel to ’em pronto. It’s a start…

Random House wants you to watch these books! (Well, their books anyway)

FREMANTLEMEDIA & RANDOM HOUSE FORM EXCLUSIVE TELEVISION PARTNERSHIP – by TeamTVWriter Press Service

FremantleMedia, the producer and distributor of several of the world’s most widely-watched television series, and Random House, Inc., the U.S. division of Random House, the world’s largest trade-book publisher, both companies of Bertelsmann AG, announced today a major new creative and strategic partnership to develop scripted television programming for the U.S. and international markets based on the fiction and nonfiction books published by Random House’s imprints in North America and internationally.

The first-look deal with FremantleMedia will reside within Random House Television, a newly created part of Random House Studio, the publisher’s rebranded and expanded entertainment division led by Peter Gethers, President. Random House Television will work together with Random House’s editors and publishers, and their authors’ agents, to identify and acquire performance rights for the full range of broadcast network, cable, and premium television scripted formats. read article

Fox Experimenting With New Sitcom Format

…And we think it’s kinda cool:

Fox Developing Short-Form Comedy Series – by Kimberly Roots (TVLine.Com)

Next summer, Fox will give comedy the short end of the schtick. read article

A Web Series with International Appeal

…And a great lesson in writing w/o using words:

Further evidence that the international language is: Comedy.

The whole series is here