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How HBO Made It Look Like Critics Liked ‘The Newsroom’, by Jeff Bercovici
Critical reception of “The Newsroom,” Aaron Sorkin’s new HBO series set in the TV news business, has been generally cool. On Metacritic.com, which averages out reviews from all over, its score is a distinctly mediocre 57. Even those critics who’ve embraced it have generally done so with considerable caveats.
Yes, it’s true. We here at TVWriter™ are absolute suckers for any web article that has the good sense to feature the writer. And why not?
VH1 Greenlights Scripted Series ‘Bounce’ – by Nellie Andreeva
VH1 has ordered its second hourlong scripted series. The network’s pilot Bounce, starring Dean Cain, Kimberly Elise, Charlotte Ross, newcomer Taylour Paige and Logan Browning has, has been picked up to series. It joins VH1’s first hourlong scripted series, the Queen Latifah-produced Single Ladies.
Created and written by James LaRosa, Bounce follows the lives and loves of the Los Angeles Devil Girls, the dance team for the country’s No. 1 professional basketball team…
We could have just listed this blog by Terry Gilliam’s daughter in our Links, but it deserves so much more:
“Discovering Dad” aka delving into Terry Gilliam’s personal archive (@hollydubois)
As if writers didn’t have enough to worry about, now we have this excellent analysis to ponder:
The Avengers, Spider-Man, and Dark Knight Rises All Have Strangely Similar Climaxes – by Kyle Buchanon (Vulture.Com)
The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, and The Dark Knight Rises have all offered distinctly different types of superhero thrills this summer: One’s a giant, crowd-pleasing mash-up of all of Marvel’s prior movies; one’s a rebooted origin story anchored by a tender teen romance; and one’s a dark, sprawling drama with Bat-trappings. So many different flavors to choose from … and yet, did you notice they all have weirdly similar third acts? What was that about?
Speaking of celebrity writers:
As it continues to aggressively expand its scripted programming slate, Lifetime has ordered the drama pilot Cinnamon Girl from executive producers Academy Award® and Golden Globe® Award-winning actress-producer Renée Zellweger, Anthony Tambakis (Warrior) and Gavin O’Connor (Warrior, Pride and Glory). The announcement was made today by Rob Sharenow, Executive Vice President, Programming, of Lifetime Networks.