WGAe Scores Benefits for Reality Writers

We know this isn’t about “scripted” televison, but let’s be practical: Anything that strengthens the Writers Guild of America, West or East, strengthens writers working in TV and films. So this is, like, important for us all:

WGA East Pacts With 2 Reality Producers To Provide Health Insurance & Benefits – by TeamTVWriter Press Service

Lion Television and Optomen Productions have become the first non-fiction TV producers to offer writer-producers company-paid health benefits, paid time off, grievance and arbitration provisions, and compensation minimums, according to WGA East. read article

And Now, Some Good Words About Rewriting

We don’t know Jay McKinnon, but we’re rooting for him, thanks to this:

Batman Begins A Screenwriting Rewrite, by Jason McKinnon

I was channel surfing the other day and I stopped the second I spotted The Dark Knight. One of my favorite movies of all time… read article

One of the Best Salesmen in the History of TV

They say that a good salesman believes in everything he sells…and everything he says. Welcome to Dick Wolf’s world:

Dick Wolf Calls ‘Chicago Fire’ a ‘Classic’ NBC Drama, by Philiana Ng

Firefighting takes a front seat in NBC’s fall drama ‘Chicago Fire,’ but it was all about Dick Wolf at the Television Critics Assoc. summer press tour. read article

Two Network Execs w/Something in Common: Trying to Justify Their Jobs

Let’s pretend these are videos and watch ’em squirm:

1st: read article