Kathy Fuller concludes are impressively positive thinking about the good that can come from a bad TV show.
by Kathy Fuller
Mistake #3: Get real, already.
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munchman: Anyone Up for ELECTRIC CITY?
Me, I’ve got a problem after seeing LARRY CROWNE.
Tom Hanks’ ‘Electric City’ looks for light in the darkness
by Jeff Labrecque
Tom Hanks is heading to Electric City. No, Dunderheads, he’s not guesting on The Office, which is, of course, set in Scranton, Pa., a.k.a. Electric City. The two-time Oscar winner has created a new animated web series about a seeming oasis of idealistic possibility set amongst a dystopian, post-apocalyptic future. Hanks has been working on the idea for years, at one point contemplating bringing his characters to life with puppets. Instead, Yahoo will host a series of short five-to-seven-minute episodes, the first 10 of which will premiere on July 17. Additional episodes will follow on July 18-19, completing the 90-minute adventure.
Before You Dedicate Your Life to Facing the Blank Page…
by Larry Brody
…Take a look at this:
Writers Guild of America Inc., West Annual Financial Report
June 29, 2012
Dear Fellow Members:
we are please to present the Guild’s annual financial report. this year’s report reflects that, as the
economy continues its slow recovery from a deep recession, the Guild remains financially sound
and strong.
In this booklet, you will find the wGAw’s financial statements and a summary of industry and
employment data for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012. these are the headlines:
HBO Orders more of THE NEWSROOM and TRUE BLOOD
This Just In: HBO Orders New Seasons of The Newsroom and True Blood
by Kimberly Roots
HBO renewed two of its popular hour-long dramas Monday.
The cable net announced that it would bring back The Newsroom for a second season after airing only two episodes of the first season.
BATES MOTEL: Yeah, Baby!
We’ll definitely give this one a try:
A&E Network Orders Carlton Cuse Series ‘Bates Motel’ Direct To Series
A&E Network is checking into Bates Motel without even a pilot, it was announced today. The network is putting in a 10-episode order of the Alfred Hitchcock Psycho-inspired series from Universal Television. Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin will serve as executive producers. Cuse wrote almost three dozen episodes of Lost and served as executive produce on the show. Ehrin served as a writer and producer recently on Parenthood and Friday Night Lights. Roy Lee, John Middleton Jr, and producer Mark Wolper originally put Bates Motel together. As A&E announced earlier this year, the series goes into the story before Psycho. With a contemporary touch, Bates Motels looks at the twisted relationship between serial killer-to-be Norman Bates and his mother Norma. Bates Motel will debut on A&E in 2013.