We Love a Passionate, um, Person

 …Even when the passion has nothing to do with writing.

A passionless life=a soulless life. And, yes, you can quote us.

Linus Torvalds giving NVIDIA a single-digit salute. read article

LB Watches LONGMIRE

by Larry Brody

The Good:

  • Well written, also well-produced and well-directed
  • Well acted, especially by Bailey Chase and Katee Sackhoff
  • Nice looking blonde deputy of the female variety
  • It’s set in a locale we don’t see very often – Wyoming

The Not-So-Good: read article

Hey, It’s the Doctor Who Puppet

…What else can we say?

I’m back! I had a busy week of traveling around New York, including a visit to the Eastern tip of Long Island. I explored the beach and met some of the local wildlife. Crabs are lovely creatures, though they do get cross when you pick them up. I may have been pinched a few times.

NBC’s Fall 2012 Series Premieres to Come Early

…probably because the only way they have a chance of getting an audience is if they’re on unopposed.

(Except for ANIMAL PRACTICE, above, because one of its writer-producers is TVWriter™ alum Curtis Gwinn.) read article

Exactly What We Want to Hear, But Can We Believe It?

The closest thing we’ve ever heard to a television exec telling the truth was when a certain ABC V.P. sighed and told the showrunner of a very popular ABC show, “Okay, go ahead and do it your way. But if anyone asks I’ll say I told you not to.”

And, yes, the executive did just that, with the showrunner standing beside him.

Still, though, we want to believe what execs like the guy below say. Especially when they say things like this: read article