Tag: TVWriter™

The World is Filled with Asshats

Just sayin’.

Time now for an interesting video, after which we will discuss Today’s Most Important Issue, mainly: “Who is the asshat here? Angus Jones? His parents for helping establish his career? His church for exploiting him in this vid? All of the above? None of the above?

We admit it. We kinda wish we were ’50s kids, living in a time when everything was simple and clear and black-and-white. Oh, wait… read article

Forget Breakfast – Lunch is a TV Writer’s Most Important Meal of the Day

They say an army travels on its stomach. What does an army of writers travel on? (No, the answer isn’t ego, sorry.)

Food Fight: Hollywood Writers Pick Sides Over Ordering Lunch – by Josh Lurie

The average TV showrunner has a thousand decisions to make on any given day, from script and costumes to casting and music. Some handle it with grace, others with … well, less than grace. But one thing is certain: If you mess with their lunch, you will get stabbed in the neck with a Sharpie. read article

Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 11/27/12

Latest News About Writers Doing Better Than We Are (Why Do There Have To Be So Many?)

  • Rob Weiss & Jay Leggett & Blake Leibel (ENTOURAGE) are writing a sitcom about legalized pot for Fox. (Well, not really about pot. More about pot heads because a plant can’t be the star of a series unless it’s on Adult Swim, right?)
  • Spencer Hudnut (newbie!) has joined CBS’ UNFORGETTABLE as a staff writer. (And to think, we knew him when he was just, um, a lawyer. Movin’ up in the world, dood.)
  • Larry Stuckey (LITTLE FOCKERS) has sold a comedy project to ABC, based on his relationship with his brother. (Hey, isn’t everything we write based on some part of our lives? And don’t many of us have brothers? So why is Larry the one getting all the big bucks here?)
  • Talk about making it big. Over 20 years ago a newb writer named Judd Apatow (you name it, Judd wrote/directed/produced it) wrote a spec episode of THE SIMPSONS, and at last the show has bought it. (As Executive Producer Al Jean puts it: “For people who want to know how to write a freelance ‘Simpsons’ episode: Just do it, then have a megamilliondollar movie career and we’ll buy the spec.”)

STAR TREK Trio Demonstrates Domestic Bliss

This is all kinds of awesome:

Three guys you may know clean up after helping Patrick Stewart’s son celebrate his birthday. Yep, this is Brent Spiner, Scott Bakula, and Michael Dorn in Stewart’s kitchen. Just like we always wanted them to be. read article

Peer Production: Neil Patrick Harris Reveals His Soul

Well, his dreams, really. His deep, dark,  chill you to the bone PUPPET DREAMS.

Are you ready for a pseudo reality series collaboration between Neil Patrick Harris and Brian Henson? read article