A showrunner’s perspective:
Executive Producer of ‘The Office’ Announces the End of the Series
The executive producer of NBC’s highest-rated scripted series, “The Office,” has taken the wraps off plans to wind down the comedy series, Deadline.com reports.
…Well, kinda. You’ll see:
Missing My So-Called Life? Check out MTV’s Awkward! – by An Nicholson
Jenna Hamilton is Angela Chase reborn. “Awkward.” embodies every single thing I loved about “My So-Called Life” and other ’90s teen dramas. Pretty boy Jordan Catalano? Check. Wacky minority friend? Check! Slutty female friend? Check. Check. Check!
Writing contests like TVWriter™ ‘s own People’s Pilot and Spec Scriptacular can be wonderful experiences, validating all the blood, sweat, and tears new writers have put into learning their craft, and that’s why we sponsor them. But, unfortunately, everyone can’t win. Contests, like life, just don’t work that way. Does not winning mean that the entire experience is invalid?
Hell no.
Set your DVRs, gang, because the word’s come down from those who really know: Here’s the tweet from The Official Doctor Who Website:
#DoctorWho Asylum of the Daleks premieres on BBC One, Sat 01
Sept 7.20p.m. New mini-adventure – #PondLife – begins online on Mon, 27th Aug.
— Doctor Who Official (@bbcdoctorwho) August 22, 2012
…Yes, he’s a producer, not a writer. But that’s the thing. Producers know. Which is why producers get laid and writers…well, not as much. (What? You thought it was the producers’ charm? Good looks? C’mon!)
Exclusive Q&A: Hot Producer Mark Gordon Reveals What TV Projects the Networks Are Buying – by Lacey Rose
Becoming a successful film producer is hard enough. But Mark Gordon has achieved the extremely rare feat of conquering television as well as movies. As of Sept. 20, the prolific producer had sold at least 11 new TV projects (eight dramas, three comedies). If they make it to air, they’ll join Gordon’s other small-screen offerings: ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy andPrivate Practice, CBS’ Criminal Minds and Lifetime’s Army Wives. On the film side, the Producers Guild of America co-president has been behind movies big (2012, Speed) and small (The Messenger,The Details), with several more (includingAngelina Jolie’s Kay Scarpetta project, based on Patricia Cornwell’s novel) in development. The ABC Studios-based Gordon, 54, a soon-to-be-remarried father of two girls who got his start in off-Broadway productions, sat down in his artsy West Los Angeles office to discuss network buying habits, studio missteps and the genre he’d love to tackle.