munchman: Money Talks Dept: Local Station Rips Off Blogger’s Video

…So he bills them, which seems much fairer than what the RIAA and MPAA do when they feel robbed:

 

BLOGGER BILLS TV STATION AFTER SEEING HIS VIDEO IN A NEWS REPORT – by Jim Romenesko (JIMROMENESKO.COM) read article

Drew McWeeny Reads the ROBOCOP Remake Script

…And although he finds it funny, he isn’t amused.

ROBOCOP Remake Receives Scathing Script Review – by Matt Goldberg read article

15 Writers to Hate

…Eh, excuse us, we should’ve said “authors.” That’s what Forbes calls these wordsmiths, who are making way too much dinero to care what they’re called, other than, maybe, “Sir:”

James Patterson made HOW much last year? 94 million bucks? And we’ve never read one word of his? Wow.

Forbes’ 15 Highest Earning Authors List – by Zoe Triska

Yesterday, Forbes released their annual list of the world’s highest earning authors. read article

LB Sees SUITS (and Also BOB AND RAY)

The Good:

  • When this series began it was an interesting series about a genius drug dealer who knew the law so well that he successfully did all the work his lazy lawyer “partner” was supposed to do in intriguing criminal and semi-criminal cases
  • Good looking actors, both men and women, in even better looking clothes

The Not-So-Good: read article

A Lesson in the Creative Side of TV Production

Actually, every side of TV production is creative. Except network meetings, that is:

An oldie but a goodie

Comedy 101 by Ken Levine

Haven’t done this in awhile but several of you have requested it. Today I’ll show an episode of our CBS show ALMOST PERFECT and tomorrow I’ll walk you through the thought process on how we broke the story and why we made the decisions we made. read article