…And we think it’s kinda cool:
Fox Developing Short-Form Comedy Series – by Kimberly Roots (TVLine.Com)
Next summer, Fox will give comedy the short end of the schtick.
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A Web Series with International Appeal
…And a great lesson in writing w/o using words:
Further evidence that the international language is: Comedy.
Particle Physics and Reality TV
by Robin Reed
Physicists say that you can’t observe an atom or subatomic particle without changing it. I have begun to wonder, in the cable reality TV shows that I watch, how TV changes its subjects. Is a fur trapper in Alaska in danger when his plane won’t start? What if he has a TV crew with him? Surely they have their own plane and can give him a ride.
The Ghost Hunters were plumbers when the show started, but they haven’t mentioned that for a while. How much does the show pay? Do the American Pickers really need the small profits from each item or is the TV show paying more than their original business ever could?
There’s a TINY APARTMENT in Comedy Central’s Future
The web as a springboard to the Big Time? Really? Who woulda thunk? All of us at TVWriter™, for a few. We love it when this kind of thing happens.
Comedy Central Picks Up ‘Tiny Apartment’ Pilot Based On Web Series – by Nellie Andreeva
Comedy Central has handed out a pilot order toTiny Apartment, executive produced, written by and starring Jessie Cantrell, Mike O’Gorman and Pat Driscoll. Based on the trio’s Web series of the same name, Tiny Apartment centers around a young couple, Jessie (Cantrell) and Mike (O’Gorman), living in a rundown apartment in New York City. Though their building is not structurally sound, and their eclectic neighbors can often be difficult, they make the best of their situation with a little help from beer, take out, and their best friend, Pat (Driscoll).
Silliness Makes DOCTOR WHO Go ‘Round
Can it be? Do people criticize The Doctor for being silly? When that’s what makes him bearable to some, and lovable to so many? Silly critics.
Doctor Who: a celebration of silliness – by Andrew Blair
*This article contains Doctor Who spoilers (and one about the result of the Trojan War).*