Angelo Bell: Perhaps the 3rd time is the charm for pitching NBCUniversal

Angelo Bell strikes again!

wooden-nickelUSA Network called. They want their series back.

Oh wait, they want me to come in an pitch a series? Ah, okay. I can work with that. So, the first of the month my pal Marcus and I will be heading to USA Network (which I believe is on the NBCUniversal lot) to pitch our “blue sky” procedural, Wooden Nickel. Can’t tell you about it, yet, But it’s a nice twist on the very successful cop dramedy.  This means that Operation World Domination #OWD is in full swing for 20

February 1 will make the third time in six months that I’ve been at NBCUniversal pitching a series. And this doesn’t count the 20+ projects still floating around the halls of that very big building. Just recently we incorporated unscripted series into the mix with submissions to E!BravoOxygen and Style networks. Hell, send me some solid ideas for G4 and Mun2 and we will have submitted to every affiliate in the network except for Sprout. Maybe the 3rd tie is the charm, or maybe by now we’ve gotten this whole, “good in a room” thing down pat. We’ll see. read article

Nielsen TV Ratings Will Finally Include Streaming Figures

This is a major happening, folks. OMG! could the TV biz actually be starting to face the, you know, reality of current TV?

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by Jamie Condliffe

Nielsen, the company that tells us how successful TV shows are, is joining the modern age: from September, it will include data from streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Instant Video in its statistics. read article

Short of the Week Animation Award Winners 2013

From ShortOfTheWeek.Com. (Eh, where else?)

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Whether you are a fan of stop-motion, 3D, or 2D animation, 2012 was truly a phenomenal year for us short animation lovers.  It seems that this year—more so than those in recent memory—we were treated to works that were not only breathtakingly beautiful, but also astonishingly innovative. Especially in the realm of animation, the short form is leading the charge for stylistic and narrative change.  Thus, we honor those innovators—those dazzling storytellers—with our 2013 short animation winners below.  Sit back, relax, and enjoy the best that 2012 had to offer! read article

How to Survive Being a Hollywood Writer

If by Rudyard Kipling

Or a Hollywood anything, for that matter.

By Rudyard Kipling, who obviously was prescient cuz he wrote this back in 1895: read article

We’re All Heroes in Our Own Movie…In Fact, Some of Us Even Think We’re Real

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We love this pic even tho we don’t understand it at all

Can you believe it?

Real?

We mean, we know we’re real, but the rest of you…? read article