Californication premiers Monday August 13th at 10:30 pm on Showtime with a “typical episode” pilot written by Tom Kapinos.
Ignore all the promo video on YouTube, etc. Watch the episode fresh.
We’ll talk the 14th.
Just a few words about Damages, a new series on FX. The pilot was written by series creators and showrunners Todd A Kessler & Glenn Kessler & Denial Zelman.
I’m still being treated for the scratch marks on head from watching Mad Men and the Damages characters offer a sharp contrast. Interestingly, Todd A […]
I’m predisposed to love this show.
People I like tell me it’s great.
Plus, my dad was an ad man in the 50s and 60s. He wasn’t a Madison Avenue type. His office was on Peel Street in Montreal. He worked his way up from copywriter through the executive ranks until he was running […]
Perhaps I have sufficiently conveyed to you my admiration of Jekyll. Now down to business:
The pilot episode, written by Steven Moffat, is laid out in a teaser and four acts and as Anonymous pointed out, it’s the pilot for a short-lived miniseries and not for an ongoing series. For that reason it’s quite […]
According to Rob Salem in today’s Toronto Star, Jekyll is premiering here in Canada on Showcase on August 29th. Set your PVR now!
Of the pilots I’ve read or watched so far in 2007, my five faves, each of which I’ve written about however briefly:
1. Jekyll
2. Skins
3. The Riches
4. Reaper (script)
5. Friday Night Lights
I am in the process of breaking Jekyll down. I’ll be writing about it next (I hope) so watch it soon if you […]
Burn Notice (BN) made me want to go back and look at my notes on the Veronica Mars (VM) pilot written by series creator Rob Thomas. I think I’ve broken down the show at least twice and I’ve certainly watched many times. I’ve also read the script which is quite different that […]
If you’re doing an arced series, you pretty much have to write a premise pilot script.
Burn Notice, written by series creator Matt Nix, was indeed a premise pilot, setting up the mystery story that the series will unravel over its season; why covert operative Michael Weston got served with the eponymous burn notice and […]
