Karen Hill is our guest blogger today with a review of the 90210 pilot script:
Forget the 20th century Darren Star series where Brenda worried about a lump in her breast, or Kelly tangled with a date rapist, or Donna’s graduation is jeopardized by her failure to respect the Beverly Hills High dress code.
No issues, no […]
Writers Guild of Canada members vote yes to extend the IPA for another year. The deal is simple and very good for all of us:
a 3% increase in almost all minimum Script Fees, and an across-the-board 3% increase on all Production Fees.
I’ve sat on many an IPA negotiating committee and on the WGC council […]
I love Leverage. It’s fast-paced, funny and intelligent.
Leverage is a new TNT series from writers Dean Devlin and John Rogers. You may Rogers from his blog, KungFu Monkey.
The Leverage preair popped up a few days ago along with the preair for another new TNT series, Steven Bochco’s Raising the Bar.
Leverage is a knock […]
Image via WikipediaDMc tagged me with the latest music blog game going around:
“List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now.”
There’s a generosity about those instructions, isn’t there? An […]
Just when I was getting ready to complain that none of the pilots were being leaked this season, the torrents are starting to appear: True Blood, Fringe, Pretty Handsome, Do Not Disturb, Life on Mars are out there now.
True Blood, Fringe and Life on Mars seem like major properties to me and I find it […]
There’s a torrent floating around of the pilot for Alan Ball’s new HBO series, True Blood. The series is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris and combines romance and horror with a lot of sex. Set in Louisianna, the show focuses on Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a waitress who […]
…but only after my last meeting.
Mike McPhaden sent me the following words which I think are a fitting end to the festival:
Hey Jill,
As Banff draws to a close, here’s some parting wisdom to TV writers everywhere from the hyper-articulate Craig Wright, creator & EP of Dirty Sexy Money. This is from memory […]
I caught part of Friday Night Lights showrunner Jason Katims‘ Master Class here at the Banff Television Festival, but Karen Hill got a lot more access to his fabulousness thanks the CanWest Showrunner Training Program. Here, courtesy of Karen, are Katims’ Twelve Rules for Showrunners:
1. Decide what you need.
Look at your skill set […]
One of my favourite things about Entourage’s fourth season is the way it is both arced and episodic.
The season starts on location during the shooting of Medellin, starring Vince and produced by E. The season ends with the premier of the film in Cannes. During all twelve episodes of the season the stakes […]
Gossip Girl Showrunner Stephanie Savage is giving a master class on June 10th at 2:30 pm as part of the Banff Television Festival. Here’s some info I dug up in preparation for the session.
Stephanie and writing partner Josh Schwartz developed the series for television and co-wrote 3 of the 18 first season episodes (the […]
