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Monthly Archives: September 2008

Blurring Lines

Starting Tuesday September 9th, TNT is running Blank Slate, a micro series in commercial breaks during Law and Order.  Blank Slate isn’t just a television property.  It will also be available on TNT.tv.  So, it’s a web series and a TV series and one more thing…  an extended car commercial.  Blank Slate was commissioned as […]

My Favourite Pilots

I have to jump in on the top ten pilot lists blogging around here, here, here and probably a few other places.
The lists tend to be heavy on classics: ER and Saturday Night Live, for example. Okay, sure.  I don’t remember, though.  But  30Rock?!  Are you insane?  Currently a great show, but the pilot was […]

Required Reading

If you’re in the television industry, Wade Rowland’s recent essay, Fatal Attractaction in the Literary Review of Canada is a must read.
Although Rowland has a point to make about CBC, his explanation of the economic underpinnings of broadcasting is something we all need to keep in mind.
A few quotes:
The market that the broadcast industry has […]