I’ve spent a lot of time in front of various screens the last few days leaning back. I watched Funny People, Up In the Air, Something the Lord Made, Paper Heart and few episodes of the fourth season of Friday Night Lights (and it’s very hard for me to be sitting at my desk instead […]
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 showrunners giving a master class at the Banff Television Festival is Jason Katims, Executive Producer and Showrunner of Friday Night Lights.
What a perfect excuse to rewatch episodes of FNL and read up on Katims.
Katims exec produced 32 episodes of FNL and wrote five, including the four in season 1. He didn’t […]
We’re finished with most of the fall launch and I for one am feeling a little let down. No slam-dunk must-see show has emerged.
But it’s not over yet. We might learn to love one of these series as the season goes on. The pilot was a solo writing effort. But now, […]
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I never imagined I would like Friday Night Lights. A show about high school football in Texas?! I resisted until January of this year and once I’d seen the pilot, written by Peter Berg, I was hooked. I proceeded to binge on the series, watching the first 10 episodes in three […]
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 […]
Monday, February 12, 2007
And now for something completely different…
As much as I love and admire The Wire, it’s not a useful model for most of us. So let’s go now to the opposite end of the spectrum and look at a much watched and completely accessible hour long drama: CSI.
The pilot (which has no name other than […]
