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 […]
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