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Category Archives: Jason Katims

Showrunners Are Suddenly Sexy

If you’ve been watching Entourage this season, you know that Ari is desperate to sign showrunners.  In the last episode, the stakes in Ari’s storyline were all about Aaron Sorkin, who was the guest star.  Entourage always has cameos for stars.  This season they’ve featured Jeffery Tambor, Mark Wahlberg and Jay Leno among many others, […]

Jason Katims’ 12 Showrunner Rules

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 […]

FNL Showrunner Jason Katims

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 […]