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Category Archives: Murdoch Mysteries

Is Series’ Creation a Game Newbies Can Play?

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Here’s another quote from Pamela Douglas’s Writing the TV Drama Series. This one is about series creation and why only the most experienced writers get to do it in L.A.:
You’re not likely to get an original show made if you’re a beginner. At least, you’re not going to do it by yourself. […]

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More Murdoch

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

My Murdoch Mysteries post generated a lot of comments. One asked how Americans can see the series and the answer is you can’t.
Another referred to a post on Iden Ford’s blog that the Murdoch story room was influenced by the British series, Life on Mars. (For the uninitiated, Iden Ford is married to […]

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Murdoch Mysteries

Friday, January 25, 2008

Murdoch Mysteries, which premiered in Toronto last night and around the country on other nights this week, knows just what kind of a show it is and shares that information with us right up front in the teaser.
The opening episode “Power” written by RB Carney, is a typisode; just an ordinary episode of the series […]

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