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Writing The Wire

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

The New Yorker has a terrific article written by Margaret Talbot about The Wire which comes back for its fifth season in January. Here are a couple of excerpts:
“The Wire” débuted in June, 2002, looking more or less like a cop show. But the differences were important. It spent as much time with […]

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Murderati on Series Pitching in L.A.

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Murderati has a fun two-part post about the pitching process in LA.
Included is a checklist of things required before you can even get the meeting:
Item 1 – You must have a place of residence in Southern California. You may be able to swing a NY residence, but if you are truly starting out, it’s SoCal […]

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My Dirty Little Secret

Monday, September 3, 2007

I’ve been a little light on the postings lately, for a variety of reasons.
One of the reasons is that there weren’t that many new pilots on television in August and I’ve been in the mood for fresh pilots as opposed to archival. Plus looking ahead to September and October, I’m going to have my work […]

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