The first people I ran into when I got to the Banff Television Festival last week were the participants of the Canwest Showrunner Training Program. Barb Haynes is one of my favourite people, a must-read-tweeter and the author — along with partner in crime and life Brent Piaskoski — of I Do Already, the blog […]
Thursday, September 10, 2009
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, […]
Breaking Bad’s creator and exec producer Vince Gilligan on his series:
More from Mike at Just Comedy:
Showrunners are superheroes.
They have to be. The job demands superhuman speed, the strength to break obstinate stories with their bare hands, and bulletproof skin when faced with a hail of broadcaster’s notes. As if that weren’t impressive enough, some of them have to be funny, too.
Here’s […]
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 […]
