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A guest post from the fabulous Barbara Haynes on her experience with the second half of the The Shaw Media Showrunner Training Program. Her piece on the first half can be found here.
“I want to be successful when I do my shows.”
This quote, from Scott Gemmill of “NCIS-LA”, is the most common, matter-of-fact thing […]
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 […]
