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Reaper Pilot Script

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

I love Reaper. I love it. It’s written by Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters. What I read is an unnumbered draft dated in December and is clearly not a production draft. No scene numbers. I had to count them: 45ish (accounting for my margin of error). A fast fun […]

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Dirty Sexy Money Pilot Script

Sunday, June 10, 2007

I spent the morning on another of the scripts that went to pilot and got picked up for the fall season. Dirty Sexy Money by Six Feet Under screenwriter, Craig Wright, is coming to ABC and CTV. This one is much harder to discuss without spoilers because it’s very much about character, […]

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Viva Laughlin Pilot Script

Friday, June 8, 2007

I just read the script for Viva Laughlin, one of the pilots picked up for the fall by CBS and Global. Great script. The script by Huff creator Robert Lowry is a good read, has fabulously well-drawn characters and lots and lots of stakes. I can’t wait to watch.
I don’t want to […]

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Pilot

Monday, February 12, 2007

And now for something completely different…
As much as I love and admire The Wire, it’s not a useful model for most of us. So let’s go now to the opposite end of the spectrum and look at a much watched and completely accessible hour long drama: CSI.

The pilot (which has no name other than […]

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The Wire - Episode 1: “The Target”

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Story by: David Simon & Ed BurnsTeleplay by: David Simon
The first shot is a thin blood trail on pavement.
Detective Jimmy McNulty and an informant discuss the victim’s name: Snot Boogie. The scene seems to be mostly about McNulty’s bemused attitude toward the job. There is no outrage or excitement around the fact that […]

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