“How did this show get on the air?” I asked my roommate while watching CSI. “I can call every ‘twist’ they’ve written.”
“Why don’t you go write for them and see if you can do better?” she said.
While giving a speech at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, actor Kevin Spacey said “the King of television is the creatives.”[note]http://www.theguardian.com/media/interactive/2013/aug/22/kevin-spacey-mactaggart-lecture-full-text[/note] He argued that Hollywood needs…
Pilots have been the go-to in the television industry for forever. Networks still rely on them to determine what they air, even though the…
You have an idea for a TV show. There’s intrigue. There’s action. It’s going to make Game of Thrones look like Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood. Amazing. Now: where…
Pilot Season: The TV game has changed since Alex and I wrote this article. The business of television continues to evolve: where we watch…
My first internship was at Maxim Magazine. I line edited Heineken advertorial copy, pitched Keystone “insert” ideas, and sorted the magazine’s archive. The entire…