How To Make A Sequel That’s Original But Honors The Original: A Conversation With “Quantum Leap” Showrunner Martin Gero
Hindu mythology and Jewish tradition both have original representations of the concept of time travel in the forms of images and oral storytelling. One of the first written accounts of transtemporal travel was a story by Edward Page Mitchell titled The Clock That Went Backward that ran in the New York Sun in 1881 and was […]
“Perfectly Open-Ended for Absurdity” Chris Redd, Sam Jay, Langston Kerman, and Jak Knight on ‘Bust Down’
“I met with a guy and he gave me a show that was terrible,” began Chris Redd. “I went back to my talented friends who don’t do terrible comedy and said, ‘We should make a version of this.’ We kept jamming on that shit and there were four different versions, but it eventually became Bust […]
“Make Something Happen Quickly” Davah Avena on ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’
Are TV musical comedies having a moment? NBC thinks so with their comedy TV series Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. Queue a show about the eponymous Zoey Clarke, a geeky coder who begins hearing people’s innermost thoughts through songs after a routine MRI scan goes bonkers. Haven’t we seen a similar premise before? Perhaps. But not in such […]
Margaret Rose Lester on Writing For High-Concept TV Series ‘Manifest’
The current crop of TV shows has seen something of a renaissance in the world of network TV. The mystery lost plane mystery drama surrounding Montego Air Flight 828 in NBC’s Manifest is one of them. Creative Screenwriting Magazine sat down with TV staff writer (one of nine) Margaret Rose Lester to discuss how she landed […]
“Let’s Get Into Some Trouble, Let’s Be Doctors.” David Schulner On NBC’s New Hit Show ‘New Amsterdam’
In the saturated sea of hospital procedural TV shows, a refreshing show on NBC called New Amsterdam landed on our screens during the fall TV season. It quickly became a smash hit and NBC expanded its order to a full season. Creative Screenwriting Magazine spoke to the show’s creator and showrunner, David Shulner about the […]
