“Yellowjackets Is A Comedy – A Very, Very Dark Comedy” Say Ashley Writers Lyle and Bart Nickerson
Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson on Yellowjackets: writers reveal season arcs, character choices, tone, and craft secrets shaping the show’s tense, eerie story.
Jessie Dicovitsky, SVP Original Programming at Showtime On The State Of Television
Cable TV. Streaming TV. Broadcast networks. So many screens. So little time. We spoke with Jessie Dicovitsky, one of the key decision makers from Showtime Networks to discuss what sets this hybrid cabler/ streamer apart. “Everything’s getting blended in the industry right now,” declared Jessie right off the bat. The distinct silos of broadcast, streaming […]
“It’s More Scripted Than You Think” Dan Perlman on ‘Flatbush Misdemeanors’
Described as a “raw comedy” or “grounded comedy,” the Showtime series Flatbush Misdemeanors follows the trials and tribulations of Dan Perlman and Kevin Iso, two characters struggling to thrive in Flatbush, Brooklyn. “We didn’t want the jokes to feel stock. We wanted them to come through the characters,” said co-creator Dan Perlman. Perlman notes that […]
“Stories that Remain in You” Gideon Raff on ‘Homeland’, ‘The Spy’, & ‘Prisoners of War’
“Like many screenwriters, I have thousands of notebooks. Some of them I don’t even look back to, but they feed future ideas and themes you’re dealing with,” said screenwriter/director Gideon Raff. “When I start a project, I have a world of ideas that won’t fit into a two-hour or a four-hour story, but they’re intruding […]
It’s a New Era Of Anything Goes For Scripted Television
For anyone interested in writing for television, or for any viewer wanting something different from the standard TV fare, 2019 represents a new era of “anything goes.” If rules are meant to be broken, scripted series television has embraced that philosophy with a vengeance. It’s a revolutionary time for the industry as the norms of […]
