TV writer Ken Levine (M*A*S*H, Cheers) wrote the opening of a sitcom where Superman is adopted by a Jewish couple instead of the Kents. Then the next day he broke down his decisions, showing how the plot was driven at each point, where he inserted jokes that moved the story or defined the characters, and where he gave nods to the Superman canon. ( Read more... )

Today I Learned that there is an online archive of TV scripts.

Turner Classic Movies is going to get a lot of my eyeball time this month. They're showing about twenty-five Akira Kurosawa movies, and not just acknowledged classics like Ran and The Hidden Fortress.

probably mostly because I'm not obsessive. But there may be a few tidbits you didn't know in this article from Oregon Live.

Evidently one of my favorite cartoon shows is being reincarnated. Is there a word meaning 'reincarnated' that applies to new versions of classic television shows? It's right on the tip of my tongue...

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We do need a sitcom set at a renfair and a drama about machine intelligence. He reviews the fall TV lineup from the loglines.

Here is a dated but thoroughly delightful article about maintaining continuity in sprawling, multiple-creator-written series.

You gotta love a show where one of the bad guys is named Mr. Tibbs. Oh, and he has a tail.

Then I've got a whole bunch of openings to 90s cartoons. I'd completely forgotten they made one for The Maxx.

HBO's free this weekend. I wouldn't have known if my friend Bobb hadn't broadcast the word. Usually I hear about these free weekends through DishTV in their mailings, but there was no word in the latest. Matter of fact, I don't remember any word for the past 18 months or so. Is there some reason HBO (and likely the other premium channels) would ( Read more... )