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January 01, 1990 - February 02, 2013 + Martini Shot
Questions 
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A friend of mine pitched a television show last week to a big cable outfit. He told me the pitch went really well – everyone...
Small Businessmen
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I went to a party recently at a giant house out somewhere in the mountains around Malibu. It was one of those houses with lots...
The Comeback
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It doesn't end well, I don't think, for the kids on MTV's Jersey Shore. I don't know exactly what the third acts of those lives...
Known Issue
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If you've called me anytime since early last week, I probably didn't get the message, if you left a message, because I have no way...
The Head Writer
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Anything you want to know about the television business you can learn from watching the Dick Van Dyke show, which has it all, including a...
Summer Signup 2010
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The best way to get money in Hollywood is to act like you don't need it. That's the logic, I think, behind giving millionaire celebrities...
Leaving Early
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A veteran television writer once said to me, "My career goal is to go home." Meaning, let's get this rewrite done and get into our...
Truth?
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There’s an old story about a terrible production of the play, The Diary of Anne Frank. It was so awful, apparently, that in the scene...
On the Books
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A few years ago, I got a call from a studio executive I was working with. It was about this time of year – pitching...
Idea Theft
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A nice friend of mine wrote a great feature film script, and he gave it to me to read, he said. But he didn't really...
Pitch Face
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People often think that pitching a television series is unpleasant. It's not. It's not easy, of course – you sort of have to work out...
Hot in Cleveland
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Last week, almost five million people refused to obey orders. They watched a show called Hot in Cleveland, which has older female stars who are...
Future Hollywood
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Hollywood is what they call an OPM business. Other People's Money. That's really the key to success around here – the ability to take someone...
Spec or Pitch
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You can get all artsy about it, I guess, but the truth is, the way most writers approach a writing project is, first, they ask...
Time Change
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This is Rob Long with Martini Shot on KCRW and it's not 6:44 anymore, it's 4:44 now, which is called, in the television business, a...
