Should Network Executives Be Held Accountable For Ruining Pilots?

Here’s some Friday questions that may ruffle some feathers. What would you like to know?

Kevin Rubio starts us off with a question about pilots, and more specifically when pilots don’t get picked up because of network meddling:

Should the executive be culpable?" "Should names be named?"

Absolutely but it will never happen.

Still, it’s only right that they be held accountable because they

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One of NBC's great blunders

It pays to check these things.

With much fanfare, on January 1,1976 NBC unveiled it’s new on-air logo – a big stylized N. They paid a million dollars to design this thing. That's right.  $1,000,0000.  The network was probably hoping to do the whole three letters but couldn't afford it.  Anyway...

I remember seeing it for the first time on the Rose Bowl game and thinking, “Huh?” In the ‘60s

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On the passing of Charles Dubin

So sorry to hear that Charles Dubin has died. He was 92. Charles directed 44 episodes of MASH, including many that my partner David Isaacs and I wrote. Charles directed our POINT OF VIEW episode. We get a lot of kudos for that but truthfully the real praise goes to Charles and his expert direction. Remember also that this was in the days before hand-held cameras. Charles had to be

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I love The Book of Mormon... and New York!

Here's my most recent travelogue. For many more of these please check out my book, WHERE THE HELL AM I? TRIPS I HAVE SURVIVED. E-book version is only $2.99. That's less than a penny a laugh, which in this economy, is pretty damn good. Order yours here.  And often.  Thanks!

Flew to New York on Virgin American, which is really just Jet Blue with mood lighting.  There with the family for the

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I'm conducting a free Teleseminar

On Tuesday September 13th, I will be conducting a FREE teleseminar answering your questions on sitcom writing.  Again, it's free.  And it will also be available if you can't hear it live.  All you have to do is register.  No salesmen will call.  You will not be receiving any brochure to buy land in areas recently hit by Irene.  


Just go here.   I'll talk to ya on the 13th.

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My thoughts on the pilot season so far (one month into it)

I’ll be very interested to see how this pilot season shakes out. So far it’s been very different from other pilot seasons.

It used to be, writers the networks liked would come in and pitch ideas. The nets would buy seemingly the best ones over a four month period. Scripts would come in, presumably the best ones would get chosen for production, and the best pilots got on the air. That system

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Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif: (born 16 July 1984^[2]) is a British Indian actress     
and former model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the
Hindi-language film industry.^[3][4] She has also appeared in
Telugu and Malayalam films. She was voted the sexiest Asian
woman in the world by Eastern Eye in the years 2008, 2009,
2010 and 2011.^[5][6] Being a British citizen, she works in India
on an employment visa1.

Born	16 July 1984 (age 27) Hong Kong
Nationality	British[1]
Ethnicity	British Indian
Occupation	Model, Actress
Years active	2003 – present

 

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