It’s the rolling craps edition of Friday Questions (7-11). Covarr asks: What is a laugh spread? This applies primarily to sitcoms ...

This is the year that the Emmys officially went off the rails. There are too many shows on too many networks and delivery systems for the...

Or at least later this morning.   The Emmy nominations have been announced and since I had no plans to get up at 5:00 AM for the presentatio...

Hi kids! This is Charlie Chaplin (THE Charlie Chaplin), writing from the great beyond. Thanks to Ken for letting me guest blog today.  ...

It's always awesome.  Brando & Pacino.  Newman & McQueen.  And now this:   Wow!

First of all, if you didn’t read yesterday’s post, that headline will mean nothing to you. Check out David Isaacs’ guest entry from Monda...

Never let it be said I don't provide equal time.   When a reader asked for David's comments regarding our writing partnership he g...

Here's another baseball post for people who don't like baseball. It's about one of the most outrageous characters I've ev...

Battles between show runners and network Standards & Practices (i.e. Censors – despite what their business cards say) are common. P...

Dave Niehaus, the longtime Seattle Mariners' broadcaster who passed away a few years ago had many traditions.  One was to wear a hideous...

Since the 4th of July is a day to celebrate Americana and (in my case) a chance to sell some books for your summer reading, here are two ...

Actually, I'm doing Friday Questions on Thursday this week since tomorrow is the 4th of July and most people have other things to do. ...

The World Cup is in full swing and has become an international sensation.  But that's not enough. Here in America (i.e. the center o...

The process of writing has come up a lot these last days.  Of course it's hard to find appropriate visuals to go along with that.  So,...

Cellphones are a writers’ best friend and worst enemy. Now it’s so much easier for characters to contact other characters. If you want s...

Yesterday I discussed the process David Isaacs and I employed to come up with the story for our MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW spec.  Too ba...

Here’s another chapter on how David Isaacs and I began our ersatz career. In the last installment I explained how we wrote a pilot toget...

It’s Friday Question Day. I’m thinking of starting a restaurant -- TGIFridayQD. What do you think? Dana Gabbard gets us started: What sho...

I'm thrilled to announce that my new play, A OR B? will be part of the 2014-2015 subscription series of the Falcon Theatre in Burbank....

A writer is hired to write a comedy pilot. He is paid a lot of money. More than a regular script. But pilots are much tougher. You ha...