tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post5904093957034189858..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: How to create a hit network dramaBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-52657858636712352922011-04-20T12:49:14.103-07:002011-04-20T12:49:14.103-07:00"Guy shot with 300 year old bullet. Girl free..."Guy shot with 300 year old bullet. Girl freezes to death in the Mojave Desert. Beverly Hills housewife found dead at Ross For Less."<br /><br />Didn't I see these done on "Monk"?chuckcdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-58055867333832597012011-04-17T08:30:20.173-07:002011-04-17T08:30:20.173-07:00and we STILL keep watching themand we STILL keep watching themAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-37541156564756239142011-04-16T20:45:59.288-07:002011-04-16T20:45:59.288-07:00dont forget that although the lab has millions of ...dont forget that although the lab has millions of dollars worth of equipment, one thing they DONT splurge on is lighting. Always better to examine a corpse in dim blue and moody red light.Amir Talainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-58310695470335094932011-04-16T08:09:58.017-07:002011-04-16T08:09:58.017-07:00Agreed on whoever said this was NCIS's templat...Agreed on whoever said this was NCIS's template. Felt weird to single out House.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1024171621653335292011-04-15T19:58:30.506-07:002011-04-15T19:58:30.506-07:00People still watch network television shows?People still watch network television shows?djangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923153601503008536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31524733992202324022011-04-12T22:45:54.634-07:002011-04-12T22:45:54.634-07:00To people who don't get Ken's point about ...To people who don't get Ken's point about "5-0". It's a known reference in the real world because of the ORIGINAL SHOW. The show made it up and it became a slang term. In the fictional world of the new show, the original show never existed and therefore would not be a common term.A Non-Emusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62962652315136535082011-04-11T16:27:50.673-07:002011-04-11T16:27:50.673-07:00RIP Richard LevinsonRIP Richard LevinsonMatthew Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08549310516055380690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-255401697001811642011-04-11T13:50:28.242-07:002011-04-11T13:50:28.242-07:00We were all laughing at "We only solve bite w...We were all laughing at <i>"We only solve bite wound crimes,"</i> until someone said, "vampires." Fox just signed a check for the pilot and is talking about picking up 13 episodes. Help?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1830609588871314292011-04-11T04:48:48.123-07:002011-04-11T04:48:48.123-07:00What would be more interesting is if you sorted ou...What would be more interesting is if you sorted out *why* all those shows are like that — and why some differ by one aspect: what it says about society, ethics, the perception of writers and producers, the studio or network dynamics, audience (anticipated) expectations, etc.Bertil Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00230971461623921717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28668815417618403502011-04-11T04:07:01.049-07:002011-04-11T04:07:01.049-07:00Also when they go after serial killers, they could...Also when they go after serial killers, they could save themselves SO MUCH time if they just staked out the hobby shops, scrapbooking stores.<br />Seriously, serial killers ALWAYS are the worlds best scrapbookers, other than cutting out the eyes in the photos of their beloved, they have fantastic handwriting, drawings (they are always excellent at that too) etc.<br />The few serial murderers that don't keep a scrapbook always have some intricate hobby...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-44568071943772188472011-04-10T04:57:58.192-07:002011-04-10T04:57:58.192-07:00Great post! And so true. Except, one time on the...Great post! And so true. Except, one time on the Mentalist, someone DID say "CBI, what's that?" I think Cho dealt with the question in his usual deadpan manner.Oxynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-70920065540995574282011-04-10T00:16:23.673-07:002011-04-10T00:16:23.673-07:00Ken's post & TV tropes and idioms should l...Ken's post & <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage" rel="nofollow">TV tropes and idioms</a> should liberate the would-be writer from the notion he is to prepare something novel or insightful. The eternal is exposed through popular genre fiction (be it procedural drama or relationship sitcom or whatever) in subtler, more sophisticated fashion than in explicitly "deep", "meaningful", character-driven drama.<br />Consistency and precision, done expertly over time reveals the wonderful, beautiful horror of our meaningless, progression-less existence. Supposedly higher forms peddle lies of transformation, transcendence, redemption and change rooted in the adolescent notion of special insight, talent, or emotion. Tell that shit to a priest.<br />Frasier and Law and Order, Good examples.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-17003725394062523952011-04-09T13:11:31.882-07:002011-04-09T13:11:31.882-07:00@Dana King--I missed the ice-9 reference when I fi...@Dana King--I missed the ice-9 reference when I first read this on Thursday, probably because I had other things I needed to do on the computer and so just skimmed the post. Thanks for pointing it out in you comment. Nice to know Ken is a Kilgore Trout fan.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-80966548806541191482011-04-09T06:14:26.393-07:002011-04-09T06:14:26.393-07:00Ugh. Makes me sick :(Ugh. Makes me sick :(Johnny Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-18512240430862066172011-04-09T00:16:49.751-07:002011-04-09T00:16:49.751-07:00For seven years, I've watched HOUSE, waiting f...For seven years, I've watched HOUSE, waiting for the patient-of-the-week to pipe up at 8:54, "Oh, by the way, I had sex with Keith Richards a couple of weeks ago. Is that important?"cadavranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-56503529294461236452011-04-08T09:52:04.435-07:002011-04-08T09:52:04.435-07:00Anything with Jeri Ryan in it is an automatic hit ...Anything with Jeri Ryan in it is an automatic hit as far as I'm conncerned...Tom Quigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959628996361620134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62180131941703646582011-04-08T09:46:45.668-07:002011-04-08T09:46:45.668-07:005 or 6 years ago, I saw Bill Cosby do a really fun...5 or 6 years ago, I saw Bill Cosby do a really funny standup bit on Letterman about these shows. He talks about being in bed with his wife, who's watching one of these. Cosby is relieved that the show finally ends, but then another one comes on. And "It's the same show, just with different body parts."Mike Schryverhttp://www.live365.com/stations/o_t_r_comedynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-88022664382776306242011-04-08T07:07:27.312-07:002011-04-08T07:07:27.312-07:00I'd just like to comment on House having glass...I'd just like to comment on House having glass rooms for patients. I just assumed that since he always gets tough to diagnose patients that they're always in Intensive Care Units. I've only seen 2 ICUs and one had large glass windows and the other was completely glass so that the patients are always in full view of the staff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-53486801994120583682011-04-08T06:38:04.255-07:002011-04-08T06:38:04.255-07:00I suppose that a rationalization can be made for t...I suppose that a rationalization can be made for the glass walls on HOUSE, in that House and his team deal only with cases in which people are dying of unknown ailments--the sort of cases in which the patients need to be under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. <br /><br />However, I suspect that the glass walls are there merely because the art director thought they looked cool. And there is no good reason for them on BODY OF PROOF.Gnewanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-35535669585360614182011-04-08T06:29:55.853-07:002011-04-08T06:29:55.853-07:00"5-0" has now officially completed the c..."5-0" has now officially completed the circuit from TV show, to street slang for cop, and back to TV show using street slang for cop -- and if the Tourist from the Mainland was any kind of self-respecting thug, he would've tipped to the 5-0 reference immediately.<br /><br />Or maybe he suddenly realized he was late for a lunch date.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775430353810840374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-80865179803151195302011-04-08T05:46:02.439-07:002011-04-08T05:46:02.439-07:00A reference to ice-9. Brilliant.
I'd be sad t...A reference to ice-9. Brilliant.<br /><br />I'd be sad that no one else seemed to catch it, but so it goes.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-86749625886118479712011-04-07T20:20:25.712-07:002011-04-07T20:20:25.712-07:00Don't forget the Nemesis, usually a serial kil...Don't forget the Nemesis, usually a serial killer with an IQ of 215 who was put away by the star, and who escapes during sweeps month to taunt and torment him/her. (Extra points if he killed a family member.)<br /><br />L&O: SVU recently built a story around all those untested, decomposing rape kits, but I'm sure it's back to business as usual now. Like the instant DNA tests which in the real world would take several weeks.Buttermilk Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07430011403223875192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-51554688827151914942011-04-07T19:56:36.673-07:002011-04-07T19:56:36.673-07:00It's so damn true. Odd that so many of these c...It's so damn true. Odd that so many of these clones keep getting picked up, whereas when you pitch something more original, Obvious McQuestionsuit will grill you about some minor similarity they imagine to some other work. "How is this different than [fill in the blank]". I have to wonder where Obvious McQuestionsuit was the day he should have been asking, "How is this different than Quincy?"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09011919781636577396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31746927619516230172011-04-07T19:07:50.292-07:002011-04-07T19:07:50.292-07:00"That plot theme is so 2007. For 2011, the he..."That plot theme is so 2007. For 2011, the head guy is a vampire."<br /><br />- Jim S<br /><br />Unless you're talking <i>Nick Knight / Forever Knight</i> (1989 - 1996), or <i>Angel</i> (1999 - 2004).James Blightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-49910705012801484142011-04-07T18:54:08.730-07:002011-04-07T18:54:08.730-07:00@RCP: Quincy followed the same pattern as I recall...@RCP: Quincy followed the same pattern as I recall.<br /><br />I enjoyed this post but <a href="http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-to-interview-celebrity.html" rel="nofollow">this effort</a> was much better.<br /><br />wv: tactic. Yup. It's an actual word.bevonoreply@blogger.com