Or is it a generational thing? WARNING: SPOILER ALERT for the pilot of GLOW. But I need to point out a story point for my post to ...

According to a book by Elaine Dundy, ELVIS AND GLADYS, he was. I always suspected. The obsession with karate, the white jumpsuits, his ...

Now before you storm my house with pitchforks and torches for making such an irresponsible unfounded outrageous charge, just know that I ...

Here are Friday Questions for a hungry global society. jcs starts us off: Did you encounter actresses or actors during your career who...

Yes, I’m bummed that the Dodgers didn’t win the World Series. But the Astros rose to the occasion and at least for these seven games were...

Ken talks to Greg Ehrbar, a Disney historian who shares the stories and secrets behind Disney’s most beloved animated features.  A must for ...

Back from New York where I saw several theatre pieces (besides mine). DEAR EVAN HANSEN, which is fabulous because of Ben Platt’s performa...

I must admit I never got into those slasher movies. Seems to me they’re all the same story. The popular kids who were too good to ever go ...

I keep talking about the value of having a reading of your script/play/pilot/screenplay/whatever. Hearing it out loud and getting feedba...

It’s not unusual for there to be major changes during the production of a TV pilot. I’ve helped out on many, coming in to do punch up, a...

Here's a movie trailer for THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE, a 1968 film about the inner workings of Hollywood.  I defy you to find one frame ...

Hello from Saratoga Springs, NY where I’m excited to see my new play, OUR TIME at the Saratoga Art Center tonight at 8:00. Not sure if i...

Nowadays when someone goes to a major broadcast network he brings an army in with him. There is a non-writing “pod” producer attached and...

Ken introduces you to his first girlfriend, who of course was crazy, and his first writing assignment, which was crazier still – a musical f...

I can’t give you specifics because they would mean nothing out of context, but when I happen to catch reruns on TV of shows I co-wrote or ...

In 1967 there was an announcers’ strike at ABC radio. My father was an account executive at KABC in Los Angeles, a talk station. Since ...

First some background. Table readings are an important part of any scripted form process. TV shows, plays, movies – there is great ben...

When writers turn in screenplays, producers, agencies, and studios generally hire people to read them and submit a report.  These reports ...

With tonight's big Game 7 of the ALCS taking place on FS1 (if you get it) and Joe Buck on the call, I thought this would be the perfect ...

Friday Questions anyone? Unknown starts us off with a timely one. Ken for non-Americans like me why do they call your baseball competi...