Tracey Ullman Show, The
Truman Show, The
Trumbo, Dalton
Tucci, Christine
Turner, Ted
TV executives: control of shows by
current vs. development
new breed of
pickup season and
pilots bought by
staffing season and
TV Guide
TV industry: changes in, of
consolidation and decline of
cycles of
earnings rise of 1990s and
finances and
Fin-Sin repeal and
Fin-Syn rules of 1970s and
history of, to
new breed and youth program-
ming in 1990s
new series and ratings
quality of, and writers and
renaissance of, in 1980s
seasons of
segregation of writers and audiences in
sitcoms and
staffing season of
and
strike of
1988 and
strike threat of
and rise of reality shows
success in, and timing
upheaval of
in
writer-producers vs. actors and crew in
See also agents; studios: syndication; TV executives; TV networks; TV script writing; and other specific issues and roles
“TV is Good” slogan
TV networks: advertising revenues of
affiliates
consolidation of
damaged by
1988 strike
Dawson’s and
executives
Fin-Syn repeal and
independent producers and
packaging fees and
pilots and writers bought by
PODs and control over shows
prime-time payments
takeover by
See also specific networks
TV scripts: acts and
buzz words and
colors of, and rewrites
deadline anxiety and
jumping and fleshing and
narration and
punching-up and developing sitcom
recycling
rehearsals and
scenes and
script fees and
selling pitch vs. selling script and
sets and
setup/punch-line rhythm
story development process
story engine and
story lines, for one hour and
structure of
table read and
teaser and
timing and hit
tone and
See also pilots; spec scripts
TV writers and writing: agents and
animated films and
awards and
balancing life and work and
breaking into
career span of
Columbia TriStar shutdown and
control of series by
deadline anxiety and
development deals and
development of, as showrunner
dramedies and
earnings of
earnings of, after
earnings of, and emotional problems
earnings of, in 1990s
entertaining and
fired
first job offer and
first script sold and
five-year plan and
freelance
getting jobs after first
lack of security and
lifestyle of, in
long-term contracts and
luck and
momentum and
MTM and grooming of
networking and
new, and
TV writers and writing (cont.) agencies
new, and lack of training
new breed of, in
NY Times interview on being
pitches and
punch-up doctors and
reality TV and
recommendations and
renaissance in
seasons of
and
segregation of, and dominance of young white males
sitcom production and script development and
specs and guesswork and
staffing season and
staff writing and
story process and pitching paradigms and
strike of
and
strike of
and
strike threat of
as structured craft
tone and
what makes good
why people make career of
writer-producers of
and
and
writing teams and
20th Century
21st Century Project
Two and a Half Men
U
Uffner, Beth
Unhappily Ever After
United Talent Agency (UTA)
Universal
Univision network
upfronts
UPN
V
Van Der Beek, James
Variety
Varsity Blues
vaudeville
Veronica Mars
vertical integration
Viacom
Vidal, Gore
video-on-demand
V.I.P.
W
Wall Street
Ward, Sela
Warner Brothers
See also TimeWarner; WB Warren, Robert Penn
Washington Post
Wasserman, Lew
Wasteland
Waters, Joanne
Wayans Bros., The
WB
shut down
WEA/Warner Brothers
Webb, Elliot
Weinberger, Ed
Weinstein, Josh
Weithorn, Michael
Welch, Jack
Wells, Belinda
Wells, John
West, Nathanael
Westinghouse
Weston, Riley
What About Joan
What a Country?
What Makes Sammy Run
(Schulberg)
Whedon, Joss
White, E.B.
White Shadow, The
Who’s the Boss?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Wife Swap
Wild Card
Will & Grace
William Morris Agency (WMA)
Williams, Michelle
Williamson, Kevin
Wilson, Hugh
Winchester
Witter, Pacey
Witt/Thomas
WKRP in Cincinnati
Wolf, Dick
women writers
Wonderful World of Disney, The
Wonder Years, The
Woodward, Lydia
Woody, Russ
“writer-based” drama, defined
writer-producers
Writers Coalition (Union Blues)
Writers Guild Awards
Writers Guild of America (WGA)
formation of, and early strikes
membership of
Pension and Health Fund
reality TV writers and
Showrunner Training
Program
strike of
strike threat of
and
WTAA International
X
X Files, The
Y
Year in the Life, A
Yerkovich, Anthony
Young, John Sacret
Young Americans
Your Show of Shows
youth audience
Yuspa, Cathy
Z
Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane
Zwick, Ed
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