Kevin M. (RPCV)
On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 1:09 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > Like many here I used to read Ken Levine’s blog and he decried the single > cam sitcom in the days of The Office and Parks and Rec, harkening back to > the days of multicam. Then I heard a Maron interview with the show runner > of Fresh Off the Boat. She said she broke into TV writing for Nickelodeon > and she said she hated what Multicam sitcoms turned into. The network was > demanding a laugh every 30 seconds which meant the script was just > setup-punchline with no chance for plot or character development. > I guess I’d need to know the context in which that comment was made, but there’s a few decades of sitcom history featuring multi-camera productions that included plot and character development. Granted, there was also mind numbing pablum filmed before a live studio audience (especially in kid/family friendly programming), but any TV writer who struggles with the format should really consider a different line of work. > On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 11:22 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Same. >> >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 8:08 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This is one of those series that will go to air, run for seven seasons, >>> and I still will never have heard of it. >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 10:48 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> "Shifting Gears," (w.t.) with Allen as "the stubborn, widowed owner of >>>> a classic-car restoration shop," and Kat Dennings as his moving-in >>>> estranged daughter (with kids), lost original showrunners Mike Scully and >>>> Julie Thacker Scully over the summer, but gains a new leader in Dennings' >>>> old "2 Broke Girls" and "Dollface" (Hulu) 'runner Michelle Nader, beginning >>>> an overall deal with studio 20th TV... >>>> >>>> https://deadline.com/2024/09/michelle-nader-shifting-gears-showrunner-20th-television-deal-1236099181/ >>>> (link) >>>> >>>> B >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b87354b2-6f88-432c-90ce-1928e3004726n%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b87354b2-6f88-432c-90ce-1928e3004726n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHAOrb%3DttTMrHReZY%2BJzoL%2B6H%3DnT9wYCZQ%2Bk4U5mAeXsg%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHAOrb%3DttTMrHReZY%2BJzoL%2B6H%3DnT9wYCZQ%2Bk4U5mAeXsg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4B6Z6e%3DeyqeEH-5-fO-XHPCoi4hg%2BJ_MsK%3DR4snS_CtKQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4B6Z6e%3DeyqeEH-5-fO-XHPCoi4hg%2BJ_MsK%3DR4snS_CtKQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHX2Lu-nxfnLe9SK4sr6X-wD_niovwP9PEoHpjBwp2g0g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHX2Lu-nxfnLe9SK4sr6X-wD_niovwP9PEoHpjBwp2g0g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Ak%3DenVNbW-Px2zoVZ0M_6Hz%3D%3DDEPpGcjnx8uWCjJsf2w%40mail.gmail.com.
