Comments on: TV network exec meetings in staffing season: three things that surprise me http://trueslant.com/lisacullen/2010/04/24/tv-network-exec-meetings-in-staffing-season-three-things-that-surprise-me/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:17:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Caitlin Kelly http://trueslant.com/lisacullen/2010/04/24/tv-network-exec-meetings-in-staffing-season-three-things-that-surprise-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1239 Caitlin Kelly Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:16:38 +0000 http://trueslant.com/lisacullen/?p=1821#comment-1239 How comforting to know that all those $$$$$ classes are full of BS. Ouch. How comforting to know that all those $$$$$ classes are full of BS. Ouch.

]]> By: jake brodsky http://trueslant.com/lisacullen/2010/04/24/tv-network-exec-meetings-in-staffing-season-three-things-that-surprise-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 jake brodsky Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:37:44 +0000 http://trueslant.com/lisacullen/?p=1821#comment-1238 "Network execs are people, too. They have kids. They break their ankles. They go to church. In other words, they’re totally nice and relatable. Who knew?" Indeed! The irony in that statement is utterly amazing given the mediocrity that often emerges from TV. Group efforts at writing seem to me to be like group efforts at doing anything else. It is indeed rare when real talent converges. I hope you won't be disappointed when that happens. Other writers have been through this mill before and they didn't like it very much (Tom Clancy is one of them). “Network execs are people, too. They have kids. They break their ankles. They go to church. In other words, they’re totally nice and relatable. Who knew?”

Indeed! The irony in that statement is utterly amazing given the mediocrity that often emerges from TV. Group efforts at writing seem to me to be like group efforts at doing anything else. It is indeed rare when real talent converges.

I hope you won’t be disappointed when that happens. Other writers have been through this mill before and they didn’t like it very much (Tom Clancy is one of them).

]]> By: ebizjoey http://trueslant.com/lisacullen/2010/04/24/tv-network-exec-meetings-in-staffing-season-three-things-that-surprise-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 ebizjoey Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:11:26 +0000 http://trueslant.com/lisacullen/?p=1821#comment-1237 I think LOST is the greatest show in a while, but last week suggested this ending may not give the fan's that big bang ending, after 6 seasons here is hoping for something climatic! I think LOST is the greatest show in a while, but last week suggested this ending may not give the fan’s that big bang ending, after 6 seasons here is hoping for something climatic!

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