Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on TV producers and screenwriters Monica Owusu-Breen and Alison Schapker, who have been writing partners for a number of years. The ladies both got started as writers on the 2000 TV movie called Unauthorized Brady Bunch: The Final Days. That same year they moved over to the long-running supernatural series Charmed, working ... Read More »
Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on Television producer and writer Jennifer M. Johnson. Jennifer began her career in the entertainment industry by writing for the MTV series Undressed in 1999 before becoming a story editor and writer on the fourth season of Providence in 2001. She returned for the fifth and final season in 2002, writing several ... Read More »
Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on Writer and Producer Elizabeth “Liz” Sarnoff. Liz got her start as a production secretary for the box office film One Fine Day in 1996 and then worked as an assistant to the co-producer for the 1997 film A Thousand Acres. The following year she worked as an assistant to one of ... Read More »
Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is focused on director Karen Gaviola. Karen is an American television director, who won the 2007 NAACP Image Award for directing the episode entitled “The Whole Truth” from the hit ABC series Lost. She got her start as an editorial intern on the 1980 film Witches’ Brew that starred Lana Turner and Teri Garr. ... Read More »
Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on director Marita Grabiak. Marita was born in Ambridge, Pennsylvania where she attended Chatham College for Anthropology studies and Carnegie Mellon University for theatrical workshops. She lived in New York City for a year, working in Off Broadway Theatre. She later moved to Los Angeles, graduating from UCLA with a major in ... Read More »
Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on Writer, Executive Producer and Series Creator Janet Tamaro. Janet actually got her start as an on-camera television correspondent, working for ABC News as well as other news outlets. During that time was based in New York, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. She also reported and produced investigative stories for long-form newsmagazine ... Read More »
Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on writer and producer Melinda Hsu Taylor. Melinda got her start in the world of television when she joined the writing staff of the CBS series Medium during the show’s first season in 2005. She wrote two episodes in the first season and then became a story editor for the second season, ... Read More »
Here is the second of a three-part series, covering the vast collection of books, dedicated to some of the most popular TV shows past and present, from Smart Pop Books. To review, Smart Pop Books have been published by Benbella Books since 2003, covering topics ranging from Star Wars to Gilmore Girls to the work of Joss Whedon. The writers ... Read More »
No matter how anyone felt about the controversial season finale of Lost, everyone agreed that the sixth season was spectacular. It made us laugh and cry — and wonder at all the crazy mystery of it all. Lost was a six year journey for the fans that ended all too soon. With the August 24th release of the final season ... Read More »
The 62nd Annual Emmy Awards arrive with the requisite glitz and glamor this Sunday, August 29, starting at 8/7c on NBC. Here are a few of the shows we hope to see taking home gold trophies. Modern Family Coming off a phenomenal debut season as one of the most critically lauded comedies in years, Modern Family has been nominated for ... Read More »