Glades Kicks Ass
The premiere of THE GLADES made TV history for A&E, according to Deadline Hollywood: Third time proved to be the charm for A&E whose third original series, The Glades, debuted with 3.6 million...
View ArticleDorchester Getting out of the Paperback Biz
Publishers' Weekly reports that Dorchester is getting out of the paperback book business and shifting to an e-book and POD model. Mass market romance publisher Dorchester Publishing has dropped its...
View ArticleIt’s All About Buzz
If you read the newspapers, the blogs and the trades, there's no question that MAD MEN is a huge critical and popular hit. But if you look at the numbers, it's a different story. On Sunday, MAD MEN,...
View ArticleHollywood on a Book Binge
The Wrap reports that studios are buying lots of books these days by first-time authors, though not all of them are necessarily newbies when it comes to writing. For instance, Paramount snapped up Hank...
View ArticleMy Brothers Are Selling TV Shows
Carl Beverly and Sarah Timberman, the producers of JUSTIFIED, have sold a TV series pilot to FX based on my brother Tod Goldberg's short story Mitzvah. Crime writer Joel Goldman is often mistaken for...
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Tie-In Synergy
The Los Angeles Times has an interesting piece on the shrewd way that Hyperion has handled publication and cross-promotion of their CASTLE tie-in novels. They said, in part: Publisher Hyperion, which...
View ArticleComing Next Fall to a TV Near You
It's the time of year when networks start ordering pilots for proposed TV series for next year's fall schedule. The Hollywood Reporter has a wrap-up of what's been ordered so far. It looks like this is...
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It’s a Good Idea to Own The Rights to a Book Before You Film It
James Franco Actor James Franco made big news in the Hollywood trades when he began pre-production on a movie adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s BLOOD MERIDIAN that he was slated to write & direct. He...
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My Strange Encounter With Shelley Berman
Shelley Berman in an episode of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM Comedian Shelley Berman died yesterday. I never worked with him but we did spend an afternoon together. Six years ago, I was having my car repaired...
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Fred Silverman, RIP
I’m sad to hear about the passing of Fred Silverman. Bill Rabkin and I worked closely with him for several years on DIAGNOSIS MURDER & a bunch of unsold pilots. We had our battles, but also a lot...
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