TV Writer Podcast - Audio
Hosted by TV editor/writer Gray Jones, the TV Writer Podcast has featured interviews with everyone from the bottom to the top of the TV industry... show creators like Beau Willimon (House of Cards) and Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars) to recent graduates of TV writing fellowship programs.
Episodes
Conventional wisdom says you need to write many scripts before you'll write a good one, and you'll never sell your spec pilot. Mickey Fisher proves both wrong!
Mickey Fisher biography:
Mickey Fisher is the creator of the CBS television series "Extant," executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Amblin Television, starring Halle Berry, and the NBC series "Reverie," Ex- ecutive Produced by Amblin Television, starring Sarah Shahi. He...
This week, Gray Jones interviews Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kira Snyder, who has written and produced "The Handmaid's Tale", "The 100," "Eureka," and the feature film "Pacific Rim: Uprising."
Kira Snyder Biography:
Kira Snyder most recently was Executive Producer and Co-Showrunner of "Demimonde," J.J. Abrams’ sci-fi drama for HBO, where she currently has an overall deal for television. Previously Kira was a writer and producer o...
This week, Gray Jones interviews TV writer J. Holtham, known for Marvel's Cloak & Dagger, Marvel's Jessica Jones, Supergirl and The Handmaid's Tale.
J. Holtham Biography:
J. Holtham is a screenwriter, playwright, comic book writer and blogger. TV credits include "Pitch" (Fox), "Marvel's Cloak & Dagger" (Freeform), Marvel's Jessica Jones (Netflix), "Supergirl" (CW) and "The Handmaid's Tale" (Hulu). Theatre credits include Ensemb...
Devil in Ohio premiered at #1 on Netflix, and was in the global top 10 for 3 weeks straight. This week, Gray Jones interviews author-creator-showrunner Daria Polatin.
Daria Polatin bio:
Daria Polatin is an accomplished TV showrunner and executive producer, award-winning playwright and author of Egyptian descent.
Daria is the creator, showrunner and executive producer of "Devil in Ohio," a Netflix Limited Series starring Em...
This week, host Gray Jones interviews a fellow York University Screenwriting alumnus, veteran comedy writer Rob Sheridan.
Rob Sheridan is an LA-based writer with extensive credits in both the US and Canada. Rob has written on such series as "2 Broke Girls" (WBTV/CBS), "Impastor" (TVLand), "Mad Love" (Sony Television/CBS), "18 To Life" (CBC/CW), "Corner Gas" (CTV), "Little Mosque on the Prairie" (CBC), "Less Than Kind" (HBO Ca...
This week, host Gray Jones interviews TV show creator & showrunner Brent Piaskoski.
About Brent:
Prior to focusing his creative energy on writing, Brent Piaskoski spent over a decade honing his comedic craft on the mean stages of some very cold comedy clubs (i.e. Canada). He went on to write and produce over 160 episodes of TV. Ryan Gosling still thanks Brent for writing his fist on-screen kiss ("Breaker High"). And Dave Foley mig...
After interviewing over 130 TV writers, I can't count how many times I've heard how lost writers felt when they first stepped into a writers' room. Wouldn't it be great if there was a book to help you understand how to succeed in all types of staffs, with all types of personalities, working for all types of showrunners? Well, now there is -- Niceole Levy's comprehensive book "The Writers' Room Survival Guide" is now available! CLI...
Supercharge your characters while minimizing the work in creating them! This w...
Want to get to the heart of comedy? Look no further than this week's episode, ...
Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" was the spark that ignited the career of film...
His Grandfather was in the original Our Gang comedies... This week, host Gray ...
From Alaska to the CIA to being the funny drama guy... this week host Gray Jon...
This week, host Gray Jones interviews screen & TV writer career coach Lee Jess...
Sasha Feiler is the only funny person to ever come out of Siberia, and you’ll ...
He wrote the book on directing great TV... literally! This week, host Gray Jon...
What if you get a non-writing job in the industry, and then thrive in that job...
No more reverse engineering! Former development exec Kelly Edwards lifts the v...
We are constantly told to "pick a lane." But what if our creativity is stifled...
Jeff Vlaming is 30 year veteran television writer and producer, whose almost uninterrupted string of hit shows has included "Northern Exposure," "The X-Files," SyFy's "Battlestar Galactica," "NCIS," "Numb3rs," "Fringe," "Teen Wolf," "Hannibal," "Outcast," "The 100" and "Debris."
How did he have such a long string of success? According to Jeff, he broke every rule, and never stopped writing.
Abridged Biography via Wikipedia:
Vlamin...
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