http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theshowrunner http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theshowrunner.jpg Hollywood Showrunner Charles Rosin Blogs weekly about running some of televisions hotest shows. Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:37:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you are an actor on an audition for an off-Broadway play with a lot of buzz, and your award-winning director asks you to perform a scene standing on one leg, chances are if you really want the gig you might ask which leg he would prefer you ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theshowrunner/2009/08/26/on-taking-direction-tip-14/ Virtually every time I venture out to attend local theater here in town I am almost always enthralled by at least one of the performances by a cast member -- and this weekend was no exception.   I didn't particularly love the direction of "Search and Destroy", a revival of ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theshowrunner/2009/08/20/the-dreaded-t-word/ Art Imitates Life ...and Vice Versa Like virtually every other self-respecting writer in Hollywood, I got ripped off  early on in my career.  In my case, a story editor of a prestigious TV series rejected my spec story outline for his show because he said it dealt with ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theshowrunner/2009/08/16/art-imitates-lifeand-vice-versa/ Question: What is The Best Definition of a Producer? Answer: someone who knows a writer All right. I know this all makes me sound like a shill for The Writer's Guild of America, and while I am a long time, dues paying member, believe me, union loyalty is not ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theshowrunner/2009/08/05/question-what-is-the-best-definition-of-a-producer/ Welcome Bizzlers -- Here's a shameless confession.  The real reason I started blogging back in October '08 was not to give my readers a sense of what it was like to run Beverly Hills, 90210 when we were  the most popular show in the world, or even to share ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theshowrunner/2009/07/29/welcome-bizzlers/ Summer has to be the least favorite season for showrunners -- especially those hired to shepherd the transition from recently ordered pilot to weekly TV show.For unlike the rest of America, a meaningful summer vacation with the kiddles is totally out of the question. Showrunners don't have time ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theshowrunner/2009/07/25/memo-to-showrunners-when-the-going-gets-tough-blame-it-on-the-sets/ I first knew Beverly Hills 90210 was going to be a mega hit when I got a call from someone I hadn't spoken to since high school (or maybe since junior high school) asking me if I could get Ian Ziering to make an appearance at her daughter's Bat Mitzvah.  ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theshowrunner/2009/07/09/wanted-lunatics-to-run-the-asylum/ July 4th is this week -- and between the fireworks, the 5K's, and the grilled hot dogs (or, if you are in health conscious, LA, the grilled mushrooms and tofu) I would like to take a moment  of silence for a long forgotten patriot who fought for our right to ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theshowrunner/2009/07/02/happy-independents-day-err-independence-day/ This past Monday showbizzle.com, the digital showcase and destination website I created with my daughter Lindsey, finally re-launched.  I knew that mPRm, the Hollywood-based PR firm headed by industry veteran Rachel McCallister, had put together a fairly tight press release being sent out to various bloggers in the 'trade press' ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theshowrunner/2009/06/25/reinventing-yourself-in-film-and-television/ Once Upon a Time - well, back in the mid 1970's actually -Lew Wasserman, the legendary chairman of MCA/Universal and widely considered to be the most powerful Hollywood executive of his or any other era, chose Senator John Tunney, a one-term lightweight Democrat from California, to make sure that Congress ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theshowrunner/2009/06/18/hard-to-have-showrunners-without-shows/