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The Writers Panel

“Bottle Episodes” (ATX TV Festival 2018) + Bonus Interview w/ Maggie Friedman

The Writers Panel

Ben Blacker

Tv & Film, Movies, Writing, Screenwriting, Tv, Hollywood

4.7796 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2018

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

"Bottle Episodes" from the ATX Television Festival 2018. Panelists: Michael Jacobs (Boy Meets World); Anthony Hemingway (Underground); John Wirth (Hell On Wheels); and Kevin Falls (The West Wing). Moderated by Ben Blacker.

Recorded June 9, 2018 at the ATX Television Festival, Austin TX.

Plus a bonus interview with Maggie Friedman (Eastwick, Witches of East End) about the open ended mythology of witchcraft and the art of creating compelling, credible TV witches.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:01.7

Discover Palisade, the gripping new thriller that is becoming a terrifying reality.

0:07.0

In a world dominated by AI, two unlikely allies join forces to uncover corruption and murder at the highest levels.

0:15.8

But who can they trust when their deadly enemy tracks their every move?

0:20.1

Readers are calling it compelling and a taut thriller for our times.

0:24.2

Palisade by Lou Gilmonde.

0:26.3

Get your copy today and make sure no one's watching.

0:31.9

Hey everybody.

0:33.4

I'm coming up on 400 episodes, which is a lot.

0:55.8

And I hope you will come celebrate with me. I'm doing a special live program at the Dynasty Typewriter Theater to celebrate 400 episodes. Let me tell you this. When I did 300, I did a live show. And to this day, I still feel guilty that it was like 16 white guys and two women and one person of color.

0:57.0

And that's not great.

0:59.0

And this was a couple years ago.

1:03.8

So I'm trying to correct that with number 400 or at least apologize for it. But as it happens, I have the most amazing lineup of writers, including but not limited to. Monica Breen, who's doing the Buffy

1:13.1

remake, reboot. It's a remake. It's an extension of the brand. She put out a great tweet about

1:18.9

it, which you should go look for. Alexander Cunningham, who's doing the Dirty John TV show based on

1:24.6

the hit podcast. Carly Ray, who worked on Westworld and Mind Hunter, which is a

1:32.0

great show, and she also was doing one of these Game of Thrones spin-off for HBO, which

1:37.5

who knows if that is happening. Who else? Angela Kang, who's the showrunner for The Walking

1:43.9

Dead, Jenny Hutchison, who has been on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, and she's doing the Welcome to Night Vale series. If you listen to the episode with Chernold Edwards and Christine Boylan, both of them are going to be back, because that was such a great conversation. I wanted to talk more with them. This is going to be a lot of fun. It's going to be at the Dynasty Typewriter Theater on Sunday,

2:06.3

the 26th of August. We're doing a double feature. We're doing my 400th episode at 6 p.m.

2:12.5

And then at 8 p.m., my friend Matt Goreley is doing a live I Was There Too featuring some of the murder victims in Friday the 13th, as well as Paul Rust, who is a big Friday the 13th fan. So that is on the 26th of August Dynasty Typewriter Theater. Go to DynastyTyperwriter.com or follow me on Twitter at Ben Blacker

2:37.7

for details.

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