Six Feet Under

By heywriterboy@hotmail.com (DMc) Because there are certain expectations people have in watching sci-fi product, whether it's called that or not. Can you imagine a soap opera without any sex, either actual or implied? What about a murder mystery where they said, "maybe we should think twice about having a body." But these s...

By heywriterboy@hotmail.com (DMc) Show me your favorite drama that lost its luster after a season or two, and I'll show you a creator or team of co-creators who departed for greener pastures a long time ago. Let's not mince words here: The TV industry is badly run, and there's far too much big money flashed around every corner f...

By heywriterboy@hotmail.com (DMc) They worry that hardly anybody in the industry, apart from themselves, understands what the term "showrunner" means (a senior writer with some executive responsibilities). They point out that the best television in recent years - The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Mad Men, The Shield and, i...

By heywriterboy@hotmail.com (DMc) Two of them can lead to pretty good, or even great -- films and TV shows. Why? Oh come on, you knew that was coming.) 2) The Government in the System 3) Unfamilarity with the Medium Why Why Sucks: Which, by the numbers, seems to be most scripted Canadian TV.

By DMc Most people pitching Canadian channels over the last few years -- found network executives who set the impossible task of wanting shows like "Six Feet Under", "The Sopranos," or "Rescue Me" that somehow drew CSI or Grey's Anatomy ...