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TV Surf Report: The Trends They Are Not A’Changin’, But Appointment Television is Dead (#RIP)!

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Surfing Hollywood

Santa Monica, CA — The Year is 2020. It’s a new dawn. It’s a new day. It’s a new life … for me. So much good Television to watch, so little Time to do so. (And yes, I am listening … Continue reading →

Posted in TV Surf Report | Tagged A Discovery of Witches, Adaptations, Amazon, Apple TV Plus, Barack Obama, BBC, Catch and Kill, Disney Plus, Dolly Parton's America, Dracula, Dwayne Johnson, Falcon & The Winter Soldier, Fleabag, Fresh Air, Good Food, Good Omens, HBO, Joy Hunting, Kevin Costner, Neil Gaiman, Netflix, Olivia Coleman, Paramount, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Podcasts, ReBoots, Reese Witherspoon, Sherlock, Streaming, Television, THE BUSINESS, The Crown, The Daily, The Morning Show, The New Pope, Thirthsomething, Trends, Wanda Vision, Yellowstone | Leave a comment

TV Surf Report: Actors Who Produce … (Reese, Jordan, Elizabeth!) Taking Their Careers To That Next Level

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Surfing Hollywood

{Updated Sept. 17, 2019} Santa Monica, CA — More and more actors are producing their own starring vehicles, setting up their own production companies, and developing material to produce but not star in, or some combo of directing/producing, etc. Studios … Continue reading →

Posted in TV Surf Report | Tagged 30 Rock, Actors Who Produce, Amazon, Amy Poehler, Apple TV, Aquaman, BET, Bond 25, Brownstone Productions, Cate Blanchett, Charlie's Angels, Daniel Craig, DC Universe, Draper James, Dwayne Johnson, Elizabeth Banks, Fleabag, Frontier, Greta Gerwig, Harley Quinn, Harpo Productions, HBO, HBO Max, Hello Sunshine, Home Edit, Homecoming, Issa Rae, James Franco, Jason Momoa, Jennifer Aniston, Jordan Peele, Julia Roberts, Kaley Cuoco, KCRW, Killing Eve, KIM MASTERS, Laura Dern, Lionsgate, Little Women, Mark Ruffalo, Mindy Kaling, Mom Jeans, Monkeypaw Productions, Netflix, Nicole Kidman, Oprah Winfrey, OWN, Paper Kite Productions, Peachtree & Vine, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Point Grey Pictures, Preacher, Press Your Luck, Reese Witherspoon, SEE, Seth Rogen, Seven Bucks Productions, Smart Girls, SNL, Super Soul Sunday, Television, THE BUSINESS, The Hollywood Reporter, The Mindy Project, The Office, Tim Palen, Tina Fey, Titan Games, Trends, TV, Tyler Perry, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, USA Today, Wally Lamb, Warner Bros. TV | Leave a comment

TV Surf Report: HBO Max And What To Expect From Yet Another Blue Chip Streaming Service (Hint: Going After Women)

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Surfing Hollywood

[Updated, Oct. 23, 2019} Santa Monica, CA — Warner Media has announced its impending launch of its own streaming service, HBO Max, for sometime in early 2020. Heads up Disney+, Apple TV, NBC Universal Comcast, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in TV Surf Report | Tagged Alice Hoffman, Anna K, Anna Kendrick, Ansel Elgort, Birth Wedding Funeral, Bob Greenblatt, Circe, Crime Farm, DC Universe, Denis Villenueve, Development, Doctor Who, Dune: The Sisterhood, Elizabeth Banks, Ellen Degeneres, Friends, Gossip Girl, Greek Mythology, Greg Berlanti, Gremlins, HBO, HBO Max, Jenny Lee, Jodie Whitaker, Josh Schwartz, Kaley Cuoco, Ken Watanabe, Let Them All Talk, Lisa Ling, Made for Love, Madeline Miller, Melissa Rosenberg, Meryl Streep, Michael Mann, Monica Lewinsky, Nicole Kidman, Original Programming, Over My Dead Body, Paul Feig, Practical Magic, Reese Witherspoon, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Santa Monica Public Library, SJ Clarkson, Station Eleven, Steven Soderbergh, Streaming Services, Television, The Big Bang Theory, The Ho's, Trends, Two And a Half Men | Leave a comment

TV Surf Report: It’s Not TV, But Are We Still Into HBO? (Yes, But We Are Seeing Other People!)

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Surfing Hollywood

{Updated Sept. 28, 2019} Santa Monica, CA — HBO, aka, Home Box Office, is being challenged right and left for its blue chip real estate in TV by rival companies such as Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Hulu and the forthcoming Disney+. … Continue reading →

Posted in TV Surf Report | Tagged Adam McKay, Adaptations, Amy Adams, Armando Iannucci, Asunda, AT&T, Avenue 5, Barbara Kingsolver, Barry, Big Little Lies, Bill Hader, Catherine the Great, Chernobyl, Christine Baranski, Crashing, Cynthia Nixon, Dafne Keene, Danny McBride, Deadwood, Donald Sutherland, Drake, Edgar Ramirez, Euphoria, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO, Helen Mirren, Henry Winkler, High Maintenance, His Dark Materials, Hugh Laurie, Ian MacShane, Issa Rae, Jake Gyllenhaal, James McAvoy, Josh Gad, Joss Whedon, Judd Apatow, Jude Law, Julian Fellowes, Kate Winslet, Kathryn Hahn, Lake Success, Laura Dern, Laura Donelly, Lena Dunham, Lily Rabe, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Loner, Mare of Easttown, Mark Ruffalo, Marti Noxon, Max Borenstein, Meryl Streep, Mrs. Fletcher, Nicole Kidman, Philip Pullman, Plot Against America, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Downey Jr., Ruth Wilson, SDCC, Sebastian A. Jones, Sharp Objects, SKY, Tatiana Maslany, Teddy Wayne, Television, The Gilded Age, The Nevers, The Poisonwood Bible, The Righteous Gemstones, The Third Day, The Undoing, Tom Perrotta, Trends, Watchmen, Winona Ryder, Zendaya | 2 Comments

TV Surf Report: Super Hero Series Still Trending … And The Newest And Most Welcome Super Power Is Diversity (Thanks, Marvel!)

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Surfing Hollywood

{Updated, Aug. 24, 2019} Santa Monica, CA — Marvel blew everyone away with its film and television slate announcement at the just-concluded San Diego Comic-Con and D23 Expo. The best news is the newest super power in both television and … Continue reading →

Posted in TV Surf Report | Tagged Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., American Gods, Anime, Arrow, Captain Britain, Cloak & Dagger, D23 Expo, Dan Stevens, Daniel Bruhl, Daredevil, DC Universe, Deathstroke, Deborah Chow, Diego Luna, Disney, Ellen Page, Emmett J. Scanlan, Epix, Esai Morales, Ewan MacGregor, Excelsior, Falcon, Future Man, Gabriel Luna, Geoff Johns, Ghost Rider, Greg Berlanti, Hawkeye, He-Man, Helstrom, Howard the Duck, Iron Fist, James Wan, Jeremy Renner, Jericho, Jessica Jones, Jon Cryer, Jonathan Igla, Josh Hutcherson, Karl Urban, Kate Herron, Kevin Smith, Krypton, Legion, Len Wiseman, Lobo, Loki, Luke Cage, Magic: The Gathering, Marvel Studios, Michael Waldron, Moon Knight, Ms Marvel, Netflix, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Pedro Pascal, Peggy Carter, Pennyworth, Scarlet Witch, She Hulk, Stan Lee, Star Wars, Stargirl, Stephen Ammel, Supergirl, Swamp Thing, SyFy, Television, The Boys, The Defenders, The Mandalorian, The Tick, The Winter Soldier, Titans, Tom Hiddleston, Trends, Ultraman, Umbrella Academy | Leave a comment

TV Surf Report: Witches Are On Fire, Um, Trending And Audiences Are Spellbound

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Surfing Hollywood

{Sept. 10, 2019} Santa Monica, CA — Move over Vampires, Zombies, and Donald Trump, Witches are making a big comeback on the small screen(s). That Hollywood Zeitgeist strikes again as broadcast networks, streaming services, and cable all seem to be … Continue reading →

Posted in TV Surf Report | Tagged A Discovery of Witches, Agatha Christie, Alice Hoffman, All Hallows Eve, American Horror Story, Anne Rice, Archie Comics, Bewitched, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, Circe, Dark Shadows, Deborah Harkness, Denis Villeneuve, Dune: The Sisterhood, Halloween, Henry Cavill, His Dark Materials, Holly Marie Combs, J.K. Rowling, John Logan, Lev Grossman, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Madeline Miller, Matthew Goode, Melissa Rosenberg, Monica Breen, Natalie Dormer, Nathan Lane, Penny Dreadful, Practical Magic, Riverdale, Rufus Sewell, Ryan Murphy, Sarah Paulson, Showtime, Television, Teresa Palmer, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The CW, The Golden Compass, The Magicians, The Pale Horse, The Vampire Chronicles, The Witcher, The Witching Hour, Trends, Zeitgeist | Leave a comment

TV Surf Report: Praise Be! Hollywood Continues to Adapt Books, Graphic Novels and Podcasts

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Surfing Hollywood

Santa Monica, CA — Oh, we never take the book, a high-profile literary agent told me recently in a meeting about shopping best-selling books and their prospective TV adaptations. This year, Hulu hit a creative home run (and marketing tool for … Continue reading →

Posted in TV Surf Report | Tagged American Gods, Anne Rice, Big Little Lies, Catch-22, Christopher Rice, Conde Nast, Crimetown, Game of Thrones, George Clooney, George R. R. Martin, GQ magazine, Graphic Novels, HBO, John Logan, John Turturro, Julia Roberts, Justin Cronin, Liane Moriarty, Lord of the Rings, Margaret Atwood, Mark Ruffalo, Marvel Studios, Meryl Streep, nancy drew, Neil Gaiman, Penny Dreadful, Reese Witherspoon, Richard Armitage, Rotten Tomatoes, Showtime, Sony TV, Television, The Handmaid's Tale, The Jinx, The Nix, The Passage, The Vampire Chronicles, Trends, Umberto Eco, Viacom, Wally Lamb, Warner Bros. TV, Welcome to Night Vale, Wolverine | 2 Comments

TV Surf Report: Live from Beautiful Downtown Burbank, Surf’s Up at ScriptFest 2017

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Surfing Hollywood

Santa Monica, CA — Emerging Writers from all over the world converge on beautiful downtown Burbank each year in June for LA’s premiere screenwriting conference, Script Fest, aka, The Pitch Fest. And I was there. To consult. To brainstorm. … Continue reading →

Posted in TV Surf Report | Tagged Carey Hayes, Chad Hayes, Film, New Mutants, San Andreas, Screenwriting, Script Fest, Signe Olynyk, Television, The Conjuring, The Pitch Fest, Trends, TV, TV Pilots, Writer Cons | Leave a comment

TV Surf Report: Pilot Season – The Good. The Bad. The You Know What.

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Surfing Hollywood

Santa Monica, CA — Seems the networks and streaming services are not quite done with Super Heroes, are sticking with struggling new series longer, and are ordering more and more pilots with some sort of built-in marketability (i.e., re-makes or spin-offs). FX … Continue reading →

Posted in TV Surf Report | Tagged Adaptations, Amazon, Anne Rice, Armisted Maupin, Christopher Rice, Damon Lindelof, Forward/Story, Game of Thrones, I. Marlene King, Inhumans, Kevin Bacon, Laura Linney, Marvel Studios, Pretty Little Liars, Roseanne, Scott Derrickson, Sean Daniel, Snowpiercer, Spike Lee, Super Heroes, Supernatural, Tales of the City, Television, The Vampire Chronicles, The Witcher, Tremors, Trends, Watchmen | Leave a comment

TV Surf Report: Super Heroes, Sci Fi & Fantasy Still Trending Across Broadcast, Cable and Streaming Services

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Surfing Hollywood

Santa Monica, CA — Just when you thought the small screen invasion of Super Heroes couldn’t possibly get any more crowded, look no further at the upcoming pilots and series in development featuring more DC Comics and Marvel Studios properties, among … Continue reading →

Posted in TV Surf Report | Tagged Inhumans, Legion, New Warriors, Powerless, Squirrel Girl, Television, The Defenders, The Punisher, Trends, TV, X-Men | Leave a comment

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