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TV Surf Report: Great Minds Think Alike As Networks Order Competing Scripts for Fashion Houses, Pot Shops, Atlanta, Billie Jean Vs. Bobby, The Madoffs, Bourbon, Fantasy Islands, Powerless Superheroes, and Women With Cancer

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Surfing Hollywood

    (Updated 02 February 2016) Santa Monica, CA — Good ideas are often shared by more than one person at the same time, so it’s not surprising when Buyers (i.e., Networks) purchase very similar or exactly the same concepts from … Continue reading →

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TV Surf Report: Fair To Good Conditions With Lots of Trends To Watch Like Adaptations And Super Heroes

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Surfing Hollywood

Santa Monica, CA — (Updated 15 January 2015) The Fall Television Season has just premiered, but networks and digital platforms are already buying new shows and ordering scripts to keep the production machine going. Two Major Trends are emerging thus … Continue reading →

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TV Surf Report: Heroic & Fantastical Television On The Horizon

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Surfing Hollywood

      Santa Monica, CA — As Avengers: Age of Ultron pummels the domestic and international box office (“Hulk: Smash!”), Hollywood television executives are pondering which pilots to order to series. Don’t think for a moment that they won’t be … Continue reading →

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TV Pilot Season 2015: Networks Re-Boot Old Series As Audiences Give This Season’s New Series The Boot

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Surfing Hollywood

            Santa Monica, CA —  I both love and hate the idea of re-booting an old series.  It’s a worthy strategy, though, and one the studios and networks pursue annually with a high failure rate.  There are lots … Continue reading →

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TV Pilot Season 2015: 25 Female-Centric Pilots Coming To A Screen Near You (Or Not) — Women Lead The Charge

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Surfing Hollywood

   If all goes well this Spring, next Fall we’re going to be seeing women on the run from drug cartels, a fugitive from Krypton solving crimes, a high school gym teacher freshly out of the closet, and a super … Continue reading →

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TV Pilot Season 2015: Hollywood Adapts! Publishers Rejoice As Original Scripts Take Back Seat To Adaptations

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Surfing Hollywood

Santa Monica, CA — At last count, 43 of this year’s crop of television pilots are adaptations of popular works, and not just books. Comics, documentaries, song catalogs, telenovelas, video games, magazine articles and digital novels are getting some network love, as well. … Continue reading →

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