These Are the Posts I Should Be Writing

Josh Friedman is a writer. He has a blog. He averages a post a year. And it's usually awesome. Maybe if I only posted once a year, it would be like this, but I doubt it.

I discovered him because he wrote a great blog about the time a studio tried to steal writing credit from him on "War of the Worlds". This was especially interesting to me because I had the same shit happen (on the movie, "Not Even Close to War of the Worlds")

Anyway, I've actually been thinking a lot lately about 1 hour dramas. Yes, these are the things I think about. For example, there are shows like "Lost" and "24", and then there are "procedurals" - Law and Order, CSI, The Mentalist, House, etc. These are shows that have a different case that is solved every episode.

For whatever reason, middle America is like Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer. They love procedurals - so easy to follow! - and get "frightened and confused" by shows that don't have neat endings after each episode.

This is annoying.

But just as this was all in my head, Josh Friedman has a great post about it. You might enjoy it.