How to write for television

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Posted on June 28, 2006 | Post a comment |

Some excellent (and very funny) 'advice' from scriptwriter Jeremy Slater on how to write scripts for US TV shows. The sample Two and a Half Men script is a delight to behold. If only I'd had this 15 years ago...

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Tue 18 Nov: Does it count in the CSI: Miami drinking game if David Caruso and Emily Procter are apparently in the same scene together, but they never speak to each other and you never see both their faces at the same time?
Sat 15 Nov: The Ascent of Money "sponsored by Cayman Islands". Huh. What's going on there then?
Sun 02 Nov: Do you think it's deliberate that Sam's mom in the US version of Life on Mars is called Rose Tyler?

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