TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 592.6: Paul Friedman, longtime marketing and promotions executive for CBS Television, talks to Ed about some of the notable marketing campaigns on which he worked over the years, including those for Survivor, The Amazing Race, Big Brother, and such high-profile specials as The Grammy Awards, the Kennedy Center Honors, and the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Paul's debut novel, The Unexpected Danny Green, is available wherever books are sold online.

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TVC 591.1: We'll bring you Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, and director Joseph Dougherty (thirtysomething, Judging Amy, Pretty Little Liars). Topics this segment include Joe's award-winning stage play Chester Bailey, and how the works of Rod Serling, Herb Gardner, Kurt Vonnegut, and Ray Bradbury both influenced and inspired Joe to become a writer.

Joe's new book, A Screenwriter's Companion: Instruction, Opinion, Encouragement offers insights and advice, both practical and nonpractical, to writers and would-be writers about the writing process, how to survive in "the business," and reflections on the influences that led Joe to a successful career. A Screenwriter's Companion is available now through Amazon.com as well as your local bookseller; a select number of autographed editions are available through Fayetteville Mafia Press.

A new production of Chester Bailey opens Wednesday, Oct. 5 at the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York City and continues through Sunday, Nov. 6. For tickets and more information, call (212) 727-2737 or visit IrishRep.org.

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TVC 591.2: Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, and director Joseph Dougherty talks to Ed about why novelist Stephen King is the Charles Dickens of our generation; why imagination is another essential tool that every writer should have; and why the process of writing and editing is often like peeling an onion. Joe's new book, A Screenwriter's Companion: Instruction, Opinion, Encouragement is available now through Amazon.com as well as your local bookseller; a select number of autographed editions are available through Fayetteville Mafia Press.

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TVC 591.3: Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, and director Joseph Dougherty talks to Ed about some of the challenges posed when adapting a novel into a screenplay. Joe's new book, A Screenwriter's Companion: Instruction, Opinion, Encouragement is available now through Amazon.com as well as your local bookseller; a select number of autographed editions are available through Fayetteville Mafia Press.

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TVC 590.1: Ed welcomes back Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, and director Joseph Dougherty (thirtysomething, Saving Grace, Pretty Little Liars, Chester Bailey). Joe's new book, A Screenwriter's Companion: Instruction, Opinion, Encouragement offers insights and advice, both practical and nonpractical, to writers and would-be writers about the writing process, how to survive in "the business," and reflections on the influences that led Joe to a successful career. A Screenwriter's Companion is available now through Amazon.com as well as your local bookseller; a select number of autographed editions are available through Fayetteville Mafia Press.

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TVC 590.2: From September 2012: Tony, Donna, and Ed go back to Sept. 17, 1972, the night that M*A*S*H premiered on CBS television, as part of This Week in TV History.

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TVC 590.3: From September 2012: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the famous, movie-length series finale of M*A*S*H, which originally aired in February 1983 (and remains the highest-rated TV episode ever), as well as when the series morphed from being a comedy with occasional moments of drama to a drama with humor.

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TVC 590.4: Ed welcomes back Oscar nominee and three-time Golden Globe Award-nominated actor Eric Roberts (Runaway Train, King of the Gypsies, Star 80, Less Than Perfect, The Righteous Gemstones). Eric co-stars with Lana Wood and a very talented newcomer named Jeff Yazzie in Dog Boy, a comedy drama about the unlikely friendship between a self-absorbed Hollywood actress whose best days are behind her and a young Navajo slacker who skateboards through life—literally—despite being pursued by the mob.

The latest film from the husband-and-wife production team of Paul and Patty Winters, Dog Boy is now available for streaming on device on Flixwest, a fast-growing commercial-free streaming channel that particularly specializes in independent films. You can find Flixwest on IOS, Roku, your Amazon Fire Stick, and any web connected device.

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TVC 590.2: Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, and director Joseph Dougherty (thirtysomething, Saving Grace, Pretty Little Liars, Chester Bailey) talks to Ed about the importance of curiosity and specificity when writing (regardless of which form of writing one practices) and why the difference between writing and directing often comes down to verbs.

Joe's new book, A Screenwriter's Companion: Instruction, Opinion, Encouragement offers insights and advice, both practical and nonpractical, to writers and would-be writers about the writing process, how to survive in "the business," and reflections on the influences that led Joe to a successful career. A Screenwriter's Companion is available now through Amazon.com as well as your local bookseller; a select number of autographed editions are available through Fayetteville Mafia Press.

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TVC 590.6: Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, and director Joseph Dougherty (thirtysomething, Saving Grace, Pretty Little Liars, Chester Bailey) talks to Ed about why writing for actors often means learning how those actors breathe and writing to their lung capacity.

Joe's new book, A Screenwriter's Companion: Instruction, Opinion, Encouragement is available now through Amazon.com as well as your local bookseller; a select number of autographed editions are available through Fayetteville Mafia Press.

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