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The Art of the TV Episode (PT20)

Alex and Nick explore the differences in what an episode looks like between episodic or procedural TV and serialized shows.

How has the TV episode evolved over the years? What does an episode mean in the age of binge-watching? What are some memorable stand-alone and serialized episodes?

The Paper Team offers a self-contained narrative…

SHOWNOTES

Content

1 – The Stand-Alone Episode (00:34)
2 – The Serialized Episode (13:23)
3 – What is a TV episode today? (35:34)
4 – Critical reception of Episodic vs. Serialized TV (42:45)
Next Week On (50:03)

Links

Masters of Horror
“22 Short Films About Springfield” (7×21 – The Simpsons)
“Window of Opportunity” (4×06 – Stargate SG-1)
“The Farnsworth Parabox” (4×15 – Futurama)
“Hush” (4×10 – Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Donald Trump “Law & Order: SVU” Episode Gets Post-Election Airdate
6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park
“Restless” (4×22 – Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
“Grave Danger” (5×24-25 – CSI)
Monte-Carlo Television Festival
MIPTV Media Market
Coupling (US)
Law & Order: UK
Paris enquêtes criminelles
Babylon 5
The Cuckoo Hour
Dream On
“A Mother’s Work” (6×13 – Sons of Anarchy)
“Phase One” (2×13 – Alias)
“Other Things You Could Be Doing” (2×12 – You’re the Worst)
“Development Arrested” (3×13 – Arrested Development)
Why mythological shows are often idolized
NY Times Reviews Amazon’s Goliath Out of Order
“Two Boats and a Helicopter” (1×03 – The Leftovers)
“Guest” (1×06 – The Leftovers)
In Praise of Midbrow TV

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Script of the Week – 45

One of my favorite episodes of entertaining TV was the two-parter “The Box” from Alias (with a bonus Tarantino guest role). So, here it is…

Alias – 1×12 (The Box, Part 1) by Jesse Alexander & John Eisendrath.

All seasons currently available on DVD.

Enjoy.

Showrunners are now figurines

We’ve reached a new apex in TV branding thanks to Funko.

The vinyl figure company already (re)packages and sells every brand/product under the sun, including ones based on MLB mascots, NFL/NBA players, Magic the Gathering, and “ad icons”. Also, this thing:
Blue Crystal Heisenberg

They can now add “TV writer/showrunner” to their list of nonsensical “Pop!” vinyls.

Coming this week to 2015’s San Diego Comic-Con: a Bryan Fuller vinyl figure.

Bryan Fuller Vinyl Figurine

No, this isn’t part of some weird promotional kit. Or another campaign to save a certain NBC serial-killer series.
This is an actual figurine people will buy and solely exists because Bryan Fuller is, well, a celebrity.
That’s right: a TV writer is a celebrity. And his name doesn’t rhyme with “peedon” or “bananams”.
It seems I was more right than I cared for when I declared that TV writers have now become brands.

The Bryan Fuller figurine will be “extremely limited”, much like the number of new Hannibal episodes left to air.
I’m holding my breath for an Aaron Spelling/Dick Wolf action pack during WonderCon 2016.