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There’s an incisive satirical core to THE STUDIO: the executives who greenlight Jenga the Movie during the day go home to enjoy Goodfellas at night. Very funny lines, a second episode that satirizes the one-shot nonsense. A warning: anyone who’s worked on a set: the second episode can bring on PTSD.

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“Could be qualified as terrorism” is a terrifying phrase.

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This is a fantastic article with some damning Meta emails showing they knew what they were doing was theft. The earlier database was about TV and movie scripts being stolen. This one lets you search for your books and research papers.

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In every writer’s room, around episode 7, writers will find themselves saying: “Hey, let’s see how we got here,” and will start to build a long flashback episode about “backstory,” or some character will return home so they can experience “backstory.” When this happens in your writers room… resist.

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We all know TV is getting stupider as it tries to compensate for people watching it while looking at their phones but the new show I am watching that premieres soon is by far the recappingest bullshit I have ever seen. Even people watching while playing Royal Match are going to feel insulted

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I’ve been sick for the last week so I’ve had nothing to do but watch TV. THE EASTERN GATE. A hard-edged Polish spy drama streaming now on Max. It moves fast, but its strongest asset is the female spy lead. The actress is Lena Gora who does a great minimalist job.

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#Companion is a lot of fun, and since much of the fun comes from various surprises, there’s not much we can talk about. Just know: it’s well plotted and directed by Drew Hancock. Anyone writing a spec, this is a perfect example of how to write something excellent and makeable.

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PARADISE. I didn’t get enthusiastic about this show until the seventh episode “The Day.” One of the most tense hours of TV I’ve seen in a while. If you’ve fallen away from this show, give it another chance by watching this episode. Great acting from Sterling K. Brown and J. Marsden.

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KUGEL. A prequel to the wonderful Israeli series, SHTISEL, by the same showrunner, Indursky. Really excellent writing. Draws you in. Simple, but funny and authoritative. It just started on Izzy, the streaming service showing Israeli TV series. Catch it.

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The best cure to this moment: watch STOP MAKING SENSE on repeat.

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I was lucky enough to get to direct the Valentine’s day episode of ELSBETH. This is me showing the cast how to catch a basketball. Please watch the episode on February 13th.

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“David Sacks suggested that DeepSeek used responses from OpenAI models to train its own. “I don’t think OpenAI is very happy about this,” Sacks said. Really? They’re not happy. Guess how happy I am that OpenAI stole all my scripts for its generative AI. Welcome to the club, OpenAI.

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#8. We’re neck-and-neck with Fellini.

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Words of wisdom.

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It’s an excellent limited series. We produced it with Liz Glotzer, but the real artistic vision came from Jen Cacicio and the true life story. Dennis Quaid is fantastic in it as is Annaleigh Ashford who we worked with in Good Fight and Evil. Watch the trailer below.

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There will come a very funny moment soon when Sam Altman accuses DeepSeek of stealing its advancements through industrial espionage. It would be lovely if DeepSeek turned around and responded that it’s just “fair use.”

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The Agency was smart and worth seeing. Next year it needs more Richard Gere who is fantastic in it. A good cast. It was probably hurt by the expectations of a spy show having double-crosses within double-crosses; I never quite believed the love affair at the center of it.

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Often I can fast-forward to the last five minutes of a binge episode, get the wallop, and move on. The advantage of a act-based structure from a viewer’s point-of-view: there are more essential plot turns. A lot of streaming shows these days: Walk walk walk, plot turn, walk, walk, walk, cliffhanger.

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With the new and quickly spreading Hughes Fire in LA, I’m finding the best news source is KCAL. National news sensationalizes too much. Local news has been great when you just need to know what’s going on.

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From the ADL: It seems that he made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute, but again, we appreciate that people are on edge.

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THE PITT. What seems like a stunt—an ER shift is played out over 1 season—works well in a sort of Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich way. It’s dramatic without being melodramatic. It’s the accumulation of human drama that lands a punch. An antidote to all the serialized melodrama that has taken over

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How do I get the algorithm to believe I want more David Lynch content here?

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I was just commiserating with our composer on EVIL, David Buckley, about how we emulated Lynch’s soundscapes—especially ERASERHEAD. Buckley composed a dozen tracks—with names like Drone #1, etc. inspired by radiators, plumbing, HVAC, we used to create an unsettling mood w/o score. Thanks, Mr. Lynch

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I just want to go on for a minute about September 5, the second best movie of the year. It’s about how the ABC sports division dealt with the technological and ethical issues of a live terrorist attack. It’s only 90 minutes long and moves like the wind. It is such a feat of filmmaking.

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I just rewatched the Ian McKellen retelling of Richard III, and it’s quite good. It’s also a bit scary heading into the unknown of our next administration. Machiavelli reigns supreme here, and even though it uses the iconography of Naziism, it’s about how norms get supplanted by conscienceless will

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What a compliment to be among so many great shows. If you haven’t seen Say Nothing, English Teacher, and Sho-Gun please watch them. Also not on the list but great: Extraordinary. www.tvguide.com/news/feature...

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