Q- You are the current Director of WGA's Showrunner Training Program at Writers Guild of America West. How many applicants did you have for this year?
A- We had over eighty applicants for about twenty five slots. The application process is a two step process. First applicants have to be recommended by current show runners or creative executives. Once they've been recommended, they fill out an application. I review the applications and we end up interviewing about fifty candidates. Out of those fifty candidates we invite approximately twenty five people to participate in the Program. This year's first session was on Saturday, January 14th and it (the program) ran for six consecutive Saturdays.
Q- How long has the Showrunner Training Program been in existence, and can you give the readers a background of its origins?
A- The Showrunner Training Program is the brainchild of writer producer, Jeff Melvoin, who's currently...
A- We had over eighty applicants for about twenty five slots. The application process is a two step process. First applicants have to be recommended by current show runners or creative executives. Once they've been recommended, they fill out an application. I review the applications and we end up interviewing about fifty candidates. Out of those fifty candidates we invite approximately twenty five people to participate in the Program. This year's first session was on Saturday, January 14th and it (the program) ran for six consecutive Saturdays.
Q- How long has the Showrunner Training Program been in existence, and can you give the readers a background of its origins?
A- The Showrunner Training Program is the brainchild of writer producer, Jeff Melvoin, who's currently...
- 3/8/2012
- by Robert Gagnier
- Aol TV.
Cmt's first foray into scripted TV proved short-lived. The music-driven cable network has canceled its first original sitcom, Working Class, after one season. "Unfortunately, Cmt will not be pursuing a second season of Working Class," a note posted today on the show's Facebook page read. "We’re sad to see it go, but you can still catch Melissa Peterman in new episodes of The Singing Bee." Working Class stars Peterman as a single mom trying to give her kids a better life by moving them to an upscale suburb. Ed Asner stars as the cranky, surly neighbor and co-worker. Word is the series, created by Jill Cargerman, is now being shopped to other networks, including TV Land. Working Class started off Ok, drawing 1.2 million viewers and a .50 rating in adults 18-49 in its January premiere, but slipped subsequently during its run, which concluded with the first-season finale April 1.
- 4/12/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
The cast of Cmt's first scripted show, "Working Class," appeared at the Television Critics Association's Winter Press Tour and it was hard to focus on just one of them.
Of course, we had "Mary Tyler Moore" star and seven-time Emmy winner Ed Asner, who knew how to work the room. Then, we had cute-as-a-button Melissa Peterman, who you'll remember from "Reba." We can go on about the handsome Patrick Fabian ("Gigantic") and Steve Kazee, but we have to acknowledge who really got our attention.
Executive producer, Jill Cargerman, created the sitcom based on her own experiences. "My mother moved us to [Chicago's] northern suburbs," she says. "Very much as Carli does in the show, to give us the advantages of the schools and the community and the community support that we hadn't -- that she hadn't had growing up."
Cargerman admits that she resented her mother for the move at the...
Of course, we had "Mary Tyler Moore" star and seven-time Emmy winner Ed Asner, who knew how to work the room. Then, we had cute-as-a-button Melissa Peterman, who you'll remember from "Reba." We can go on about the handsome Patrick Fabian ("Gigantic") and Steve Kazee, but we have to acknowledge who really got our attention.
Executive producer, Jill Cargerman, created the sitcom based on her own experiences. "My mother moved us to [Chicago's] northern suburbs," she says. "Very much as Carli does in the show, to give us the advantages of the schools and the community and the community support that we hadn't -- that she hadn't had growing up."
Cargerman admits that she resented her mother for the move at the...
- 1/5/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Exclusive: Cmt is officially in the scripted series business with the pickup of comedy pilot Working Class to series. I hear the cable network has given the the multi-camera project from writer/executive producer Jill Cargerman (Gary Unmarried) a 12-episode order. Working Class stars Reba alumna and The Singing Bee host Melissa Peterman as a blue-collar, single mom who moves into a home she can barely afford in an affluent neighborhood in order to provide the best life possible for her kids. Peterman serves as a producer along with her manager Darris Hatch. Production is tentatively scheduled to begin in October for a possible January premiere. Working Class was one of 4 comedy pilots that Cmt greenlighted in April as part of its first foray into original scripted development under Svp comedy development Brad Johnson. The fate of the other three, The Hard Life, The 30 Percent and an untitled project from David Litt,...
- 8/6/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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