Emmy Watch: Writers & Directors

The times they are a changin’

The success of the “smart cable format” and the internet have helped to change the tradional roles of the tv writer & director. So, it’s not surprising that the field is wide open as the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences chooses the 2008 Primetime Emmy Award nominees for writing and directing.
The Office executive producer, Greg Daniels, explains:

Indeed, the Internet has provided an outlet for writers’ deleted scenes and jokes — and at negligible cost to the producers or studios. “What is happening,” Daniels says, “is that when you work on a show, you are constantly making suggestions and constantly thinking about the characters, and a very small percentage of the jokes that are pitched actually make it on-air. Those of us who work on the show are walking around with all this extra material in our heads that we find entertaining, so the audience is getting an opportunity to get more of that material.”

To read the full article, click HERE.     ~Donna