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The final version of this post has been published at Sparksheet. Comment there! From Sherlock Holmes to Gossip Girl, television has always loved books as source material. But recently it seems like every new series announced comes from the hottest novel or work of pulp fiction. Of course, there are deep historical connections between serialization [...]

I recently texted a friend to complain about how overwhelmed I was by my lengthy to-do list — which included, incidentally, writing this blog post. Me: “My to-do list is never ending bleh.” Friend: “It always has been Marps. I’ve never met you when you told me ‘oh I’m so chill I got nothing on [...]

In yet another great exclusive report on the industry, New York‘s Claude Brodesser-Akner writes today that Fox has been having a bit of trouble starting production on two possible sequels to Independence Day, in part because Will Smith is not yet signed on to star. Money problems. Smith, who’s been absent for years but is coming [...]

UPDATE: Nielsen has rolled out a more mature version of its Web/TV ratings. Philip Napoli has some thoughts. Believe it or not, ever since 1994 media executives have been claiming the web will become television. It’s a theme I will explore extensively in the second chapter of my dissertation. It’s been a consistent refrain from [...]

Originally posted at Splice Today! Thanks to Racialicious for linking! There was a moment in last week’s penultimate episode of the BBC series The Fades when the lead character, Paul, realizes he might not be a good guy. The series is a noir tale of angels and demons, or ghosts rather, and Paul is the geek-boy [...]

If you’re an IAWTV member or follow the Academy on Twitter — which you should — you’re probably aware the group is calling for submissions to its upcoming awards show in Las Vegas at CES in January 2012. This will be the first show from the IAWTV, of which I am a member, and it’s [...]

Thanks to Racialicious for linking! If you pay attention to web shows by and about people of color, you probably have come across 12 Steps to Recovery, a romantic comedy series about Parrish Diaz, a jingle composer and actor dealing with a hard break-up. In the show, Parrish’s friends decide the only way he’ll get over [...]

Am I alone in my love for episode recaps and teasers? I feel strange admitting one of my favorite components of TV episodes occur at the beginnings and ends of each show: the one-minute recaps of last week’s episode and 30-sec teasers for the following one. [...]

UPDATE: Hulu is premiering its own scripted show, Battleground, along with some other new programs. ORIGINAL: We’ve always had ambitious programming on the web. But new announcements and series premieres suggest a change in the air, that the combination of low production costs, the maturation of web video networks and growing advertiser comfort with new [...]

Legacies are living things. As the world collectively remembers Steve Jobs, many commentators are already starting to reflect on his impact on global technology and culture. It will take years to fully comprehend what effect Jobs had on the world, and what it all meant. Needless to say, he had an impact. When Jobs passed away, [...]