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The writers’ room


True Blood writer Alexander Woo (left), Heroes writer Natalie Chaidez and Family Guy writer Cherry Chevapravatdumrong discuss their experiences in the entertainment industry as part of a panel about TV writing. The Tuesday discussion was moderated by Master of Professional Writing Program faculty member Prince Gomolvilas.

Vampire films haven’t retreated back to the shadows


Vampire films have a mixed success rate in Hollywood. Breaking Dawn Part 1, though a critical bloodfest, raked in the money. Fright Night, more charming toward reviewers, did poorly. True Blood still draws in fans while 2007’s Moonlight barely scraped out a season. But the vampire genre hasn’t retreated back to the shadows. At least […]

TV shows reluctant to accept sci-fi title


Brannon Braga, writer and executive producer of the upcoming television series Terra Nova, which is about people who travel back in time, recently said that his show was not really science fiction, even claiming that it has less science fiction elements than the earlier seasons of Lost. Really? A television series about people from the […]