Prime Time Authorship: Works about and by Three TV Dramatists
Designed to inspire the fledgling scriptwriter, this book combines analytical essays on the work of three successful television writers with interviews and complete scripts printed in correct professional format. The writers Marion Hargrove (Maverick, The Waltons), Joseph Dougherty (thirtysomething), and Michael Kozoll (Hill Street Blues) are used as examples of professionals who developed a personal voice and a distinctive style while serving as staff writers for existing prime-time television programs.

Douglas Heil theorizes that students of television scriptwriting need to engage in "close study of exemplary," and the three full scripts he offers a.re useful models of humane and entertaining drama. The book is of value not only to aspiring scriptwriters but also to those readers with a general interest in media history.
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Prime Time Authorship: Works about and by Three TV Dramatists
Designed to inspire the fledgling scriptwriter, this book combines analytical essays on the work of three successful television writers with interviews and complete scripts printed in correct professional format. The writers Marion Hargrove (Maverick, The Waltons), Joseph Dougherty (thirtysomething), and Michael Kozoll (Hill Street Blues) are used as examples of professionals who developed a personal voice and a distinctive style while serving as staff writers for existing prime-time television programs.

Douglas Heil theorizes that students of television scriptwriting need to engage in "close study of exemplary," and the three full scripts he offers a.re useful models of humane and entertaining drama. The book is of value not only to aspiring scriptwriters but also to those readers with a general interest in media history.
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Prime Time Authorship: Works about and by Three TV Dramatists

Prime Time Authorship: Works about and by Three TV Dramatists

by Douglas Heil
Prime Time Authorship: Works about and by Three TV Dramatists

Prime Time Authorship: Works about and by Three TV Dramatists

by Douglas Heil

Overview

Designed to inspire the fledgling scriptwriter, this book combines analytical essays on the work of three successful television writers with interviews and complete scripts printed in correct professional format. The writers Marion Hargrove (Maverick, The Waltons), Joseph Dougherty (thirtysomething), and Michael Kozoll (Hill Street Blues) are used as examples of professionals who developed a personal voice and a distinctive style while serving as staff writers for existing prime-time television programs.

Douglas Heil theorizes that students of television scriptwriting need to engage in "close study of exemplary," and the three full scripts he offers a.re useful models of humane and entertaining drama. The book is of value not only to aspiring scriptwriters but also to those readers with a general interest in media history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780815628798
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publication date: 02/28/2002
Series: Television Series
Edition description: 1 ED
Pages: 470
Product dimensions: 6.38(w) x 8.70(h) x 1.24(d)

About the Author

Douglas Heil is a professor of communications at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. In addition to numerous essays, short dramas, and reviews he has also written and produced several short films.

Table of Contents

Illustrationsvii
A Note on the Three Sciptsix
Acknowledgmentsxi
Introductionxiii
Marion Hargrove
Writing for Maverick and The Waltons: Interview with Marion Hargrove3
Marion Hargrove's Writing Credits19
Form and Content in the Scripts of Marion Hargrove24
The Context Behind Maverick #45, "The Rivals"56
Maverick #45, "The Rivals"59
Joseph Dougherty
From Office Temp to "Hat Trick" Showrunner: Interview with Joseph Dougherty129
Joseph Dougherty's Writing Credits159
Joseph Dougherty and Staff Writing Authorship on the TV Series thirtysomething162
The Context Behind thirtysomething #83, "A Stop at Willoughby"205
Thirtysomething #83, "A Stop at Willoughby"217
Michael Kozoll
Creating the Prime-Time Novel: Interview with Michael Kozoll281
Michael Kozoll's Writing Credits310
Michael Kozoll's Impact on Hill Street Blues and Prime-Time Drama315
The Context Behind Hill Street Blues #5, "Dressed to Kill"367
Hill Street Blues #5, "Dressed to Kill"370
Notes435
Works Cited449
Index455
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