Okay, it took 6 years since that last post, but we finally got around to podcasting again.  But we chose a new format: inviting aspiring writers to bring their ideas into a virtual writers' room with us to work on their ideas.  It's funny, surprising, and a way for us to help others go to Hollywood, now that we've made it in ourselves!  Check it out, and subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Okay, it took 6 years since that last post, but we finally got around to podcasting again.  But we chose a new format: inviting aspiring writers to bring their ideas into a virtual writers' room with us to work on their ideas.  It's funny, surprising, and a way for us to help others go to Hollywood, now that we've made it in ourselves!  Check it out, and subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Okay, it took 6 years since that last post, but we finally got around to podcasting again.  But we chose a new format: inviting aspiring writers to bring their ideas into a virtual writers' room with us to work on their ideas.  It's funny,...

NEW PODCAST: "The Writer's Room with Sam and Jim"

Someday we really will do another round of these podcasts.  The technology has become so much simpler and easier than it was back when we started. 
For now, a quick update on our status.  We are, oddly, in the midst of a round of development on another Stephen King project for ABC Studios.  Never saw that coming back in the dqay.  Haven, our Syfy show, just got a double-sized order for Season 5, which will air over two years and seems likely to end the series (though you never know...).  And we've just come off a year working on the show Crisis for NBC, our first network gig.
So it seems that we really have made a career out here after all.  Who would have guessed, back when when we were recording these?  
Wonder what happens next...

<description>&lt;p&gt;Someday we really will do another round of these podcasts.  The technology has become so much simpler and easier than it was back when we started. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For now, a quick update on our status.  We are, oddly, in the midst of a round of development on another Stephen King project for ABC Studios.  Never saw that coming back in the dqay.  Haven, our Syfy show, just got a double-sized order for Season 5, which will air over two years and seems likely to end the series (though you never know...).  And we've just come off a year working on the show Crisis for NBC, our first network gig.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So it seems that we really have made a career out here after all.  Who would have guessed, back when when we were recording these?  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wonder what happens next...&lt;/p&gt;</description>

...apparently doesn't include new podcasts.  Yet.

Our 5 Year Mission

Let's call this time lapse "the lost years" and leave it at that.
What happened?  We're the proverbial dogs who caught the car -- we sold our TV series.  So...sorry, we've been kinda busy.  Instead of doing podcasts for the world at large, we try to squeeze in time to do creator commentaries on the episodes of our show.
"Haven" airs on Syfy in the US, on Showcase in Canada, and all around the world on various Universal Television Global owned networks.
We're in the midst of writing and producing our second season, which airs begining July 15th 2011 here in the US.  We invite you to take a look.
...and, someday, maybe, we'll feel safe to give you the inside scoop of what it's like actually producing a series.  We could tell stories...but it's wiser not to.  ;-)
Someday, we'll record a new one of these.  Until then, good luck.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Let's call this time lapse "the lost years" and leave it at that.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;What happened?  We're the proverbial dogs who caught the car -- we sold our TV series.  So...sorry, we've been kinda busy.  Instead of doing podcasts for the world at large, we try to squeeze in time to do creator commentaries on the episodes of our show.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;"&lt;strong&gt;Haven&lt;/strong&gt;" airs on Syfy in the US, on Showcase in Canada, and all around the world on various Universal Television Global owned networks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;We're in the midst of writing and producing our second season, which airs begining July 15th 2011 here in the US.  We invite you to take a look.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;...and, someday, maybe, we'll feel safe to give you the inside scoop of what it's like actually producing a series.  We could tell stories...but it's wiser not to.  ;-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Someday, we'll record a new one of these.  Until then, good luck.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Let's call this time lapse "the lost years" and leave it at that.
What happened?  We're the proverbial dogs who caught the car -- we sold our TV series.  So...sorry, we've been kinda busy.  Instead of doing podcasts for the world at...

Where has the time gone?

Where the #@$% have we been?!  ...Scouting out the new landscapes of business
in Hollywood, among other things.

<description>&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Where the #@$% have we been?!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;...Scouting out the new landscapes of business
in Hollywood, among other things.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br type="_moz"/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>

The Comedy and Tragedy of Writing Scripts for Hollywood

Show #44: The New TV World Order

Ageism?  Sexism?  Racism?That's the big listener mail topic this time.  There's more mail, of course, and the inevitable career update (hint:  we're being flown to Seattle!  Woo-hoo!) 

<description>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Ageism?  Sexism?  Racism?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;That's the big listener mail topic this time.  There's more mail, of course, and the inevitable career update (hint:  we're being flown to Seattle!  Woo-hoo!)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description>

Show #43:  Discrimination

Part comedy, part tragedy, itâ€™s the life of a writing team trying to make it in Hollywood. Weâ€™ve sold movies, weâ€™re in the Writerâ€™s Guild, weâ€™ve pitched TV shows to networks â€“ but weâ€™re still working on our big break. Our show is about writing, Hollywood and our experiences on the way toâ€¦we wish we knew what.

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