My Alt-Weekly Sitcom Stolen!

[TV News] According to a recent Variety report, 20th Century Fox TV has greenlighted (greenlit?) a sitcom about "a dishy alternative weekly publication." Just in time for the death of print, of not FX's Dirt.

Me, I'm curious because I wrote a sitcom pilot script about an alt-weekly newspaper office four years ago and submitted it to Bravo's reality-competition show Situation: Comedy. It didn't make the cut, but nothing ever happened with the ultimate winner, either, so I wasn't all that broken up about it. Not after crying myself to sleep for a few weeks, wondering aloud "Why does Sean Hayes hate me so?!" But now ... how close will this be to my cleverly-titled City Weekly? Should I lawyer up? After getting screwed by TimeWarner and Tru TV, this could be my ticket out!

Sure, my script sucked--but it was still better than any Fox comedy of the last decade or so. The late, great Action excluded, or course. Maybe I'd better dust that dog off and submit it to The CW ... while they're still in business. (Bill Frost)

The 120 Minute Hour

[Podcast] Frequent City Weekly contributor Brian Staker does this podcast called The Awkward Hour, wherein he sits and chats with random "interesting" people for nearly 120 minutes (yes, that adds up to far more than an hour--he's a writer, not a mathematician).

For Episode 8, he podded me. No, I don't know why, either. Much shit was talked about sports writers, rock critics, bad TV, our ever-dumber America and other stuff we can't remember (Episode 8 brought to you by Uinta Golden Spike Hefeweizen, BTW). I also alleged that CW editor Holly Mullen is on permanent vacation, so I'll be cleaning out my desk while you listen.

Check my Awkward Two Hours with Staker here. (Bill Frost)

TruTV vs. True TV

[Inside Baseball] What happens when the Turner Broadcasting-owned TruTV makes contact with City Weekly's own, less lawyered-up True TV for the first time since sorta-stealing the name? Find out here. It's not really all that earth-shattering; just a slow Friday afternoon. (Bill Frost)