Tag: television

  • The 1970s: A prolific decade for television writers and new network shows.

    The 1970s: A prolific decade for television writers and new network shows.

    Many of the new television scripts  in the 70s went to the pilot stage long before they were ready for primetime and proved to be real stinkers. I worked on a couple of these—the one that should have worked was NBC’s Highcliffe Manor from Alan Landsburg Productions. Featuring Stephen McHattie, Eugenie Ross-Leming, Gerald Gordon, Jenny O’Hara, Chris Marlowe,…