Preemptive Specs, Political Tweets, and Peacock – Paper Scraps Monthly (PT157)




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Summary: Alex and Nick answer your TV writing questions about political tweets, topic suggestions, and predicting fellowship specs.<br> <br> Plus, we catch up on some TV writing news from the past few weeks, including the WGA election results, the announcement of a new OTT service, and a TV crossover event.<br> <br> Reminder<br> Our next live event will be on Wednesday, November 20. We'll be doing a table read of a pilot script from one lucky Paper Tease winner! <a href="http://paperteam.co/patreon">Join our Patreon</a> to get early tickets.<br> <br> Content<br> Announcements and Shout-outs (01:07)<br> Audience Questions: Political tweets, TV writing education, and predicting speccable shows (05:56)<br> TV Writing News: WGA election results, Peacock, and Apple Studios (18:54)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/the-paper-team-150th-episode-special-pt150/">The Paper Team 150th Episode Special (PT150)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/should-you-pay-for-tv-writing-education-pt19/">Should You Pay for TV Writing Education? (PT19)</a><br> <a href="https://www.wga.org/news-events/news/press/wgaw-announces-2019-officers-and-board-of-directors-election-results">Results for WGAw's 2019 Officers and Board Of Directors Election</a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191220023520/http://www.nbcuniversal.com:80/press-release/nbcuniversal-announces-%E2%80%98peacock%E2%80%99-name-its-streaming-service-and-unveils-initial">NBCUniversal Announces Peacock as Name of its Streaming Service (PR)</a><br> <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/apple-launches-house-studio-band-brothers-pacific-follow-up-1246746">"Apple Launches In-House Studio" - The Hollywood Reporter</a><br> <a href="https://ew.com/tv/2019/09/19/tom-welling-smallville-crisis-on-infinite-earths-arrowverse/">"Tom Welling to reprise Smallville role for Arrowverse's 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' crossover" - EW</a><br> <br> This episode brought to you by Roadmap WritersUse the code PAPERTEAM to get $15 OFF your <a href="https://www.roadmapwriters.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Roadmap Writers Program</a><br> <a href="https://www.roadmapwriters.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><br> <br> If you enjoy Paper Team, please consider supporting us on Patreon at <a href="http://paperteam.co/patreon">paperteam.co/patreon</a>! :)<br> <br> Special thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexSwitzky21">Alex Switzky</a> for helping us edit this episode.<br> <br> You can find Paper Team on Twitter:<br> Alex - <a href="https://twitter.com/TVCalling">@TVCalling</a><br> Nick - <a href="https://twitter.com/_njwatson">@_njwatson</a><br> For any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: ask@paperteam.co<br> <br>