Summary: Alex and Nick discuss television procedural shows and how they work, from writing them to reinventing the genre itself.<br> <br> What kind of procedurals are there on TV? How do you juggle between the characters, the overall story, and the case-of-the-week? What are some common tips for writing a procedural? How does the structure evolve between episodic and serialized procedurals?<br> <br> The Paper Team solves the case...<br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> 1 - Defining TV procedurals (00:46)<br> 2 - Writing TV procedurals: structure, case of the week, and reinventing the genre (03:22)<br> Takeaways and Resources (28:29)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Mendelsohn">Carol Mendelsohn</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/how-joss-whedon-and-the-buffy-writers-room-broke-episodes/">"How Joss Whedon and the Buffy writers’ room broke episodes" - TV Calling</a><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0696618/">"My Overkill" (2x01 - Scrubs)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Hay">Colin Hay</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/the-art-of-the-tv-episode-pt20/">"The Art of the TV Episode" (PT20)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subway_(Homicide:_Life_on_the_Street)">"Subway" (6x07 - Homicide: Life on the Street)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Braugher">Andre Braugher</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_baby">Dancing Baby</a><br> <a href="http://www.avclub.com/article/tracking-the-long-career-of-halfforgotten-tv-auteu-105810">"Tracking the long career of half-forgotten TV auteur David E. Kelley" - Stephen Bowie/The A.V. Club</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Donahue">Ann Donahue</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Bochco">Steven Bochco</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_City_(TV_series)">Century City (TV Series)</a><br> <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/fien-print/critics-notebook-fox-show-becomes-856269">"When every Fox show becomes a procedural, it gets very boring" - Daniel Fienberg/THR</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_King">Michelle King</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_King_(writer)">Robert King</a><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1720536/">"Common Descent" (2x17 - Stargate Universe)</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> <br> Resources<br> <a href="http://www.avclub.com/article/how-good-wife-broke-rules-legal-dramas-and-then-br-235492">"How The Good Wife broke the rules for legal dramas, and then broke itself" - Noel Murray/The A.V. Club</a><br> <br> This episode brought to you by Tracking Board's Launch Pad Writing Competitions<br> <a href="https://www.tblaunchpad.com/#competitions" target="_blank"></a><br> Use code PAPERTEAM to get $15 OFF when you enter a <a href="https://www.tblaunchpad.com/#competitions" target="_blank">Launch Pad Competition</a><br> <br> Special thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonjcohn">Jason J. Cohn</a> for helping us edit this episode.<br> <br> If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at <a href="http://paperteam.co/itunes">paperteam.co/itunes</a>! :)<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> If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: ask@paperteam.co<br> <br>
