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Kotcheff managed to get through a live 1958 teleplay about a nuclear bomb going off in the underground even though lead actor Gareth Jones had died while getting his makeup applied mere minutes before the show was to go on the air.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
In 1973, Wambaugh joined forces with E. Jack Neuman, who had written The Blue Knight teleplay, to create the ultra-realistic Police Story, a precursor to other cop shows like Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue.
—Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
The Humanitas Prizes are for to film and television writers across nine categories — including drama teleplay, comedy teleplay, limited series teleplay, children’s teleplay, drama feature film, comedy feature film, family feature film, documentary and short film.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
Rich Larson, the author of such books as Ymir (2022) and Annex (2018), wrote a novelized short story for the Sifu episode before working with Petty to develop the teleplay.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
In 1973, Wambaugh joined forces with E. Jack Neuman, who had written The Blue Knight teleplay, to create the ultra-realistic Police Story, a precursor to other cop shows like Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue.
—Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
The Humanitas Prizes are for to film and television writers across nine categories — including drama teleplay, comedy teleplay, limited series teleplay, children’s teleplay, drama feature film, comedy feature film, family feature film, documentary and short film.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
Rich Larson, the author of such books as Ymir (2022) and Annex (2018), wrote a novelized short story for the Sifu episode before working with Petty to develop the teleplay.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Teleplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teleplay. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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