http://www.metafilter.com/tags/televisionscripts Posts tagged with 'televisionscripts' at MetaFilter. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:41:15 -0800 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:41:15 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/76759/Pilot%2DSchool <a href="http://tvwriting.googlepages.com/pilotschool">Pilot School.</a> A nice collection of teevee show pilot scripts. Observe the embryonic state of many of the classics of the past few decades, including <em>Buffy</em>, <em>The Wire</em>, <em>Hill Street Blues</em>, <em>Battlestar Galactica</em>, <em>The Sopranos</em> and <em>The West Wing</em>. For people who aren't students of the form, the most interesting part may be the small changes that happen between script to screen. For instance, <em>Twin Peaks</em> was originally named <em>Northwest Passage</em>, Tony Soprano was named Tommy, and The West Wing's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Janney">C.J. Cregg</a> was described as "compact." tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.76759 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:41:15 -0800 24 angel bsg buffy buffythevampireslayer pilots startrek teevee television televisionscripts theshield thesopranos thewestwing thewire thexfiles trueblood tv twinpeaks veronicamars Bookhouse