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NBC is Giving This Penn Alum “Friends with Benefits”…and How You Can Get A Studio To Produce Your TV Pilot
For all those aspiring Penn TV writers, here’s some advice for you, if you write a hit film, studios are more receptive to giving you your own TV pilot. Case in point for one talented Penn alum…Recently, NBC okayed the single-camera comedy pilot “Friends With Benefits” for (500) Days of Summer writer Scott Neustadter (C’98, […]
Taking Her Comedy From “Ugly Betty” to a new NBC Dramedy
With the recent news of “Ugly Betty” being canceled, Penn alum Becki Newton (C’00) is quite the hot property! She has received 11 offers since the show got canceled and will be starring in a new dramedy pilot for NBC called “Love Bites“. The show weaves together modern stories of love, sex, marriage and dating.” […]
These 2 Penn Alumni Wrote Tomorrow Night’s NBC Muppet Christmas Special
(l to r): Scott Ganz (C’01) and Andrew Samson (C’01) Set your DVRs! Penn alumni Scott Ganz (C’01) and Andrew Samson (C’01) co-wrote tomorrow night’s TV movie “A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa” (Wed. Dec. 17th at 8pm on NBC). Both Scott and Andrew were Co-Editors of Punch Bowl Humor Magazine for three years, moved […]
NBC’s TV writing program – Apply today!
For all your Penn writers out there, this is a great opportunity to get your specs into the NBC writing program! Check out the details here!
Penn Alumni You Should Know About Vol. 23
Welcome back. Summer’s practically here and as usual we’ve got some juicy news and some great upcoming networking events – so lets jump in! Use these new tabs below to easily navigate between sections of this issue:
Cee Lo Green encouraged this Penn Alum to focus on her artistry
A few years ago at the Grammy Awards, Penn alum musician Carly Robyn Green sang as a back-up vocalist for Cee Lo Green. When Carly confided to Cee Lo that it’s the timeless, classic songs that inspire her most as an artist and songwriter, he encouraged her to focus her own artistry on making music that matters […]
