Because for all of its scripted falls and backstage histrionics, this wrestling world is real to me, and it deserves a video game that reflects how WWE has evolved in the years since Here Comes the Pain.
The system, for all its scripted nuances, worked fairly well until 1985, when Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink secured an amendment requiring the Legislature's approval of any tuition increase by SUNY and the City University of New York.
"Mad Men," about the world of advertising on Madison Avenue set in New York in the early 1960s, languished for years after being rejected by HBO and Showtime before the unlikely AMC (formerly known as American Movie Classics) picked it up, making for its first scripted drama series.
Netflix has signed a deal with YouTube star Miranda Sings for its first scripted series with a social media star.
On Sunday its annual awards ceremony blew out the Nokia Theatre and Tuesday night the network premieres "Being Mary Jane," a movie-length pilot for its first scripted series, which will debut in January.
In addition, Apple this month hired away Amazon Studio exec Morgan Wandell in its push for scripted programming.
The model might not work for live translation, but it's perfect for scripted works – effectively, it's another performer onstage.
AMC, the cable channel formerly known as American Movie Classics, won three awards, two of them for its first-year scripted series "Mad Men," which won best drama series, becoming the first basic cable show to win the prestigious award.
If I were trying to apply a thin veneer of credibility to my kangaroo court, that is precisely the result I would have scripted for its first trial.
Did you write the script or was it already scripted for you?
