The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild (66 page)

Studio One
,
128
,
149

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
,
235

studio system practices,
14
,
20
,
24
,
43–44
,
57
,
88
,
110

Sturges, Preston,
42
,
262

Suber, Howard,
107
,
266

Sud, Veena,
236
,
262

Sullivan’s Travels
,
42
,
75

Sunset Blvd
.,
39
,
42
,
155
,
234

Supreme Court, US,
32
,
48
,
57
,
105
,
139
,
170–171

Survivor
,
205

Suspicion
,
53

Sutton, Phoef,
262

Sweet Smell of Success
,
108

SWG,
see
Screen Writers Guild

Swicord, Robin,
21
,
262

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
,
183

Taft-Hartley Act (1947),
69
,
95
,
101
,
103
,
133

Tandem/TAT Productions,
156–157
,
177–178
,
181
,
184

Taradash, Daniel,
82
,
161
,
186
,
262

Tarantino, Quentin,
202
,
262

Taraporevala, Sooni,
19
,
262

Tarloff, Frank,
186
,
262

Tartikoff, Brandon,
190

Tate, Deborah Taylor,
217

Taxi Driver
,
4

Taylor, Robert,
68

Teamsters Union,
10
,
131
,
187
,
213

Telecommunications Act (1996),
198
,
201
,
298n19

television,
117–153
,
156–159
,
166–179
; as advertising medium,
124
; blacklisted writers and,
111
; boutique programming,
192
,
201
; cinematic film broadcasts,
122
,
140–141
; early years,
123–138
; East Coast vs. West Coast production,
125
,
135–137
; impact on film industry,
110
,
120
,
124
,
126–127
,
128
,
138–139
,
152
; multiplexing of channels,
201–202
; network executives,
109
,
122
,
166
,
216
,
226
,
238
; pay TV,
142–143
,
148
,
168
,
185
; producers,
122
,
139
,
144–145
,
153
; violence,
169
.
See also
authorship issues; cable television; showrunners; writer-producers

television films (made-for-TV and movies of the week),
173–175

Television Producers Guild,
152
,
170

television series,
119
,
121–122
,
135–137
,
139
,
152–153
,
156–157
,
166–167
,
175–178
,
192
,
205
; aesthetics,
177
; African American casts,
184
; anthology series,
125
,
132
,
136–137
,
139
,
173
; financing,
177
; miniseries,
173
; pilots,
119
,
177
,
236
; show bibles,
167
,
176
; women in production,
180
.
See also
animation; reality television; reruns and syndication

television writers: African American,
183–184
,
236–237
; backgrounds,
124–125
,
172
; freelancers,
166–168
; guild and union issues,
117–119
,
124–125
,
128–135
,
137
,
142
; head writers,
121–122
,
167
,
221
; job insecurity,
138
; in 1970s and 1980s,
171–184
; place in media hierarchy,
137–138
,
152–153
,
240
; reality programming and,
205–206
; salaries and compensation,
123
,
126
,
132
,
135
,
138
,
140
,
141–143
,
148–149
,
168
,
186–187
,
197
; women and minorities,
150–151
,
179–184
,
235–237
; working conditions,
118
,
119
,
127–128
; writers’ rooms,
122
,
128
,
166
,
180
,
182
,
184

Television Writers Association (TWA),
118–119
,
121
,
131–135
,
239
,
288n46

Tell Me Where It Hurts
,
47
,
173
,
180

Tenant, The
,
164

Ten Commandments, The
,
113

Tender Comrade
,
69

Tenney, Jack, and Tenney Committee,
79–80

Terrytoons,
80

Thalberg, Irving,
3
,
28
,
31
,
40
,
42
,
47
,
49
,
51
,
55

That Certain Summer
,
174

That Girl
,
115

Thau, Benny,
30

theater chains,
105
,
110
,
120

Thelma and Louise
,
237

They Call Me Mr. Tibbs!
,
183

Thief
,
192

Thin Man, The
,
30
,
88

30 Rock
,
235

thirtysomething
,
216

Thomas, J. Parnell,
68
,
70–71
,
96
,
104

Thomas Committee,
see
House Un-American Activities Committee

Thompson, Kristin,
89

Those Who Kill
,
166

Three Comrades
,
38

3-D,
138

Three Faces of Eve, The
,
42

Thuna, Leonora,
182
,
262

Thunderbolt
,
87

Tick, The
,
298n26

Time Warner Inc.,
209

Tinker, Grant,
177
,
178

To Catch a Thief
,
160

Tolkin, Mel,
5
,
141
,
262

Tombragel, Maurice,
14
,
16
,
137
,
262

Tootsie
,
17
,
188

Towne, Robert,
3
,
17
,
262

Townsend, Robert,
184
,
263

Traffic
,
219

TransAmerica Corporation,
153

Transformers: The Game
,
206

Trotti, Lamar,
86
,
263

Trouble in Paradise
,
53

Trouble with Harry, The
,
160

True Grit
,
93

Trumbo, Dalton,
24
,
69–70
,
92
,
111
,
113
,
114
,
149
,
263
; as editor of
TSW
,
73
,
86
; and HUAC investigations,
69–70
,
97–98
,
100
,
103–104
; pseudonyms,
112–114

Truman, Harry S.,
69
,
97

TSW
, see
Screen Writer, The

Tugend, Harry,
49
,
63–64
,
263

Tunberg, Karl,
126
,
263

Tunick, Irve,
134
,
263

Turner Broadcasting System,
209

Turteltaub, Saul,
4–5
,
171
,
192
,
263

TWA,
see
Television Writers Association

Twentieth Century–Fox,
28
,
31
,
111
,
121
,
140
,
156
,
181
,
185
.
See also
Fox Network

21 Jump Street
,
214

Twilight Zone, The
,
145
,
152

2gether
,
212

2001: A Space Odyssey
,
157

UCLA,
124

Ulius, Betty,
21–22
,
263

“Unfriendly Nineteen,”
69
,
96–97

unions and unionization,
8
,
10–11
,
27–34
,
43–60
,
79–81
,
83
,
197
,
198
,
207

United Artists,
142
,
153

United Hollywood
(website),
223–224
,
225

Universal Pictures,
28
,
31
,
64
,
140–141
,
185
,
202
,
214

Urwand, Ben,
279n19

Vajda, Ernest,
29
,
263

Valenti, Jack,
200

Van Sant, Gus,
202–203
,
263

Variety
(journal),
49
,
56
,
60

Verrone, Patric,
208
,
212–214
,
215–216
,
227
,
263

vertical deregulation,
105

vertical integration and reintegration,
185
,
196
,
199

Veyne, Paul,
267–268

VHS (VCRs and videocassettes),
168
,
185
,
187–189
,
207

Viacom,
200
,
209

Victor, David,
169
,
263

video games,
198–199
,
204
,
206–207
,
217
; writers for,
206–207
,
217–218

Vidor, King,
84

Vogel, Joseph R.,
144

Wage Stabilization Board,
126

Wagner Act (1935),
50–51
,
56–58
,
69
,
91

Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York,
71

Waldorf Declaration,
71–72
,
73
,
99
,
100

Walking and Talking
,
202

Wallis, Hal B.,
58

Wall Street
,
164

Walt Disney Company,
80
,
203
,
209
,
221
,
298n25

Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color
,
14
,
16

Walter Lanz Productions,
80

Walton, Brian,
190–191
,
204
,
207
,
209–210

Waltons, The
,
181

War Labor Disputes Act (1943),
82

Warner, Jack,
31
,
39–40
,
41
,
68
,
96
,
100
,
144

Warner Bros.,
64
,
96
,
145
,
153
,
221
; consolidation,
185
,
200

Washington Post
(newspaper),
70–71

Wasserman, Lew,
140
,
146
,
162–163

Watch on the Rhine
,
38

Waterworld
,
225

Webb, Jack,
140
,
169
,
263

Webb, James,
147
,
183
,
263

web series,
229

websites and blogs,
199
,
207
,
223–225

Webster, Tony,
136
,
263

Web Therapy
,
229

Wedding Banquet, The
,
202
,
268

Weiner, Matthew,
194
,
238
,
263

Weiss, David,
212

Welcome to the Dollhouse
,
202

Wells, John,
197
,
210
,
263

West, Nathanael,
38
,
263

West Wing, The
,
7

Wexman, Virginia Wright,
160

WGA,
see
Writers Guild of America

WGAE,
see
Writers Guild of America

WGAw,
see
Writers Guild of America

WGAw Newsletter
,
155
,
182
,
188

What’s Happening!!
,
184

Wheaton, Christopher,
44
,
266

White, Byron,
170

White, Phyllis,
10
,
264

White, Robert,
131
,
134
,
264

White, Sydnye,
205
,
264