Ms. Espenson has a piece up that discusses act breaks in TV shows. Interesting stuff, but it seems worth noting that some networks will utterly ignore them. TBS does this all the time, plowing right through the act breaks and instead stopping the action for commercials smack in the middle of a conversation. I suppose they can be forgiven for this, since they do it to re-runs. However, Cartoon Network recently did the same thing when they broadcast the new Teen Titans movie, I think for the first time.
Now I'm no Jane Espenson, let alone a bona-fide screenwriter, but that's gotta be frustrating. I know it drives me crazy.
Posted by Jason at September 25, 2006 09:20 PM