James Stoteraux
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Showrunner, Writer, Producer. Credits include Gotham Knights, Krypton, Gotham, The Vampire Diaries, Switched at Birth, One Tree Hill….
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#RIP #AdamGreenberg Adam was a brilliant cinematographer as well as the best possible collaborator and teacher. Working with him on THE TERMINATOR, ALIEN NATION and T2 made me a better producer. His quiet leadership on set as well as his innovative night photography made such a difference.
November 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
#RIP #AdamGreenberg Adam was a brilliant cinematographer as well as the best possible collaborator and teacher. Working with him on THE TERMINATOR, ALIEN NATION and T2 made me a better producer. His quiet leadership on set as well as his innovative night photography made such a difference.
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A rare new post to my blog marks the 5th anniversary of the Zoom live read of CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS. It might be my favorite creative experience.
This is about when success is surrounded by grief... and the desire to separate the two. thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2025/10/five...
This is about when success is surrounded by grief... and the desire to separate the two. thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2025/10/five...
Five years ago, I had an amazing creative experience with the live-read of CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS
I'm right in the middle of a seven-day period bracketed by unpleasant anniversaries. And yet, right in between those is the oasis that is th...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:24 AM
A rare new post to my blog marks the 5th anniversary of the Zoom live read of CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS. It might be my favorite creative experience.
This is about when success is surrounded by grief... and the desire to separate the two. thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2025/10/five...
This is about when success is surrounded by grief... and the desire to separate the two. thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2025/10/five...
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Five years ago today was the release of the Zoom live read of CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS. It might be my favorite creative experience.
I wrote about when success is surrounded by grief and the effort to separate the two. thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2025/10/five...
I wrote about when success is surrounded by grief and the effort to separate the two. thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2025/10/five...
Five years ago, I had an amazing creative experience with the live-read of CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS
I'm right in the middle of a seven-day period bracketed by unpleasant anniversaries. And yet, right in between those is the oasis that is th...
thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Five years ago today was the release of the Zoom live read of CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS. It might be my favorite creative experience.
I wrote about when success is surrounded by grief and the effort to separate the two. thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2025/10/five...
I wrote about when success is surrounded by grief and the effort to separate the two. thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2025/10/five...
Relatedly, if you are ever in a test screening for a film/tv show and something confused you, no it didn't.
All these TikToks going after screenwriters for shitty dialogue without any awareness that the on-the-nose dialogue is a directive of studios *because* of viewers on TikTok during their shows.
October 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Relatedly, if you are ever in a test screening for a film/tv show and something confused you, no it didn't.
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All these TikToks going after screenwriters for shitty dialogue without any awareness that the on-the-nose dialogue is a directive of studios *because* of viewers on TikTok during their shows.
October 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
All these TikToks going after screenwriters for shitty dialogue without any awareness that the on-the-nose dialogue is a directive of studios *because* of viewers on TikTok during their shows.
Reply with an image you can hear
October 16, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Reply with an image you can hear
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Wil Wheaton put out a YouTube video where he said, “everyone who works on Star Trek today, all of the writers, all of the department heads, everyone who designs all of the things you see, and 70% of the actors ... [is] a lifelong Star Trek fan” and it’s breaking the brains of all the bad fanboys
October 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Wil Wheaton put out a YouTube video where he said, “everyone who works on Star Trek today, all of the writers, all of the department heads, everyone who designs all of the things you see, and 70% of the actors ... [is] a lifelong Star Trek fan” and it’s breaking the brains of all the bad fanboys
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The Parents Television Council has gone bankrupt.
Good riddance to this group of publicity hungry, pear-clutching, self-appointed guardians. Just a group of ultra-conservative censors hiding behind children
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Good riddance to this group of publicity hungry, pear-clutching, self-appointed guardians. Just a group of ultra-conservative censors hiding behind children
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A one-time 'conservative superstar' in California just went bankrupt
Seth MacFarlane said its criticism was "like getting hate mail from Hitler."
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October 9, 2025 at 5:13 AM
The Parents Television Council has gone bankrupt.
Good riddance to this group of publicity hungry, pear-clutching, self-appointed guardians. Just a group of ultra-conservative censors hiding behind children
www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Good riddance to this group of publicity hungry, pear-clutching, self-appointed guardians. Just a group of ultra-conservative censors hiding behind children
www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Nancylee was the most kind & brilliant soul. “South of Nowhere,” the groundbreaking lesbian teen drama, was a show made with zero money, long hours, but Nancylee’s unbridled passion and hilarious sense of humor made working on it a treasured experience. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/n...
Nancylee Myatt, ‘Night Court’ and ‘Living Single’ Writer, Dies at 68
An Emmy-winning producer, she also worked on ‘The 5 Mrs. Buchanans,’ ‘The Powers That Be,’ ‘South of Nowhere’ and more.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Nancylee was the most kind & brilliant soul. “South of Nowhere,” the groundbreaking lesbian teen drama, was a show made with zero money, long hours, but Nancylee’s unbridled passion and hilarious sense of humor made working on it a treasured experience. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/n...
"At a developmental stage when anxieties about fitting in and identity formation are at their peak, adolescents often feel a necessity to assimilate with their peers by participating in trends — in this case yielding a cohort of retinol-infused 10 year olds."
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September 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
"At a developmental stage when anxieties about fitting in and identity formation are at their peak, adolescents often feel a necessity to assimilate with their peers by participating in trends — in this case yielding a cohort of retinol-infused 10 year olds."
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Tears of joy in 2025 because a terrific show from a streaming service is showing me footage from its second season four months — not one to three years — after its first season finished airing.
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The Pitt Season 2 | Official Teaser | HBO Max
YouTube video by HBO Max
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August 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Tears of joy in 2025 because a terrific show from a streaming service is showing me footage from its second season four months — not one to three years — after its first season finished airing.
youtu.be/zuZnRRVWnbQ?...
youtu.be/zuZnRRVWnbQ?...
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Creating an LLM that responds to the 200th prompt you give it with “help help I am a tiny man trapped inside your computer” just to see how many Very Smart People destroy their MacBooks.
August 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Creating an LLM that responds to the 200th prompt you give it with “help help I am a tiny man trapped inside your computer” just to see how many Very Smart People destroy their MacBooks.
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we built a kaiju city for our son’s sixth birthday.
August 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
we built a kaiju city for our son’s sixth birthday.
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Make it hockey
Completely fix baseball with three words.
August 7, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Make it hockey
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I asked ChatGPT what will I be?
Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?
Here's what it said to me:
Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
STICK YOUR HAND IN THE GARBAGE DISPOSAL
Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?
Here's what it said to me:
Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
STICK YOUR HAND IN THE GARBAGE DISPOSAL
July 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I asked ChatGPT what will I be?
Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?
Here's what it said to me:
Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
STICK YOUR HAND IN THE GARBAGE DISPOSAL
Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?
Here's what it said to me:
Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
STICK YOUR HAND IN THE GARBAGE DISPOSAL
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This makes me miss Arclight Theaters even more.
July 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This makes me miss Arclight Theaters even more.
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Sorry but personally if a miniature horse woke me up from anesthesia by banging out nonsense on a miniature keyboard it would send me into a liminal space between life and death from which I would never return
July 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Sorry but personally if a miniature horse woke me up from anesthesia by banging out nonsense on a miniature keyboard it would send me into a liminal space between life and death from which I would never return
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Jeffrey Katzenberg's 1991 memo (the inspiration behind JERRY MAGUIRE) about the state of Hollywood and the need to get back to the “singles and doubles” philosophy that drove the launch of Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures is unfortunately more prescient than ever.
April 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Jeffrey Katzenberg's 1991 memo (the inspiration behind JERRY MAGUIRE) about the state of Hollywood and the need to get back to the “singles and doubles” philosophy that drove the launch of Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures is unfortunately more prescient than ever.
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if I Know What You Did Last Summer warrants a legacy sequel then I want a Used Cars legacy sequel.
July 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
if I Know What You Did Last Summer warrants a legacy sequel then I want a Used Cars legacy sequel.
Planning a special night for my 12 year old daughter while her twin sister is at a concert with mom. I tell my daughter we can do anything she wants. She lights up and asks, "Can we watch Psycho 2?" So... um, I guess that's what we're doing.
July 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Planning a special night for my 12 year old daughter while her twin sister is at a concert with mom. I tell my daughter we can do anything she wants. She lights up and asks, "Can we watch Psycho 2?" So... um, I guess that's what we're doing.
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TV Subreddit Guide:
procedural drama: “These two characters are hot! Why isn’t every ep about them kissing?!”
serialized drama: “Here are all the ways this show used to be better. Fire the showrunner!”
Comedy: “All these people are DEEPLY problematic and selfish. You’d hate them in real life.”
procedural drama: “These two characters are hot! Why isn’t every ep about them kissing?!”
serialized drama: “Here are all the ways this show used to be better. Fire the showrunner!”
Comedy: “All these people are DEEPLY problematic and selfish. You’d hate them in real life.”
July 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
TV Subreddit Guide:
procedural drama: “These two characters are hot! Why isn’t every ep about them kissing?!”
serialized drama: “Here are all the ways this show used to be better. Fire the showrunner!”
Comedy: “All these people are DEEPLY problematic and selfish. You’d hate them in real life.”
procedural drama: “These two characters are hot! Why isn’t every ep about them kissing?!”
serialized drama: “Here are all the ways this show used to be better. Fire the showrunner!”
Comedy: “All these people are DEEPLY problematic and selfish. You’d hate them in real life.”
On One Tree Hill, Mark Schwahn, after yelling at us for arriving a few minutes late the morning after we worked until 11pm the night before, tried to inspire us by reading aloud, with Shakespearean gravitas, a scene he just wrote in which Nathan single-handily wins the big game as the crowd cheers.
The Bear S4 is definitely validating my feeling that for the last three seasons it's become more and more a self-flatteringly agonized show about being a show runner--a genius beset by people who want something from him, his brilliance and his faults tragically entangled, so good but so flawed, etc.
June 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
On One Tree Hill, Mark Schwahn, after yelling at us for arriving a few minutes late the morning after we worked until 11pm the night before, tried to inspire us by reading aloud, with Shakespearean gravitas, a scene he just wrote in which Nathan single-handily wins the big game as the crowd cheers.
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OK, so here’s my JJ Abrams story…
Before I started working in digital restoration one of my primary jobs in post-production support was running the in-house theater and screening rooms at work. Every now and again it would get booked for casting sessions, because it was perfectly suited for that…
Before I started working in digital restoration one of my primary jobs in post-production support was running the in-house theater and screening rooms at work. Every now and again it would get booked for casting sessions, because it was perfectly suited for that…
Happy birthday to the composer of the theme music to the nonexistent 70s private detective TV series “Chuck Taggart, Private Eye!”
That’s one hell of a story. I suppose it’s about time I told it…
That’s one hell of a story. I suppose it’s about time I told it…
Happy birthday J.J. Abrams, born June 27, 1966.
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June 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
OK, so here’s my JJ Abrams story…
Before I started working in digital restoration one of my primary jobs in post-production support was running the in-house theater and screening rooms at work. Every now and again it would get booked for casting sessions, because it was perfectly suited for that…
Before I started working in digital restoration one of my primary jobs in post-production support was running the in-house theater and screening rooms at work. Every now and again it would get booked for casting sessions, because it was perfectly suited for that…