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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Please do a newsletter or something about your findings!

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Honestly at this point just bring back cable. I would rather have cable.

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Kim Shumway @kimshum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Genuinely, so fun! Thanks to @benblacker.bsky.social for putting on a hell of a show!

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Live show is sold out but you can watch streaming/on demand and still support @wgfoundation.bsky.social! watch.thirdbest.tv/products/wgf...

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Heath Corson @heathcorson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Attention Trekkies, Trekkers, and normies, @benblacker.bsky.social and I are proud to present RetroReads! A fundraiser for the WGA Foundation featuring cast members from The Pitt reading Star Trek including Noah Wyle as Capt. James T. Kirk! Come out.

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Wyle, LaNasa, More Set ‘Star Trek’ Table Read For WGA Foundation

Noah Wyle, Katherine LaNasa, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden, Shabana Azeez, and Ayesha Harris will appear at the event on August 30.

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Say what you will about this president but in his first term we were afraid of air and this time we’re just terrified of lettuce.

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Happy halftime. What are you doing after the game? Maybe come out to this show (LA) or stream it at your home (wherever that is)? If you love comedy, The Pitt, Insecure, Obsession, Castle, whatever Justin Kirk is up to it’s for you. Lookit that cast! calendar.dynastytypewriter.com/shows/no-not...

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No Notes

at Dynasty Typewriter

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Tix are going fast for Sun's NO NOTES show! Starring Yvonne Orji, Shabana Azeez, @kirakosarin.bsky.social Justin Kirk, Molly Quinn, Cooper Tomlinson, Langston Kerman, Logan Miller + more great folks! @kashana.blacksky.app Attend live or stream anywhere: calendar.dynastytypewriter.com/shows/no-not...

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

A good new Writers Panel today with LUCKY showrunner CASSIE PAPPAS. We talk about movies that inspired the tone of Lucky, Lucky's emotional guts, getting weird with the writers, whether or not you need to live in LA to work in TV + more. benblacker.substack.com/p/cassie-pap...

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Cassie Pappas (Lucky)

Plus: stars of The Pitt, Insecure, Obsession + more in Sunday's show!

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Baby Dory swam so Grogu could waddle.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/07/2026

The pilot I wrote for my first novel, The Survivalists (black lawyer falls in with black brooklynite doomsday preppers) will be performed live on 7/19 at dynasty typewriter in LA & Molly from Insecure is playing Aretha! I am deceased! Tickets: calendar.dynastytypewriter.com/shows/no-not...

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No Notes

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

PLUS! The cast of the 7/19 NO NOTES show revealed! Scripts by @edeneats.bsky.social & @daleyhaggar.bsky.social + @kashana.blacksky.app starring Yvonne Orji, Shabana Azeez (Dr J!), Langston Kerman, @kirakosarin.bsky.social Molly Quinn + more! Tix: calendar.dynastytypewriter.com/shows/no-not...

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

In today's Re:Writing, I urge you new writers with strong feature scripts to enter them into the Nicholl Fellowship. You can do it via the @wgfoundation.bsky.social and it's well worth your effort. Read about it here: benblacker.substack.com/p/submit

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

SUPERGIRL is a good time! Milly Alcock pops, the emotional stuff works, we 💙 Krypto + ANA NOGUEIRA wrote a strong script. In today's pod, Ana talks pitching OWAs, setting a reasonable goal, the Westerns that inspired Supergirl, the core of Kara Zor-El + more. benblacker.substack.com/p/ana-noguei...

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Oh also, I forgot that I listed these THE BOYS comics on Ebay The Website: www.ebay.com/itm/32722056... All CGC graded and one of them is a variant cover. Which one? Click to find out. Or buy it blind! I don't care!

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The Boys #1-10 CGC graded 9.6, 9.8; variants; 1st Homelander, A-Train, Butcher! | eBay

The Boys #1-10 CGC graded! The Boys #1 - 9.6. The Boys #2 - 9.8. The Boys #3 - 9.8. The Boys #4 - 9.8. The Boys #5 - 9.6.

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

New Writers Panel today with @kitboylan.bsky.social! Christine talks running seasons 2 + 3 of Avatar, the Stoppard quote that taught her structure, the real world seeping into a fantasy series, her nerd credentials, the "Empire Strikes Back" season + more. benblacker.substack.com/p/christine-...

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I would be interested in that.

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Mickey Fisher wrote a silly and scary wee play about writing with AI. Worth the read: mickeyfisher73.substack.com/p/agentic-a-... And Mickey's newsletter is worth subscribing to! Give it a chance.

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AGENTIC: A 10-Minute Play About Writing With AI

All the discourse about writers using AI got me wondering:

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Sure! DM me your info and we'll put you on the casting list. We record Dead Pilots pretty regularly and always need great folks.

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💥 @dynamoe.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

To pay rent on a studio apt at the penny-ante rates I get paid for this stuff, I'd need to make posters for 20 shows a month. Even at my peak as semi-official UCBT NYC designer, I rarely had more than 6. Yet, I believe it can be done. EVERYONE ALL OVER THE WORLD: GIVE ME YOUR COMEDY PROMO JOBS.

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Hahaha sometimes I have to do the bad work for free!

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I want everyone to see this stuff! (Also, we shoot these live pilots so that execs who hate reading can just see exactly what the show would be...)

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Sun July 19 is NO NOTES in which great pilots FOR SALE by pro writers are rewritten for the stage, we add some production value + cast brilliant actors you love. Scripts by @kashana.blacksky.app and @edeneats.bsky.social + @daleyhaggar.bsky.social. Tix: calendar.dynastytypewriter.com/shows/no-not...

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

In today's Writers Panel, @owendennis.com returns to talk about AMONG US, conveying tone, discovering theme, deconstructing tropes, dueling arcs, the line from Star Wars that unlocked everything + more. Listen: benblacker.substack.com/p/owen-denni...

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J.M. DeMatteis @jmdematteis.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Today is the birthday of the great Len Wein. Here's an excerpt from a tribute to Len I wrote a decade or so back. We miss you, Len.

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

All of which to say: it's so sad to lose Anthony Head. You see him transform Giles from a stodgy caricature to the heart of the show in these early seasons. He put the right amount of mustard on every line the writers gave him. And, by all accounts, a lovely guy.

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Giles: The Earth is Definitely Doomed

ALT: Giles: The Earth is Definitely Doomed

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I hit pause on my Buffy rewatch between "Surprise" and "Innocence." The run-up to those episodes is pretty stunning, and if you want to introduce someone to Buffy, they're a perfect place to start. The engine is humming. The actors have become their parts + vice versa.

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Oz & Seth Green

ALT: Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Oz & Seth Green

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Genuinely one of my favorite eps.

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Comics fans. Boys fans. I have listed THE BOYS #1-10 all CGC graded over on electronic-bay: www.ebay.com/itm/32716949... Own ten pieces of comics history (including one variant cover!).

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The Boys #1-10 CGC graded 9.6, 9.8; variants; 1st Homelander, A-Train, Butcher! | eBay

The Boys #1-10 CGC graded! The Boys #1 - 9.6. The Boys #2 - 9.8. The Boys #3 - 9.8. The Boys #4 - 9.8. The Boys #5 - 9.6.

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Woodrow Peel 🆗🆒 @woodyluvscoffee.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Go for it. I don't even care any more.

Photo of a sketch of a Neanderthal. The headline reads:
Scientists Growing Neanderthal
'Minibrains', Will Connect Them to Crab Robots

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Kᴇɴ Hᴀᴢʟᴇᴛᴛ @kenhazlett.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

*Amazing* time attending… 🕸️SPECTACULAR🕸️ …the @benblacker.bsky.social @bnacker.bsky.social #LizHara series pilot going BTS on the failed Spider-Man musical, reimagined for the stage (perfect) at #DynastyTypewriter! FOMO? They captured the livestream mojo to see here: www.dynasty.tv/products/spe...

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by @benblacker.bsky.social @bnacker.bsky.social #LizHara
at #DynastyTypewriter

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

A special night. You two are my favorite comedy team. Band sounded lovely. Congrats!

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

PLUS: @bnacker.bsky.social + my show about the making of the disastrous Spider-man musical is THIS SATURDAY in LA + streaming everywhere! Starring Randall Park, Melissa Benoist, Iman Vellani (Ms Marvel!), Ben Feldman, Gabriel Luna, Alan Ruck, Mireille Enos + more! www.squadup.com/events/spect...

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

In today's Writers Panel, @iandeitchman.bsky.social & Kristin Robinson discuss telling emotionally driven stories, resurrecting a decade-old pilot as their new show, how the writers' strike benefited the show, how they run their room + more! benblacker.substack.com/p/ian-deitch...

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DC Pierson @dcpierson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

AL SWEARENGEN EXPLAINING WHY HE’S NOT FIRING A PARTICULAR PROSTITUTE:

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Ooh like what? I haven’t poked around in a bit since I’m sitting in so many unread comics and collections.

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Very strong picks (for a person of a certain, similar vintage).

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Ben Blacker @benblacker.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

And don't miss my show on 5/16 in LA + streaming everywhere! It's a pilot about the making of the ill-fated Spider-man musical. Starring Ben Feldman, Melissa Benoist, Iman Vellani, Randall Park, Gabriel Luna, Alan Ruck, Mireille Enos, and more! Details here: benblacker.substack.com/p/matthew-ro...

Parody of a famous Spider-man cover with the cast's faces replacing the Spider-man supporting cast. Drawn by artist Matt Haley!

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