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Javier Grillo-Marxuach (Emmy Award-winning writer/producer on "Lost" and creator of "The Middleman") and Jose Molina (writer/producer on "Sleepy Hollow," "Firefly," "Castle" and "Law & Order...
Hi there! Javi here, and no, I don't have a new episode of Children of Tendu - Jose and I are still figuring out the state of the business p...
A few days before the WGA made its historic deal with the AMPTP, Jose and Javi made one last trip to the line, this time at Universal Studio...
On a hot and noisy day, Jose and Javi set up shop on the strike line at CBS Radford and talk to WGA luminaries ranging from showrunners Juli...
Taking their cues from Lucy Van Pelt, the Children of Tendu set up a booth on the strike line and took questions, gave advice, and even quiz...
In this extra special episode of the podcast, Jose and Javi take a deep, show-by-show dive into Javi's career, dissecting his experiences an...
In this extra special episode of the podcast, Jose and Javi take a deep, show-by-show dive into Jose's career, dissecting his experiences an...
As veterans of the WGA strike of 2007 picketing in the strike of 2023, Jose and Javi break down the differences between the two labor action...
Being Latino/a/e/x in Trump's America is an increasingly precarious business. As white Puerto Ricans whith careers spanning over a quarter c...
Jose and Javi are back and older than ever! As the Writers Guild strikes for higher pay, job security, and reform in how writers are employe...
Remember when we said our previous episode would be our series finale? WE LIED. And we are back to prove it with a super sized episode where...
Seven years ago, veteran television writer/producers Jose Molina and Javier Grillo-Marxuach set out to consign all their experience to a pod...
Most writers have very little idea of what goes on in an edit bay, and how to best manage the collaborative relationship between a TV writer...
In this super-sized deep-dive, Jose and Javi interview Jeremiah Chechik - director not just of the pilot episode of Javi's show "The Middlem...
The Writers Guild is currently engaged in a landmark labor action which has already changed the face of the entertainment industry. In this...
As part of their "Living in the Middle" sessions at the WGA, Javi and Jose host a talk about the writers room - what sort of personalities t...
In this the second part and conclusion of "The Big Pitch" Jose and javi discuss what happened after The Big Pitch... what networks heard The...
Most TV writers do not hear a series being pitched until they are the ones doing the pitching. In this brand new episode, the Children of Te...
In this special episode of the podcast, the Children of Tendu enlist guest stars Natalie Morales - star of Javi's show The Middleman - and J...
There is one question. The ETERNAL question. The question that all who want to write in Hollywood ask themselves over and over again. How do...
When a guy writes on shows ranging from "Family Guy" to "Futurama" and "The Golden Girls", you pay attention to what he has to say. When tha...
In which Jose and Javi settle their Gladiator vs. Braveheart feud once and for all - in front of a live audience at the 2016 San Diego Comic...
The Children of Tendu know drama... but they are not nearly as knowledgeable about the world of comedy... so to tell you how to break into c...
In the last two Children of Tendu podcasts, Jose and Javi walked you through Pre-Production and Production... now comes the Grand Finale: Po...
The script is done. You have navigated the slings and arrows of pre-production. The cameras are rolling: what does the writer/producer do on...
In this special, super-sized, episode of the podcast, Jose and Javi break down what happens in that crucial time between the moment a televi...
On Friday, May 13, the internet was abuzz with news of the pickups and cancellations of dozens of television shows -- feeling the nervy vibe...
As part of his "Anatomy of a Pilot" class at UCLA, writer/showrunner/show-creator/nice guy Richard ( Miracles, Grimm, Witches of East End, S...
In this brand new, supersized episode, the Children of Tendu look at the business of television from the tippity-top, leveraging their combi...
We are now in the thick of that most dreaded of seasons: staffing. For three to four months, every television writer in Los Angeles waits on...
In a very special two-hour Children of Tendu Special, Jose and Javi interview special guests Akela ( V , Grimm , The Witches of East End , T...
A mere week ago, Jose ( Agent Carter , Sleepy Hollow ) Molina and Javier ( Lost , The Middleman ) Grillo-Marxuach set off on an epic road tr...
Batten down the holiday hatches and gird your Yuletide loins -- Jose and Javi are back at the mic for a two-hour, no-holds-barred, three-fis...
In this - the final episode of the first season of the Children of Tendu Podcast - Jose and Javi sit down with a small group of avid listene...
The holy grail of television writing is creating, selling and running your own show... but what happens when you sell a pilot and are not ye...
Ask any writer what they hate most and you will very soon arrive at the answer "notes." As the Children of Tendu podcast races to the scinti...
Part 1 of a special Nerdist Writers Panel/Children of Tendu event! If you listen to Children of Tendu, you have heard the names "Rene Echeva...
Showrunners. Some are great. Some are lousy. Some are geniuses. Some are legends in their own mind. What do showrunners actually do? What is...
Picking up from last week's topic - "What Do All Those Producer Credits Mean" Jose and Javi move from defining the role of the writer/produc...
The career path for a television writer is a long and winding road that leads to a producer credit - but what does it mean to be a writer wh...
In this very special episode of the Children of Tendu podcast, Jose and Javi welcome Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters: creators and shorunne...
What is it like to face the dread of the empty page... when you are doing it for pay and as part of the writing staff of a television series...
The great unspoken truth of television writing is that - by and large - writers spend most of their time not at the keyboard, but in a confe...
Once a year, every writer - and aspiring writer - in television takes part in what amounts to nothing less than a (metaphorical) all-city jo...
Javi and Jose demistify one of the most misunderstood components of the entertainment business: agents. what they do and why they are crucia...
In this inaugural edition of the Children of Tendu Podcast, veteran television writer/producers Javier Grillo-Marxuach ( Lost, The Middleman...
Welcome to the Children of Tendu podcast, featuring Jose Molina - writer and producer on shows including Firefly, Sleepy Hollow, Castle, Dar...