Deconstructing the TV Pilot Script: Emmy-Winning BEEF

Learn directly from Eric Zimmerman, a 15 year veteran of TV writing and co-writer of the 2023 Blacklist dark comedy, The Great Pretender. 

All attendees will get a copy of the BEEF pilot script. 

Stage 32's "Deconstructing the Script" series has emerged as one of the most helpful ways to learn and improve your own screenwriting skills. By breaking down some of the top scripts in the marketplace, this exclusive series shows you choices screenwriters make in character development, story structure, tone, and exploration of themes that will help inform your own writing. In this Stage 32 Next Level Webinar, Deconstructing The Script: Emmy-Winning Beef, we have brought in long time TV writer Eric Zimmerman (It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Baby Daddy, Sydney To The Max), who also wrote the 2023 Blacklist dark comedy The Great Pretender, as your host to break down this head-turning script. 

In his 90-minute online webinar, Eric will guide you through the pilot script of Beef, examining why everyone loves this cautionary tale about two horrible people. He will explore the ingenious character development, break down the story’s unique and compelling structure, and highlight several of the script’s thematic moments and how they elicit emotional responses from the audience. He will also discuss one of his favorite tones to work in – dark comedy - and point out specific examples in Beef as guidelines for how to write it effectively.