Wednesday, September 27, 2006


DAVID E. KELLEY's Many Acting Emmy Winners - Topic Powered by eve ... July 2006
The thing about Kelley and all 32 of these wins (plus all the noms) is that he almost solely can be credited with the writing that led to the success. I don't think you can say that about too many other people (maybe Aaron Sorkin, who is not very prolific so far just starting his third show).
As a matter of fact, let's look at Aaron Sorkin since he is similar to Kelley (writes or rewrites all scripts on his shows).


Aaron Sorkin is a man of many words
March 7, 2000
You'd be buzzed too if you were the main man, the principal writer, on two network TV shows: "Sports Night" on ABC and "West Wing" in first year on NBC. For those keeping score, that's 44 episodes in a span of 36 weeks, September to May. The only other person doing that right now is David E. Kelley, with "The Practice" and "Ally McBeal." Last summer, Sorkin said he spoke with Kelley. Sorkin recalls, "He said, 'Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I write 'Ally McBeal,' Thursday, Friday, Saturday I write 'The Practice,' Sunday I'm with my wife and kids.' And I thought, I have a real schedule, too. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday I freak out cuz I haven't thought of what next week's show is. ...

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