Paul Robert Coyle’s Path to Television

TVC 521.1: A return visit from longtime television writer Paul Robert Coyle (The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, Crazy Like a Fox, Simon & Simon, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Incredible Journeys, Stephen King’s The Dead Zone). Paul’s memoir, Swords, Starships and Superheroes: From Star Trek to Xena to Hercules: A TV Writer’s Life Scripting the Stories of Heroes, is the story of how a young boy from Providence, Rhode Island not only decided when he was fourteen years old that he wanted to write for television, but embarked on that journey at age eighteen and overcame several obstacles before making his first sale at age twenty-five and remaining one of the most reliable writers in television ever since. Topics this segment include how, in some respects, Paul’s path to television began with the series Death Valley Days; his years studying screenwriting with Star Trek writer/producer D.C. Fontana; and how television is an industry built on relationships.  Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices