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Executive Producer Writer. Seasons. 4, 5, 6, 7. Craig Turk is a writer and executive producer of The Good Wife .
Feb 24, 2023 · FBI co-creator Craig Turk is bringing the Bureau’s real-life stories to Paramount+. The veteran writer is partnering with former FBI agent Anne Beagan, CBS’ See It Now Studios and Canada’s ...
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- On Writing For Network Versus Cable/Streaming
- On Getting Into The Business
- On Writing For Specific Actors
- On Using Your Personal Background to Inform Your Writing
- On Dealing with The Fallout of A Rejected Pilot
- On Creativity and When He Feels The Most Creatively Satisfied
Turk has spent his entire career writing for broadcast television. Even today when it seems like the place to be is on cable and streaming, Turk continues to write for broadcast. When asked if he is interested in writing for cable or streaming or just prefers broadcast, he says simply, “Both are true.” He doesn’t specifically shun cable and does ha...
When Turk was first starting out, things were a bit different than they are today. “First thing I wrote and sold was a [spec] Law & Orderscript, back in the days when people would have a sample of their television writing.” He continues, “Nowadays, people like to write pilots and they like to have something unique and they want to hear your voice. ...
If one is lucky enough to work on a show that has been picked up or has been on the air for some time, the actors you get to know and love play a big role in how each episode is written. In Turk’s case, he recalls writing for James Spader during his Boston Legaldays and absolutely loving it. He says Spader was game for anything and incredibly fun t...
Turk doesn’t believe his legal background is what led him to write courtroom dramas but he concedes that it certainly helps in the writing process. When he was writing for the medical show Private Practice, it was a bit of a learning curve. “We used to say on Private Practice, “Medical-medical.” We would literally write scripts and for those chunks...
Turk recently wrote a pilot and went through the whole process of creating the world with a group of people, casting it, shooting it, editing it and putting it all together, only to get the call that it wouldn’t be picked up for series. It’s unfortunate but all part of the business. Turk details, “You write a pilot and you really want to get it sho...
Writers very much love to hear how other writers write. We gain inspiration and sometimes a much-needed kick in the butt when we hear how other writers work and what their creative process is like. Turk, being in a number of different writing rooms for his entire career, has experienced this first hand and indeed finds the most inspiration from his...
Feb 26, 2023 · Craig Turk and former FBI agent Anne Beagan have teamed up with CBS’ See It Now Studios and Canada’s Afram Films to make the 10-episode show a reality. The official description teases plenty ...
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Sep 21, 2016 · The Good Wife executive producer Craig Turk is back at CBS with a new legal drama project, Perfect Citizen.
Craig Turk - Hollywood, Health and Society ... Producer/Writer
Oct 3, 2023 · I asked the executive producers why this particular case of a child being held hostage in rural Alabama was the right one to start the docuseries on network TV, and Craig Turk shared:
