King and Maxwell by Shane Brennan ordered by TNT

In August 2011 news were that NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles executive producer Shane Brennans production company had purchased the rights to the David Baldacci's work, although he won't reveal which novel would be the focus.

Now TNT picked up the drama project "King and Maxwell" !!

"...a one-hour drama from NCIS: Los Angeles boss Brennan, revolves around crime novelist David Baldacci's characters Sean King and Michelle Maxwell from his best-selling novels. Sean and Michelle are ex-secret service agents who have unique skill sets that give them an upper hand on suspeccts and law enforcement. Like Trooper, the CBS TV Studios project was originally set up at CBS."

source: hollywoodreporter.com

Chris O'Donnell and Shane Brennan to present at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Today the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences along with producer Spike Jones, Jr., announced the first presenters for the 2012 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy® Awards. Similar to years past, the awards will be presented by pairings of showrunners with talent from the shows they produce.

Presenters announced today include Lisa Kudrow & Dan Bucatinsky (Web Therapy), Chris O’Donnell and Shane Brennan (NCIS: Los Angeles), Christina Hendricks and Matthew Weiner (Mad Men), Jennifer Morrison, Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis (Once Upon A Time), Martha Plimpton and Greg Garcia (Raising Hope),Silas Weir Mitchell and Jim Kouf (Grimm), Morena Baccarin and Howard Gordon (Homeland), Frances Conroy and Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story) and Padma Lakshmi, Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz (Top Chef).

The Primetime Creative Arts Emmys will be held on Saturday, September 15, at the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. A two-hour, edited presentation of the Creative Arts Emmys will air Saturday, September 22 at 8:00 PM (ET/PT) on ReelzChannel.

source: emmys.com

Shane Brennan supports Playmakers’ Scribe Showrunner Initiative

Scribe was launched in 2011 with the support of Screen Australia’s Enterprise Program.

Inaugural participants Matt Ford (Panic at Rock Island, Slide) and Shelly Birse (Lockie Leonard, Wildside) are both currently in broadcaster funded development on their own Scribe projects.

Another Scribe success story is the newly announced Nine Network series, House Husbands, co-created by Drew Proffitt and Ellie Beaumont.

House Husbands is a 10 part drama series about four Australian families with one thing in common: the men are in charge of raising the kids.

Filming commenced in Melbourne this week.

In the next few weeks, Shane Brennan will mentor three of the 2012 participants: Blake Ayshford (Love My Way, The Straits), Sarah Lambert (Love My Way, Dance Academy) and Giula Sandler (McLeod’s Daughters, Rescue: Special Ops).

Read the whole article on mumbrella.com.au.

Learn more about the program on playmakermedia.com.au.

Behind-the-scenes picture

Thanks to @LT_Michael for sharing this picture of Shane Brennan in his office...

9th Annual G'Day USA Gala

Renée Felice Smith, Barrett Foa, Eric Christian Olsen and Shane Brennan attended the 9th Annual G'Day USA Gala aswell... pictures at contactmusic.com.

Shane Brennan interview on Comic-Con

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Brennan's production company buys rights of Baldacci's novels

David Baldacci's best-selling novels could be coming to television.

NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles executive producer Shane Brennan said his production company has purchased the rights to the author's work, although he won't reveal which novel would be the focus.

"It's something we're very excited about," he said. "CBS is very interested. It's development season."

Read the whole article on usatoday.com.

source: picture by CBS

Season Three scoop by Shane Brennan

"If you look at the first two seasons in terms of covering inches, in the first four episodes, we cover yards." Oh, and a lead character gets shot, too, says Shane Brennan, executive producer of NCIS: Los Angeles.

My favourite quote from last night... :-)

source: usatoday

Shane Brennan interview by @mokibobolink

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Shane Brennan talks NCIS:LA

Direct from San Diego Comic Con 2011 comes Executive Producer Shane Brennan who previews the upcoming third season of NCIS: LOS ANGELES, dishes on the future of Marty and Kensi's relationship and about the possibility of another crossover event with mother ship NCIS.

Video is courtesy of thetvaddict.com

Lange, H. (3x01) info

Shane Brennan, producer of NCIS: Los Angeles, revealed during the panel at Comic-Con that "someone gets shot" in the first episode of S3. He wouldn't say who though...

Picture in this post ©CBS.

Comic-Con panel

Our great cast during the panel...

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Shane Brennan interview on xfinitytv

What does Hetty’s resignation have to do with Callen’s history? A whole lot, as we’re about to learn in tonight’s “NCIS: LA” season finale (9/8c). Executive producer Shane Brennan explained how Hetty’s sudden disappearance is tied to information she possesses about Callen’s identity, and discussed how next season will delve deeper into each character’s backstory.

Take us inside your approach to the finale, and what you wanted to accomplish.
The finale turns the focus back on Callen and the many unanswered questions he has about his identity. Hetty is central to the finale and, as fans have come to realize, knows more about Callen than she’s prepared to admit.

Read the whole interview.

Shane Brennan - Getting the run of the place

'THE producers get the money; the directors get the credit; the writers get the blame," the tough, bearded Australian writer is saying about the state of local TV, leaning forward slightly as if ready to move suddenly.

His name is Shane Brennan, and the 54-year-old just happens to be in charge of the two most successful scripted TV shows in the world, US military dramas NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles. He continues as he signals a waitress, "something wet" being the request. "In general, Australian TV networks are suspicious of writers, who operate in a culture of disdain, seen vulgarly as merely employees, but in the American studio system they run the show." After a pause, he settles for a sparkling water. "Ice, lemon, the whole gamut," he adds.

We're in the small bar of Phillip Island's Silverwater Resort, about 80km from Melbourne, where Australian screenwriters are having their annual conference. Brennan is one of the special guests, along with British legend Jimmy McGovern, the award-winning creator of The Street and Cracker.

The thirsty Brennan has just spoken entertainingly at a session about the role of the so-called "showrunner" in US studio TV. Nearly all are writers -- though they're usually credited as executive producers -- and they have absolute control of the world's most popular TV shows.

Read the whole article on theaustralian.com.au.

Shane Brennan inks deal with CBS

He's the man behind two of CBS' most successful shows, and he's staying in the Eye fold for at least another three years.

Shane Brennan, exec producer of "NCIS" and "NCIS: Los Angeles," has inked a three-year overall deal with CBS TV Studios valued in the low eight-figure range.

Accord covers Brennan's services as exec producer on "NCIS" and "NCIS: Los Angeles," and it includes a development component.

Under the deal, Brennan will remain at the helm of "NCIS: Los Angeles" next season but hand day-to-day showrunning duties on the mothership to exec producer Gary Glasberg. Glasberg joined "NCIS" last season and quickly became a key lieutenant for Brennan, who has divided his time between the "NCIS" set in Valencia and the "NCIS: L.A." stage on the Paramount lot.

Read the whole article at variety.com.

Run, Shane, Run

Read an interesting interview with #NCIS and #NCISLA showrunner Shane Brennan.

Shane Brennan on the Future of NCIS and NCIS: LA

Season 8 of NCIS has almost reached its halfway point, but when the CBS procedural returns with new episodes in January, there's plenty more action in store. At the HRTS Hitmakers Luncheon on December 8, executive producer Shane Brennan took some time out to discuss an Emmy-worthy performance by guest star Bob Newhart, the future of Tiva and whether or not there's romantic potential on NCIS: Los Angeles.

Read all the infos Shane Brennan gave about NCIS:LA on tvguide.com

TV Showrunners: The Network Shapes the Show

Panel of TV "hitmakers" discuss creating series at HRTS luncheon series
By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/8/2010 6:59:32 PM

A group of showrunners Wednesday shared their experiences creating hit series at The Hollywood Radio & Television Society's Newsmaker Luncheon Series "The Hitmakers" in Los Angeles, where the consensus was the network one's show airs on makes a big difference.

Moderator Peter Tolan, co-creator, executive producer, writer and director of FX's Rescue Me, asked the group about the differences working for a network with an established brand, versus one that's in flux, like NBC

"I don't think there's a writer here who wouldn't see NBC's woes as an opportunity," said Shane Brennan, whose shows NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles, are on CBS. "Working for a very successful studio or network can be very limiting, because they want to stick with what's working."

source: broadcastingcable.com

Shane Brennan at HRTS event "The Hitmakers"

During the panel @HRTSInfo Shane Brennan the Executive Producer of NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles - both airing Tuesday's at CBS - answered several questions.

Questioned about the biggest difference in producing a TV show in Australia or the US he admitted that it is all about "Money.".

During the panel Shane Brennan stated that it is difficult to work with such big crews. Crews are much smaller in Australia.

He revealed that producing a procedural show is a constant battle between the actual procedural part of the show and building the characters which in fact is the part that the audience is calling for.

In his opinion TV show producers have three episodes to loose a viewer. If you have one bad episode the viewer might see it as a one-time failure but turn on the next week. After the second bad episode there is this weird feeling about the show. With the third bad episode the viewer will definitely check the schedule what's on on the other channels.

All the above is out of my memories/notes during the live-stream of "The Hitmakers" at hrts.org.

Shane Brennan at HRTS event "The Hitmakers"

Shane Brennan will attend today's Luncheon at Beverly Hilton Hotel arranged by the Hollywood Radio and Television Society.

The Hitmakers
Top Showrunners on the challenge of creating hit shows
Tuesday, October 26th

Moderated by:
* Peter Tolan
Co-Creator, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Rescue Me (FX)

Invited panelists:
* Shane Brennan
Executive Producer, NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
* Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci
Executive Producers, Hawaii 5-0 (CBS)
Executive Producers and Co-Creators, Fringe (FOX)
* Matt Nix
Executive Producer, Writer and Creator, Burn Notice (USA)
Creator, Executive Producer, Showrunner, The Good Guys (FOX)
* Dan Schneider
Creator & Executive Producer, Victorious (Nickelodeon)
iCarly (Nickelodeon)
* Kurt Sutter
Creator, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Sons of Anarchy (FX)

Reception 11:30
Lunch/Program 12:00 - 2:00
Live-stream 1:00 - 2:00 (Members log-in here to watch free)

The Beverly Hilton Hotel
9876 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

source: hrts.org