Sam Shaw

Creator / showrunner of MANHATTAN, DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, co-creator of CASTLE ROCK, etc. Prose before shows. Alice Munro sun, Steely Dan rising.

[Sam Shaw @shawsam]

As we breathlessly await further casting announcements on Scorsese’s Grateful Dead movie, here is a thread of dogs who look like Bob Weir:

[MJ Lee @mj_lee]

New: Sen. Elizabeth Warren tells me Harvard should sever ties with Larry Summers, putting new pressure on the school to hold Summers accountable for his intimate friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Summer "cannot be trusted" to teach students, she says:
https://t.co/pKq1WQv4ch

[Sam Shaw @shawsam]

@walterkirn Truly curious: what’s the last TV writers’ room you sat in?

[CHRISTIAN LORENTZEN @xlorentzen]

Today is Matt Power's fiftieth birthday. He's ten years gone. On Saturday we went to the Scratcher, read out his stuff and toasted the guy. I loved him.

https://t.co/mW0MsI8s9h

[Ash Jogalekar @curiouswavefn]

This passage from “Disturbing the Universe” perfectly illustrates Freeman Dyson’s unique gifts and wisdom in being able to combine insights into science with insights into human beings, in this case Oppenheimer and Teller.

[Sam Shaw @shawsam]

@DPD_ Is that what he calls you?

[Sam Shaw @shawsam]

What a filmmaker, what a cast, what a movie.

[Sam Shaw @shawsam]

OPPENHEIMER (2023)

[Dr. Hawk @choppingwoodpod]

David Lynch directing Inland Empire

[Yesterday's Print @yesterdaysprint]

The Daily Times, New Philadelphia, Ohio, July 9, 1924

[Sam Shaw @shawsam]

@willyblackmore I apologize

[Anne Thompson @akstanwyck]

These 12 Media Execs Are on a ‘Regular’ Call to Solve the Strikes – IndieWire https://t.co/WhX4s3i0b4

[Joshua Rivera @jmrivera02]

Like a lot of cool folks in the know, I’m here to urge you to watch Manhattan if Oppenheimer did it (or didn’t do it!) for you

https://t.co/he2abWKfYY

[Decider @decider]

Want even more brilliant scientists struggling to balance their messy personal lives with the stress of creating nuclear weapons a la #Oppenheimer? Then you need to watch the brilliant WGN America series MANHATTAN stat: https://t.co/T25AR4if9t

[Sam Shaw @shawsam]

@LByock @michaeldfuller 😍, thanks pal!

[Sam Shaw @shawsam]

@peggyrizzos @LByock This piece is so beautiful! Thank you for bringing so much brain-wattage and heart to our show. We really, really miss it!

[Ben Fritz @benfritz]

Opening day of Oppenheimer seems like a good one to mention that one of the best and most criminally underwatched TV series of the past decade is "Manhattan" -- also about development of the a-bomb, but focuses on the "regular" scientists and their wives, not the famous guy.

[Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall]

Highly endorse. Streaming on AMC+, Tubi, and Freevee.

[Sam Shaw @shawsam]

@katjaherbers 😍😍

[Sam Shaw @shawsam]

Succession Nate is a snack! Otherwise I endorse endorsement!

[Brandon 🚷 @bnowalk]

Oppenheads, two seasons of Manhattan awaits you. You'll see all your favorites: Oppy, General Groves, Jean Tatlock, Niels Bohr, Sarah Snook's twerpy ex from Succession, the star of CBS' Evil, the dadcop from Stranger Things, Olivia Williams,

[Sam Shaw @shawsam]

@megsokay This is Toby Ziegler, Major Dad, Griffin Dunne erasure. And Bill Camp, before he was elected Mayor of Prestige Television!