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SCREENWRITING MILESTONES OF DEWAYNE KNIGHT:

1978--As a 13-year-old boy, I began formulating the premise for "Standing Room Only", which was originally to have been a male version of "One Day at a Time". In 1990, I changed the title to "NOUVEAU RICHE"; it is now a sitcom about a transplanted Midwest family who moves to New York and wins the lottery by sheer accident.

1982--While a sophomore at Edinburgh High School in Indiana, I began working on the husband-wife superhero storyline entitled "Love Conquers All"--and imagined myself and ex-girlfriend Kim Hughes (a sophomore at my former high school, Indian Creek) as the protagonists. In 1988, while attending Ball State, I wrote the movie script "The Haunted Mansion", which was to have been about a husband and wife being trapped in the estate of a George Reeves-type actor. The premise ultimately led to the change in title and storyline--the project became "RIVALS" in 1998 and features two competing superhero couples who are at war against each other in wiping out the scum of Los Angeles. The pilot was completed and sent to the Copyright Office in 2000; additional episodes are now in the drawing board stages.

1985--Pitched the idea for a cartoon version of "Kate & Allie" to Filmation Studios, who hated it. Some of the animated stories you'll never see on television include "Circus Fun", in which Kate and Allie join the circus as leotard-clad acrobats; "Fly Me To The Moon", in which Kate's boyfriend, Ted, constructs a spaceship out of junk, sending our heroes and their kids into outer space; and "Bat In The Belfry", in which Allie becomes a vampire thanks to a mysterious spell she can't get rid of.

1989--Wrote a "Kate & Allie" spec script in which the ladies fly from New York to Los Angeles to appear on "The Trading Post"--a send-up of "Let's Make a Deal"--and lose an enormous fortune. Kate also gets arrested for public intoxication, prompting Allie to use their vacation money to get her out of jail. Regretfully, CBS pulled the plug on "Kate & Allie" at the time I pitched the script to their production company, Reeves Entertainment Group. David Letterman's attorney also saw the script, as I had pitched it as an entry in the Ball State screenwriting competition while I was a student at the university. Big mistake on my part!

1990-93--Following graduation from Ball State, I suffered major depression and checked into a group home/transitional facility in Franklin, IN, 10 miles north of my original hometown. I had worked as a food service employee at Johnson Memorial Hospital, making a mere 6.00 an hour, for one whole year, and could not discuss my screenwriting goals as part of my treatment. During this time, I had secretly pitched the idea for "Super Jetsons" to Hanna-Barbera Productions, but they only wanted to work with established writers. "Super Jetsons" would have been a continuation of the original series, with George, Jane and family assuming the roles of costumed intergalactic superheroes; and some villains such as Knuckles Nuclear and Mugsy Megaton would have made guest appearances.

1994--After establishing my career as a radio data specialist with present employer Media Monitors, I began formulating the premise for an animated cartoon with longtime friend Danny Porter. The cartoon would feature two pool-playing hamsters who get themselves into all sorts of mischief with adversaries such as a pair of unemployable radio DJ gerbils, a couple of filthy housecats, a loan shark and other misfits. The project's title came up during a conversation Danny and I made while playing pool--one of us said "I'll rack'em, and you'll sack'em"--hence the name, "Rack'Em & Sack'Em". The pilot episode was sent to the Copyright Office at nearly the same time as the "Rivals" script in December 2000; more episodes are in the works.

1995--Wrote two spec scripts for the ABC-TV sitcom "A Whole New Ballgame", which never aired because of the series' short run. The first, "The Sexual Superheroine", would have featured Meg (Julia Campbell) getting back at Brett (Corbin Bernsen) for all those practical jokes he has pulled; the second, "Trouble Down Under", was to have been an episode aired on NBC had that network picked up "Ballgame", and would have featured a potshot at ABC. In the latter story, Brett airs a "swimsuit" edition of his famous sportscast, which features copyrighted material that aired on Australia's ABC network. Brett and Meg are soon extradited to Australia to face infringement charges, prompting the rest of their colleagues to bail them out. ABC's abrupt cancellation of "Ballgame" was an unjustified end to the sitcom which featured, among other things, the Internet in a major supporting role--a television first.

1995-98--Following the "Ballgame" scenario, I went into a period of mourning, as I had lost my father to heart failure in November 1995, followed by my mother, who died of stroke two years later. I also lost a close friend, Charley Borchers, who worked with me at Media Monitors, in 1998. John and Anita Selig, the owners of my workplace, were very supportive of me in grievance. I began to think I would never write again, and I went into another bout of serious depression, nearly hitting rock bottom. I quit attending outpatient therapy at the mental health clinic because I couldn't afford the bills, plus I did not think I had made any progress by staying with them. I left my faith to God to bring me back from despair.

1998 to present--I began formulating the premises for several of the TV series I still have under development; among them, "Diamond In The Rough", about a female rock-and-roll sleuth who exposes corruption in the music industry; "Great Plains", a modern sci-fi adaptation of the Willa Cather short story "Neighbor Rosicky" that is set in 22nd Century Nebraska; "At Witte's End", a Canadian version of "King of the Hill" that I hope to sell to producers in the Great White North; "Bureaucracy", a sitcom about a corrupted California politician; "Monument Circle", about life at an all-news radio station in Indianapolis that is inspired by "NewsRadio" and "Chicago Hope"; "Big City Nights", detective yarn about a former New York minister turned private eye that is a combination of "Mike Hammer" and "Touched By an Angel"; "In The Pocket", a sports drama about the NFL's first husband-wife quarterback tandem; and "Young At Heart", a 30-minute dramedy about a 46-year-old schoolteacher who finally realizes her dream of being a musician. I also formulated two game shows--"Heartbeat", which involves two married couples who are sequestered in isolation booths and must solve three Big Money Puzzles using only the clues and letters they gather; and "Used Cars", in which contestants bid on auto want ads read by the emcee--the contestant accumulating goes to the end game, Avoid The Lemon, for a shot at ,000 and a new car.

I am hoping that most of these projects will go into fruition by 2010. One of the ultimate career goals will be to establish my own production company, Tricentennial Pictures, which will produce nearly all forms of entertainment. Incidentally, I thought of the name Tricentennial Pictures because, in 2076, America will celebrate its 300th birthday--and I want to leave a legacy for future entertainers who will be around then.

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