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==Career== |
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One of her first roles in television was as a production assistant on [[NBC]]'s ''[[Sierra (TV series)|Sierra]]'' in 1974. She went on to become a writer and producer for ''[[Emergency!]]'', which had crossed over with ''Sierra''. She was also the writer for the pilot episode of ''Quail Lake'' which was intended to replace ''Emergency!'' but never went past a pilot entitled "Pine Canyon is Burning".<ref>[[#yokleysutherland2008|Yokley, Sutherland (2008)]]: p. 283</ref> Shearer was a producer for ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'' during the first season in 1982. She left mid-season and was replaced with [[Joel Rogosin]].<ref>[[#huthlevine2004|Huth; Levine (2004)]]: p. 16</ref> She also wrote the first |
One of her first roles in television was as a production assistant on [[NBC]]'s ''[[Sierra (TV series)|Sierra]]'' in 1974. She went on to become a writer and producer for ''[[Emergency!]]'', which had crossed over with ''Sierra''. She was also the writer for the pilot episode of ''Quail Lake'' which was intended to replace ''Emergency!'' but never went past a pilot entitled "Pine Canyon is Burning".<ref>[[#yokleysutherland2008|Yokley, Sutherland (2008)]]: p. 283</ref> Shearer was a producer for ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'' during the first season in 1982. She left mid-season and was replaced with [[Joel Rogosin]].<ref>[[#huthlevine2004|Huth; Levine (2004)]]: p. 16</ref> She also wrote the first-season episode "Not a Drop to Drink", and during the filming she became friends with guest actress [[Sondra Currie]].<ref>[[#huthlevine2004|Huth; Levine (2004)]]: p. 32</ref> Shearer later wrote ''[[Nashville Beat]]'', for [[The Nashville Network]] in 1989.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ruth|first=Daniel|title='Nashville Beat' a nice change|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB36E814C2A1BF4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=July 20, 2013|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=October 20, 1989}}</ref> She came up with the idea for the story alongside actor [[Kent McCord]], and developed it into the final script.<ref>{{cite news|last=Heldenfels|first=R.D.|title=Nashville Cable Flick Reunites 'Adam-12' Duo|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AhUxAAAAIBAJ&pg=1153,5115106&dq=hannah-louise-shearer&hl=en|access-date=July 20, 2013|newspaper=Schenectady Gazette|date=October 20, 1989}}</ref> |
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===Star Trek=== |
===''Star Trek''=== |
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The first episode that Shearer wrote for ''The Next Generation'' was "[[When the Bough Breaks (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|When the Bough Breaks]]",<ref name=tordecandido>{{cite web|last=DeCandido|first=Keith|title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: "When the Bough Breaks"|url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/06/star-trek-the-next-generation-rewatch-qwhen-the-bough-breaksq|publisher=[[Tor Books |
The first episode that Shearer wrote for ''The Next Generation'' was "[[When the Bough Breaks (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|When the Bough Breaks]]",<ref name=tordecandido>{{cite web|last=DeCandido|first=Keith|title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: "When the Bough Breaks"|url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/06/star-trek-the-next-generation-rewatch-qwhen-the-bough-breaksq|publisher=[[Tor Books|Tor.com]]|date=June 30, 2011|access-date=July 20, 2013}}</ref> which she later said was her favourite episode on the series.<ref name=gross164>[[#grossaltman1993|Gross; Altman (1993)]]: p. 164</ref> She pitched the idea to associate producer [[D.C. Fontana]] on the basis of using the families aboard the ship that had not been mentioned since the pilot episode of the series.<ref name=tordecandido/><ref name=nemecek50>[[#Nemecek2003|Nemecek (2003)]]: p. 50</ref> She subsequently conducted an uncredited re-write on the teleplay for the episode "[[Coming of Age (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Coming of Age]]".<ref name=gross165>[[#grossaltman1993|Gross; Altman (1993)]]: p. 165</ref> She also re-wrote the teleplay for "[[Skin of Evil]]", which features the death of main cast character [[Tasha Yar]] and was originally written by [[Joseph Stefano]]. However, she was given a writing credit for this.<ref name=nemecek54>[[#Nemecek2003|Nemecek (2003)]]: p. 54</ref> She was subsequently thanked in the foreword of [[Jean Lorrah]]'s ''The Next Generation'' novel ''[[Survivors (Star Trek)|Survivors]]'' alongside [[Gene Roddenberry]] and Stafano, as the book was inspired by "Skin of Evil".<ref>[[#lorrah1989|Lorrah (1989)]]: p. 7</ref> |
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Because of the impending [[1988 Writers Guild of America strike]], her work on "[[We'll Always Have Paris (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|We'll Always Have Paris]]" with [[Deborah Dean Davis]] was completed in five days.<ref name=nemecek57>[[#Nemecek2003|Nemecek (2003)]]: p. 57</ref> She was not happy with the subsequent edits made to the script that the pair originally turned in, saying that "we were writing the most romantic episode in the world" but that "it was toned down 75%".<ref name=gross93>[[#grossaltman1993|Gross; Altman (1993)]]: p. 168</ref> She left the writing staff for the series between season one and season two because she did not get along with fellow staffer [[Maurice Hurley (screenwriter)|Maurice Hurley]].<ref name=gross170>[[#grossaltman1993|Gross; Altman (1993)]]: p. 170</ref> She later came up with the story idea for "[[Pen Pals (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Pen Pals]]" which was developed into a script by [[Melinda M. Snodgrass]].<ref>{{cite web|last=DeCandido|first=Keith|title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: "Pen Pals"|url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/10/star-trek-the-next-generation-rewatch-pen-pals|publisher=[[Tor Books |
Because of the impending [[1988 Writers Guild of America strike]], her work on "[[We'll Always Have Paris (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|We'll Always Have Paris]]" with [[Deborah Dean Davis]] was completed in five days.<ref name=nemecek57>[[#Nemecek2003|Nemecek (2003)]]: p. 57</ref> She was not happy with the subsequent edits made to the script that the pair originally turned in, saying that "we were writing the most romantic episode in the world" but that "it was toned down 75%".<ref name=gross93>[[#grossaltman1993|Gross; Altman (1993)]]: p. 168</ref> She left the writing staff for the series between season one and season two because she did not get along with fellow staffer [[Maurice Hurley (screenwriter)|Maurice Hurley]].<ref name=gross170>[[#grossaltman1993|Gross; Altman (1993)]]: p. 170</ref> She later came up with the story idea for "[[Pen Pals (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Pen Pals]]" which was developed into a script by [[Melinda M. Snodgrass]].<ref>{{cite web|last=DeCandido|first=Keith|title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: "Pen Pals"|url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/10/star-trek-the-next-generation-rewatch-pen-pals|publisher=[[Tor Books|Tor.com]]|date=October 3, 2011|access-date=July 20, 2013}}</ref> Her final script for ''TNG'' was "[[The Price (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|The Price]]".<ref>{{cite web|last=DeCandido|first=Keith|title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: "The Price"|url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/12/star-trek-the-next-generation-qthe-priceq|publisher=[[Tor Books|Tor.com]]|date=December 1, 2011|access-date=July 20, 2013}}</ref> Her final ''[[Star Trek]]'' writing credit was on the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "[[Q-Less]]", which was the only episode of that series to feature the character of [[Q (Star Trek)|Q]].<ref>{{cite web|last=DeCandido|first=Keith|title=Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: "Q-Less"|url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/05/star-trek-deep-space-nine-rewatch-q-less|publisher=[[Tor Books|Tor.com]]|date=May 14, 2013|access-date=July 20, 2013}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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===Bibliography=== |
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*{{cite book|last=Lorrah|first=Jean|title=Survivors|year=1989|publisher=Pocket Books|location=New York|isbn=978-0671674380|ref=lorrah1989}} |
*{{cite book|last=Lorrah|first=Jean|title=Survivors|year=1989|publisher=[[Pocket Books]]|location=New York|isbn=978-0671674380|ref=lorrah1989|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/survivors00lorr}} |
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*{{cite book|last=Gross|first=Edward| |
*{{cite book|last=Gross|first=Edward|author2=Altman, Mark A. |title=Captain's Logs: The Complete Trek Voyages|year=1993|publisher=Boxtree|location=London|isbn=978-1-85283-899-7|ref=grossaltman1993}} |
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*{{cite book|last=Nemecek|first=Larry|title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion|year=2003|edition=3rd|publisher=Pocket Books|location=New York|isbn=0-7434-5798-6|ref=Nemecek2003}} |
*{{cite book|last=Nemecek|first=Larry|title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion|year=2003|edition=3rd|publisher=Pocket Books|location=New York|isbn=0-7434-5798-6|ref=Nemecek2003}} |
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*{{cite book|last=Huth|first=Joe| |
*{{cite book|last=Huth|first=Joe|author2=Levine, Richie L. |title=Knight Rider Legacy: The Unofficial Guide to the Knight Rider Universe|year=2004|publisher=IUniverse Start|location=New York|isbn=0-7434-5798-6|ref=huthlevine2004}} |
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*{{cite book|last=Yokley|first=Richard C.| |
*{{cite book|last=Yokley|first=Richard C.|author2=Sutherland, Rozanne |title=Emergency! Behind the Scenes|year=2008|publisher=[[Jones and Bartlett Publishers]]|location=Sudbury, Mass|isbn=978-0763748968|ref=yokleysutherland2008}} |
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==External links== |
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* {{official website|http://hannahshearer.com/}} |
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Latest revision as of 05:18, 7 April 2024
Hannah Louise Shearer | |
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| Born | August 25, 1945 |
| Occupation(s) | Television writer and producer |
Hannah Louise Shearer (born August 25, 1945), also known as Hannah Shearer or Hannah L. Shearer, is a writer who was credited with writing five episodes whilst on the staff of Star Trek: The Next Generation and an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She was also a writer and producer for Emergency! and Knight Rider.
Career
[edit]One of her first roles in television was as a production assistant on NBC's Sierra in 1974. She went on to become a writer and producer for Emergency!, which had crossed over with Sierra. She was also the writer for the pilot episode of Quail Lake which was intended to replace Emergency! but never went past a pilot entitled "Pine Canyon is Burning".[1] Shearer was a producer for Knight Rider during the first season in 1982. She left mid-season and was replaced with Joel Rogosin.[2] She also wrote the first-season episode "Not a Drop to Drink", and during the filming she became friends with guest actress Sondra Currie.[3] Shearer later wrote Nashville Beat, for The Nashville Network in 1989.[4] She came up with the idea for the story alongside actor Kent McCord, and developed it into the final script.[5]
Star Trek
[edit]The first episode that Shearer wrote for The Next Generation was "When the Bough Breaks",[6] which she later said was her favourite episode on the series.[7] She pitched the idea to associate producer D.C. Fontana on the basis of using the families aboard the ship that had not been mentioned since the pilot episode of the series.[6][8] She subsequently conducted an uncredited re-write on the teleplay for the episode "Coming of Age".[9] She also re-wrote the teleplay for "Skin of Evil", which features the death of main cast character Tasha Yar and was originally written by Joseph Stefano. However, she was given a writing credit for this.[10] She was subsequently thanked in the foreword of Jean Lorrah's The Next Generation novel Survivors alongside Gene Roddenberry and Stafano, as the book was inspired by "Skin of Evil".[11]
Because of the impending 1988 Writers Guild of America strike, her work on "We'll Always Have Paris" with Deborah Dean Davis was completed in five days.[12] She was not happy with the subsequent edits made to the script that the pair originally turned in, saying that "we were writing the most romantic episode in the world" but that "it was toned down 75%".[13] She left the writing staff for the series between season one and season two because she did not get along with fellow staffer Maurice Hurley.[14] She later came up with the story idea for "Pen Pals" which was developed into a script by Melinda M. Snodgrass.[15] Her final script for TNG was "The Price".[16] Her final Star Trek writing credit was on the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Q-Less", which was the only episode of that series to feature the character of Q.[17]
References
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Yokley, Sutherland (2008): p. 283
- ^ Huth; Levine (2004): p. 16
- ^ Huth; Levine (2004): p. 32
- ^ Ruth, Daniel (October 20, 1989). "'Nashville Beat' a nice change". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- ^ Heldenfels, R.D. (October 20, 1989). "Nashville Cable Flick Reunites 'Adam-12' Duo". Schenectady Gazette. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- ^ a b DeCandido, Keith (June 30, 2011). "Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: "When the Bough Breaks"". Tor.com. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- ^ Gross; Altman (1993): p. 164
- ^ Nemecek (2003): p. 50
- ^ Gross; Altman (1993): p. 165
- ^ Nemecek (2003): p. 54
- ^ Lorrah (1989): p. 7
- ^ Nemecek (2003): p. 57
- ^ Gross; Altman (1993): p. 168
- ^ Gross; Altman (1993): p. 170
- ^ DeCandido, Keith (October 3, 2011). "Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: "Pen Pals"". Tor.com. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- ^ DeCandido, Keith (December 1, 2011). "Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: "The Price"". Tor.com. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- ^ DeCandido, Keith (May 14, 2013). "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: "Q-Less"". Tor.com. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
Bibliography
[edit]- Lorrah, Jean (1989). Survivors. New York: Pocket Books. ISBN 978-0671674380.
- Gross, Edward; Altman, Mark A. (1993). Captain's Logs: The Complete Trek Voyages. London: Boxtree. ISBN 978-1-85283-899-7.
- Nemecek, Larry (2003). Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion (3rd ed.). New York: Pocket Books. ISBN 0-7434-5798-6.
- Huth, Joe; Levine, Richie L. (2004). Knight Rider Legacy: The Unofficial Guide to the Knight Rider Universe. New York: IUniverse Start. ISBN 0-7434-5798-6.
- Yokley, Richard C.; Sutherland, Rozanne (2008). Emergency! Behind the Scenes. Sudbury, Mass: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. ISBN 978-0763748968.