The career of veteran television writer Hindi Brooks took a nose dive in 1989. They don't tell their age. They tint their hair. They dress trendy. I once took an agent out for lunch to tell him that I was firing him.
Nobody wants to be tossed aside.
Now, Marcus can't find work. The EEOC is flooded with more than 16,000 age discrimination complaints each year. The defendants in the writers' case are Tinseltown heavyweights, including the Walt Disney Co., Viacom, ABC, CBS, NBC and Brillstein-Grey, a production and management company. They are not anxious to give more than limited insight into their views of the lawsuit. Under this scenario, NBC would be first as it's the first company named on the case jacket.