Dear Guilda, I want to become a television writer. I faithfully read the TV Market List in the back of the Journal, and have written six original scripts for various television series. TV agents often choose to represent a writer on the strength of such sample scripts-so send them to every agent you can find.
Agents send spec scripts to the people who hire and fire.
Conventional wisdom is that the TV show you write a sample script for is never the one that hires you. Though there are of course many ways to get your first TV sale, this is a tried and true path that has worked many times in the past for other writers. Good luck, and keep on writing. I did work on a CD-Rom project. And if they haven't signed the contract, you don't have to pay dues on it, either.