Small screen, big picture
Subtitle: Mediabistro.com's inside-the-business guide to writing and producing TV
By: Chad Gervich ; foreword by Laurel Touby
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780307395313
Subjects: Television authorship; Television -- Production and direction; Television -- Vocational guidance
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: From the inside out; title: How the industry is structured; title: The top of the food chain; title: Networks, studios, & production companies; title: Syndication & backend, or, How TV shows make money; title: Inside a television network, or, A lesson in programming; title: Development season; title: From pitch to series; title: The new show development process : an overview; title: Recipe for a TV show; title: The pitch; title: The art of the deal; title: Development hell; title: Pilot season; title: From script to pilot pickup; title: Pre-production; title: Principal photography; title: Post-production; title: Upfronts; title: Staffing season & beyond; title: Taking the show to series; title: Staffing season : how showrunners staff new shows; title: The writers room; title: Production; title: Staying on the air; title: New frontiers; title: Where TV is headed; title: Cable; title: Reality TV; title: Digital media and the internet; title: Breaking in; title: Your guide to infiltrating hollywood; title: Write your ass off; title: Representation; title: Networking; title: Assistants; title: Getting a job; title: Other ways of breaking into Hollywood.