Billion-dollar kiss
Subtitle: the kiss that saved Dawson's Creek and other adventures in TV writing
By: Jeffrey Stepakoff
Publisher: Gotham Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9781592402953
Subjects: Fernsehserie; Television writers; Biography
Description: When Jeffrey Stepakoff was graduating with an MFA in playwriting, he imagined a life in the New York theater--writing for the "boob tube" didn't even cross his mind. But he ended up in L.A. in the late 80's, when television writers were experiencing a gold rush. After the billion-dollar syndication of Seinfeld, when studios were paying astronomical amounts of money to writers to create the next Friends or ER, the TV writer was a hot commodity. He found himself meeting with big agents, inside primetime story rooms, and making more money than he'd ever thought possible. Stepakoff takes us inside the industry to explain what we're watching and why by exploring the growing problems of media consolidation, the effects of interference from executives, the lack of diversity, and what reality television is doing to quality scripted television.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.