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Research, social media, and your face. As you research television shows that are in a similar genre to yours it’s not uncommon that you’ll have to watch some shows that you consider to be utter crap. Some of them probably

  Are you bringing any talent to the table? No, I’m not being mean. I mean do you have any talent attached to your show. If your show revolves around a specific person, it could be in your best interest

I got an email from a reader a few weeks ago with a pretty good question. It went like this: Do u have a producer friend? Seems its best to have a producer on board when pitching to a network.

You can’t win if you don’t play I was sitting in an airport lounge this morning waiting to fly to LA for some meetings and I struck up a conversation with a fella sitting beside me. We were talking about

I was making a pizza the other day (“making a pizza” means putting extra toppings on a frozen pizza), but when I looked in the fridge I didn’t have any pepperoni. It was a nasty day outside and it ticked

If you’re keeping your eye on upcoming TV Festivals you know Real Screen Summit in Washington, DC is a big one. It’s also nearly $1900 US. Plus of course, your cost of travel and hotels. If you’re ready to pitch

I ran into a buddy the other night. He’s a musician, or more specifically, a rapper. He’s had great success with it and in the last couple years has decided to move into television development. So, like many of us,

I received the following email the other day and thought I would share it, and my suggestions to the sender, with you. There are a lot of “opportunities” out there where companies are willing to “help” develop your show for

Happy New Year!! I’m not really one for resolutions but if I was, I think it would be along the lines of “Work smarter. Not harder.” So in light of my non-resolution this week I’m re-posting a blog written by

“Have I got a story for you!” Story story story. Development Executives will tell you a good show is all about the story. “Story is everything. If you do not have a story, you do not have a show.” And

With holiday season parties upon us you’re going to run into old friends and friends of friends. And if you’ve been working on your show for awhile you’re going to find something interesting starting to happen. People are going to

Big stores and advertisers have been beating us up with Christmas advertising for years. “It’s Christmas. Shop here! Buy our wares.” If the top business people are using the holidays to their business advantage, why shouldn’t you? It’s time for