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The TV Biz Redux...
Jul. 21st, 2009 10:35 pmAm saving Torchwood for the weekend - so I can watch all five episodes in a row, marathon style and fast-forward through commericials. BBC America has an awful lot of annoying commericials, more than anyone else - I'm willing to bet. I may cave and start watching on Wed or Thurs, time and mood permitting.
( mini-review of Moonshot )
Speaking of the Entertainment Biz...which I know a bit about for the following reasons: 1) vast number of information interviews and reading of biographical works by insiders, including notably Julia Phillips - "You'll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again", William Goldman's two non-fiction works on screenwriting, numerous interviews, 2) friends who have worked in the biz, 3) family members who are working in it or attempted to. 4) my own work experience in portions of the industry.
Thing to remember about tv shows - the process of getting a tv show or film picked up by a distributor is not that different than getting a first novel picked up by a publishing house or agent, except it's about five times harder and requires a lot of brown-nosing. Why? Money. It costs a lot of money to produce and distribute a film or tv show. Not that much in comparison to publish a book. More movable parts and uncontrollable variables. In some respects it is very similar to producing a show on Broadway - which is also expensive and difficult and requires a thick skin.
( Tv show creators do not get to choose which channels or distributors get their work, I have no idea why people online persist in believing that they do... )
( mini-review of Moonshot )
Speaking of the Entertainment Biz...which I know a bit about for the following reasons: 1) vast number of information interviews and reading of biographical works by insiders, including notably Julia Phillips - "You'll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again", William Goldman's two non-fiction works on screenwriting, numerous interviews, 2) friends who have worked in the biz, 3) family members who are working in it or attempted to. 4) my own work experience in portions of the industry.
Thing to remember about tv shows - the process of getting a tv show or film picked up by a distributor is not that different than getting a first novel picked up by a publishing house or agent, except it's about five times harder and requires a lot of brown-nosing. Why? Money. It costs a lot of money to produce and distribute a film or tv show. Not that much in comparison to publish a book. More movable parts and uncontrollable variables. In some respects it is very similar to producing a show on Broadway - which is also expensive and difficult and requires a thick skin.
( Tv show creators do not get to choose which channels or distributors get their work, I have no idea why people online persist in believing that they do... )