more business of Telivision

the time is on to hit the road again, am off to arizona again maybe this week , but before I leave here is a bunch of info on the TV land. :)

For the TV market

Shows that are good to pitch for are:

Medical: stories around

Doctors

Nurses

ER

Doctors of children

Weird doctors

Crazy addictive nurses

Cops: Detectives

Spooky detectives

CSI

Beat cops

Real cops (the wire)

Bad cops

Serial killer cops

Lawyers:

Serious lawyers

Funny lawyersJudges

Law clerks

Reality:

Investigative

Niche (pimp my ride)

Talk show

Of these 4 categories reality is non-scripted

5 are special: like animation

Children

Golf

Cooking

Single camera – shot like feature film

Multi camera is cheaper to produce; n is pre-edited as the editing happens while shooting itself.

Buyers of program are:

Networks: ABC

Nbc

Fox

Premium cable: hbo

Showtime

Netflix

Cable: amc

Tnt

Usa

Bravo

Lifetime

In film u write a script and then pitch

In TV u pitch and then once approved u write a script

TV has more money involved

In features producer and directors are main, in TV executive producer has more power