Showrunners The art of running a TV show : the official companion to the documentary
Book - 2014
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- Published
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London :
Titan Books
2014.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First edition
- Item Description
- "Featuring original interviews with: Joss Whedon, Ronald D. Moore, Damon Lindelof, Shawn Ryan, Terence Winter, and many more!"--Cover.
- Physical Description
- 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBN
- 9781783293575
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1.
- Birth of the Showrunner
- Showrunner 101
- What Makes a Good Showmnner
- Not All Writers Are Good Showrunners
- The Co-Showrunning Paradigm
- When Conflict Creates Disharmony
- What A Network and Studio Expect
- How the Showrunner Job Has Gotten More Complex
- In Depth: WGA Showrunners Training Program
- Chapter 2.
- The Script is King
- Pilot Season 101
- Basic TV Act Structure
- Comedy vs. Dramas and Serialized vs. Procedural
- Staffing a TV Series Writers' Room
- Working with Writers
- Lessons in Practice
- In Depth: Coming Up The Sopranos Way with Terence Winter
- Chapter 3.
- Starting Our
- In Depth: Women and Minority Showrunners
- Chapter 4.
- The Politics of Making Television
- The Perception of Broadcast vs. Cable
- Is Premium the Gold Standard
- Stuck in the Middle
- In Depth: Original Voices in Cable
- Chapter 5.
- Showrun-Yin and Yang
- The Worst Parts of Showrunning
- Long Hours? You Betcha!
- The Care and Feeding of Your Actors
- When Your Show Fails
- In Depth: How Lost Changed Showrunning
- Chapter 6.
- Connecting to the Matrix
- Fan Feedback
- Showrunners as Celebs
- Is Twitter a Writer's Friend or Foe?
- Ending a Series
- The Future
- Web Series
- A Showrunner's Path
- The Crystal Ball
- Showrunner Biographies
- Acknowledgments
- Television and Writing Resources