In my time interning for a producer, I’ve been lucky enough to hear quite a few executive pitches for various television shows we’ve been working on. I’ve also learned a TON about different networks, streaming services, studios, etc. who are all buyers of the various shows we have pitched out. […]
Pitching Broadly: Selling Your Television Show to Executives Today
I got to sit in on a pitch with my boss and some writers today to sell a show to NBC, and we were going in pretty relaxed because it felt kind of like a long-shot. NBC as a network may not like this particular kind of material (it’s sci-fi […]
Aging Badly: How Should We Judge Older Shows in 2021?
With the Friends Reunion episode coming out this week (on my birthday no less!), I’m reminded of the nostalgia of watching Friends every evening at 7pm with my family at dinner time. Followed by The Simpsons at 7:30, to my childhood dread. I wasn’t allowed to watch TV after school, […]
How to Get Your Short Film Into the Sundance Film Festival
Why the Theatrical Exclusivity Window Needs to End
Variety came out with an article yesterday called RIP to the 90-Day Theatrical Window that describes the pandemic being a catalyst to a shortening theatrical window. The article discusses the changes from the standard 90-days to where we are today in the pandemic, where many studios are experimenting with releasing […]
Do Celebrities Have a Responsibility to Speak Up About Social Issues?
This morning I read an article about Gal Gadot getting slammed for her comments around the Israel / Palestine conflict that has been escalating for years to a boiling point this week. The conflict itself is immensely complex and I don’t feel educated enough to speak on it, but it […]
Oscars – Why Block Zoom in a Global Pandemic?
I feel like every year the Oscars has a new controversy – usually justified. And this year is no different between a very longgggg show without any film clips to strange music trivia to the Anthony Hopkins upset for Best Actor (which many believed should have been awarded to the […]