{"product_id":"show-the-making-and-unmaking-of-a-network-television-pilot-9781957868929","title":"Show: The Making and Unmaking of a Network Television Pilot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A devastating chronicle of an aborted series.\" \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor every hit TV show, there are a hundred misses...thousands if you include the ones that never made it past their pilot, the sample episode of the proposed series.\u003cp\u003eThis is the inside story of one of those doomed TV pilots, a would-be 1990 sitcom about presidential speechwriters first titled \u003ci\u003eE.O.B\u003c\/i\u003e., then \u003ci\u003eThe War Room\u003c\/i\u003e, and finally \u003ci\u003eWord of Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e, developed by the acclaimed writer\/producer team of Bruce Paltrow, Tom Fontana, and John Tinker, fresh off of their Emmy award-winning success \u003ci\u003eSt. Elsewhere\u003c\/i\u003e and in huge demand by the networks. The producers granted journalist Daniel Paisner unprecedented access, revealing for the first time exactly how television gets made... and how it doesn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSHOW\u003c\/i\u003e is a ground-breaking book about television that hasn't lost its impact or relevance with the passage of time...remaining unmatched for its insights into the pilot production process. Now it's back in print with the author's new introduction and an afterword by Phoef Sutton, the multiple Emmy award winning writer\/producer of \u003ci\u003eCheers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBoston Legal.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eShow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Regardless of its age and changes to the industry over the past 30 years, SHOW gives one of the best glimpses behind the curtain at how TV gets made that I've read.\" Rob Owen, TribLive\u003cp\u003e\"Paisner takes us through the process from inception to turn-down, documenting in almost day-to-day detail the messy mechanics behind the high gloss of network television. What it shows best is the screwball randomness of network television, where the unlikeliest premise can command enormous resources and generate a monster hit--or not.\"\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eShow\u003c\/i\u003e has made me re-live the many pilots I have worked on... and even though much has changed, much has remained the same. I don't know whether to thank you for that or curse you!\" Phoef Sutton, from his Afterword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If a camel is a horse designed by a committee, successful TV shows, on the evidence of the cautionary tale at hand, almost have to be accidents of nature...\" \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published as \u003ci\u003eHorizonal Hold: The Making and Breaking of a Network Television Pilot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phoef Sutton, Daniel Paisner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cutting Edge Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781957868929\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cutting Edge Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43138325839987,"sku":"9.78196E+12","price":23.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_c6ca27c1-d893-4e35-892f-1c237188a752.jpg?v=1750248601","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/show-the-making-and-unmaking-of-a-network-television-pilot-9781957868929","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}