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How Can I Get My TV Pilot Picked Up?

July 21, 2006 by Jim Connelly

Dear Lopy:

I just made a pilot for a big (OK, big-ish) TV Network, and it was rejected for being different from other TV shows. How can I get it picked up by another network?

Signed,

Hapless in Hollywood

Dear Hapless,

Here’s how to get your rejected pilot picked up by another network, in six easy steps.

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Filed Under: Dear Lopy, Television, YouTube Tagged With: bill-lawrence, NBC, nobodys-watching, scrubs, YouTube

How The Pilot That Nobody Watched Got Itself Seen By Everybody

July 5, 2006 by Kassia Krozser

The one thing sure to suck the soul out of a television show is a test screening audience. Generally, this group consists of non-entertainment industry professionals, hapless souls plucked from the street, folks willing to waste a few hours of their day because, well, there’s nothing better going on. Naturally, test screening audiences are the most powerful people in Hollywood.

Now you would think the highly paid, generally experienced executives at networks and studios would know from a good television show (or movie, no need to be exclusive here). These folks do not trust their own taste. It is imperative that they find a group of citizens to closely parallel a “real” viewing audience. The funniest show ever produced? If deemed dumb or confusing by the test audience, it will be shelved in favor of yet another reality show.

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Filed Under: Actual Mileage, Television, YouTube Tagged With: bill-lawrence, NBC, nobodys-watching, scrubs, viral-video, YouTube

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