Angie C. reviewed The Showrunners: A Season Inside the Billion-Dollar, Death-Defying, Madcap World of Television's Real Stars on + 2 more book reviews
really gave an inside look at t.v. Interesting, insightful, a quick read.
Leo T. reviewed The Showrunners: A Season Inside the Billion-Dollar, Death-Defying, Madcap World of Television's Real Stars on + 1775 more book reviews
They run the show. Very revealing as of the end of the 20th C., and the book starts well with Aaron Spelling. I believe this is becoming harder because there are fewer opportunities on broadcast TV (and viewership is gradually declining) and the other outlets may tie one up for the best part of a year with only eight episodes produced. This is in contrast to the 22 or so episodes that might go into the can when this book was published. (Not to mention that TV circa 1960 might produce 39 shows and then go into reruns for the summer, or that radio long had 39 episodes with a 13 week summer replacement). And where do the syndication profits come from if you don't have a hundred episodes or so to sell?
Still, this is an interesting book. And there is some interest among our PBS comrades: I took it to the shelf of the old soldiers' home but there are few readers there and so will probably be able to fulfill one of the three wishes outstanding when I pull it on the 8th week.
Still, this is an interesting book. And there is some interest among our PBS comrades: I took it to the shelf of the old soldiers' home but there are few readers there and so will probably be able to fulfill one of the three wishes outstanding when I pull it on the 8th week.
