Horizontal Hold: The Making and Breaking of a Network Television Pilot

by Daniel Paisner

Overview

Absurdly funny, trenchant, and provocative, this outside-looking-in account of the stillbirth of one particular television series is a must read for every serious and not-so-serious television viewer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781504029834
Publisher:	Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Publication date:	05/10/2016
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Daniel Paisner is the author of twenty books, including The New York Times bestsellers Mountain Get Out of My Way (with Montel Williams) and Exposing Myself (with Geraldo Rivera).
 

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Intro	xi
1.	Idea	1
2.	Back-Stories, Real	8
3.	Back-Stories, Imagined	23
4.	Pitch	29
5.	Pilot Season	38
6.	Production	43
7.	Rehearsals	58
8.	Dress	79
9.	Cast	85
10.	Rewrite	96
11.	Run-Through	105
12.	Strike	116
13.	Tape	128
14.	Edit	138
15.	Bridge	147
16.	L.A.	155
17.	Lot	165
18.	Tape, Again	182
19.	Post	195
20.	Tag	201

Editorial Reviews

"A riveting, revelatory account of the economic, creative and pop-cultural forces shaping the entertainment fare available on home screens.” —Kirkus Reviews

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