#5 NO ONE KNOWS ANYTHING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJN9fUGhlpI Because writing for TV is not science, anyone who tells you anything about the quality or the potential for your material's success -- no matter how confident they sound or successful they are -- is just taking a guess. People in showbiz are just slightly more knowledgable about the future than psychics. And "slightly" is generous. For example: TV networks commission about 100 scripts every year for new TV shows. Of those 100 scripts, they shoot pilots for about 30 shows. Of those 30 shows, about 4 or 5 make it to TV. Now, think about ALL the shows that get cancelled every year. All that work. All that developing. All that money spent. All that testing of material. All those confident people. And yet, most TV shows don't succeed. But wait. There's more. Every network passed on Marc Cherry's series, Desperate Housewives before ABC decided to pick it up. CBS developed CSI, shot a pilot and decided not to pass on it. Then, at the last minute, before they announced their new schedule, pulled a switch-eroo. The heads of the FOX movie studio passed on the screenplay for the movie "Ted," even though they were already in business with Seth McFarlane on the TV side of their business. And most famously, a music executive who first met and heard a Beatles demo passed on the band because he didn't think Rock and Roll was going to be a real thing. So, how does this relate to me? When I decided to make This vs That, everyone I know said things like "How will you pay for it?" "How can you make it as big as a "regular" TV show?" "Who will watch it?" "How will you distribute it?" and what if you called it "One Thing vs The Other Thing?" The point is: if I had listened to them, I wouldn't have six one hours episodes of a TV series that looks as big as anything you've seen, that has already been sold into a dozen territories around the world, that has been featured on CNN, BBC, Yahoo, NBC and CBS News (among others) that people are calling
"The Indie Rock of TV" and "A game changer in terms of content creation, ownership and distribution." This vs That premieres in the US on March 1, 2013 @
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