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001 2006102541
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005 20071023081258.0
008 061219s2007 nyu 001 0aeng
010 $a 2006102541
020 $a9781592402953
020 $a159240295X
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm77476648
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050 00 $aPN1992.4.S785$bA3 2007
082 00 $a808.2/25$aB$222
100 1 $aStepakoff, Jeffrey.
245 10 $aBillion-dollar kiss :$bthe kiss that saved Dawson's Creek and other adventures in TV writing /$cJeffrey Stepakoff.
260 $aNew York :$bGotham Books,$cc2007.
300 $ax, 323 p. ;$c24 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aWhen Jeffrey Stepakoff was graduating with an MFA in playwriting, he imagined a life in the New York theater--writing for the "boob tube" didn't even cross his mind. But he ended up in L.A. in the late 80's, when television writers were experiencing a gold rush. After the billion-dollar syndication of Seinfeld, when studios were paying astronomical amounts of money to writers to create the next Friends or ER, the TV writer was a hot commodity. He found himself meeting with big agents, inside primetime story rooms, and making more money than he'd ever thought possible. Stepakoff takes us inside the industry to explain what we're watching and why by exploring the growing problems of media consolidation, the effects of interference from executives, the lack of diversity, and what reality television is doing to quality scripted television.--From publisher description.
600 10 $aStepakoff, Jeffrey.
650 0 $aTelevision writers$zUnited States$vBiography.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip077/2006102541.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/2006102541-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/2006102541-d.html