We’re in the middle of March Madness - the basketball tournament - but that’s also a perfect name for TV’s pilot season. This is the height of the network’s annual scramble to produce new shows and roll out their Fall line-ups. It’s a costly and slightly crazy tradition - and it’s only gotten costlier and crazier. For years, network executives have said that they were going to do things a better way. Now it seems like that’s finally started to happen.
TV Pilot Season Shakeup
Credits
Guests:
- Cynthia Littleton - co-editor-in-chief of Variety, author of “TV on Strike: Why Hollywood Went to War Over the Internet” - @Variety_Cynthia
- Michael Schneider - Senior editor at Variety - @Franklinavenue