'Showrunners : the art of running a TV show.'

Bennett, T. (2014). Showrunners : the art of running a TV show. 1st ed. London: Titan Books.

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(Bennett, 2014)


Points:
Networks broadcast and license shows (Bennett, 2014, p.43).

studios help fund production(Bennett, 2014, p.43).

shows become profitable by syndication and foreign-market sales. (Bennett, 2014, p.43).

you have to a certain amount of views or your show will get cancelled (Bennett, 2014, p.44)

Studios make money by secondary markets Hart Hanson (Bennett, 2014, p.44).

creative v.s commerce

broadcast network have higher budgets than cable, cable has more creative freedom than broadcasted networks (Bennett, 2014, p.127).

broadcasted shows have to fit a broad audience (Bennett, 2014, p.129).

Cable is for more demographic audiences (Bennett, 2014, p.129).

in the streaming world, ratings don't matter p.216

"creative freedom comes with a pay-cut" -Steven S. Deknight (Bennett, 2014, p.136).

Quotes:
'showrunner is actually beholden to the network, which licenses and broadcasts their show, and the studio, who helps finance the production of the series.' (Bennett, 2014, p.43)

'The license fee is the amount of money that the network pays the studio for the show, and they get to broadcast it for free'- Hart Hanson (Bennett, 2014, p.44).

'streaming content development; with its storied nirvana model that promises showrunners won't get bothered at all by advertiser demands, standards and practices or any critical feedback'Bennett, 2014, p.127).

'the industry is changing at a freakish pace to adapt to the ways of shrinking audiences consume their television entertainment' (Bennett, 2014, p.127).

'with unfettered censorship issues, short seasons models, high production budgets, premium cable has become the coveted development ground for many showrunners because of the lure of artistic freedom, yet it does have its own sacrifices' (Bennett, 2014, p.135).

'content consumers now spend huge parts of their entertainment time on their tablets, smartphones and laptops. the internet is the new hub provider for content and some showrunners are chasing the broadband route as the delivery medium of choice' (Bennett, 2014, p.215).

'What the internet is capable of providing is growing, what TV is capable of holding onto is shrinking' (Bennett, 2014, p.217).

"We can do it in the way the consumer wants it, get it directly to them, and they can help us fund it." -Jane Espenson(Bennett, 2014, p.218).
'the line between creator and viewer disappears' (Bennett, 2014, p.218).

'the thing about television versus films versus the internet is if you understand that they themselves are not just ways to deliver content, they are actual experiences'- Ali LeRoi (Bennett, 2014, p.229).