Panel Transcript: How to Pitch a TV Show

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January 18, 2006

Carmen Scheidel: Hi, everybody. Welcome to mediabistro's discussion TV entertainment program. I'm Carmen Scheidel. I'm the education director at mediabistro. If you ever have ideas or desires for a particular program, definitely send me an email: carmen@mediabistro.com. I thought I would give you a sense of how tonight will break down. Essentially we'll get started right away. And the discussion will go on till close to 8:00. Then we'll have a brief question and answer period and then go ahead with the next slam. So for any of you who sent in your pitches,...

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