Pitch & Sell Your TV Show

Hulu may release fee-based video later this year. More info at http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2010-02-03-hulu03_ST_N.htm

Spoke last night with a few of our clients who had rave reviews on Real Screen Summit. The Execs were really open, lots of pitch opportunities, our clients felt prepared. The all got incredible contacts there. Congrats!

I Love Lucy was based on a radio show. What was the name of the radio program?

Here’s a link to the complete list of Oscar nominations

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/awards/news/e3i5b66cf410765355117185366b2f22f8c?pn=2

What was the first multi-camera sitcom shot in front of a live audience?

Post your answers.

We just finished watching the Grammy Awards, which is probably the best live musical broadcast we’ve ever seen. Incredible performances.

Week of February 1, 2010

Saturday, 1/30/10:
Seducing Cindy (Fox Reality) Series Premiere
Cinderella Pact (Lifetime) Special Presentation
Audi King Special (NBC) Special Presentation
Meteor Storm (Syfy) Special Presentation
Four Weddings (TLC) Series Premiere
Miss America Live 2010 (TLC) Special Presentation

Sunday, 1/31/10:
The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards (CBS) Special Presentation
NFL Pro Bowl (ESPN) Special Presentation
Durham County (Ion) 2nd Season Finale
Little Chocolatiers (TLC) Series Premiere
Las Vegas Jailhouse (TruTV) Series Premiere

Monday, 2/1/10:
Animal Cops: Miami (Animal Planet) 2nd Season Premiere
Kell on Earth (Bravo) Series Premiere
RuPaul’s Drag Race (LOGO) 2nd Season Premiere
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked (LOGO) Series preremie
Blood, Sweat, and T-Shirts (Planet Green) Series Premiere
Ultimate Cake Off (TLC) 2nd Season Premiere

Tuesday, 2/2/10:
LOST (ABC) 6th Season Premiere
Maneaters (Animal Planet) Series Premiere
Wild Recon (Animal Planet) Series Premiere
The Michael Vick Project (BET) Series Premiere

Wednesday, 2/3/10:
Underbelly (DirecTV The 101 Network) Series Premiere
The Woman Who Stopped Trafic (Planet Green) Series Premiere

Thursday, 2/4/10:
The Sarah Silverman Program (COM) 3rd Season Premiere

Friday, 2/5/10:
America’s Small Town Secrets (Investigative Discovery) Series Premiere

Ran into a lot of people in Vegas who listen to our teleseminars and have our TV Pitch School. Thanks so much for saying HI. NATPE said we were responsible for bringing more people to the conference than any other group. Cool.

We are in Vegas at the NATPE conference with around 30 of our clients. The conference is slow and smaller than we’ve seen it, but our Tour members are getting a huge number of contacts. One studio read Margaret Babish’s pilot last night and they have a meeting today on it. Andrew Orillion must have made 45-50 new contacts in just 2 days.

I had some extra time in LA today. I had lunch with a friend I met in China. During lunch, an actor I worked with over 20 years ago came in and sat at the table next to us, Laurence Hilton-Jacobs. He’s had a long film and TV career, going all the way back to the show that made him a star, Welcome Back Kotter. It was great catching up with him.