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In response to "I'm a few episodes behind but I'll finish the season. I just wish the tv networks would look at a show like this and say we're going to do this show " by pmb

writing a network show is like laying down tracks for a constantly approaching freight train

Posted by charlie (aka chris) Apr 30 '13, 12:09

aside from the fact that you don't know whether you're going to have the original nine-episode order only, or (if you're lucky) picked up for the back 13 to allow you to finish a whole season . . .

things change on a daily, hourly, and minute-by-minute basis for a whole host of reasons. the network gives you notes at every level of the process of creating even a single episode -- outline, script, post -- and that's aside from any logistical issues that arise while you're actually shooting.

honestly, it's a miracle any show ends up being as coherent from week to week as it does

but really, everyone is just making it up as they go along and the only thing that is for certain is that in another 7 days, you have to have something to put on the air

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I imagine that would require tons of antacids. -- nm - Diva Apr 30, 12:11 2
- it varies from show to show. CBS procedurals keep bankers' hours because they are pure formula. more ambitious shows can be hectic-er -- nm - charlie Apr 30, 12:19 1
  - hm. we need you to get on one the more creative/crazier ones and give us all the scoop. -- nm - Diva Apr 30, 12:32

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