What's Your Pitch? panel from ATX

The Writers Panel

Ben Blacker

Tv & Film, Tv, Writing, Movies, Hollywood, Screenwriting

4.7 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2016

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Ever wonder how your favorite series was pitched in the room? Hear directly from showrunners/creators how they pitched their original series ideas, plus executives that have heard some of the most iconic pitches. They discuss the factors that affected the original pitch, the pilot, and the ultimate series, and why certain changes may have been made to get their story onto your TV. With Dan Harmon (creator, Community), Michael Jacobs (creator, Boy Meets World and Girl Meets World), producer Mark Johnson (Rectify; Breaking Bad), and HBO Director of Programming Kathleen McCaffrey.

Recorded at ATX Television Fest in June 2015.

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0:00.0	Now entering nerdist.com.
0:05.2	Today's episode is recorded at ATX Television Festival.
0:09.4	This year's fest is June 9th through 12th, and you should be there.
0:14.3	They've already announced really cool stuff, like, and everybody loves Raymond Reunion,
0:18.5	Terriers, The Shield, with a bunch of writers from that show.
0:24.7	They've got Norman Lear.
0:27.1	They've got Hart Hanson.
0:29.2	Come on out.
0:29.8	Go to ATXFestival.com.
0:31.8	Get your badge, June 9th through 12th, and come say hello.
0:34.3	Hello. We have a great group for you.
1:07.9	And moderating this panel is Deborah Bernbaum from Variety.
1:13.1	Here she comes.
1:16.1	And she's going to introduce your lovely
1:17.9	panelists.
1:18.8	Thank you.
1:21.7	Hi, everybody. How you doing?
1:24.5	I'm really excited about this panel because there's nothing I love
1:26.6	more than hearing about how everyone pitched their favorite shows. So I'd like to introduce all of our panels and have them come out and join us.
1:31.3	We've got Michael Jacobs, the executive producer of such notable shows as Boy Meets World, Dinosaurs, My Two Dads, Charles in Charge, and the upcoming girl meets world.
1:39.3	My old friend, Dan Harmon, from Community and Rick and Morty.
1:46.5	Kathleen McCaffrey, the director of programming at HBO.
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