Writing Hollywood

Writing Hollywood highlights the writing process in the production of television drama and comedy series in the U.S. The way writers do their jobs is heavily dependent not only on the demands of commercial business, but also on the uncertainties inherent in a writing career in Hollywood. Drawing on literature in the fields of Media Industry Studies and Occupational Culture, Writing Hollywood explains writers' efforts to control risk and survive in a constantly changing environment. Using data from personal interviews and a six-week participant observation at a prime time drama, Dr. Phalen analyzes the relationships among writers in series television, describes the interactions between writers and studio/network executives, and explains how endogenous and exogenous pressures affect the occupational culture of the television writing profession.

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Patricia F. Phalen is the Assistant Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University, USA. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on media organizations; the connections between Hollywood and politics; audience research; and the interdependence of media, democracy and culture.

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AcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTIONChapter 1: Entertainment Media in the U.S. From Live Entertainment to FilmRadio and Television BroadcastingTelevision via Cable and InternetEconomic Demands and Audience ResearchFrom Scenarists To Writers To Executive ProducersChapter 2: Writing for TVGetting ThereBeing ThereChapter 3: Showrunners - Where the Buck StopsWho Runs the Show? Managing Writers and ScriptsManaging ProductionCharacteristics Writers Value in ShowrunnersChapter 4: The Writers' RoomCreating the Writers' RoomWorking in the RoomDrama vs. ComedyChapter 5: Occupational CultureThe Experience of Writing for TelevisionWho Succeeds, Who Fails? Just Part of the JobChapter 6: Managed Creativity: It's a weird way to createWorking With ExecutivesNotes From Studio and NetworkStructural LimitationsChapter 7: Political Spaces: There aren't any rules, but you have to follow every onePolitics of Structure and HierarchyWriters' Room PoliticsPolitics of Professional RelationshipsParty Politics"Hello, he lied" Dealing With ActorsPolitics of PrestigeEPILOGUEBIBLIOGRAPHY

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