How a Pilot Becomes a TV Show | Vanity Fair

How a Pilot Becomes a TV Show | Vanity Fair

Pilot season is the busiest season in the television industry, which puts the fate of thousands in the hands of the broadcast networks. In this era of broadcast, cable, and streaming services, there seems to be an enormous amount of new television shows being produced every year; but in reality, only a small fraction ever make it out of the writers’ room.

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26 Comments

  1. cheeseburger on March 9, 2021 at 12:58 am

    zs



  2. Sylvia Park on March 9, 2021 at 1:00 am

    Cool 😊



  3. Rivers Bliss on March 9, 2021 at 1:00 am

    A lot of movies and TV series in the *Black List* are being green lit nowadays.



  4. Espressiones Art on March 9, 2021 at 1:00 am

    as someone who would someday want to become an actor, this video was very educational



  5. dimitreze on March 9, 2021 at 1:01 am

    there are dozens of TV show today, with a small audience, that if it was relesead 15 years ago, would be a huge groundbreaking TV show
    the quality and quantity is astounding



  6. Shivam Sharma on March 9, 2021 at 1:07 am

    I didn’t understand what he was saying but the background music is good.



  7. Glassy on March 9, 2021 at 1:09 am

    ooooo xo



  8. Humor Mike on March 9, 2021 at 1:10 am

    See, now this is the content I’m interested in. Where is the reality show or documentary about this? I would love to write scripts and be on a set…or even visit or set…or walk past a set…or hear that a set was in my area. LOL.



  9. ExiledEve on March 9, 2021 at 1:14 am

    "Ron: And it grows, to a powerful, emotional climax when the father has to choose which one of his children will live … and which one … will die.
    Executive: Pass. What else you got?
    Ron: Well, well, there is this one thing. It’s about a killer robot driving instructor that travels back in time for some reason. Executive: I’m listening.
    Ron: Okay, okay, well, you see … this robot, he’s got a heartbreaking decision to make about whether his best friend lives … or dies.
    Executive: Eh.
    Ron: His best friend’s a talking pie!
    Executive: Sold! Howard, you’ve done it again!"

    And that’s the quality of your average TV show nowadays.



  10. Pre Mortem Show on March 9, 2021 at 1:17 am

    Thank you for posting this. We actually self-produced a half hour tv pilot already and let me tell ya, it’s so difficult when you’re on the outside trying to break in. We’ve had a few promising meetings but so far nothing has come out of it yet. We’ve submitted to a few film festivals that accept filmed TV Pilots and we’re waiting to see if we got in.



  11. Antonio Hall-Rodriguez on March 9, 2021 at 1:21 am

    Thanks jules



  12. Albi on March 9, 2021 at 1:22 am

    Yea



  13. Vazzy M on March 9, 2021 at 1:22 am

    The background musics is really distracting



  14. Sucker of tiddies, Taker of virginitys on March 9, 2021 at 1:27 am

    Me: * tryna learn how to make an animated series *
    The background music: *Angry instrument noises*



  15. A Fish on March 9, 2021 at 1:31 am

    But how does one get into such a position. For me: I helped out the local TV station record Curling games and now I can pitch a show to him whenever.



  16. Gabriel Campos on March 9, 2021 at 1:32 am

    Cool to know. Thanks.



  17. rahil rock on March 9, 2021 at 1:39 am

    my favorite part 4:36 when he marketed Hyundai to us🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣



  18. Marlon Moncrieffe on March 9, 2021 at 1:39 am

    ‘In Los Angeles, they don’t throw away their garbage. They turn them into TV shows.’

    -Annie Hall (1977)



  19. Corbin Cox on March 9, 2021 at 1:44 am

    1:55 love the reference



  20. Lindsey M on March 9, 2021 at 1:45 am

    How do the screenwriters get hired?



  21. YouEnglish on March 9, 2021 at 1:49 am

    It also means a bigger majority of the shows are just forgetable af… not to mention the amount of half assed shows going around, especially on Netflix… can’t say anything about the other streaming channels tho



  22. PASTOR TOP on March 9, 2021 at 1:50 am

    title – you hire pastor top thats how 👋🏼🎤



  23. Sincerely Eccentric on March 9, 2021 at 1:50 am

    I need a movie that is just rejected pilots complied back to back.



  24. Animation Creationz on March 9, 2021 at 1:54 am

    2018 wAit no 2019? Nah how about 2090



  25. Trần Ngọc Mai on March 9, 2021 at 1:54 am

    1:37 How to scandal your murder, by Rhonda Shimes



  26. Renald Music on March 9, 2021 at 1:55 am

    Aaand this is why l don’t watch series