TV: Sex, Lies & Promos; Ca$hing In On TV's Best Kept Secret

Author: Deirdre Hanssen, Jodi F. Gottlieb
List Price: $19.95
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ISBN: 0967780004
Publisher: The Promo Zone (March, 2000)
Sales Rank: 332,456
Average Customer Rating: 4.36 out of 5

Customer Reviews

Rating: 5 out of 5
Way better than any textbook
What a great read!

This is a fly-on-the-wall book that gives you a real inside and unvarnished view of the realities of the TV business. It's not all fun and glamour, but the excitement and rewards sure seem to outweigh the negatives. I'm moving to LA this summer to pursue a career in promo.

Rating: 5 out of 5
TV:Sex, Lies & Promos
Wow, how complete! I've been in TV for over 30 years and I have never seen as informative a piece of work about the industry. The book covers all aspects of the TV World from a extremely knowledgeable position. The authors did themselves proud and preformed a service for anyone who wants the "inside skinny" about our truly American Industry. Good read for the insider and the causual viewer alike.

Rating: 5 out of 5
Makes for fascinating armchair reading
TV: Sex, Lies & Promos is a self-study guide to all the various aspects of pursuing a successful television career, from creating, pitching, and scheduling a TV show, to the ratings system and affiliate promotion. Written by knowledgeable authors Deirdre Hanssen and Jodi Gottlieb who have previously worked for ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, UPN, WB, and various cable channels, TV: Sex, Lies & Promos contains hard-to-find inside information as to what a day job in TV is truly like and what it really takes. Not only is TV: Sex, Lies & Promos enthusiastically recommended for anyone with an interest in a TV or media-related career, it also makes for fascinating armchair reading if you are happy with your current day job but curious about the complex machinations that take place on the other side of the silver screen!

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