Television Program Development

Catalog description

Television Program Development teaches students how to take an idea for a scripted television series and turn it into a fully realized written document (show bible) that focuses on creating a sustainable premise and includes a pilot story, subsequent stories, characters and a vision, which effectively reflect the series' setting, tone, and structure. From this detailed document, students will be able to write a pilot script (in a subsequent class or on their own). Additionally, the class introduces students to the variety of programming needs of broadcast, cable and streaming platforms.